2007 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season explained

Competition:Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season:2007
Winners:Apertura:Real Potosi (1st title)
Clausura: San José (2nd title)
Relegated:Club Destroyers
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
League Topscorer:Apertura: ___ (__ goals)
Clausura: ___ (__ goals)
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

The 2007 season of Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 50th season of top-tier football in Bolivia. The 2007 annual season had the 35th (Apertura 2007) and the 36th (Clausura 2007) tournament of LFPB's history. The Apertura tournament started on March 6 and finished on June 13. The Clausura tournament was played between August and December. Bolívar and Wilstermann will be defending the championships obtained in the 2006 season.

Teams and venues

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Estadio Felix Capriles32,000
Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar25,000
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
Felix Capriles32,000
Estadio Hernando Siles42,000
Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
Estadio Gran Mamoré12,000
Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte32,000
Estadio Jesús Bermúdez33,000
Estadio Rafael Mendoza15,000
Estadio Olímpico Patria32,000

CONMEBOL qualification

See main article: CONMEBOL.

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Apertura 2007 Champions 2008 Copa Libertadores 2008 as Bolivia-1
Clausura 2007 Champions 2008 Copa Libertadores 2008 as Bolivia-2
Playoff winners between Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007 Runners-Up 2008 Copa Libertadores as Bolivia-3
Playoff losers between Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007 Runners-Up 2008 Copa Sudamericana as Bolivia-1
Playoff winners between Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007 3rd places 2008 Copa Sudamericana as Bolivia-2

Relegation

At the end of the year the team with the lowest point average (points / games played) from the past annual season (2006) and the current one (2007) is relegated to its respective regional tournament. The team with the 2nd lowest point average faces a playoff against the 2nd placed team in the Copa Simón Bolívar.

Torneo Apertura

Twelve clubs play in double round-robin format (home and away), a total of 22 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order: goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head results.

Torneo Clausura

Group stage

Group 2

Final group

NB: La Paz FC and The Strongest started with 1 bonus point for winning their respective groups in the first phase

Play-offs

Championship


Playoff de la Liga


La Paz FC join Real Potosí and San José in the 2008 Copa Libertadores, while losers Bolívar join Blooming in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana

Second leg

Aurora win 5–2 on aggregate. Aurora remain at the top level.

See also

References