2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

The 2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 32nd season of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season was split into two championships: the Apertura and the Clausura.

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season2008
ChampionsApertura: Universitario (1st title)
Clausura: Aurora (1st title)
RelegatedGuabirá
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
Aurora
Real Potosí
Copa SudamericanaLa Paz
Blooming
← 2007
2009 →

Teams and venues
Team Location Venue Capacity
Universitario Sucre Estadio Olímpico Patria 32,000
La Paz La Paz Estadio Hernando Siles 42,000
San José Oruro Estadio Jesús Bermúdez 33,000
Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz de la Sierra Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Blooming Santa Cruz de la Sierra Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Bolívar La Paz Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar 25,000
Aurora Cochabamba Estadio Felix Capriles 32,000
The Strongest La Paz Estadio Rafael Mendoza 15,000
Real Mamoré Trinidad Estadio Gran Mamoré 12,000
Jorge Wilstermann Cochabamba Felix Capriles 32,000
Real Potosí Potosí Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte 32,000
Guabirá Montero Estadio Gilberto Parada 18,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2008 Campeonato Apertura Entel was the first championship of the season. It began on February 23 and ended on July 20.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario (C, Q) 22 12 7 3 36 17 +19 43 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 La Paz (Q) 22 10 7 5 44 30 +14 37 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
3 San José 22 11 3 8 46 45 +1 36
4 Oriente Petrolero 22 10 3 9 41 35 +6 33
5 Blooming 22 9 4 9 39 41 −2 31
6 Bolívar 22 7 9 6 41 26 +15 30
7 Aurora 22 8 6 8 33 41 −8 30
8 The Strongest 22 8 5 9 41 36 +5 29
9 Real Mamoré 22 9 1 12 27 52 −25 28
10 Jorge Wilstermann 22 8 3 11 41 46 −5 27
11 Real Potosí 22 6 7 9 41 39 +2 25
12 Guabirá 22 5 3 14 26 48 −22 18
Updated to match(es) played on July 20, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2008 Apertura Champion 

Universitario de Sucre
1st title

Top goalscorers
Pos Name Club Goals
1 Anderson Gonzaga Blooming 16
2 Álvaro Pintos Real Potosí 15
Ricardo Pedriel Jorge Wilstermann 15
4 Pablo Escobar The Strongest 11
5 Darwin Peña San José 10
Hernán Boyero Blooming 10
Regis de Souza La Paz 10

Torneo Clausura

The 2008 Campeonato Clausura Entel was the second championship of the season. It began on August 3 and ended on November 3.

First phase

Serie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blooming (A) 10 6 2 2 18 9 +9 20
2 Aurora (A) 10 6 1 3 17 10 +7 19
3 Oriente Petrolero 10 4 4 2 12 8 +4 16
4 Real Mamoré 10 3 3 4 10 10 0 12
5 Jorge Wilstermann 10 3 3 4 10 11 −1 12
6 Guabirá 10 1 1 8 8 27 −19 4
Updated to match(es) played on October 2, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.

Serie B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Real Potosí (A) 10 5 1 4 14 9 +5 16
2 La Paz (A) 10 4 4 2 13 12 +1 16
3 Bolívar 10 4 3 3 18 18 0 15
4 Universitario 10 3 4 3 11 13 −2 13
5 The Strongest 10 2 5 3 16 21 −5 11
6 San José 10 2 3 5 15 14 +1 9
Updated to match(es) played on October 2, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.

Second phase

First leg
La Paz2 – 1Blooming
de Souza  24'
Lopez  70' (o.g.)		 Vaca  63'
Real Potosí1 – 1Aurora
Galindo  6' Castellon  57'
Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí

Second leg
Aurora2 – 0Real Potosí
Leonforte  10'
Bongioani  41'
Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba
Blooming5 – 0La Paz
Boyero  21'
Saucedo  34'
Vieira  71'
Sabja  79'
Mojica  81'
Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Final phase

The finals was a best-of-three series.

Game 1
Blooming2 – 0Aurora
Schiaparelli  34'
Boyero  74'
Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Blooming is ahead 1–0.

Game 2
Aurora3 – 0Blooming
Bongioani  64' (pen.)
Huayhuata  79', 90'
Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba

Series tied 1–1.

Game 3
Aurora2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Blooming
Villalba  9', 50' Mojica  15'
Boyero  20'
Penalties
4 – 3

Aurora won 2–1.

 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2008 Clausura Champion 
Aurora
1st title

Torneo Play Off

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
La Paz 4–3 San José 1–2 3–1
Bolívar 2–1 The Strongest 0–0 2–1
Real Mamoré 3–0 Guabirá 3–0 0–0
Real Potosí 6–4 Universitario 4–2 2–2
Jorge Wilstermann 3–2 Aurora 0–1 3–1
Blooming 5–4 Oriente Petrolero 3–3 2–1

As the four best losers, Oriente Petrolero, San José, Aurora, and The Strongest qualified to the Losers Round.

Losers Round

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora 0–6 Oriente Petrolero 0–5 0–1
San José 3–1 The Strongest 3–0 0–1

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San José 4–2 Oriente Petrolero 4–2 0–0

San José qualified for the semifinals as the best loser.

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Blooming 3–3 (3–4 (p)) La Paz 2–1 1–2
Bolívar 1–1 (5–4 (p)) Jorge Wilstermann 1–0 0–1
Real Mamoré 2–3 Real Potosí 1–2 1–1

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bolívar 1–1 (5–4 (p)) Real Potosí 2–0 0–2
La Paz 4–4 San José 1–1 3–3

Finals

First leg
La Paz0 – 1Real Potosí
Candia  24'

Second leg
Real Potosí1 – 0La Paz
Colque  55'

Real Potosi wins 2–0 on aggregate. Real Potosi qualified for the First Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2008 Play Off Champion 
Real Potosí
1st title

Relegation

The team with the worst average will be relegated to the Regional Leagues. The second-worst team will play a promotion/relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Regional Leagues.

Promotion/relegation playoff

First leg

Real Mamoré2 – 11 de Mayo

Second leg

1 de Mayo1 – 2Real Mamoré

Real Mamoré won 4–2 on aggregate. Real Mamoré remains in the LFPB for 2009.

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