Paraguayan División Intermedia

División Profesional

Countries	Paraguay
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Founded	1910
Number of teams	14
Levels on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Primera División
Relegation to	Tercera División
Current champions	Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)
Most championships	Presidente Hayes (8 titles)

The División Intermedia (English: Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División (English: Second Division), is the second tier football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol.

Overview

Since 1910 the second division tournaments have changed rules, number of teams and names. As of 2006, División Intermedia is the name for the second division and 10 teams are part of it. The champion of this league gains the right to participate in the Liga Paraguaya: Primera División and the second placed team plays a play-off game against the second-worst team of the First Division to decide who will play in Paraguay's top division of football. The last two teams are relegated to the third division (called "Primera de Ascenso" for teams from Gran Asunción and UFI Champions Cup for teams outside of the Gran Asunción area). The two spots left by relegated teams are occupied by one team from the Primera de Ascenso and one team from the UFI Champions Cup tournament which is a tournament where teams from the whole country compete, giving them a chance to eventually make it to the first division.

Clubs 2011

• 12 de Octubre (Itauguá)
• Atlético Colegiales (Cuatro Mojones, Asunción)
• Cerro Porteño PF (Presidente Franco)
• Deportivo Caaguazú (Caaguazú)
• Deportivo Capiatá (Capiatá)
• Deportivo Santaní (San Estanislao)
• Fernando de la Mora (Barrio Palomar, Fdo. de la Mora)
• General Díaz (Luque)
• River Plate (Asunción)
• Sport Colombia (Fernando de la Mora)
• Sportivo Carapeguá (Carapeguá)
• Sportivo Iteño (Itá)
• Sportivo San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo)
• Sportivo Trinidense (Asunción)

List of champions

Segunda División

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1910	Nacional B	Sol de América
1911	Presidente Hayes
1912	Championship not played
1913	River Plate
1914	10 de Agosto
1915	Marte Atlético	10 de Agosto
1916	Marte Atlético
1917	Villa del Salto	Cerro Porteño B

División Intermedia

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1918	Sastre
1919	Presidente Hayes
1920	Cerro Porteño B
1921	Sastre
1922	Championship not played
1923	Deportivo Meilicke
1924	Sportivo Luqueňo
1925	Sastre
1926	Rubio Ňú
1927	Atlántida
1928	General Caballero
1929	Atlético Corrales
1930	Fernando de la Mora
1931	Sastre
1932-36	Championship not played
1937	12 de Octubre
1938	Atlético Sajonia
1939	24 de Septiembre
1940	Sport Colombia
1941	Rubio Ňú
1942	24 de Septiembre
1943	24 de Septiembre
1944	Sport Colombia
1945	Sport Colombia
1946	Deportivo Pinoza
1947	Championship not played
1948	Asunción
1949	San Lorenzo
1950	Sport Colombia

Segunda División

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1951	Atlántida
1952	General Genes
1953	San Lorenzo
1954	Rubio Ňú
1955	General Genes
1956	Sportivo Luqueňo
1957	River Plate
1958	Presidente Hayes
1959	Atlético Tembetary
1960	San Lorenzo
1961	Rubio Ňú
1962	General Caballero
1963	Rubio Ňú

Primera División B/Primera División de Ascenso

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1964	Sportivo Luqueňo	General Caballero	Resistencia
1965	Sol de América
1966	Resistencia
1967	Presidente Hayes
1968	Sportivo Luqueňo
1969	Silvio Pettirossi
1970	General Caballero
1971	Presidente Hayes
1972	Rubio Ňú
1973	Presidente Hayes
1974	Presidente Hayes
1975	Resistencia
1976	Atlético Tembetary
1977	Sol de América
1978	Capitán Figari
1979	Nacional
1980	Resistencia
1981	Oriental
1982	Atlético Colegiales
1983	Atlético Tembetary
1984	San Lorenzo
1985	Sport Colombia
1986	General Caballero
1987	San Lorenzo
1988	Atlético Tembetary
1989	Nacional
1990	Cerro Corá
1991	Presidente Hayes
1992	Sport Colombia
1993	Deportivo Humaitá
1994	San Lorenzo
1995	Atlético Tembetary
1996	Cerro Corá

División Intermedia

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1997	12 de Octubre
1998	Resistencia
1999	Universal	Nacional	Sport Colombia
2000	Libertad	Sport Colombia	Tacuary
2001	Recoleta	Sport Colombia	Nacional
2002	Tacuary	Presidente Hayes	3 de Febrero Sportivo Iteño
2003	Nacional	3 de Febrero	General Caballero
2004	3 de Febrero	General Caballero	Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)
2005	2 de Mayo	Fernando de la Mora	Sport Colombia
2006	Sol de América	Sportivo Trinidense	Rubio Ñú
2007	Silvio Pettirossi	General Díaz	Rubio Ñú
2008	Rubio Ñú	General Caballero	Sport Colombia
2009	Sportivo Trinidense	Sport Colombia	Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)
2010	General Caballero	Independiente	San Lorenzo
2011	Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)	Sportivo Carapeguá	Deportivo Capiatá

Titles by team

Team	Nº of titles	Years
Presidente Hayes	8	1911, 1919, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1991
Rubio Ñu	7	1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008
San Lorenzo	6	1949, 1953, 1960, 1984, 1987, 1994
Sport Colombia	6	1940, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1985, 1992
Atlético Tembetary	5	1959, 1976, 1983, 1988, 1995
General Caballero	5	1928, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2010
Resistencia	4	1966, 1975, 1980, 1998
Sastre	4	1918, 1921, 1925, 1931
Nacional	4	1910, 1979, 1989, 2003
24 de Setiembre	3	1939, 1942, 1943
Sol de América	3	1965, 1977, 2006
Sportivo Luqueño	3	1924, 1956, 1964
Atlántida	2	1927, 1951
Cerro Corá	2	1990, 1996
General Genes	2	1952, 1955
Marte Atlético	2	1915, 1916
River Plate	2	1913, 1957
Silvio Pettirossi	2	1969, 2007
2 de Mayo	1	2005
3 de Febrero	1	2004
10 de Agosto	1	1914
Asunción	1	1948
Atlético Colegiales	1	1982
Atlético Corrales	1	1929
Atlético Sajonia	1	1938
Capitán Figari	1	1978
Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)	1	2011
Deportivo Meilicke	1	1923
Fernando de la Mora	1	1930
Deportivo Humaitá	1	1993
Deportivo Pinoza	1	1946
Libertad	1	2000
Oriental	1	1981
Recoleta	1	2001
Sportivo Trinidense	1	2009
Tacuary	1	2002
Universal	1	1999
Villa del Salto	1	1917

External links

• RSSSF
• Paraguayan Football Association Official website