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2008 in Paraguayan football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2008 association football season in Paraguay. One of the most noticeable changes in the 2008 season is that the first division tournament will not longer have a single champion for the year; instead there will be two champions in the season, one being the winner of the Apertura tournament and the other being the winner of the Clausura tournament.

First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Main article: Torneo Apertura 2008 (Paraguay)

Torneo Clausura

Main article: Torneo Clausura 2008 (Paraguay)

Aggregate table

Qualification to international competitions

Libertad qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores (by winning the Torneo Apertura and Clausura) and the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.
Club Guaraní qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the second best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Nacional qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the third best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana as the fourth best finisher in the aggregate points table.

Relegation

The team with the worst average points over the last three years is automatically relegated to the second division league, and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the second division runner-up. The winner of the playoff match plays in the first division the following year.

Team	Average	Points	Played	2006	2007	2008
Libertad	2.179	279	126	83/40	95/44	101/44
Cerro Porteño	2.023	259	126	92/40	92/44	75/44
Nacional	1.484	190	126	53/40	60/44	77/44
Olimpia	1.406	180	126	50/40	76/44	54/44
Sol de América	1.363	120	86	N/A	57/44	63/44
Sportivo Luqueño	1.335	171	126	56/40	66/44	49/44
Tacuary	1.335	171	126	66/40	51/44	54/44
Guaraní	1.265	162	126	42/40	41/44	79/44
2 de Mayo	1.126	142	126	58/40	34/44	50/42
12 de Octubre	1.132	145	126	42/40	49/44	53/44
3 de Febrero	1.062	136	126	36/40	49/44	51/44
Silvio Pettirossi	0.500	22	42	N/A	N/A	22/44

	Relegated to Liga Paraguaya: Segunda División

Last Updated: December 24, 2008. *

Promotion game

The promotion was played between 3 de Febrero and the second division runner-up General Caballero ZC. The first game ended with a 3-0 score favorable to 3 de Febrero, while the second finished 2-1 in favor of General Caballero. Since the aggregate score was 4-2 for 3 de Febrero, they remain in the first division.

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2008	Copa Sudamericana 2008
Libertad	Group Stage
(finished 4th in the group)	First Round
(eliminated by Defensor Sporting)
Club Sportivo Luqueño	Group Stage
(finished 3rd in the group)	N/A
Cerro Porteño	Preliminary Round
(eliminated by Cruzeiro)	N/A
Olimpia	N/A	First Round
(eliminated by Universidad Católica)

[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay national team]]

The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2008.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Paraguay scorers	Report
February 7, 2008			2 - 0	Friendly		http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=544783
March 27, 2008			3 - 0	Friendly		http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=557750
May 22, 2008	Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Japan		1 - 1	2008 Kirin Cup	Cristian Bogado	http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=777750
May 27, 2008	Saitama Stadium 2002
Japan		0 - 0	2008 Kirin Cup		http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=777752
June 1, 2008	Stadium Municipal
France		0 - 0	Friendly		http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=557794
June 15, 2008	Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay		2 - 0	WCQ 2010	Santa Cruz
Cabañas	Report
June 18, 2008	Estadio Hernando Siles
La Paz, Bolivia		4 - 2	WCQ 2010	Santa Cruz
Haedo Valdez	Report
August 21, 2008			1 - 1	Friendly	Cristian Riveros	https://web.archive.org/web/20141030000151/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer
September 6, 2008	Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina		1 - 1	WCQ2010	Heinze	Report
September 9, 2008	Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay		2 - 0	WCQ2010	Riveros
Haedo Valdez	Report
October 11, 2008	El Campín
Bogotá, Colombia		0 - 1	WCQ2010	Cabañas	Report
October 15, 2008	Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay		1 - 0	WCQ2010	Cardozo	Report
November 19, 2008	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Muscat, Oman		0 - 1	F	Vera	N/A

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

"Rules of the tournament, Article 4".

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