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The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; ''Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association''), also known as the Primera División (:pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon) (''first division''), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa TIGO (:ˈkopa ˈtiɣo), is the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division. The most successful club is Olimpia, who has won 39 titles. The Apertura 2015 current champion is Cerro Porteño. IFFHS ranked the league as the ninth strongest in the world in 2012,〔Daily "Hoy" (ed.): (Paraguay tiene la 9na mejor liga del mundo ). ''(in Spanish)'' 8 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.〕 and the eleventh strongest in the world in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD )〕 ==History== Liga Paraguaya's first game was played in 1906, after the director of the El Diario newspaper, Don Adolfo Riquelme, brought to his office on 18 June 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay at that time (Olimpia, Guaraní, Libertad, General Díaz, and Nacional) to create the governing body of football in Paraguay: the Liga Paraguaya de Fútbol (known today as Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). The representatives were William Paats and Junio Godoy (Olimpia) Ramón Caballero, Manuel Bella and Salvador Melián (Guaraní), Juan Escalada (Libertad), César Urdapilleta (General Díaz), and Vicente Gadea (Nacional).〔(Historia de la APF )〕 The Liga Paraguaya saw Club Guaraní as the first champion in 1906, after defeating Olimpia in the final. The Primera División was founded in 1906 with 5 teams, and turned professional in 1935 when 10 clubs broke away from the amateur leagues to form a professional league. Since 1996 the format of tournament was changed to Torneo Apertura and Clausura, but since 2008 both tournaments are independents. Traditionally, the dominance of Olimpia and Cerro Porteño went unchallenged for decades. All of this changed at the turn of the 21st century. Since then, Libertad has been the most dominant club, while Nacional and Guarani have also experienced success at the domestic level. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paraguayan Primera División」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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