Paraguayan División Intermedia

The División Intermedia (English: Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División (English: Second Division), is the third highest professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol.

División Intermedia

Founded	1910
Country	Paraguay
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Primera División
Relegation to	Primera División B Primera División B Nacional
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Paraguay
Current champions	Deportivo Recoleta (2nd title) (2024)
Most championships	Presidente Hayes (8 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	Tigo Max (all games per matchday) Tigo Sports (Two games per matchday) Telefuturo (highlights per matchday) Paravisión (Only are broadcast live the best match Saturday at 16:30 or Sunday at 11:00)
Current: 2025 season

Overview

Since 1910 the second division tournaments have changed rules, number of teams and names. As of 2006, División Intermedia is the name for the second division and 16 teams are part of it. The champion and the runner-up of this league gains the right to participate in the Liga Paraguaya: Primera División, the Paraguay's top division of football. The last three teams are relegated to the third division (called "Primera de Ascenso" for teams from Gran Asunción and Primera División Nacional B for teams outside of the Gran Asunción area). The three spots left by relegated teams are occupied by one team from the Primera de Ascenso and one team from the Primera División Nacional B which is a tournament where teams from the whole country compete, giving them a chance to eventually make it to the first division.

Clubs

Gran Asunción

12 de Junio

Dep. Santaní

Encarnación

Guaireña

Guaraní (F)

Pastoreo

Spvo. Carapeguá

Gran Asunción teams:
Deportivo Capiatá
Fernando de la Mora
Independiente (CG)
Resistencia
River Plate
Rubio Ñu
San Lorenzo
Sol de América
Tacuary

Locations of the 2025 División Intermedia teams

16 teams will contest the league in its 2025 season, including three promoted from the 2024 Tercera División: Deportivo Capiatá, Guaraní de Fram, and River Plate, and two relegated from the 2024 Primera División: Sol de América and Tacuary.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
12 de Junio	Villa Hayes	Facundo de León	5,000
Deportivo Capiatá	Capiatá	Erico Galeano	10,000
Deportivo Santaní	San Estanislao	Juan José Vázquez	8,000
Encarnación	Encarnación	Villa Alegre	16,000
Fernando de la Mora	Asunción	Emiliano Ghezzi	6,000
Guaireña	Villarrica	Parque del Guairá	11,000
Guaraní (F)	Cambyretá	Carlos Memmel[i]	6,000
Independiente (CG)	Asunción	Ricardo Gregor	4,000
Pastoreo	Juan Manuel Frutos	Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol[1]	5,000
Resistencia	Asunción	Tomás Beggan Correa	3,500
River Plate	Asunción	Jardines del Kelito	6,500
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
Tacuary	Asunción	Toribio Vargas	3,000

Notes

1. Used as home stadium for the season since Guaraní (F)'s stadium Estadio Municipal in Fram did not meet APF requirements.

List of champions

Segunda División

Season	Champion
1910	Nacional B
1911	Presidente Hayes
1912	Championship not played
1913	River Plate
1914	10 de Agosto
1915	Marte Atlético
1916	Marte Atlético
1917	Villa del Salto

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División Intermedia

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Season	Champion
1918	Sastre Sport
1919	Presidente Hayes
1920	Cerro Porteño B
1921	Sastre Sport
1922	Championship not played
1923	Deportivo Meilicke
1924	Sportivo Luqueño
1925	Sastre Sport
1926	Rubio Ñú
1927	Atlántida
1928	General Caballero
1929	CALT
1930	Fernando de la Mora
1931	Sastre Sport
1932–36	Championship not played
1937	12 de Octubre (VA)
1938	Atlético Sajonia
1939	24 de Septiembre
1940	Sport Colombia
1941	Rubio Ñú
1942	24 de Septiembre
1943	24 de Septiembre
1944	Sport Colombia
1945	Sport Colombia
1946	Deportivo Pinozá
1947	Championship not played
1948	Asunción FBC
1949	San Lorenzo
1950	Sport Colombia

Segunda División

Season	Champion
1951	Atlántida
1952	General Genes
1953	San Lorenzo
1954	Rubio Ñu
1955	General Genes
1956	Sportivo Luqueño
1957	River Plate
1958	Presidente Hayes
1959	Tembetary
1960	San Lorenzo
1961	Rubio Ñu
1962	General Caballero
1963	Rubio Ñu

Primera División B/Primera División de Ascenso

Season	Champion
1964	Sportivo Luqueño
1965	Sol de América
1966	Resistencia
1967	Presidente Hayes
1968	Sportivo Luqueño
1969	Silvio Pettirossi
1970	General Caballero
1971	Presidente Hayes
1972	Rubio Ñu
1973	Presidente Hayes
1974	Presidente Hayes
1975	Resistencia
1976	Tembetary
1977	Sol de América
1978	Capitán Figari
1979	Nacional
1980	Resistencia
1981	Oriental
1982	Atlético Colegiales
1983	Tembetary
1984	San Lorenzo
1985	Sport Colombia
1986	General Caballero
1987	San Lorenzo
1988	Tembetary
1989	Nacional
1990	Cerro Corá
1991	Presidente Hayes
1992	Sport Colombia
1993	Deportivo Humaitá
1994	San Lorenzo
1995	Tembetary
1996	Cerro Corá

División Intermedia

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1997	12 de Octubre	Olimpia (Itá)
1998	Resistencia	Sportivo Iteño
1999	Universal	Nacional
2000	Libertad	Sport Colombia
2001	Deportivo Recoleta	Sport Colombia
2002	Tacuary	Presidente Hayes
2003	Nacional	3 de Febrero
2004	3 de Febrero	General Caballero
2005	2 de Mayo	Fernando de la Mora
2006	Sol de América	Sportivo Trinidense
2007[3]	Silvio Pettirossi	General Díaz
2008[4]	Rubio Ñu	General Caballero
2009[5]	Sportivo Trinidense	Sport Colombia
2010[6]	General Caballero	Independiente
2011[7]	Cerro Porteño (PF)	Sportivo Carapeguá
2012[8]	General Díaz	Deportivo Capiatá
2013[9]	3 de Febrero	12 de Octubre
2014[10]	San Lorenzo	Deportivo Santaní
2015[11]	River Plate	General Caballero
2016[12]	Independiente	Sportivo Trinidense
2017[13]	3 de Febrero	Deportivo Santaní
2018[14]	River Plate	San Lorenzo
2019[15]	Guaireña	12 de Octubre
2020[16]	Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021[17]	General Caballero (JLM)	Resistencia
2022[18]	Sportivo Trinidense	Sportivo Luqueño
2023	Sol de América	2 de Mayo
2024	Deportivo Recoleta	Tembetary

Titles by club

Club	Titles	Winning years
Presidente Hayes	8	1911, 1919, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1991
San Lorenzo	7	1949, 1953, 1960, 1984, 1987, 1994, 2014
Rubio Ñu	7	1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008
General Caballero	6	1923, 1928, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2010
Sport Colombia	6	1940, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1985, 1992
Tembetary	5	1959, 1976, 1983, 1988, 1995
Sportivo Luqueño	4	1924, 1956, 1964, 1968
Resistencia	4	1966, 1975, 1980, 1998
Sastre Sport	4	1918, 1921, 1925, 1931
River Plate	4	1913, 1957, 2015, 2018
Sol de América	4	1965, 1977, 2006, 2023
Nacional	3	1979, 1989, 2003
24 de Setiembre	3	1939, 1942, 1943
3 de Febrero	3	2004, 2013, 2017
Atlántida	2	1927, 1951
Cerro Corá	2	1990, 1996
Deportivo Recoleta	2	2001, 2024
General Genes	2	1952, 1955
Marte Atlético	2	1915, 1916
Silvio Pettirossi	2	1969, 2007
Sportivo Trinidense	2	2009, 2022
Independiente	1	2016
General Díaz	1	2012
Cerro Porteño (PF)	1	2011
2 de Mayo	1	2005
Tacuary	1	2002
Libertad	1	2000
Universal	1	1999
12 de Octubre	1	1997
Deportivo Humaitá	1	1993
Atlético Colegiales	1	1982
Oriental	1	1981
Capitán Figari	1	1978
Asunción FBC	1	1948
Deportivo Pinozá	1	1946
Atlético Sajonia	1	1938
12 de Octubre (VA)	1	1937
Fernando de la Mora	1	1930
CALT	1	1929
Cerro Porteño B	1	1920
Villa del Salto	1	1917
10 de Agosto	1	1914
Nacional B	1	1910
Guaireña	1	2019
General Caballero (JLM)	1	2021

List of goalscorers

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2008	Victor Gómez	Rubio Ñu	10[19]
2007	Cristian Ovelar	Cerro Porteño PF	14[20]
2006	Pablo Zeballos	Sol de América	15[21]
2005	Casiano Delvalle	Sport Colombia	15[22]
2004	Adolfo Fatecha	General Caballero ZC	11[23]

See also

• Football in Paraguay
• Paraguayan football league system
• Primera División Paraguaya
• Paraguayan Tercera División