2024 Paraguayan Primera B Metropolitana

Primera División B Metropolitana
Season2024
Dates12 April - 20 October 2024
ChampionsDeportivo Capiatá
PromotedDeportivo Capiatá and
River Plate
RelegatedCristóbal Colón ÑEM and
12 de Octubre SDO
2023
2025

The 2024 Primera División B, or Primera División B Metropolitana in order to distinguish it from the 2024 Paraguayan Primera B Nacional, was the eighty-first season of the Primera División B Metropolitana, one of the three leagues of Paraguay's Tercera División, the third-tier of the country's football league system, in which clubs from the Asunción metropolitan area take part. In this edition a total of 18 teams competed.

The champion and runner-up of the tournament directly get promoted to the Second Division, the División Intermedia.[1]

Teams and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero Asunción 3 de Febrero 500
3 de Noviembre Asunción Rubén Ramírez 1,500
12 de Octubre ITG Itauguá Luis Alberto Salinas Tanasio 10,000
12 de Octubre SDO Asunción Rafael Giménez 1,500
24 de Setiembre Areguá Próculo Cortázar 2,500
29 de Setiembre Luque Salustiano Zaracho 3,500
Atlántida Asunción Flaviano Díaz 1,000
Benjamín Aceval Villa Hayes Isidro Roussillón 5,000
Cristóbal Colón JAS Julián Augusto Saldívar Herminio Ricardo 3,000
Cristóbal Colón ÑEM Ñemby Pablo Patricio Bogarín 2,500
Deportivo Capiatá Capiatá Erico Galeano 15,000
General Díaz Luque General Adrián Jara 4,000
Olimpia de Itá Itá Presbítero Manuel Gamarra 5,000
Presidente Hayes Asunción Félix Cabrera 5,000
River Plate Asunción Jardines del Kelito 6,500
Silvio Pettirossi Asunción Bernabé Pedrozo 4,000
Sportivo Limpeño Limpio Optaciano Gómez 1,800
Sport Colombia Fernando de la Mora Alfonso Colmán 7,000

Geographical distribution

Department Number Teams
Central 10 12 de Octubre ITG (Itauguá), 24 de Setiembre (Areguá), 29 de Septiembre (Luque), Cristóbal Colón (Julián Augusto Saldívar), Cristóbal Colón (Ñemby), Deportivo Capiatá (Capiatá), Paraguay|Mariano Roque Alonso]]), General Díaz (Luque), Olimpia (Itá), Sport Colombia (Fernando de la Mora), Sportivo Limpeño (Limpio).
Asunción 7 3 de Febrero FBC, 3 de Noviembre, 12 de Octubre SDO, Atlántida, Presidente Hayes, River Plate and Silvio Pettirossi.
Presidente Hayes 1 Benjamín Aceval (Villa Hayes).

Competition system

The mode of dispute would be maintained as in previous seasons, round-robin matches, that is, two rounds made up of 18 matchdays each. The team that accumulates the most points at the end of the 36th matchday dates will be crowned champion.
In case of parity of points between two contestants, the title is defined in an extra match. If there are more than two in dispute, it is resolved according to the following parameters:

1) Goal difference;
2) Most goals scored;
3) Greater number of goals scored as a visitor;
4) Raffle.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Capiatá (C, P) 34 22 9 3 63 31 +32 75 Promotion to División Intermedia
2 River Plate (P) 34 18 13 3 56 28 +28 67
3 Atlántida 34 19 7 8 41 27 +14 64
4 Benjamín Aceval 34 18 7 9 65 35 +30 61
5 12 de Octubre ITG 34 15 13 6 45 34 +11 58
6 Cristóbal Colón JAS 34 17 6 11 62 43 +19 57
7 24 de Setiembre 34 15 11 8 60 41 +19 56
8 Olimpia de Itá 34 12 13 9 47 41 +6 49
9 3 de Febrero FBC 34 13 9 12 45 44 +1 48
10 3 de Noviembre 34 12 8 14 50 37 +13 44
11 Sport Colombia 34 12 8 14 40 43 −3 44
12 Silvio Pettirossi 34 9 8 17 43 49 −6 35
13 Sportivo Limpeño 34 8 10 16 37 50 −13 34
14 General Díaz 34 8 8 18 32 54 −22 32
15 Presidente Hayes 34 7 10 17 32 59 −27 31
16 29 de Setiembre 34 7 9 18 38 72 −34 30
17 12 de Octubre SDO 34 6 11 17 43 61 −18 29
18 Cristóbal Colón ÑEM 34 4 8 22 36 86 −50 20
Source: APF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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 two teams with the lowest average will be relegated to the Primera División C for the following season.

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