2026 APF División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season	2026
Dates	4 April – 26 October 2026
Matches	164
Goals	424 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Osvaldo Argüello (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Gral. Caballero 6–2 Spvo. Carapeguá; (6 April)
Biggest away win	Guaireña 0–4 Benjamín Aceval; (4 April); 3 de Noviembre 0–4 Dep. Santaní; (11 July)
Highest scoring	Gral. Caballero 6–2 Spvo. Carapeguá; (6 April)
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 29 August 2026.

The 2026 División Intermedia season is the 108th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 29th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 4 April and is scheduled to end on 26 October 2026, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 13 March 2026.^[1]

The champions and runners-up will be promoted to the APF División de Honor for the following season, whilst the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated to the third-tier leagues of Paraguayan football.^[2]

Teams

Team changes

Sixteen teams compete in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from the División de Honor in its 2025 season (General Caballero (JLM) and Tembetary),^[3] the 2025 Primera B Metropolitana champions Benjamín Aceval,^[4] Paraguarí Atlético Club, who were established as a club from the team representing the Paraguarí football league which won the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas,^[5] and the Primera B Metropolitana runners-up 3 de Noviembre, who defeated the 2025 Primera B Nacional champions 15 de Mayo from Itapé in a promotion play-off series.^[6]

These teams replaced Rubio Ñu and San Lorenzo, both promoted to the top flight at the end of the previous season, as well as River Plate, Pastoreo, and Guaraní de Fram, who were relegated to the third-tier leagues.^[7]

Promoted to 2026 Copa de Primera	Relegated from 2025 Copa de Primera	Promoted from 2025 Tercera División	Relegated to 2026 Tercera División
Rubio Ñu San Lorenzo	General Caballero (JLM) Tembetary	Benjamín Aceval (Primera B Metropolitana) Paraguarí (Campeonato Nacional de Interligas) 3 de Noviembre (Primera B Metropolitana/Primera B Nacional promotion play-off winners)	River Plate (Primera B Metropolitana) Pastoreo (Primera B Nacional) Guaraní (F) (Primera B Nacional)

Stadia and locations

2026 APF División Intermedia is located in Paraguay

Gran Asunción

Gral. Caballero (JLM)

Guaireña

Paraguarí

Spvo. Carapeguá

Gran Asunción teams:
3 de Noviembre
Deportivo Capiatá
Fernando de la Mora
Independiente (CG)
Resistencia
Sol de América
Tacuary
Tembetary

Locations of the 2026 División Intermedia teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
3 de Noviembre	Asunción	Rubén Ramírez	3,500
12 de Junio	Villa Hayes	Facundo de León Fossati	5,000
Benjamín Aceval	Villa Hayes	Isidro Roussillón	5,000
Deportivo Capiatá	Capiatá	Erico Galeano	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
General Caballero (JLM)	Juan León Mallorquín	Ka'arendy	10,000
Guaireña	Villarrica	Parque del Guairá	11,000
Independiente (CG)	Asunción	Ricardo Gregor	4,000
Paraguarí	Carapeguá	Municipal de Carapeguá^[i]	10,000
Resistencia	Asunción	Tomás Beggan Correa	3,500
Sol de América	Villa Elisa	Luis Alfonso Giagni	11,000
Sportivo Carapeguá	Carapeguá	Municipal de Carapeguá	10,000
Tacuary	Asunción	Toribio Vargas	3,000
Tembetary	Villa Elisa	Luis Alfonso Giagni^[ii]	11,000

Notes

↑ Used as home stadium for the season since Paraguarí's stadium Estadio General Bruguez in Paraguarí did not meet APF requirements.
↑ Used as home stadium for the season since Tembetary's stadium Complejo Tembetary in Villa Elisa did not meet APF requirements.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	12 de Junio	20	13	4	3	31	18	+13	43^[a]	Promotion to División de Honor
2	General Caballero (JLM)	21	13	4	4	43	25	+18	43^[a]	Promotion to División de Honor
3	Deportivo Santaní	21	12	3	6	35	22	+13	39
4	Benjamín Aceval	20	10	5	5	32	22	+10	35
5	Sol de América	20	6	12	2	25	17	+8	30
6	Tembetary	21	8	5	8	31	32	−1	29^[b]
7	Resistencia	20	7	8	5	22	22	0	29^[b]
8	Independiente (CG)	21	6	9	6	30	31	−1	27
9	Sportivo Carapeguá	20	7	4	9	23	34	−11	25
10	Guaireña	20	6	6	8	19	23	−4	24^[c]
11	Deportivo Capiatá	21	5	9	7	25	28	−3	24^[c]
12	Fernando de la Mora	21	6	6	9	23	31	−8	24^[c]
13	Paraguarí	20	5	5	10	21	27	−6	20
14	Tacuary	21	3	10	8	24	33	−9	19
15	3 de Noviembre	21	3	7	11	23	32	−9	16
16	Encarnación	20	4	3	13	18	28	−10	15

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2026. 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:

1 2 Head-to-head points: 12 de Junio 3, General Caballero (JLM) 0.
1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Tembetary +1, Resistencia −1.
1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Guaireña 7, Deportivo Capiatá 4, Fernando de la Mora 0.

Results

Home \ Away	3NO	12J	BEA	CAP	SAN	ENC	FDM	GCM	GUA	IND	PAR	RES	SOL	SPC	TAC	TEM
3 de Noviembre	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–4			2–3		5–2	1–1	1–1		0–1	2–2	3–0
12 de Junio	1–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–0			3–2	3–2			2–2
Benjamín Aceval	2–1		—	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1			2–0		2–0	3–2
Deportivo Capiatá				—		1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	5–2		1–3
Deportivo Santaní		0–2	0–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–3	2–1			2–0	3–0		2–0	0–0	3–4
Encarnación	2–1	0–2			1–3	—	0–0		1–2	2–3	0–1		2–3	2–2		0–2
Fernando de la Mora	2–2	1–1	2–1			0–2	—		1–3	1–1	2–2		0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
General Caballero (JLM)			2–0	2–1		1–0	2–3	—	0–0	4–2	3–2		3–2	6–2	4–1	2–1
Guaireña	2–1	0–1	0–4	3–1	0–2				—		1–0	0–0			2–0	0–0
Independiente (CG)	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2			0–0	2–0	—		1–1	1–0		2–2
Paraguarí		0–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–1				3–2	—			1–0	0–1	1–1
Resistencia				1–0		1–0	3–1	2–2		0–0	2–0	—	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–3
Sol de América	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0				1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	—		1–1
Sportivo Carapeguá	2–1	1–3			1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–2			1–1	—		1–0
Tacuary	0–1			0–0		2–2	1–2	0–2	1–0			0–1	1–1	2–2	—	4–2
Tembetary	1–0	0–1	4–3		1–1		2–1	1–3	3–2	2–2		0–1	1–1			—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2026. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 29 August 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Osvaldo Argüello	Benjamín Aceval	14
2	Diego Martínez	Tembetary / 3 de Noviembre	11
3	Jorge Benítez	Deportivo Capiatá	10
4	Jorge Colmán	General Caballero (JLM)	9
5	Héctor Lezcano	12 de Junio	8
6	Antonio Bareiro	Deportivo Capiatá	7
6	Daniel Dietze	Independiente (CG)	7
8	Juan Mereles	Deportivo Santaní	6
	Enrique Balbuena	Encarnación
	Jorge Quintana	Sportivo Carapeguá

Source: APF^[8]

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, with teams from Asunción or located within 50 kilometres of Asunción relegating to the former, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department are relegated to the latter third-tier league.^[2]

Pos	Team	2024 Pts	2025 Pts	2026 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	General Caballero (JLM)	—	—	43	43	21	2.048
2	Benjamín Aceval	—	—	35	35	20	1.75
3	12 de Junio	38	48	43	129	80	1.613
4	Deportivo Capiatá	—	52	24	76	51	1.49
5	Sportivo Carapeguá	58	34	25	117	80	1.463
6	Deportivo Santaní	42	35	39	116	81	1.432
7	Resistencia	45	40	29	114	80	1.425
8	Sol de América	—	38	30	68	50	1.36
9	Tembetary	—	—	29	29	21	1.381
10	Guaireña	38	39	24	101	80	1.263
11	Independiente (CG)	38	34	27	99	81	1.222
12	Encarnación	44	35	15	94	80	1.175
13	Tacuary	—	38	19	57	51	1.118
14	Fernando de la Mora	35	28	24	87	81	1.074	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional
15	Paraguarí	—	—	20	20	20	1
16	3 de Noviembre	—	—	16	16	21	0.762

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2026. Source: APF.^[8]

References

↑ "Todo listo para la Intermedia 2026" [Everything set for the 2026 Intermedia] (in Spanish). D10. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
1 2 "Todo listo para el inicio de una nueva edición de la Intermedia" [Everything set for the start of a new Intermedia edition] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 3 April 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
↑ "La Intermedia se pone en marcha" [The Intermedia gets underway] (in Spanish). D10. 3 April 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
↑ "Benjamín Aceval se consagra como campeón y es de Intermedia" [Benjamín Aceval are consecrated as champions and belong to the Intermedia] (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
↑ Cabrera, Ramón (1 September 2025). "Paraguarí es campeón de la Copa San Isidro de Curuguaty" [Paraguarí are Copa San Isidro de Curuguaty champions] (in Spanish). D10. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
↑ "¡3 de Noviembre asciende a la División Intermedia!" [3 de Noviembre promote to the División Intermedia!] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
↑ "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 April 2026.
1 2 "Intermedia" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

External links

División Intermedia on the APF's website

[8] Used as home stadium for the season since Paraguarí's stadium Estadio General Bruguez in Paraguarí did not meet APF requirements.

[9] Used as home stadium for the season since Tembetary's stadium Complejo Tembetary in Villa Elisa did not meet APF requirements.

[table_hth_12J0.40059959394885-10] 1 2 Head-to-head points: 12 de Junio 3, General Caballero (JLM) 0.

[table_hth_TEM0.40059959394885-11] 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Tembetary +1, Resistencia −1.

[table_hth_GUA0.40059959394885-12] 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Guaireña 7, Deportivo Capiatá 4, Fernando de la Mora 0.

[1] "Todo listo para la Intermedia 2026" [Everything set for the 2026 Intermedia] (in Spanish). D10. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

[ABC-2] 1 2 "Todo listo para el inicio de una nueva edición de la Intermedia" [Everything set for the start of a new Intermedia edition] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 3 April 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

[3] "La Intermedia se pone en marcha" [The Intermedia gets underway] (in Spanish). D10. 3 April 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

[4] "Benjamín Aceval se consagra como campeón y es de Intermedia" [Benjamín Aceval are consecrated as champions and belong to the Intermedia] (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

[5] Cabrera, Ramón (1 September 2025). "Paraguarí es campeón de la Copa San Isidro de Curuguaty" [Paraguarí are Copa San Isidro de Curuguaty champions] (in Spanish). D10. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

[6] "¡3 de Noviembre asciende a la División Intermedia!" [3 de Noviembre promote to the División Intermedia!] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

[7] "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 April 2026.

[Intermedia-13] 1 2 "Intermedia" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. Retrieved 4 April 2026.

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