2025 APF División Intermedia


The 2025 División Intermedia season was the 107th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 28th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 28 March and ended on 5 October 2025, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 9 December 2024.
Rubio Ñu became the first team promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the following season, clinching promotion with three matches to go after defeating Sportivo Carapeguá 1–0 on 14 September. They eventually secured the championship and their eighth title in the second tier the following week, after a scoreless draw with Guaireña. The runners-up San Lorenzo were the second and last promoted team, confirming their promotion on the last matchday of the season following a 3–0 win over Fernando de la Mora and a draw for Deportivo Capiatá against Sportivo Carapeguá.
River Plate, Pastoreo, and Guaraní de Fram were relegated to the third tier leagues at the end of the season.

Format

Sixteen 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 2026 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams from Asunción or 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.

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 2024 season, the 2024 Primera B Metropolitana champions Deportivo Capiatá and runners-up River Plate, and the 2024 Primera B Nacional champions Guaraní de Fram, who took part in the second tier of Paraguayan football for the first time ever.
Promoted to 2025 Primera DivisiónRelegated from 2024 Primera DivisiónPromoted from 2024 Tercera DivisiónRelegated to 2025 Tercera División
Deportivo Recoleta
Tembetary
Sol de América
Tacuary
Deportivo Capiatá
River Plate
Guaraní (F)
Martín Ledesma
Atlético 3 de Febrero
Atlético Colegiales

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
12 de JunioVilla HayesFacundo de León5,000
Deportivo CapiatáCapiatáErico Galeano10,000
Deportivo SantaníSan EstanislaoJuan José Vázquez8,000
EncarnaciónEncarnaciónVilla Alegre16,000
Fernando de la MoraAsunciónEmiliano Ghezzi6,000
GuaireñaVillarricaParque del Guairá11,000
Guaraní (F)EncarnaciónVilla Alegre16,000
Independiente (CG)AsunciónRicardo Gregor4,000
PastoreoJuan Manuel FrutosLiga Caaguazú de Fútbol5,000
ResistenciaAsunciónTomás Beggan Correa3,500
River PlateAsunciónJardines del Kelito6,500
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboleda8,000
San LorenzoSan LorenzoGunther Vogel5,000
Sol de AméricaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni11,000
Sportivo CarapeguáCarapeguáMunicipal de Carapeguá10,000
TacuaryAsunciónToribio Vargas3,000

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Top scorers

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Relegation

Relegation is 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
2023
Pts
2024
Pts
2025
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
AvgRelegation
1Deportivo Capiatá——545430'
2Rubio Ñu44426014690'
3San Lorenzo42465314190'
4Sportivo Carapeguá43583313490'
512 de Junio—38488660'
6Resistencia—45408560'
7Independiente (CG)51383412390'
8Deportivo Santaní44423512190'
9Encarnación—44357960'
10Guaireña—38397760'
11Sol de América——383830'
12Tacuary——383830'
1348352811190'
14River Plate '——373730'Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
15Pastoreo '43234110790'Relegation to Primera B Nacional
16Guaraní (F) '——262630Relegation to Primera B Nacional
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