2024 APF División Intermedia


The 2024 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Daniel Giménez, Félix Quiñonez e Isidoro Benítez", was 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 ended on 14 October 2024, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 28 November 2023.
Deportivo Recoleta and Tembetary earned promotion to the Paraguayan Primera División at the end of the season, with the former clinching a top two finish with three matchdays to go by defeating Pastoreo on 22 September, and the latter doing so on the following matchday, beating Fernando de la Mora on 29 September. Deportivo Recoleta ended up winning their second División Intermedia title after a 1–1 with Fernando de la Mora and a 3–1 loss for Tembetary against Sportivo Carapeguá on the final matchday of the season.

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 2025 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 [Paraguayan Primera División B Metropolitana|Primera División B Nacional|Primera División B Nacional].

Teams

Team changes

16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2023 season, 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.
Promoted to 2024 Primera DivisiónRelegated from 2023 Primera DivisiónPromoted from 2023 Tercera DivisiónRelegated to 2024 Tercera División
Sol de América
2 de Mayo
Guaireña
Resistencia
12 de Junio
Encarnación
Tembetary
Atyrá
24 de Setiembre
12 de Octubre

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
3 de FebreroCiudad del EsteAntonio Aranda23,500
12 de JunioVilla HayesFacundo de León6,000
Atlético ColegialesLambaréLuciano Zacarías4,500
Deportivo RecoletaAsunciónCARDIF1,800
Deportivo SantaníSan EstanislaoJuan José Vázquez8,000
EncarnaciónEncarnaciónVilla Alegre16,000
Fernando de la MoraAsunciónEmiliano Ghezzi6,000
GuaireñaVillarricaParque del Guairá11,000
Independiente (CG)AsunciónRicardo Gregor4,000
Martín LedesmaCapiatáEnrique Soler5,000
PastoreoJuan Manuel FrutosLiga Caaguazú de Fútbol5,000
ResistenciaAsunciónTomás Beggan Correa3,500
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboleda8,000
San LorenzoSan LorenzoGunther Vogel5,000
Sportivo CarapeguáCarapeguáMunicipal de Carapeguá10,000
TembetaryVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni11,000

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Top scorers

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Relegation

Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the total 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
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
2024
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
AvgRelegation
1Tembetary——626230'
2Deportivo Recoleta—516511660'
3Sportivo Carapeguá—435810160'
4San Lorenzo54424614290'
5Resistencia——454530'
6Independiente (CG)41514113390'
7Encarnación——444430'
848483513190'
9Rubio Ñu44444213090'
10Deportivo Santaní33444211990'
11Pastoreo53432311990'
12Guaireña——383830'
1312 de Junio——383830'
14Martín Ledesma '45313611290'Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
153 de Febrero '35392910390'Relegation to Primera B Nacional
16Atlético Colegiales '3632107890Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
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