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2023 Paraguayan División Intermedia

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División Intermedia
Season2023
Dates31 March – 9 October 2023
ChampionsSol de América (4th title)
PromotedSol de América
2 de Mayo
RelegatedAtyrá
24 de Setiembre (VP)
12 de Octubre
Matches played240
Goals scored634 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerAldo González (14 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Recoleta 7–1 Sol de América
(23 April)
Spvo. Carapeguá 6–0 Dep. Santaní
(17 September)
Sol de América 6–0 12 de Octubre
(6 October)
Biggest away winAtyrá 0–5 Pastoreo
(15 April)
24 de Setiembre 0–5 Independiente
(1 October)
Highest scoringDep. Recoleta 3–7 2 de Mayo
(5 May)
2022
2024

The 2023 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Don Alejandro Dos Santos",[1] was the 105th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 26th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 31 March and ended on 9 October 2023, and the fixtures for the season were announced on 14 December 2022.[2]

Sol de América won their fourth title in the competition, securing the championship with two rounds to go after a 2–1 victory over Martín Ledesma on 25 September.[3] The other promoted team was 2 de Mayo, who clinched their promotion two rounds prior to the end of the season with a 1–1 draw with 3 de Febrero on 23 September.[4]

Format

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16 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 30 matches. The top two teams at the end of the season were promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2024 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams located within 50 kilometres of Asunción are relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department are relegated to Primera División B Nacional.

Teams

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Team changes

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16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2022 season (Sol de América and 12 de Octubre), the top two teams from the 2022 Primera División B (Deportivo Recoleta and 24 de Setiembre (VP)) and the 2022 Primera División B Nacional champions Sportivo Carapeguá.[5] Sportivo Trinidense and Sportivo Luqueño did not compete since they earned promotion to Primera División at the end of the previous season, nor did Guaraní (T), Sportivo Iteño, and River Plate, who were relegated at the end of the 2022 season by finishing in the bottom three places of the relegation table.[6]

Promoted from 2022 Tercera División Relegated from 2022 Primera División Promoted to 2023 Primera División Relegated to 2023 Tercera División
24 de Setiembre (VP) (Primera B Metropolitana)
Deportivo Recoleta (Primera B Metropolitana)
Sportivo Carapeguá (Primera B Nacional)
12 de Octubre
Sol de América
Sportivo Luqueño
Sportivo Trinidense
Guaraní (T) (Primera B Nacional)
River Plate (Primera B Metropolitana)
Sportivo Iteño (Primera B Metropolitana)

Stadia and locations

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Team City Stadium Capacity
2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero Río Parapití 25,000
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,500
12 de Octubre Itauguá Luis Alberto Salinas 10,000
24 de Setiembre (VP) Areguá Próculo Cortázar 2,500
Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500
Atyrá Atyrá San Francisco de Asís 10,000
Deportivo Recoleta Asunción CARDIF[7] 1,800
Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000
Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Complejo Municipal Campo 9 5,000
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000
Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000
Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sol de América (C, P) 30 21 4 5 46 25 +21 67 Promotion to Primera División
2 2 de Mayo (P) 30 16 9 5 46 23 +23 57
3 Independiente (CG) 30 14 9 7 53 35 +18 51
4 Deportivo Recoleta 30 15 6 9 59 45 +14 51
5 Fernando de la Mora 30 14 6 10 40 31 +9 48
6 Rubio Ñu 30 12 8 10 42 44 −2 44
7 Deportivo Santaní 30 12 8 10 41 43 −2 44
8 Sportivo Carapeguá 30 11 10 9 43 31 +12 43
9 Pastoreo 30 11 10 9 37 31 +6 43
10 San Lorenzo 30 11 9 10 35 27 +8 42
11 3 de Febrero 30 11 6 13 39 42 −3 39
12 Atlético Colegiales 30 9 5 16 29 44 −15 32
13 Martín Ledesma 30 8 7 15 30 41 −11 31
14 24 de Setiembre (VP) 30 7 8 15 38 52 −14 29
15 Atyrá 30 7 5 18 32 58 −26 26
16 12 de Octubre 30 2 8 20 24 62 −38 14
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

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Home \ Away 2DM 3FE 12O 24S CAC ATY REC SAN FDM IND MAL PAS RUB SSL SOL SPC
2 de Mayo 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
3 de Febrero 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–3
12 de Octubre 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–4 2–3 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3
24 de Setiembre (VP) 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 5–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–5 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–3
Atlético Colegiales 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–4
Atyrá 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–5 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–1
Deportivo Recoleta 3–7 6–1 4–1 0–0 0–3 4–2 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 7–1 0–0
Deportivo Santaní 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–1
Fernando de la Mora 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Independiente (CG) 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1
Martín Ledesma 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–4 4–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Pastoreo 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1
Rubio Ñu 1–3 3–1 2–1 5–4 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–0
San Lorenzo 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0
Sol de América 2–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Sportivo Carapeguá 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–4 6–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Aldo González Deportivo Recoleta 14
2 Argentina Franco Aragón Sol de América 12
3 Paraguay Derlis Ortiz Deportivo Recoleta 11
4 Paraguay Fernando Matías Cáceres 2 de Mayo 10
Paraguay Sergio Dietze Independiente (CG)
Paraguay Osvaldo Argüello Rubio Ñu
Paraguay Ronald Acuña Deportivo Santaní
Paraguay Edsson Riveros Rubio Ñu
9 Paraguay Wilfrido Báez Independiente (CG) 9
Paraguay Lucas González Deportivo Recoleta
Paraguay Roque Guachiré Fernando de la Mora
Paraguay Maicol Fernández 3 de Febrero

Source: APF

Relegation

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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 Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.

Pos
Team
2021
Pts
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg Relegation
1 Sol de América 67 67 30 2.233
2 Deportivo Recoleta 51 51 30 1.7
3 Pastoreo 53 43 96 60 1.6
4 San Lorenzo 53 54 42 149 94 1.585
5 Independiente (CG) 51 41 51 143 94 1.521
6 Fernando de la Mora 45 48 48 141 94 1.5
7 Sportivo Carapeguá 43 43 30 1.433
8 Rubio Ñu 39 44 44 127 94 1.351
9 2 de Mayo 36 29 57 122 94 1.298
10 3 de Febrero 48 35 39 122 94 1.298
11 Martín Ledesma 45 31 76 60 1.267
12 Deportivo Santaní 41 33 44 118 94 1.255
13 Atlético Colegiales 36 32 68 60 1.133
14 Atyrá (R) 43 36 26 105 94 1.117 Relegation to Primera B Nacional
15 24 de Setiembre (VP) (R) 29 29 30 0.967 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
16 12 de Octubre (R) 14 14 30 0.467

Source: APF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Con miras al inicio de la Intermedia 2023" [Looking forward to the start of the 2023 Intermedia] (in Spanish). APF. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Calendario definido: La División Intermedia tiene su hoja de ruta para el 2023" [Schedule set: The División Intermedia has its roadmap for 2023] (in Spanish). Versus. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Sol de América se consagra campeón" [Sol de América crown themselves as champions] (in Spanish). D10. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "El 2 de Mayo retorna a Primera" [2 de Mayo return to Primera] (in Spanish). D10. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Tercera División: Recoleta y "24" se lucieron; regresa con todo el "Potro" carapegueño" [Third Division: Recoleta and "24" shone; the "Colt" from Carapeguá returns with all] (in Spanish). Versus. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Intermedia: Trinidense arrasó y Luqueño volvió con el impulso de su "República"" [Intermedia: Trinidense swept and Luqueño returned with the impulse of its "Republic"] (in Spanish). Versus. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Intermedia: El "Canario" anida en el Cardif" [Intermedia: The Canary nests at the Cardif] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "REGLAMENTO GENERAL DE COMPETICIONES 2023" [2023 GENERAL REGULATIONS OF COMPETITIONS] (PDF) (in Spanish). APF. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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