2023 Paraguayan Primera B Metropolitana

The 2023 Primera División B, or Primera División B Metropolitana in order to distinguish it from the 2023 Paraguayan Primera B Nacional, was the eightieth season of the Primera División B Metropolitana, one of the three leagues of Paraguay's Tercera División, the third-tier of the country's football league system, in which clubs from the Asunción metropolitan area and Central Department take part. In this edition a total of 17 teams competed.

Primera División B Metropolitana
Season2023
Dates7 April - 7 November 2023
ChampionsTembetary
PromotedTembetary
RelegatedIteño, Humaitá
2022
2024

The champion of the tournament directly get promoted to the Second Division, the División Intermedia. The runner-up have the right to dispute the third place for promotion with the champion of the Primera B Nacional.[1]

Teams and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero FBC Asunción 3 de Febrero 500
29 de Setiembre Luque Salustiano Zaracho 3,500
3 de Noviembre Asunción Rubén Ramírez 1,500
Atlántida Asunción Flaviano Díaz 1,000
Benjamín Aceval Villa Hayes Isidro Roussillón 5,000
Cristóbal Colón Julián Augusto Saldívar Herminio Ricardo 3,000
Cristóbal Colón Ñemby Pablo Patricio Bogarín 2,500
Deportivo Capiatá Capiatá Erico Galeano 15,000
Deportivo Humaitá Mariano Roque Alonso Pioneros de Corumba Cué 4,500
General Díaz Luque General Adrián Jara 4,000
Olimpia Itá Presbítero Manuel Gamarra 5,000
Presidente Hayes Asunción Félix Cabrera 5,000
River Plate Asunción Jardines del Kelito 6,500
Silvio Pettirossi Asunción Bernabé Pedrozo 4,000
Sportivo Iteño Itá Salvador Morga 4,500
Sportivo Limpeño Limpio Optaciano Gómez 1,800
Tembetary Asunción Complejo Tembetary 500

Geographical distribution

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Department Number Teams
  Asunción 7 3 de Febrero FBC, 3 de Noviembre, Atlántida, Presidente Hayes, River Plate, Silvio Pettirossi, and Tembetary.
  Central Department 9 29 de Septiembre (Luque), Cristóbal Colón (Julián Augusto Saldívar), Cristóbal Colón (Ñemby), Deportivo Capiatá (Capiatá), Deportivo Humaitá (Mariano Roque Alonso), General Díaz (Luque), Olimpia (Itá), Sportivo Iteño (Itá), Sportivo Limpeño (Limpio).
  Presidente Hayes Department 1 Benjamín Aceval (Villa Hayes).

Competition system

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The mode of dispute would be maintained as in previous seasons, round-robin matches, that is, two rounds made up of 17 matchdays each. The team that accumulates the most points at the end of the 34th matchday dates will be crowned champion.
In case of parity of points between two contestants, the title is defined in an extra match. If there are more than two in dispute, it is resolved according to the following parameters:

1) Goal difference;
2) Most goals scored;
3) Greater number of goals scored as a visitor;
4) Raffle.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Tembetary 32 21 5 6 63 34 +29 68 Promotion to División Intermedia
2 Cristóbal Colón JAS 32 20 7 5 60 25 +35 67 Playoff for promotion to División Intermedia
3 River Plate 32 17 9 6 52 36 +16 60
4 Benjamín Aceval 32 17 8 7 71 32 +39 59
5 General Díaz 32 15 5 12 49 50 −1 50
6 Silvio Pettirossi 32 13 9 10 52 55 −3 48
7 3 de Noviembre 32 13 8 11 62 56 +6 47
8 Deportivo Capiatá 32 13 6 13 36 42 −6 45
9 Olimpia (Itá) 32 12 6 14 54 52 +2 42
10 Sportivo Limpeño 32 11 8 13 47 46 +1 41
11 Atlántida 32 9 13 10 41 38 +3 40
12 3 de Febrero FBC 32 10 8 14 40 52 −12 38
13 Presidente Hayes 32 8 11 13 38 48 −10 35
14 Cristóbal Colón (Ñ) 32 8 7 17 44 72 −28 31
15 Sportivo Iteño 32 7 8 17 41 60 −19 29
16 Deportivo Humaitá 32 7 5 20 35 57 −22 26
17 29 de Setiembre 32 7 5 20 25 55 −30 26
Source: APF

Relegation

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Relegation is 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 two teams with the lowest average will be relegated to the Primera División C for the following season.

Pos
Team
Avg Total
Pts
Total
Pld
2021
Pts
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
Relegation
River Plate 1.875 60 32 - - 60
Atlético Tembetary 1.872 176 94 49 59 68
Benjamín Aceval 1.844 59 32 - - 59
Cristóbal Colón JAS 1.649 155 94 53 35 67
General Díaz 1.609 103 64 - 53 50
Deportivo Capiatá 1.547 99 64 - 54 45
3 de Noviembre 1.500 141 94 36 58 47
Atlántida 1.415 133 94 32 61 40
10º Silvio Pettirossi 1.359 87 64 - 39 48
Presidente Hayes 1.319 124 94 43 46 35
11º Olimpia (Itá) 1.245 117 94 39 36 42
13º Cristóbal Colón (Ñ) 1.160 109 94 41 37 31
12º 29 de Septiembre 1.149 108 94 45 37 26
15º 3 de Febrero FBC 1.053 99 94 33 28 38
14º Sportivo Limpeño 1.021 96 94 38 17 41
17º Sportivo Iteño 0.906 29 32 - - 29 Relegation to Primera División C
16º Deportivo Humaitá 0.813 26 32 - - 26

Source: APF

References

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  1. ^ "Así se jugará la temporada 2023". Retrieved 15 December 2022.