2024 Copa de Primera


The 2024 Copa de Primera was the 90th season of the División de Honor, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season, which consisted of two tournaments, began on 19 January and ended on 29 November 2024. The fixtures for the season were announced on 4 December 2023.
Libertad entered the season as defending champions, having won both of the tournaments played in the 2023 [Paraguayan Primera División season|2023 season], and won a third league championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura, clinching their 25th league title with a 3–1 win over Olimpia on the last round of the tournament on 5 June. Olimpia eventually won their forty-seventh league championship in the Clausura tournament, clinching the title with two matches in hand after a scoreless draw with 2 de Mayo on 17 November.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2023 Paraguayan [Primera División season#Relegation table|2023 season], and the top two teams in the 2023 Paraguayan División Intermedia: Sol de América and 2 de Mayo. Sol de América returned to the top flight after one season, clinching promotion with a 2–0 win over Fernando de la Mora on 17 September 2023, while 2 de Mayo sealed their return to Primera División after 15 years with a 1–1 draw against 3 de Febrero on 23 September 2023. The promoted teams replaced Guaireña and Resistencia, who ended in the bottom two places of the relegation table and were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.
Pos.Relegated from 2023 Primera División
11thGuaireña
12thResistencia

Pos.Promoted from 2023 División Intermedia
1stSol de América
2nd2 de Mayo

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
2 de MayoPedro [Juan Caballero, Paraguay|Pedro Juan Caballero]Río Parapití25,000
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas45,000
General Caballero (JLM)Juan León Mallorquín District|Juan León Mallorquín]Ka'arendy10,000
GuaraníAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
LibertadAsunciónTigo La Huerta10,000
NacionalAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaAsunciónOsvaldo Domínguez Dibb25,000
Sol de AméricaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni11,000
Sportivo AmelianoVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni11,000
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres23,000
Sportivo TrinidenseAsunciónMartín Torres3,000
TacuaryAsunciónJardines del Kelito6,500

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Managerial changes

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Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "Homenaje a Iván Almeida", was the 129th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2024 season. It started on 19 January and ended on 6 June.

Top scorers

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Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura, named "Homenaje a los 120 años del Club Nacional", was the 130th official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2024 season. It began on 19 July and ended on 29 November.

Top scorers

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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 were relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
Pos
Team
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
2024
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
AvgRelegation
1Libertad919974264132'
2Cerro Porteño988174253132'
3Olimpia926280234132'
42 de Mayo656544'
5Nacional716555191132'
6Guaraní556566186132'
7Sportivo Luqueño516111288'
8Sportivo Trinidense654611188'
9Sportivo Ameliano485756161132'
10514947147132'
11Sol de América '474744'
12Tacuary '534440137132'
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Season awards

On 9 December 2024, a ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Luque to announce the winners of the season awards, who were chosen based on voting by the managers of the Primera División teams, local sports journalists, the APF's Referee Commission, the public, as well as the tournament's official broadcaster Tigo Sports and official statistics.