2025 Paraguayan División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season	2025
Dates	28 March – 8 October 2025
Matches played	178
Goals scored	423 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willian Riquelme (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Spvo. 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 win	Tacuary 0–4 Dep. Capiatá; (13 April); Spvo. Carapeguá 1–5 Sol de América; (28 July)
Highest scoring	Resistencia 3–4 Rubio Ñu; (20 June); Guaireña 5–2 Fdo. de la Mora; (5 July)
	← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 18 August 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

2025 Paraguayan División Intermedia is located in Paraguay

Gran Asunción

Guaraní (F)

Gran Asunción teams:
Deportivo Capiatá
Fernando de la Mora
Independiente (CG)
Resistencia
River Plate
Rubio Ñu
San Lorenzo
Sol de América
Tacuary

Locations of the 2025 División Intermedia teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
12 de Junio	Villa Hayes	Facundo de León	5,000
Deportivo Capiatá	Capiatá	Estadio 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^[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

^ Deportivo Capiatá played some home matches at Estadio Enrique Soler in Capiatá since Estadio Erico Galeano was closed for refurbishment works.
^ 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	23	12	8	3	35	17	+18	44	Promotion to Primera División
2	12 de Junio	22	11	9	2	30	16	+14	42	Promotion to Primera División
3	Deportivo Capiatá	22	10	7	5	26	14	+12	37
4	San Lorenzo	22	10	5	7	29	20	+9	35
5	Resistencia	22	7	10	5	36	34	+2	31
6	Tacuary	22	8	6	8	21	26	−5	30
7	Pastoreo	23	7	8	8	24	27	−3	29^[a]
8	River Plate	22	6	11	5	26	25	+1	29^[a]
9	Encarnación	23	7	8	8	25	29	−4	29^[a]
10	Guaireña	22	8	4	10	29	28	+1	28
11	Sportivo Carapeguá	22	6	10	6	30	32	−2	28
12	Sol de América	22	5	9	8	20	28	−8	24
13	Independiente (CG)	22	6	5	11	25	32	−7	23
14	Deportivo Santaní	22	5	7	10	21	28	−7	22
15	Guaraní (F)	22	3	11	8	28	34	−6	20
16	Fernando de la Mora	23	4	8	11	18	33	−15	20

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Pastoreo 5, Encarnación 4, River Plate 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pastoreo +1, River Plate, +1, Encarnación −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	0–0		2–1	2–0		1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0			0–0	1–3
Deportivo Capiatá		—	1–2	2–1		1–0	3–2		3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0		2–0	1–1	0–0
Deportivo Santaní	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1			3–1	0–0	0–1			0–1
Encarnación	0–3		1–0	—		3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		1–0		0–0	0–0	3–1
Fernando de la Mora		0–0	0–3	1–1	—	0–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2			2–2	3–2	2–1
Guaireña	0–1	0–1		3–1	5–2	—		4–2	1–1		0–1		0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
Guaraní (F)	0–3		4–1		1–1	3–2	—	0–1	3–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2			1–1
Independiente (CG)		1–2		1–0	3–0	0–0		—	2–0	1–2	1–1		1–1	2–0	3–3	0–1
Pastoreo	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–1		—	3–1	2–0	1–4	0–2	0–1	3–1
Resistencia	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		—		3–4	2–1	3–2
River Plate		1–1	0–0	4–1			0–0		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		1–1	—	2–1			4–0
San Lorenzo	1–2	0–2		1–2	1–0		2–1	3–1	1–0		3–0	0–1	—	0–0	4–0
Sol de América	0–1		2–1		0–0	1–3	0–0	0–2		1–1		0–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–1
Sportivo Carapeguá	1–0		4–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–1		2–1		1–1	2–0	1–5	—
Tacuary	1–1	0–4		1–0	0–1		3–1		0–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 18 August 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Willian Riquelme	Guaireña	11
2	Rodrigo Vera	Resistencia	9
2	Cristhian Medina	San Lorenzo	9
4	Santiago Salcedo	12 de Junio	8
5	Santiago Santacruz	Deportivo Capiatá	7
	Fernando Viveros	Guaraní (F)
	Sergio Dietze	Independiente (CG)
	Jeferson Torales	Sportivo Carapeguá
	César Villagra	Rubio Ñu
10	Daniel Fernández	12 de Junio	6
10	Antonio Bareiro	Guaraní (F)	6

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	2025 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportivo Capiatá	—	—	37	37	22	1.682
2	Sportivo Carapeguá	43	58	28	129	82	1.573
3	Rubio Ñu	44	42	44	130	83	1.566
4	12 de Junio	—	38	42	80	52	1.538
5	San Lorenzo	42	46	35	123	82	1.5
6	Resistencia	—	45	31	76	52	1.462
7	Encarnación	—	44	29	73	53	1.377
8	Independiente (CG)	51	38	23	112	82	1.366
9	Tacuary	—	—	30	30	22	1.364
10	River Plate	—	—	29	29	22	1.318
11	Deportivo Santaní	44	42	22	108	82	1.317
12	Guaireña	—	38	28	66	52	1.269
13	Fernando de la Mora	48	35	20	103	83	1.241
14	Pastoreo	43	23	29	95	83	1.145	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional
15	Sol de América	—	—	24	24	22	1.091
16	Guaraní (F)	—	—	20	20	22	0.909

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: APF

References

^ "Camino marcado para la Intermedia 2025" [Path marked for the 2025 Intermedia] (in Spanish). ADN Digital. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
^ "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.
^ "Arranca la División Intermedia 2025" [The 2025 División Intermedia kicks off] (in Spanish). 1000 Noticias. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

División Intermedia on the APF's website

[5] Deportivo Capiatá played some home matches at Estadio Enrique Soler in Capiatá since Estadio Erico Galeano was closed for refurbishment works.

[6] Used as home stadium for the season since Guaraní (F)'s stadium Estadio Municipal in Fram did not meet APF requirements.

[table_hth_PAS0.62138347216946-8] Head-to-head points: Pastoreo 5, Encarnación 4, River Plate 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pastoreo +1, River Plate, +1, Encarnación −2.

[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.

[7] "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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