2019_Bolivian_Primera_División_season

2019 Bolivian Primera División season

2019 Bolivian Primera División season

Football league season

The 2019 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2019 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, was the 42nd season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the second season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. San José were the defending champions, having won the 2018 Clausura tournament.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

In the Torneo Apertura, Bolívar won their twenty-ninth league title and twenty-third in the professional era, with two matches to spare following a 2–1 victory over Oriente Petrolero on 16 May,[1] while in the Torneo Clausura, Jorge Wilstermann won their fifteenth league title and eighth in the professional era following a 3–1 win against Oriente Petrolero on the last matchday of the tournament on 28 December.[2]

Format

The season was split into a Torneo Apertura and a Torneo Clausura, played in the first and second half of the year, respectively. Both were played under a double round-robin system, with all teams playing each other twice for a total of 26 matches. The teams placed first at the end of each tournament were the champions and earned qualification for the Copa Libertadores group stage. The remaining two Copa Libertadores berths as well as the four Copa Sudamericana ones were awarded through the aggregate table.[3]

Teams

The number of teams for the 2019 season remained the same as the 2018 season. Universitario were relegated to the Copa Simón Bolívar after finishing in last place of the aggregate table in the previous season, and were replaced by Always Ready, the 2018 Copa Simón Bolívar champions, who made their return to the top tier after 28 years.[4]

Locations of the 2019 División Profesional teams.
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Managerial changes

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Torneo Apertura

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. San José were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with former player Boris Alfaro on time.[64]

Results

More information Home \ Away, CAR ...
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
More information División de Fútbol Profesional ...

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Name ...

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. San José were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with former player Jair Reinoso, and an additional three points for outstanding debts with former players.[65][66]
  2. Sport Boys were deducted six points for outstanding debts with former players.[65][66]
  3. Sport Boys were excluded from the Torneo Clausura and disaffiliated from the league per ruling from the FBF's Tribunal de Disciplina Deportiva (TDD) after they failed to show up for their last Torneo Clausura match against Real Potosí.[67]

Results

More information Home \ Away, CAR ...
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. The Real Potosí vs. Sport Boys match, originally scheduled on 28 December at 16:00, was not played as the away team failed to show up at the stadium. After a 10-minute wait, as indicated by tournament regulations, the referee officially declared the match as suspended.[68]
More information División de Fútbol Profesional ...

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Name ...

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: Boliviagol
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide relegation between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. San José were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with former player Boris Alfaro on time,[64] an additional three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with former player Jair Reinoso, and an additional three points for outstanding debts with former players.[65][66]
  2. Sport Boys were deducted six points for outstanding debts with former players.[65][66]
  3. Sport Boys were excluded from the Torneo Clausura and disaffiliated from the league per ruling from the FBF's Tribunal de Disciplina Deportiva (TDD) after they failed to show up for their last Torneo Clausura match against Real Potosí.[67]

Relegation/promotion playoff

The relegation playoff would have been played by Sport Boys, as the team placed 13th in the 2019 División Profesional aggregate table, and Real Santa Cruz, who were the 2019 Copa Simón Bolívar runners-up, with the winners playing in the top flight for the 2020 season. However, considering Sport Boys' disaffiliation from the league as well as Destroyers's relegation as the bottom-placed team in the aggregate table, and with the late conclusion of the 2019 season which made infeasible playing the playoff in early January 2020, the FBF decided on 5 January 2020 that Real Santa Cruz would be promoted for the next season as Copa Simón Bolívar runners-up.[69]

References

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