2025 Paraguayan División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season2025
Dates28 March – 8 October 2025
Matches played136
Goals scored298 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorerSantiago Salcedo
Rodrigo Vera
(8 goals each)
Biggest home winSpvo. Carapeguá 4–0 Dep. Santaní
(25 May)
River Plate 4–0 Sol de América
(31 May)
Rubio Ñu 4–0 Tacuary
(29 June)
Biggest away winTacuary 0–4 Dep. Capiatá
(13 April)
Highest scoringResistencia 3–4 Rubio Ñu
(20 June)
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 14 July 2025.

The 2025 División Intermedia season is 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 is scheduled to end on 8 October 2025, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 9 December 2024.[1]

Format

16 teams take part in the competition, which will be 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 will be 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 will be relegated: teams from Asunción or located within 50 kilometres of Asunción will be relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department will be relegated to Primera División B Nacional.[2]

Teams

Team changes

16 teams compete in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2024 season (Sol de América and Tacuary), the 2024 Primera B Metropolitana champions Deportivo Capiatá and runners-up River Plate, and the 2024 Primera B Nacional champions Guaraní de Fram, who are taking part in the second tier of Paraguayan football for the first time ever.[3][4]

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 (Primera B Metropolitana)
River Plate (Primera B Metropolitana)
Guaraní (F) (Primera B Nacional) 		Martín Ledesma (Primera B Metropolitana)
Atlético 3 de Febrero (Primera B Nacional)
Atlético Colegiales (Primera B Metropolitana)

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2025 División Intermedia teams
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[i] 16,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol[5] 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
Notes
  1. ^ Used as home stadium for the season since Guaraní (F)'s stadium Estadio Municipal in Fram did not meet APF requirements.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 12 de Junio 17 10 5 2 24 12 +12 35 Promotion to Primera División
2 Rubio Ñu 17 9 7 1 26 11 +15 34
3 Deportivo Capiatá 17 9 5 3 22 11 +11 32
4 Tacuary 17 8 4 5 18 19 −1 28
5 Sportivo Carapeguá 17 6 8 3 21 14 +7 26
6 San Lorenzo 17 7 4 6 18 15 +3 25
7 Resistencia 17 5 7 5 26 26 0 22
8 River Plate 17 5 7 5 23 23 0 22
9 Pastoreo 17 5 6 6 19 21 −2 21
10 Independiente (CG) 17 5 4 8 16 20 −4 19
11 Guaireña 17 5 3 9 14 17 −3 18[a]
12 Encarnación 17 4 6 7 15 21 −6 18[a]
13 Sol de América 17 3 9 5 10 18 −8 18[a]
14 Deportivo Santaní 17 4 4 9 15 22 −7 16
15 Guaraní (F) 17 1 10 6 20 28 −8 13
16 Fernando de la Mora 17 2 7 8 11 20 −9 13
Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2025. Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Guaireña 6, Encarnación 1, Sol de América 1. Head-to-head goal difference: Guaireña +4, Encarnación −2, Sol de América −2.

Results

Home \ Away 12J CAP SAN ENC FDM GUA GFR IND PAS RES RIV RUB SSL SOL SPC TAC
12 de Junio — 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–3
Deportivo Capiatá — 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Deportivo Santaní 0–1 — 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1
Encarnación 0–3 1–0 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Fernando de la Mora 0–0 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1
Guaireña 0–1 0–1 3–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Guaraní (F) 0–3 1–1 3–2 — 0–1 3–3 1–2 2–2 1–1
Independiente (CG) 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1
Pastoreo 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–0 1–4 0–2 0–1 3–1
Resistencia 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 — 3–4 2–1
River Plate 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–3 — 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–0
Rubio Ñu 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 — 4–0
San Lorenzo 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 — 0–0
Sol de América 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–1
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 —
Tacuary 0–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2025. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 14 July 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Santiago Salcedo 12 de Junio 8
Rodrigo Vera Resistencia
3 Santiago Santacruz Deportivo Capiatá 7
Cristhian Medina San Lorenzo
Jeferson Torales Sportivo Carapeguá
6 Willian Riquelme Guaireña 6
Sergio Dietze Independiente (CG)
8 Germán Núñez River Plate 5
Fernando Viveros Guaraní (F)
César Villagra Rubio Ñu

Source: APF

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 will be 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		 2024
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Deportivo Capiatá — — 32 32 17 1.882
2 Sportivo Carapeguá 43 58 26 127 77 1.649
3 Tacuary — — 28 28 17 1.647
4 Rubio Ñu 44 42 34 120 77 1.558
5 12 de Junio — 38 35 73 47 1.553
6 San Lorenzo 42 46 25 113 77 1.468
7 Resistencia — 45 22 67 47 1.426
8 Independiente (CG) 51 38 19 108 77 1.403
9 Deportivo Santaní 44 42 16 102 77 1.325
10 Encarnación — 44 18 62 47 1.319
11 River Plate — — 22 22 17 1.294
12 Fernando de la Mora 48 35 13 96 77 1.247
13 Guaireña — 38 18 56 47 1.191
14 Pastoreo 43 23 21 87 77 1.13 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional
15 Sol de América — — 18 18 17 1.059
16 Guaraní (F) — — 13 13 17 0.765

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2025. Source: APF

See also

References

  1. ^ "Camino marcado para la Intermedia 2025" [Path marked for the 2025 Intermedia] (in Spanish). ADN Digital. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Con la histórica participación del club Guaraní de Fram" [With the historical participation of the club Guaraní de Fram] (in Spanish). La Nación. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Arranca la División Intermedia 2025" [The 2025 División Intermedia kicks off] (in Spanish). 1000 Noticias. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Guaraní de Fram hace historia con el ascenso a Intermedia" [Guaraní de Fram make history with the promotion to Intermedia] (in Spanish). Versus. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Intermedia: Pastoreo juega de local en el nuevo estadio de Caaguazú" [Intermedia: Pastoreo play at home at Caaguazú's new stadium] (in Spanish). Desde Caaguazú. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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