2022 Paraguayan División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season2022
Dates1 April – 11 October 2022
ChampionsSportivo Trinidense (2nd title)
PromotedSportivo Trinidense
Sportivo Luqueño
RelegatedGuaraní (T)
Sportivo Iteño
River Plate
Matches played239
Goals scored564 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerDiego Fernández (12 goals)
Biggest home winPastoreo 4–0 Deportivo Santaní
(31 July)
Fdo. de la Mora 5–1 Atl. Colegiales
(20 August)
Biggest away winSportivo Iteño 0–6 Fdo. de la Mora
(9 October)
Highest scoringIndependiente (CG) 5–2 Martín Ledesma
(22 April)
San Lorenzo 5–2 Sportivo Iteño
(3 September)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje al Doctor Luis Lezcano Pastore y al Escribano Julio César Ortiz Duarte", was the 104th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 25th under the Paraguayan División Intermedia name. The season began on 1 April and ended on 11 October 2022.[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 December 2021.[2]

Sportivo Trinidense and Sportivo Luqueño ensured their promotion to the Paraguayan Primera División with two matches in hand; the former by drawing 1–1 with 2 de Mayo at home on 25 September 2022,[3] while the latter clinched promotion with a 1–0 victory against Atlético Colegiales coupled with a 2–0 loss for Pastoreo against Fernando de la Mora the following day.[4] Sportivo Trinidense ended up clinching the tournament's title the following weekend, with a win over Atlético Colegiales and a loss for Sportivo Luqueño against San Lorenzo.[5]

Format

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 2023 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 were relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department were relegated to Primera División B Nacional.[1]

Teams

16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2021 season (River Plate and Sportivo Luqueño), the top two teams from the 2021 Primera División B (Atlético Colegiales and Martín Ledesma) and the 2019–20 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions Pastoreo.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2022 División Intermedia teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero Río Parapití 25,000
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,500
Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500
Atyrá Atyrá San Francisco de Asís 10,000
Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000
Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000
Guaraní (T) Trinidad Carlos Memmel 5,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Complejo Municipal Campo 9 5,000
River Plate Asunción Jardines del Kelito 6,500
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000
Sportivo Iteño Itá Salvador Morga 4,500
Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 23,000
Sportivo Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sportivo Trinidense (C, P) 30 19 9 2 54 24 +30 66 Promotion to Primera División
2 Sportivo Luqueño (P) 30 18 7 5 42 26 +16 61
3 San Lorenzo 30 16 6 8 47 26 +21 54
4 Pastoreo 30 14 11 5 44 28 +16 53
5 Fernando de la Mora 30 13 9 8 48 31 +17 48
6 Martín Ledesma 30 12 9 9 30 29 +1 45
7 Rubio Ñu 30 12 8 10 39 30 +9 44
8 Independiente (CG) 30 11 8 11 33 36 −3 41
9 Atyrá 30 10 6 14 24 28 −4 36
10 Atlético Colegiales 30 10 6 14 32 42 −10 36
11 3 de Febrero 30 8 11 11 29 36 −7 35
12 Deportivo Santaní 30 9 6 15 30 42 −12 33
13 Guaraní (T) 30 8 7 15 29 41 −12 31
14 2 de Mayo 30 7 8 15 32 39 −7 29
15 River Plate 30 7 5 18 27 39 −12 26
16 Sportivo Iteño 30 4 8 18 27 70 −43 20
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship or 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 CAC ATY SAN FDM GUA IND MAL PAS RIV RUB SSL SPI SLU TRI
2 de Mayo — 0–3 3–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–3
3 de Febrero 0–0 — 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–4 1–1
Atlético Colegiales 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1
Atyrá 0–1 1–2 2–1 — 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0
Deportivo Santaní 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 — 2–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
Fernando de la Mora 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 — 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–2
Guaraní (T) 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 — 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2
Independiente (CG) 1–0 2–0 0–3[a] 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 — 5–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
Martín Ledesma 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–2
Pastoreo 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3
River Plate 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 — 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–4
Rubio Ñu 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 — 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2
San Lorenzo 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 — 5–2 2–0 3–0
Sportivo Iteño 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–6 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–4 1–5 1–1 — 0–0 1–3
Sportivo Luqueño 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–0
Sportivo Trinidense 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–4 —
Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Match suspended and awarded to Atlético Colegiales by walkover since Independiente (CG) failed to provide an ambulance.[6]

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Diego Fernández Sportivo Luqueño 12
2 Paraguay Emmanuel Morales Rubio Ñu 10
3 Paraguay Ariel Roa Fernando de la Mora 9
Paraguay Renzo Carballo Pastoreo
Paraguay Rodrigo Arévalo 3 de Febrero / Sportivo Trinidense
6 Paraguay Juan Isidro Núñez Sportivo Luqueño 8
Paraguay Marcelo Ferreira Independiente (CG)
Paraguay Jorge Quintana San Lorenzo
Paraguay Juan Marcelo Villamayor San Lorenzo
Paraguay Óscar Giménez Sportivo Trinidense

Source: APF

Relegation

Relegation was 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
 2019
Pts		 2021
Pts		 2022
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Sportivo Luqueño — — 61 61 30 2.033
2 Pastoreo — — 53 53 30 1.767
3 Sportivo Trinidense 40 52 66 158 94 1.681
4 San Lorenzo — 53 54 107 64 1.672
5 Martín Ledesma — — 46 46 30 1.533
6 Fernando de la Mora 43 45 48 136 94 1.447
7 Independiente (CG) 41 51 41 133 94 1.415
8 Atyrá 49 43 36 128 94 1.362
9 3 de Febrero 39 48 35 122 94 1.298
10 2 de Mayo 55 36 29 120 94 1.277
11 Rubio Ñu 35 39 44 118 94 1.255
12 Atlético Colegiales — — 36 36 30 1.2
13 Deportivo Santaní — 41 33 74 64 1.156
14 Guaraní (T) (R) — 41 31 72 64 1.125 Relegation to Primera División B Nacional
15 Sportivo Iteño (R) 36 39 20 95 94 1.011 Relegation to Primera División B Metropolitana
16 River Plate (R) — — 26 26 30 0.867

Source: APF

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "La Intermedia ya palpita la temporada 2022" [The Intermedia already pulsates the 2022 season] (in Spanish). APF. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ "El fixture de la Intermedia 2022" [The fixture of the 2022 Intermedia] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Sportivo Trinidense retorna a Primera División" [Sportivo Trinidense return to Primera División] (in Spanish). D10. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Vibra la República: Sportivo Luqueño vuelve al lugar que le corresponde" [The Republic vibrates: Sportivo Luqueño return to their rightful place] (in Spanish). D10. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Sportivo Trinidense se consagra campeón de la Intermedia" [Sportivo Trinidense become Intermedia champions] (in Spanish). D10. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. ^ "El castigo a Independiente a causa del partido suspendido por falta de ambulancia" [The punishment to Independiente for the match suspended due to lack of an ambulance] (in Spanish). Versus. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.