The 2026 Copa de Primera (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo â ueno bank 2026 for sponsorship reasons) is the 92nd season of the División de Honor, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season, which consists of two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura), began on 23 January and is scheduled to end on 29 November 2026. The fixture draw for both of the season's tournaments was held on 3 December 2025.
Cerro Porteño entered the season as defending champions, having won the 2025 Clausura tournament.
Twelve teams compete in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2025 season and the top two teams in the 2025 Paraguayan División Intermedia.
General Caballero (JLM) and Tembetary were relegated to the second tier league División Intermedia after ending in the bottom two places of the relegation table at the end of the 2025 season, and they were replaced by the 2025 División Intermedia champions Rubio ÃÂu and runners-up San Lorenzo.
Rubio ÃÂu, who returned to the top flight after 8 years, clinched promotion with a 1âÂÂ0 win over Sportivo Carapeguá on 14 September 2025, while San Lorenzo returned to the Copa de Primera for the first time since 2020 by defeating Fernando de la Mora on 4 October 2025, the final matchday of the División Intermedia tournament.
The Torneo Apertura is the 133rd official División de Honor championship and the first tournament of the 2026 season. It began on 23 January and is scheduled to end on 24 May 2026.
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The Torneo Clausura will be the 134th official División de Honor championship and the second tournament of the 2026 season. It is scheduled to begin on 24 July and end on 29 November 2026.
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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 División Intermedia for the following season.
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2026. Source: APF