2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season	2024
Dates	5 April – 14 October 2024
Matches played	176
Goals scored	410 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lucas González (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Dep. Recoleta 6–0 Dep. Santaní; (15 April)
Biggest away win	Martín Ledesma 0–4 Tembetary; (26 May); Resistencia 0–4 12 de Junio; (20 July)
Highest scoring	Martín Ledesma 4–4 Rubio Ñu; (21 June)
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 25 August 2024.

The 2024 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Daniel Giménez, Félix Quiñonez e Isidoro Benítez", is the 106th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 27th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 5 April and is scheduled to end on 14 October 2024, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 28 November 2023.^[1]^[2]

Format

16 teams take part in the competition, which is 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 will be promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2025 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season will be 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

Team changes

16 teams compete in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2023 season (Guaireña and Resistencia), the 2023 Primera División B champions Tembetary, the 2023 Primera División B Nacional champions 12 de Junio, and the 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions Encarnación.^[3]

Promoted to 2024 Primera División	Relegated from 2023 Primera División	Promoted from 2023 Tercera División	Relegated to 2024 Tercera División
Sol de América 2 de Mayo	Guaireña Resistencia	12 de Junio (Primera B Nacional) Encarnación (Campeonato Nacional de Interligas) Tembetary (Primera B Metropolitana)	Atyrá (Primera B Nacional) 24 de Setiembre (Primera B Metropolitana) 12 de Octubre (Primera B Metropolitana)

Stadia and locations

Gran Asunción

Gran Asunción teams:
Atlético Colegiales
Deportivo Recoleta
Fernando de la Mora
Independiente (CG)
Martín Ledesma
Resistencia
Rubio Ñu
San Lorenzo
Tembetary

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Locations of the 2024 División Intermedia teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
3 de Febrero	Ciudad del Este	Antonio Aranda	23,500
12 de Junio	Villa Hayes	Facundo de León	6,000
Atlético Colegiales	Lambaré	Luciano Zacarías	4,500
Deportivo Recoleta	Asunción	CARDIF^[4]	1,800
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
Independiente (CG)	Asunción	Ricardo Gregor	4,000
Martín Ledesma	Capiatá	Enrique Soler	5,000
Pastoreo	Juan Manuel Frutos	Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol^[5]	5,000
Resistencia	Asunción	Tomás Beggan Correa	3,500
Rubio Ñu	Asunción	La Arboleda	8,000
San Lorenzo	San Lorenzo	Gunther Vogel	5,000
Sportivo Carapeguá	Carapeguá	Municipal de Carapeguá	10,000
Tembetary	Villa Elisa	Luis Alfonso Giagni^[i]	11,000

Notes

^ Used as home stadium for the season since Tembetary's stadium Complejo Tembetary in Villa Elisa did not meet APF requirements.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Recoleta	22	15	4	3	48	17	+31	49	Promotion to Primera División
2	Tembetary	22	15	3	4	35	17	+18	48	Promotion to Primera División
3	Sportivo Carapeguá	22	13	5	4	32	16	+16	44
4	Encarnación	22	11	4	7	35	26	+9	37
5	San Lorenzo	22	8	7	7	22	23	−1	31
6	Martín Ledesma	22	7	9	6	21	25	−4	30^[a]
7	12 de Junio	22	8	6	8	26	23	+3	30^[a]
8	Rubio Ñu	22	8	6	8	26	29	−3	30^[a]
9	Guaireña^[b]	22	8	8	6	23	17	+6	29
10	Fernando de la Mora	22	7	7	8	22	24	−2	28
11	Deportivo Santaní	22	7	7	8	22	26	−4	28
12	Resistencia	22	8	3	11	22	31	−9	27
13	Independiente (CG)	22	6	5	11	20	29	−9	23
14	3 de Febrero	22	4	8	10	14	24	−10	20
15	Pastoreo	22	5	4	13	20	33	−13	19
16	Atlético Colegiales	22	1	4	17	22	50	−28	7

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. 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).
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Martín Ledesma 4, 12 de Junio 4, Rubio Ñu 2. Head-to-head goal difference: Martín Ledesma +1, 12 de Junio 0, Rubio Ñu −1.
^ Guaireña were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with player Enrique Borja.^[6]

Results

Home \ Away	3FE	12J	CAC	REC	SAN	ENC	FDM	GUA	IND	MAL	PAS	RES	RUB	SSL	SPC	TEM
3 de Febrero	—	1–1	1–0			1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–2		0–3	0–2
12 de Junio	2–0	—	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–1			0–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–1
Atlético Colegiales		2–3	—	2–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1		1–1	1–4	0–1		1–3		0–1
Deportivo Recoleta	1–0		4–2	—	6–0				3–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1
Deportivo Santaní	1–0			0–0	—		2–2		1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Encarnación	0–0	2–0	5–1	0–1	3–2	—	4–1	2–1		0–0	2–0	0–1		0–0
Fernando de la Mora	2–1	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	—	1–2		1–1	1–0		0–1		0–0	1–1
Guaireña	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	—	2–1	1–1		0–0		0–0
Independiente (CG)		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	—		0–2	2–1			0–1	2–5
Martín Ledesma	0–0		2–0			1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	—	1–0		4–4	0–1	0–0	0–4
Pastoreo	0–2		1–0			1–3		1–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1
Resistencia	0–0	0–4		1–3	1–3		2–0			1–2	3–2	—	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–2
Rubio Ñu		1–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–0			3–1	—		0–1	0–2
San Lorenzo	1–0	0–1		0–0			2–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1		3–2	—	1–0	1–0
Sportivo Carapeguá		1–1	4–3	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0			2–1	1–1	4–0	—
Tembetary	2–0	1–0	0–2		3–2	2–1		0–2	2–1			1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 25 August 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas González	Deportivo Recoleta	19
2	Luis Galeano	Fernando de la Mora	10
2	César Villagra	Rubio Ñu	10
4	Fernando Escobar	Resistencia / Encarnación	9
5	Juan Roa	Tembetary	7
	Richart Ortiz	Encarnación
	Carlos Duarte	Guaireña
8	Daniel Fernández	12 de Junio	6
	Roland Escobar	Deportivo Santaní
	Jesús Cáceres	Guaireña / Sportivo Carapeguá
	Augusto Giménez	Sportivo Carapeguá

Source: APF

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

Pos	Team	2022 Pts	2023 Pts	2024 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Tembetary	—	—	48	48	22	2.182
2	Deportivo Recoleta	—	51	49	100	52	1.923
3	Encarnación	—	—	37	37	22	1.682
4	Sportivo Carapeguá	—	43	44	87	52	1.673
5	San Lorenzo	54	42	31	127	82	1.549
6	Fernando de la Mora	48	48	28	124	82	1.512
7	Rubio Ñu	44	44	30	118	82	1.439
8	Independiente (CG)	41	51	23	115	82	1.402
9	Pastoreo	53	43	19	115	82	1.402
10	12 de Junio	—	—	30	30	22	1.364
11	Guaireña	—	—	29	29	22	1.318
12	Martín Ledesma	45	31	30	106	82	1.293
13	Deportivo Santaní	33	44	28	105	82	1.28
14	Resistencia	—	—	27	27	22	1.227	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional
15	3 de Febrero	35	39	20	94	82	1.146
16	Atlético Colegiales	36	32	7	75	82	0.915

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: APF

References

^ "Competencia 2024 de la Intermedia, entre abril y octubre" [2024 Intermedia competition, from April to October] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Así se jugará el torneo de la Intermedia 2024" [This is how the 2024 Intermedia tournament will be played] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Estos serán los 16 equipos de Intermedia que lucharán por subir a Primera" [These will be the 16 Intermedia teams that will fight to promote to Primera] (in Spanish). Versus. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Intermedia: El "Canario" anida en el Cardif" [Intermedia: The Canary nests at the Cardif] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
^ "Intermedia: Pastoreo juega de local en el nuevo estadio de Caaguazú" [Intermedia: Pastoreo play at home at Caaguazú's new stadium] (in Spanish). Desde Caaguazú. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Guaireña perderá puntos por causa de "Zlatan"" [Guaireña will be deducted points due to "Zlatan"] (in Spanish). Versus. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.