2024 Supercopa Paraguay

2024 Supercopa Paraguay
Estadio Defensores del Chaco hosted the match.
Date22 January 2025
VenueEstadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
RefereeDavid Ojeda

The 2024 Supercopa Paraguay was the fourth edition of the Supercopa Paraguay, Paraguay's football super cup. It was held on 22 January 2025 at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción between the 2024 Primera División best-ranked champions in the aggregate table Olimpia and the 2024 Copa Paraguay champions Libertad.[1][2] This match, which was originally scheduled to be played on 23 January,[3] was the opening event of the 2025 season of Paraguayan football.

Libertad defeated Olimpia 2–1 in the match to claim their second Supercopa Paraguay title.[4]

Teams

The Supercopa Paraguay is contested by two teams: the champions of the Copa Paraguay and the Primera División (Apertura or Clausura) champions with the best record in the aggregate table of the season.[5]

This was the third time Olimpia played the competition, winning in 2021 but losing in the following season,[6] while this was Libertad's second appearance in the competition, although this was the first time they played the match since the 2023 edition was automatically awarded to them for winning both Primera División tournaments as well as the Copa Paraguay held in that season.[7]

Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Libertad 2024 Copa Paraguay champions[8] 1 (2023)
Olimpia 2024 Primera División champions with better record in aggregate table[6] 2 (2021, 2022)

Details

Libertad2–1Olimpia
  • Espinoza 41'
  • Santa Cruz 62'
Report
Libertad
Olimpia
GK 12 Rodrigo Morínigo
RB 2 Iván Ramírez
CB 5 Diego Vera  44'
CB 4 Néstor Giménez
LB 17 Matías Espinoza
RM 28 Marcelo Fernández  66'
CM 6 Álex Campuzano
CM 21 Lucas Sanabria  82'
LM 10 Lorenzo Melgarejo  90+2'
CF 24 Roque Santa Cruz  66'
CF 19 Rubén Lezcano  81'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Martín Silva
DF 13 Ángel Ibarra
DF 16 Gilberto Flores
DF 23 Pedro Villalba
DF 27 Miguel Jacquet
MF 15 Ángel Cardozo Lucena  90+2'
MF 22 Hugo Martínez
MF 26 Hernesto Caballero  82'
MF 32 Rodrigo Villalba
FW 7 Óscar Cardozo  66'
FW 11 Gustavo Aguilar  81'
FW 20 Adrián Alcaraz  66'
Manager:
Sergio Aquino
GK 1 Gastón Olveira
RB 22 Robert Rojas
CB 5 Junior Barreto
CB 26 Alejandro Maciel
LB 36 Facundo Zabala
RM 11 Rodney Redes  60'
CM 8 Alex Franco  87'
CM 6 Richard Ortiz  47'
LM 32 Erik López  60'
CF 9 Darío Benedetto  71'
CF 10 Derlis González
Substitutes:
GK 25 Marino Arzamendia
DF 3 Hugo Javier Benítez
DF 15 Axel Alfonzo
DF 16 Abel Paredes
DF 21 César Olmedo
MF 17 Marcos Gómez
MF 18 Javier Domínguez  67'  60'
FW 7 Hugo Fernández
FW 19 Lucas Pratto
FW 20 Antonio Bareiro  87'
FW 29 Iván Leguizamón  60'
FW 30 Hugo Adrián Benítez  71'
Manager:
Martín Palermo

Assistant referees:[9]
Carmelo Candia
Héctor Medina
Fourth official:
Alipio Colmán
Video assistant referee:
Carlos Figueredo
Assistant video assistant referee:
Héctor Balbuena

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

References

  1. ^ "Habrá clásico blanco y negro en la Supercopa Paraguay" [There will be a white-and-black classic in the Supercopa Paraguay] (in Spanish). Versus. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Es oficial: La Supercopa Paraguay se adelanta" [It's official: The Supercopa Paraguay is brought forward] (in Spanish). Versus. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Hay fecha para la disputa de la Supercopa Paraguay" [There is a date for the Supercopa Paraguay] (in Spanish). Versus. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Libertad tumba a Olimpia y se proclama como el supercampeón" [Libertad knock Olimpia down and proclaim themselves as the super champions] (in Spanish). D10. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. ^ ""Creamos la Supercopa Paraguay"" ["We created the Supercopa Paraguay"] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Olimpia jugará por tercera vez la Supercopa Paraguay" [Olimpia will play the Supercopa Paraguay for the third time] (in Spanish). Versus. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Libertad logra un histórico triplete" [Libertad achieve a historic treble] (in Spanish). D10. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Libertad retiene el título de la Copa Paraguay" [Libertad retain the Copa Paraguay title] (in Spanish). D10. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b "David Ojeda en el blanco y negro" [David Ojeda in the white-and-black] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.