Paraguay 1961


Campeonato de Primera División A 1961

Final Table:

 1.Cerro Porteño          20  11  6  3  43-19  28  Championship Playoff
 2.Olimpia                20  12  4  4  39-19  28  Championship Playoff
 3.Sportivo Luqueño       20  12  4  4  42-23  28  Championship Playoff
 4.Guaraní                20   9  9  2  40-29  27
 5.Libertad               20   9  6  5  36-29  24
 6.Nacional               20   6  8  6  30-26  18
 7.River Plate            20   4  8  8  21-29  16
 8.San Lorenzo            20   4  6 10  22-39  14
 9.Sol de América         20   5  3 12  30-43  13
10.Presidente Hayes       20   2  7 11  25-47  11  Playoff against 11th Place
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Tembetary              20   4  3 13  25-50  11  Playoff against 11th Place

Round 1 [Apr 23]
Guaraní              3-2 Sol de América       [at Olimpia]
Libertad             2-0 Nacional             
Cerro Porteño        6-2 Tembetary            
Presidente Hayes     2-4 Olimpia              [at LPF]
San Lorenzo          1-1 River Plate          
Sportivo Luqueño     bye
 
Round 2
[May 6]
Nacional             2-4 San Lorenzo          
[May 7]
Sportivo Luqueño     4-2 Sol de América       
River Plate          1-0 Libertad             
Tembetary            2-4 Guaraní              [at Cerro Porteño]     
Olimpia              3-0 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
Presidente Hayes     bye
 
Round 3
[May 13]
Sol de América       1-0 Tembetary            
[May 14]
San Lorenzo          2-2 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
River Plate          3-3 Guaraní              
Nacional             0-0 Presidente Hayes     
[May 15]
Sportivo Luqueño     1-0 Olimpia              [at LPF]
Libertad             bye

Round 4
[May 20]
Tembetary            0-1 San Lorenzo          
[May 21]
Cerro Porteño        1-1 Nacional             [at LPF]
Guaraní              2-2 Sportivo Luqueño     
Presidente Hayes     2-2 Libertad             
[Jul 16]
Olimpia              2-0 Sol de América       
River Plate          bye
 
Round 5
[May 28]
Libertad             1-0 Cerro Porteño        
San Lorenzo          1-2 Guaraní              [at LPF]
Presidente Hayes     0-2 Sol de América       
River Plate          0-2 Sportivo Luqueño     
[Jun 1]
Olimpia              4-1 Tembetary            
Nacional             bye
 
Round 6 [Jun 4]
Sportivo Luqueño     4-0 San Lorenzo          
Guaraní              2-1 Nacional             [at LPF]
Sol de América       3-4 Libertad             
Tembetary            1-0 Presidente Hayes     
River Plate          0-2 Olimpia              
Cerro Porteño        bye                 
 
Round 7
[Jun 11]
Cerro Porteño        6-0 Sol de América       
Nacional             2-2 River Plate          
Tembetary            0-2 Sportivo Luqueño     
San Lorenzo          0-1 Presidente Hayes     
[Jun 12]
Libertad             2-1 Olimpia              [at LPF]
Guaraní              bye
 
Round 8
[Jun 17]
Guaraní              1-1 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
[Jun 18]
Sportivo Luqueño     1-1 Nacional             
Olimpia              3-0 San Lorenzo          
Libertad             2-2 Tembetary            
Presidente Hayes     0-0 River Plate          
Sol de América       bye
 
Round 9
[Jun 24]
Presidente Hayes     2-5 Guaraní              [at LPF]
Tembetary            2-1 River Plate          
[Jun 25]
Nacional             3-3 Sol de América       
San Lorenzo          1-0 Libertad             
Sportivo Luqueño     0-1 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
Olimpia              bye
 
Round 10 [Jul 2]
Sportivo Luqueño     4-1 Presidente Hayes     
Cerro Porteño        2-2 River Plate          
Libertad             1-1 Guaraní              [at LPF]
Olimpia              2-1 Nacional             
San Lorenzo          2-1 Sol de América       
Tembetary            bye
 
Round 11
[Jul 7]
Sol de América       1-0 River Plate          [at Cerro Porteño]
[Jul 8]
Presidente Hayes     1-4 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
Nacional             4-0 Tembetary            
[Jul 9]
Guaraní              3-0 Olimpia              [at LPF]
Libertad             1-3 Sportivo Luqueño     
San Lorenzo          bye
 
Halfway Table:

 1.Sportivo Luqueño       10   7  2  1  23- 8  16
 2.Guaraní                10   6  4  0  26-15  16
 3.Olimpia                10   7  0  3  21-10  14
 4.Cerro Porteño          10   4  4  2  23-13  12
 5.Libertad               10   4  3  3  15-14  11
 6.San Lorenzo            10   4  2  4  12-16  10
 7.Nacional               10   1  5  4  15-17   7
 8.River Plate            10   1  5  4  10-15   7
 9.Sol de América         10   3  1  6  15-24   7
10.Presidente Hayes       10   1  3  6   9-22   5
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Tembetary              10   2  1  7  10-25   5

Round 12
[Jul 22]
Olimpia              2-2 Presidente Hayes     
Tembetary            0-2 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
[Jul 23]
Sol de América       0-1 Guaraní              [at LPF]
Nacional             2-3 Libertad             
River Plate          1-1 San Lorenzo          
Sportivo Luqueño     bye
 
Round 13
[Jul 29]
Libertad             1-0 River Plate          
Guaraní              1-1 Tembetary            
[Jul 30]
Cerro Porteño        2-1 Olimpia              [at LPF]       
Sol de América       1-2 Sportivo Luqueño     
San Lorenzo          1-2 Nacional             
Presidente Hayes     bye
 
Round 14
[Aug 5]
Cerro Porteño        0-0 San Lorenzo          
Guaraní              2-4 River Plate          [at LPF]
[Aug 6]
Olimpia              1-1 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
Presidente Hayes     1-3 Nacional             
Tembetary            2-1 Sol de América       
Libertad             bye
 
Round 15
[Aug 10]
San Lorenzo          1-2 Tembetary            
[Aug 12]
Libertad             3-0 Presidente Hayes     
Sportivo Luqueño     1-3 Guaraní              [at LPF]
Sol de América       1-4 Olimpia              
[Aug 13]
Nacional             0-1 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
River Plate          bye
 
Round 16 [Aug 15]
Cerro Porteño        1-2 Libertad             [at LPF]
Guaraní              3-2 San Lorenzo          
Sol de América       2-1 Presidente Hayes     
Sportivo Luqueño     0-1 River Plate          
Tembetary            0-2 Olimpia              
Nacional             bye
 
Round 17 [Aug 20]
Nacional             0-0 Guaraní              [at LPF]
Libertad             4-2 Sol de América       
Olimpia              2-1 River Plate          
Presidente Hayes     5-2 Tembetary            
San Lorenzo          2-4 Sportivo Luqueño     
Cerro Porteño        bye
 
Round 18
[Aug 27]
Olimpia              1-0 Libertad             [at LPF]
Sol de América       1-3 Cerro Porteño        
Sportivo Luqueño     5-2 Tembetary            
[Aug 28]
River Plate          0-3 Nacional             
Presidente Hayes     0-0 San Lorenzo          
Guaraní              bye
 
Round 19 [Aug 31]
Nacional             1-0 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
Cerro Porteño        2-0 Guaraní              
San Lorenzo          0-3 Olimpia              [at Olimpia]
Tembetary            4-4 Libertad             
River Plate          2-2 Presidente Hayes     
Sol de América       bye
 
Round 20 [Sep 3]
Guaraní              1-1 Presidente Hayes     [at Cerro Porteño]
Sol de América       1-1 Nacional             
Cerro Porteño        1-1 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
River Plate          2-1 Tembetary            
Libertad             2-2 San Lorenzo          
Olimpia              bye
 
Round 21
[Sep 9]
River Plate          0-2 Cerro Porteño        [at Tembetary]
Guaraní              2-2 Libertad             [at LPF]
[Sep 10]
Presidente Hayes     3-4 Sportivo Luqueño     
Sol de América       6-1 San Lorenzo          
Nacional             1-1 Olimpia              [at LPF]
Tembetary            bye
 
Round 22
[Sep 16]
Tembetary            1-2 Nacional             
[Sep 17]
Cerro Porteño        6-1 Presidente Hayes     
Sportivo Luqueño     1-0 Libertad             
River Plate          0-0 Sol de América       
Olimpia              1-1 Guaraní              [at LPF]
San Lorenzo          bye

Final Table:

 1.Cerro Porteño          20  11  6  3  43-19  28  Championship Playoff
 2.Olimpia                20  12  4  4  39-19  28  Championship Playoff
 3.Sportivo Luqueño       20  12  4  4  42-23  28  Championship Playoff
 4.Guaraní                20   9  9  2  40-29  27
 5.Libertad               20   9  6  5  36-29  24
 6.Nacional               20   6  8  6  30-26  18
 7.River Plate            20   4  8  8  21-29  16
 8.San Lorenzo            20   4  6 10  22-39  14
 9.Sol de América         20   5  3 12  30-43  13
10.Presidente Hayes       20   2  7 11  25-47  11  Playoff against 11th Place
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Tembetary              20   4  3 13  25-50  11  Playoff against 11th Place

Topscorers:
 
17 Justo Pastor Leiva (Guaraní)       
15 Antonio González (Olimpia)               
11 Juan Graciano González (Guaraní)           
 9 Alfonso Cabrera (Libertad)     
 8 Jara (Sol de América)              
   César Cabrera (Nacional)     
   Meza (Tembetary)             
 7 Fernando López (Libertad) 
   Paredes (Presidente Hayes)   

Playoff against 11th Place

First Leg [Nov 12]
Presidente Hayes     5-1 Tembetary            [at LPF]
 
Second Leg [Nov 18]
Tembetary            1-1 Presidente Hayes     [at LPF]

NB: Presidente Hayes remain at first level, Tembetary to promotion/relegation playoff

Championship Playoff

[Nov 19]
Olimpia              2-2 Cerro Porteño        [at LPF]
[Nov 26]
Cerro Porteño        4-1 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
[Dec 3]
Olimpia              3-1 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
[Dec 10]
Cerro Porteño        4-0 Olimpia              [at LPF]
[Dec 17]
Cerro Porteño        1-0 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
[Dec 23]
Olimpia              3-2 Sportivo Luqueño     [at LPF]
 
Final Table:
 
 1.Cerro Porteño           4   3  1  0  11- 3   7  Champions
 2.Olimpia                 4   2  1  1   8- 9   5
 3.Sportivo Luqueño        4   0  0  4   4-11   0

 
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
 
First Leg [Dec 9]
Rubio Ñu             3-1 Tembetary            [at LPF]
 
Second Leg [Dec 16]
Tembetary            2-1 Rubio Ñu             [at LPF]
 
Playoff [Dec 23]
Tembetary            3-1 Rubio Ñu             [at Guaraní]

NB: both remain at former level



Segunda División 1961


Champions: Rubio Ñu (not promoted following playoff)


Tercera División 1961


Champions: Tacuarí


Campeonato Nacional Interligas 1961

NB: thirteenth edition

NB: 8 leagues from the 'Interior' qualified after regional elimination
    rounds for the final tournament in Asunción

Semifinals
Ypacaraí             bt  Paraguarí
Misiones             bt  Liga del Sud

Final
Ypacaraí             bt  Misiones 


1960

1962

list of champions.


About this document

Sources: La Tribuna, [Bes 96] (for lower division data)

Prepared and maintained by Carlos Darío Torres for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Carlos Darío Torres (ctorres at uhora.com.py)
Last updated: 31 Aug 2017

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