División Intermedia
Season2021
Dates9 April – 26 October 2021
ChampionsGeneral Caballero (JLM) (1st title)
PromotedGeneral Caballero (JLM)
Resistencia
Tacuary
Sportivo Ameliano
RelegatedDeportivo Capiatá
Fulgencio Yegros
General Díaz
Copa SudamericanaGeneral Caballero (JLM)
Matches played306
Goals scored752 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex Arce (24 goals)
Biggest home win2 de Mayo 4–0 Sportivo Trinidense
(6 June)
Sportivo Ameliano 4–0 Fulgencio Yegros
(22 July)
Resistencia 4–0 Sportivo Iteño
(15 August)
Guaraní (T) 4–0 Dep. Capiatá
(22 August)
Tacuary 5–1 2 de Mayo
(28 August)
San Lorenzo 5–1 Sportivo Trinidense
(18 October)
Tacuary 4–0 Rubio Ñu
(26 October)
Biggest away win2 de Mayo 1–8 San Lorenzo
(26 October)
Highest scoring2 de Mayo 1–8 San Lorenzo
(26 October)
← 2019
2022 →

The 2021 División Intermedia season, named "Cincuentenario del Club Atlético 3 de Febrero y Homenaje al Lic. Miguel Ángel Cañete Alderete",[1] was the 103rd season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 24th under the Paraguayan División Intermedia name. The season began on 9 April and ended on 26 October 2021. The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 January 2021.[2]

The competition returned after a one-year hiatus as the 2020 seasons of the lower-tier club tournaments of Paraguayan football were cancelled by the Paraguayan Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

General Caballero (JLM) won their first División Intermedia title with four matches to spare, following a 4–1 victory over Rubio Ñu on 27 September 2021.[4]

Format

18 teams took part in the competition, which was played under a double round-robin system with teams playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 34 matches. The top three teams at the end of the season were promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2022 season, with the champions also qualifying for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, while the fourth-placed team will play a play-off against the ninth-placed team of the Primera División relegation table for promotion to the top flight.[5]

The bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams located within 50 kilometres of Asunción were relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department were relegated to Primera División B Nacional.

Teams

18 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the four teams relegated from Primera División in its 2019 and 2020 seasons (Deportivo Capiatá, Deportivo Santaní, General Díaz and San Lorenzo), the top two teams from the 2019 Primera División B (Sportivo Ameliano and Tacuary) and the 2019 Primera División B Nacional champions Guaraní from Trinidad.

Pastoreo F.C., who were entitled to enter this year's competition as 2019–20 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions, had their debut postponed to 2022 per decision by the APF's Executive Committee, since Guaraní de Trinidad already held the berth reserved to the Unión del Fútbol del Interior (UFI) for this season.[6]

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
2 de MayoPedro Juan CaballeroRío Parapití25,000
3 de FebreroCiudad del EsteAntonio Aranda23,500
AtyráAtyráSan Francisco de Asís10,000
Deportivo CapiatáCapiatáErico Galeano Segovia15,000
Deportivo SantaníSan EstanislaoJuan José Vázquez8,000
Fernando de la MoraAsunciónEmiliano Ghezzi6,000
Fulgencio YegrosÑembyParque Fulgencio Yegros1,000
General Caballero (JLM)Juan León MallorquínKa'arendy3,000
General DíazLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara4,000
Guaraní (T)TrinidadLos Fundadores1,000
Independiente (CG)AsunciónRicardo Gregor4,000
ResistenciaAsunciónTomás Beggan Correa3,500
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboleda8,000
San LorenzoSan LorenzoGunther Vogel5,000
Sportivo AmelianoAsunciónJosé Tomás Silva[note 1]800
Sportivo IteñoItáSalvador Morga4,500
Sportivo TrinidenseAsunciónMartín Torres3,000
TacuaryAsunciónToribio Vargas[note 1]3,000
  1. 1 2 Using Estadio Roque Battilana in Asunción and Estadio General Adrián Jara in Luque as home stadiums for the season.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 General Caballero (JLM) (C, P) 34 22 7 5 67 31 +36 73 Promotion to Primera División and qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
2 Resistencia (P) 34 16 13 5 44 22 +22 61 Promotion to Primera División
3 Tacuary (P) 34 16 9 9 54 44 +10 57
4 Sportivo Ameliano (P) 34 16 8 10 51 37 +14 56 Qualification for Promotion play-off
5 San Lorenzo 34 14 11 9 60 44 +16 53
6 Sportivo Trinidense 34 14 10 10 48 48 0 52
7 Independiente (CG) 34 14 9 11 38 30 +8 51
8 3 de Febrero 34 11 15 8 48 44 +4 48
9 Fernando de la Mora 34 10 15 9 40 36 +4 45
10 Atyrá 34 10 13 11 47 45 +2 43
11 Guaraní (T) 34 10 11 13 34 37 −3 41
12 Deportivo Santaní 34 9 14 11 38 42 −4 41
13 Rubio Ñu 34 9 12 13 34 44 −10 39
14 Sportivo Iteño 34 8 15 11 26 39 −13 39
15 Deportivo Capiatá 34 8 15 11 34 47 −13 39
16 2 de Mayo 34 9 9 16 39 55 −16 36
17 General Díaz 34 6 6 22 25 53 −28 24
18 Fulgencio Yegros 34 5 6 23 25 54 −29 21
Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide promotion between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away 2DM 3FE ATY CAP SAN FDM FYE GCM GEN GUA IND RES RUB SSL SPA SPI TRI TAC
2 de Mayo — 3–4 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–8 1–3 1–1 4–0 0–1
3 de Febrero 1–1 — 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–0
Atyrá 2–2 2–0 — 4–1 0–2 2–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2
Deportivo Capiatá 0–0 1–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 4–1 1–1 0–3 0–4 3–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Deportivo Santaní 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–4 2–2 3–1 1–1
Fernando de la Mora 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–3
Fulgencio Yegros 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 — 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
General Caballero (JLM) 2–1 4–3 1–0 0–1 5–2 2–0 2–0 — 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1
General Díaz 3–1 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–0 — 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–2
Guaraní (T) 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–5 1–2
Independiente (CG) 3–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2
Resistencia 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0
Rubio Ñu 0–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 — 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3
San Lorenzo 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–2
Sportivo Ameliano 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–2 4–1 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 — 3–0 0–3 1–3
Sportivo Iteño 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 — 0–2 1–3
Sportivo Trinidense 1–0 2–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–0 — 2–2
Tacuary 5–1 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 —
Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Alex Arce Sportivo Ameliano 24
2 Paraguay Digno González 3 de Febrero 22
3 Paraguay Gustavo Aguilar Tacuary 20
4 Paraguay Jorge Sanguina Atyrá 14
Paraguay Marcelo Ferreira Independiente (CG)
Paraguay Santiago Salcedo San Lorenzo
7 Paraguay Teodoro Arce General Caballero (JLM) 11
Uruguay Antonio Oviedo Rubio Ñu
9 Paraguay Ronald Roa Deportivo Capiatá 10
Paraguay Édgar Villalba Deportivo Santaní
Paraguay Adrián Alcaraz Fernando de la Mora
Paraguay Sergio Dietze Guaraní (T)
Paraguay Gustavo Legal Sportivo Trinidense

Source: APF

Promotion play-off

The fourth-placed team in the División Intermedia, Sportivo Ameliano, played a double-legged promotion play-off against Sportivo Luqueño, the ninth-placed team of the relegation table of the 2021 Primera División season. The winner was promoted to the 2022 Primera División.

Sportivo Ameliano3–2Sportivo Luqueño
  • Giménez 21', 72'
  • Arce 63'
 Report
Referee: Carlos Benítez
Sportivo Luqueño1–1Sportivo Ameliano
  • Castro 77'
 Report
  • Giménez 42'
Referee: Alipio Colmán

Sportivo Ameliano won 4–3 on aggregate and were promoted to Primera División.

Relegation

Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.

Pos
Team
2018
Pts		2019
Pts		2021
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1General Caballero (JLM) —4173114641.781
2Tacuary ——5757341.676
3Sportivo Ameliano ——5656341.647
4San Lorenzo ——5353341.559
5Resistencia 404561146941.553
6Fernando de la Mora 514345139941.479
72 de Mayo 465536137941.457
8Independiente (CG) —415192641.438
9Atyrá —494392641.438
10Sportivo Trinidense 384052130941.383
113 de Febrero —394887641.359
12Rubio Ñu 443539118941.255
13Guaraní (T) ——4141341.206
14Deportivo Santaní ——4141341.206
15Sportivo Iteño 343639109941.16
16Deportivo Capiatá (R) ——3939341.147 Relegation to Primera División B
17Fulgencio Yegros (R) 41242186940.915
18General Díaz (R) ——2424340.706

Source: APF

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A la espera de la Intermedia 2021" (in Spanish). APF. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "La Intermedia conoce su fixture 2021" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Es oficial: ¡APF suspende Intermedia y 6 torneos más!" (in Spanish). Versus. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "General Caballero JLM es campeón de la Intermedia 2021" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 27 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Intermedia 2021: tres ascensos, promoción y clasificación a Sudamericana" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pastoreo FC queda fuera de la temporada 2021" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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