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The following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.

First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Championship game playoff

The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.

Libertad declared as national champions by aggregate score of 3-1.

Aggregate table

Relegation / Promotion

• Sportivo Trinidense automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last in the aggregate points table.
• Club 12 de Octubre finished second-to-last in the aggregate points table, so had to participate in the promotion play-off game against second division runners-up Club General Diaz. 12 de Octubre won the playoff game by an aggregate score of 5-4, so it remains in the first division.

Qualification to international competitions

• Sportivo Luqueño qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Torneo Apertura.
• Libertad qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Torneo Clausura and the 2008 Copa Sudamericana by winning the national championship.
• Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the best finisher in the aggregate points table.
• Olimpia Asunción qualified to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana as the second-best finisher in the aggregate points table.

Lower divisions results

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

• Copa Libertadores 2007:
  • Libertad: quarterfinals
  • Cerro Porteño: group-stage
  • Tacuary: preliminary round
• Copa Sudamericana 2007:
  • Tacuary: preliminary second round
  • Libertad: preliminary first round

Paraguay national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2007.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Paraguay scorers	Report
March 25, 2007	Estadio Universitario Mexico	Mexico	2-1	Friendly	Santa Cruz 89'
March 28, 2007		Colombia	2-0	Friendly
June 3, 2007		Austria	0-0	Friendly
June 6, 2007	Estadio Azteca Mexico	Mexico	1-0	Friendly	Cardozo 88'
June 20, 2007		Bolivia	0-0	Friendly
June 28, 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero Maracaibo, Venezuela	Colombia	5-0	Copa AméricaCopa América 2007	Santa Cruz 30' 46' 80' Cabañas 84' 88'	Report
July 2, 2007	Estadio Agustín Tovar Barinas, Venezuela	United States	1- 3	Copa América 2007	Barreto 29' Cardozo 56' Cabañas 90+2'	Report
July 5, 2007	Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Argentina	1-0	Copa América 2007	-	Report
July 8, 2007	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Mexico	6-0	Copa América 2007	-	Report
August 22, 2007		Venezuela	1-1	Friendly
September 8, 2007		Venezuela	3-2	Friendly
September 12, 2007		Colombia	1-0	Friendly
October 13, 2007	Estadio Monumental "U" Lima, Peru	Peru	0-0	WCQ 2010	-	Report
October 17, 2007	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Uruguay	1 -0	WCQ 2010	Haedo Valdez 14'	Report
November 17, 2007	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Ecuador	5-1	WCQ 2010	Haedo Valdez 8' Riveros 26' 87' Santa Cruz 50' Ayala 82'	Report
November 21, 2007	Estadio Nacional de Chile Santiago, Chile	Chile	0-3	WCQ 2010	Cabañas 24' da Silva 45+1' 56'	Report

References

• Paraguay 2007 by Eli Schmerler at RSSSF
• Diario ABC Color

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