The 2022 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje al Doctor Luis Lezcano Pastore y al Escribano Julio César Ortiz Duarte", was the 104th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 25th under the Paraguayan División Intermedia name. The season began on 1 April and ended on 11 October 2022. The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 December 2021.
Sportivo Trinidense and Sportivo Luqueño ensured their promotion to the Paraguayan Primera División with two matches in hand; the former by drawing 1–1 with 2 de Mayo at home on 25 September 2022, while the latter clinched promotion with a 1–0 victory against Atlético Colegiales coupled with a 2–0 loss for Pastoreo against Fernando de la Mora the following day. Sportivo Trinidense ended up clinching the tournament's title the following weekend, with a win over Atlético Colegiales and a loss for Sportivo Luqueño against San Lorenzo.
Format 16 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 2023 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams 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.
Teams 16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2021 season (River Plate and Sportivo Luqueño), the top two teams from the 2021 Primera División B (Atlético Colegiales and Martín Ledesma) and the 2019–20 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions Pastoreo.
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero Río Parapití 25,0003 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,500Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500Atyrá Atyrá San Francisco de Asís 10,000Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000Guaraní (T) Trinidad Carlos Memmel 5,000Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Complejo Municipal Campo 9 5,000River Plate Asunción Jardines del Kelito 6,500Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000 Sportivo Iteño Itá Salvador Morga 4,500Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 23,000Sportivo Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Diego FernándezSportivo Luqueño 12 2 Emmanuel MoralesRubio Ñu 10 3 Ariel RoaFernando de la Mora 9 Renzo CarballoPastoreo Rodrigo Arévalo3 de Febrero / Sportivo Trinidense 6 Juan Isidro NúñezSportivo Luqueño 8 Marcelo FerreiraIndependiente (CG) Jorge QuintanaSan Lorenzo Juan Marcelo VillamayorSan Lorenzo Óscar GiménezSportivo Trinidense
Source: APF
Relegation Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number 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 2019Pts 2021Pts 2022Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Sportivo Luqueño — — 61 61 30 2 Pastoreo — — 53 53 30 3 Sportivo Trinidense 40 52 66 158 94 4 San Lorenzo — 53 54 107 64 5 Martín Ledesma — — 46 46 30 6 43 45 48 136 94 7 Independiente (CG) 41 51 41 133 94 8 Atyrá 49 43 36 128 94 9 3 de Febrero 39 48 35 122 94 10 2 de Mayo 55 36 29 120 94 11 Rubio Ñu 35 39 44 118 94 12 Atlético Colegiales — — 36 36 30 13 Deportivo Santaní — 41 33 74 64 14 Guaraní (T) (R) — 41 31 72 64 Relegation to Primera División B Nacional 15 Sportivo Iteño (R) 36 39 20 95 94 Relegation to Primera División B Metropolitana 16 River Plate (R) — — 26 26 30 Source: APF
See also 2022 Paraguayan Primera División season 2022 Copa Paraguay
References
External links División Intermedia on the APF's website