2025 APF División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season2025
Dates28 March – 5 October 2025
ChampionsRubio Ñu (8th title)
PromotedRubio Ñu
San Lorenzo
RelegatedRiver Plate
Pastoreo
Guaraní (F)
Matches240
Goals570 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerWillian Riquelme (17 goals)
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)
San Lorenzo 4–0 Spvo. Carapeguá
(11 August)
Rubio Ñu 4–0 Encarnación
(18 August)
Biggest away winTacuary 0–4 Deportivo Capiatá
(13 April)
Spvo. Carapeguá 1–5 Sol de América
(28 July)
Resistencia 1–5 Pastoreo
(21 September)
12 de Junio 0–4 Sol de América
(29 September)
Highest scoringResistencia 3–4 Rubio Ñu
(20 June)
Guaireña 5–2 Fdo. de la Mora
(5 July)
Guaraní (F) 3–4 Encarnación
(30 August)
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 División Intermedia season was 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 ended on 5 October 2025, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 9 December 2024.[1]

Rubio Ñu became the first team promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the following season, clinching promotion with three matches to go after defeating Sportivo Carapeguá 1–0 on 14 September.[2] They eventually secured the championship and their eighth title in the second tier the following week, after a scoreless draw with Guaireña.[3] The runners-up San Lorenzo were the second and last promoted team, confirming their promotion on the last matchday of the season following a 3–0 win over Fernando de la Mora and a draw for Deportivo Capiatá against Sportivo Carapeguá.[4]

River Plate, Pastoreo, and Guaraní de Fram were relegated to the third tier leagues at the end of the season.[5]

Format

Sixteen teams took part in the competition, which was 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 were 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 were relegated: teams from Asunción or located within 50 kilometres of Asunción were relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department were relegated to Primera División B Nacional.[6]

Teams

Team changes

16 teams competed 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 took part in the second tier of Paraguayan football for the first time ever.[7][8]

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[i] 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[ii] 16,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol[9] 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. ^ Deportivo Capiatá played some home matches at Estadio Enrique Soler in Capiatá since Estadio Erico Galeano was closed for refurbishment works.
  2. ^ 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 Rubio Ñu (C, P) 30 17 9 4 46 21 +25 60 Promotion to Primera División
2 San Lorenzo (P) 30 15 8 7 38 22 +16 53
3 Deportivo Capiatá 30 14 10 6 37 21 +16 52
4 12 de Junio 30 12 12 6 36 26 +10 48
5 Pastoreo 30 10 11 9 34 31 +3 41
6 Resistencia 30 9 13 8 46 50 −4 40
7 Guaireña 30 11 6 13 41 38 +3 39
8 Sol de América 30 9 11 10 34 35 −1 38[a]
9 Tacuary 30 10 8 12 28 36 −8 38[a]
10 River Plate 30 8 13 9 35 39 −4 37
11 Encarnación 30 8 11 11 33 42 −9 35[b]
12 Deportivo Santaní 30 8 11 11 33 35 −2 35[b]
13 Sportivo Carapeguá 30 7 13 10 39 46 −7 34
14 Independiente (CG) 30 9 7 14 32 40 −8 34
15 Fernando de la Mora 30 6 10 14 24 40 −16 28
16 Guaraní (F) 30 5 11 14 35 49 −14 26
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).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Sol de América 4, Tacuary 1.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Encarnación 4, Deportivo Santaní 1.

Results

Home \ Away 12J CAP SAN ENC FDM GUA GFR IND PAS RES RIV RUB SSL SOL SPC TAC
12 de Junio — 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–3
Deportivo Capiatá 1–0 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0
Deportivo Santaní 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–1
Encarnación 0–3 1–2 1–0 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1
Fernando de la Mora 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 — 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 2–1
Guaireña 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 5–2 — 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Guaraní (F) 0–3 0–2 4–1 3–4 1–1 3–2 — 0–1 3–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1
Independiente (CG) 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–1
Pastoreo 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 — 3–1 2–0 1–4 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0
Resistencia 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–5 — 1–1 3–4 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–2
River Plate 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–3 2–4 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–0
Rubio Ñu 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0
San Lorenzo 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 — 0–0 4–0 1–0
Sol de América 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–1
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 — 2–2
Tacuary 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 —
Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Willian Riquelme Guaireña 17
2 Sergio Dietze Independiente (CG) 11
César Villagra Rubio Ñu
4 Rodrigo Vera Resistencia 10
5 Santiago Salcedo 12 de Junio 9
Cristhian Medina San Lorenzo
7 Daniel Fernández 12 de Junio 8
Santiago Santacruz Deportivo Capiatá
Jeferson Torales Sportivo Carapeguá
10 Florencio Yudis Encarnación 7
Fernando Viveros Guaraní (F)
Ángelo Cabrera Sportivo Carapeguá
Julio Rivarola Sol de América

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 were 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		 2025
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Deportivo Capiatá — — 54 54 30 1.8
2 Rubio Ñu 44 42 60 146 90 1.622
3 San Lorenzo 42 46 53 141 90 1.567
4 Sportivo Carapeguá 43 58 33 134 90 1.489
5 12 de Junio — 38 48 86 60 1.433
6 Resistencia — 45 40 85 60 1.417
7 Independiente (CG) 51 38 34 123 90 1.367
8 Deportivo Santaní 44 42 35 121 90 1.344
9 Encarnación — 44 35 79 60 1.317
10 Guaireña — 38 39 77 60 1.283
11 Sol de América — — 38 38 30 1.267
12 Tacuary — — 38 38 30 1.267
13 Fernando de la Mora 48 35 28 111 90 1.233[i]
14 River Plate (R) — — 37 37 30 1.233[i] Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
15 Pastoreo (R) 43 23 41 107 90 1.189 Relegation to Primera B Nacional
16 Guaraní (F) (R) — — 26 26 30 0.867

Source: APF

Notes
  1. ^ a b Fernando de la Mora ahead of River Plate on head-to-head goal difference: Fernando de la Mora 1–2 River Plate, River Plate 0–3 Fernando de la Mora.[5]

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. ^ "Rubio Ñu asciende a la máxima categoría" [Rubio Ñu promote to the top flight] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Rubio Ñu vuelve de Villarrica con su octavo título de la Intermedia" [Rubio Ñu return from Villarrica with their eighth Intermedia title] (in Spanish). Versus. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Ocurrió el milagro: San Lorenzo es equipo de Primera" [The miracle happened: San Lorenzo are a top-flight team] (in Spanish). D10. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Sol de América y Tacuary siguen en la Intermedia" [Sol de América and Tacuary stay in the Intermedia] (in Spanish). D10. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Arranca la División Intermedia 2025" [The 2025 División Intermedia kicks off] (in Spanish). 1000 Noticias. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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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