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 División | Relegated from 2024 Primera División | Promoted from 2024 Tercera División | Relegated 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
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| 12 de Junio | Villa Hayes | Facundo de León | 5,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Capiatá | Erico Galeano | 10,000 |
| 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 |
| Guaraní (F) | Encarnación | Villa Alegre | 16,000 |
| Independiente (CG) | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 4,000 |
| Pastoreo | Juan Manuel Frutos | Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol | 5,000 |
| Resistencia | Asunción | Tomás Beggan Correa | 3,500 |
| River Plate | Asunción | Jardines del Kelito | 6,500 |
| Rubio Ñu | Asunción | La Arboleda | 8,000 |
| San Lorenzo | San Lorenzo | Gunther Vogel | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 11,000 |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | Carapeguá | Municipal de Carapeguá | 10,000 |
| Tacuary | Asunción | Toribio Vargas | 3,000 |
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Top scorers
Source: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 | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Deportivo Capiatá | — | — | 54 | 54 | 30 | ' | |
| 2 | Rubio Ñu | 44 | 42 | 60 | 146 | 90 | ' | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 42 | 46 | 53 | 141 | 90 | ' | |
| 4 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 43 | 58 | 33 | 134 | 90 | ' | |
| 5 | 12 de Junio | — | 38 | 48 | 86 | 60 | ' | |
| 6 | Resistencia | — | 45 | 40 | 85 | 60 | ' | |
| 7 | Independiente (CG) | 51 | 38 | 34 | 123 | 90 | ' | |
| 8 | Deportivo Santaní | 44 | 42 | 35 | 121 | 90 | ' | |
| 9 | Encarnación | — | 44 | 35 | 79 | 60 | ' | |
| 10 | Guaireña | — | 38 | 39 | 77 | 60 | ' | |
| 11 | Sol de América | — | — | 38 | 38 | 30 | ' | |
| 12 | Tacuary | — | — | 38 | 38 | 30 | ' | |
| 13 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 111 | 90 | ' | ||
| 14 | River Plate ' | — | — | 37 | 37 | 30 | ' | Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana |
| 15 | Pastoreo ' | 43 | 23 | 41 | 107 | 90 | ' | Relegation to Primera B Nacional |
| 16 | Guaraní (F) ' | — | — | 26 | 26 | 30 | Relegation to Primera B Nacional |
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