2020 Bolivian Primera División season

The 2020 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2020 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the third season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. Jorge Wilstermann are the defending champions, having won the 2019 Clausura tournament.

División Profesional
Season2020
Dates21 January – December 2020
Matches played84
Goals scored252 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Jair Reinoso (10 goals)
Biggest home winAlways Ready 6–0 Real Santa Cruz
(9 February)
Biggest away winReal Santa Cruz 1–5 Oriente Petrolero
(16 February)
Highest scoringBolívar 5–4 The Strongest
(21 February)
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

On 16 March, the Bolivian Football Federation decided to suspend both the División Profesional and División Aficionados tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Teams

The number of teams for the 2020 season remains the same as the previous season. Destroyers were relegated to the Copa Simón Bolívar after finishing in last place of the aggregate table in the previous season, with Sport Boys being disaffiliated from the league after failing to show up for their last game of the season. Both teams were replaced by Atlético Palmaflor and Real Santa Cruz, the 2019 Copa Simón Bolívar champions and runners-up, respectively.

Locations of the 2020 División Profesional teams.
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Always Ready Eduardo Villegas El Alto Municipal de Villa Ingenio 25,000
Atlético Palmaflor Humberto Viviani Quillacollo
Cochabamba		 Municipal de Quillacollo
Félix Capriles[note 1]		 6,000
32,000
Aurora Julio César Baldivieso Cochabamba Félix Capriles 32,000
Blooming Miguel Ponce Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Bolívar Claudio Vivas La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
Guabirá Víctor Hugo Andrada Montero Gilberto Parada 13,000
Jorge Wilstermann Christian Díaz Cochabamba Félix Capriles 32,000
Nacional Potosí Sebastián Núñez Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Oriente Petrolero Pablo Sánchez Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Real Potosí Vacant Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Real Santa Cruz José Peña Santa Cruz
Montero		 Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Gilberto Parada[note 2]		 38,000
13,000
Royal Pari Vacant Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
San José Omar Asad Oruro Jesús Bermúdez 33,795
The Strongest Alberto Illanes La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
  1. Used by Atlético Palmaflor for their Torneo Apertura home matches against Royal Pari, Guabirá, Blooming, Real Santa Cruz and Oriente Petrolero.
  2. Used by Real Santa Cruz for their Torneo Apertura home match against San José.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Always Ready Pablo Godoy End of caretaker spell 28 December 2019 Pre-season Eduardo Villegas 23 December 2019[2]
Royal Pari Miguel Ángel Abrigo 28 December 2019 Miguel Ángel Portugal 2 January 2020[3]
Aurora Francisco Argüello End of contract 28 December 2019 Julio César Baldivieso 29 December 2019[4]
Blooming Erwin Sánchez 28 December 2019[5] Miguel Ponce 1 January 2020[5]
Bolívar César Vigevani 28 December 2019[6] Claudio Vivas 28 December 2019[6]
Nacional Potosí Alberto Illanes 28 December 2019[7] Jeaustin Campos 30 December 2019[8]
Real Potosí Marcos Ferrufino 28 December 2019[9] Walter Grazziosi 5 January 2020[10]
San José Miguel Ponce 28 December 2019[11] Omar Asad 5 January 2020[12]
Real Potosí Walter Grazziosi Mutual consent 24 January 2020[13] 14th Marcos Ferrufino 25 January 2020
The Strongest Mauricio Soria Sacked 2 March 2020[14] 13th Luis Orozco (caretaker) 3 March 2020[15]
Luis Orozco End of caretaker spell 8 March 2020[16] 7th Alberto Illanes 9 March 2020[16]
Nacional Potosí Jeaustin Campos Sacked 9 March 2020[17] 10th Sebastián Núñez 9 March 2020[18]
Real Potosí Marcos Ferrufino 20 March 2020[19] 10th
Royal Pari Miguel Ángel Portugal Resigned 21 May 2020[20] 6th

Torneo Apertura

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 The Strongest 12 7 0 5 30 21 +9 21 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Always Ready 12 7 0 5 26 17 +9 21
3 Bolívar 12 6 2 4 28 17 +11 20
4 Blooming 12 6 2 4 20 16 +4 20
5 Jorge Wilstermann 12 6 2 4 14 11 +3 20
6 Royal Pari 12 6 2 4 15 14 +1 20
7 Atlético Palmaflor 12 6 1 5 14 13 +1 19
8 San José 12 5 3 4 17 19 −2 18
9 Nacional Potosí 12 5 2 5 17 15 +2 17
10 Real Potosí 12 4 3 5 17 25 −8 15
11 Guabirá 12 4 2 6 13 20 −7 14
12 Oriente Petrolero 12 4 1 7 16 22 −6 13
13 Real Santa Cruz 12 3 3 6 14 25 −11 12
14 Aurora 12 3 1 8 11 17 −6 10
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. 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.

Results
Home \ Away CAR APF AUR BLO BOL GUA WIL NAC OPE RPO RSC RPA SJO STR
Always Ready — 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–1 6–0 1–2 4–1
Atlético Palmaflor 2–0 — 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Aurora 0–0 — 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–2
Blooming 0–2 4–0 — 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1
Bolívar 3–1 3–0 — 1–1 4–0 0–0 5–4
Guabirá 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–2 1–0
Jorge Wilstermann 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–2
Nacional Potosí 4–2 2–1 1–0 — 4–0 0–0 3–1
Oriente Petrolero 2–1 a 0–1 1–0 — 0–3
Real Potosí 1–0 1–3 4–1 2–2 — 2–1 2–2 2–1
Real Santa Cruz 2–4 2–1 1–5 — 1–1 3–2
Royal Pari 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 —
San José 1–0 1–0 2–5 2–2 1–1 4–1 0–2 —
The Strongest 1–0 a 6–2 0–1 3–2 4–0 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
As of 15 March 2020
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Jair Reinoso The Strongest 10
2 Marcos Riquelme Bolívar 9
3 Javier Sanguinetti Always Ready 7
Jefferson Tavares Atlético Palmaflor
5 Rodrigo Vargas San José 6
6 Marco Morgon San José 5
Fran Pastor Real Potosí
Willie The Strongest

Source: Soccerway

References
  1. "Oficial: La FBF suspendió el Torneo hasta el 31 de marzo" (in Spanish). Deporte Total. 16 March 2020.
  2. "Always inicia la transición: de Núñez a Villegas" (in Spanish). La Razón. 24 December 2019.
  3. "Miguel Ángel Portugal, nuevo DT de Royal Pari" (in Spanish). El Deber. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "Baldivieso nuevo entrenador de Aurora" (in Spanish). Unitel. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. "Ponce es el nuevo estratega de Blooming" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. "Claudio Vivas sustituye a César Vigevani al frente de Bolívar" (in Spanish). Marca Claro Argentina. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  7. Tigo Sports Bolivia [@TigoSportsBo] (12 December 2019). "#CopaTigo El entrenador de Nacional Potosí, Alberto Illanes confirmó que no seguirá al frente del equipo potosino el próximo año" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  8. "Jeaustin Campos, nuevo DT de Nacional Potosí" (in Spanish). El Deber. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  9. "Marcos Ferrufino cerró su ciclo en Real Potosí" (in Spanish). El Deber. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  10. "Real Potosí nuevo técnico y equipo renovado" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 6 January 2020.
  11. "Ponce decide ya no seguir en San José" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  12. "El Turco Asad es el nuevo entrenador de San José" (in Spanish). Diario Opinión. 5 January 2020.
  13. "Real Potosí prescinde de su entrenador Wálter Grazziosi" (in Spanish). La Razón. 24 January 2020.
  14. "The Strongest rescinde contrato con el DT Mauricio Soria" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 2 March 2020.
  15. "Luis Orozco es asignado DT interino de The Strongest tras la salida de Soria" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 3 March 2020.
  16. "Alberto Illanes asume como DT de The Strongest: 'Me veo peleando arriba'" (in Spanish). La Razón. 9 March 2020.
  17. "Fin de la era Campos tras malos resultados" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 9 March 2020.
  18. "Sebastián Núñez toma las riendas de Nacional Potosí" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 10 March 2020.
  19. "Ferrufino deja de ser el entrenador de Real Potosí" (in Spanish). El País. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  20. "Royal Pari se quedó sin director técnico; se fue Miguel Portugal" (in Spanish). El Deber. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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