Division Profesional - Apertura
Paraguay - Season 2026
The Torneo Apertura is the first of the two championships played every year in the Paraguayan Primera División. Teams play each other home and away and the leader at the end of the tournament is crowned champion.
Paraguayan football's main protagonists are Olimpia and Cerro Porteño, who contest the country's biggest derby and dominate the roll of honor. With two champions per year, recent form weighs more than long-term history. Relegation is decided by a points average over several seasons, which shapes the teams at the bottom.