2019 Bolivian Primera División season explained

Competition:División Profesional
Season:2019
Dates:19 January – 28 December 2019
Winners:Apertura: Bolívar (29th title)
Relegated:Sport Boys (disaffiliated)
Destroyers
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Bolívar
Jorge Wilstermann
The Strongest
San José
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Nacional Potosí
Blooming
Always Ready
Oriente Petrolero
League Topscorer:
Biggest Home Win:San José 7–0 Destroyers
(15 September)
The Strongest 7–0 Sport Boys
(4 December)
Biggest Away Win:Guabirá 0–5 Bolívar
(14 August)
Aurora 1–6 San José
(29 September)
Highest Scoring:
(15 March)
Destroyers 3–6 Bolívar
(3 April)
Bolívar 6–3 Aurora
(1 May)
Bolívar 7–2 Guabirá
(18 October)
Matches:363
Total Goals:1205
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

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.

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]

TeamManagerHome cityHome stadiumCapacity
Always Ready Pablo Godoy (caretaker)La PazMunicipal de Villa Ingenio25,000
Aurora Francisco ArgüelloCochabambaFélix Capriles32,000
Blooming Erwin SánchezSanta CruzRamón Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
Bolívar César VigevaniLa PazHernando Siles42,000
Destroyers Víctor Hugo AnteloSanta CruzRamón Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
Guabirá Víctor Hugo AndradaMonteroGilberto Parada13,000
Jorge Wilstermann Christian DíazCochabambaFélix Capriles32,000
Nacional Potosí Alberto IllanesPotosíVíctor Agustín Ugarte32,105
Oriente Petrolero Pablo SánchezSanta CruzRamón Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
Real Potosí Marcos FerrufinoPotosíVíctor Agustín Ugarte32,105
Royal Pari Miguel Ángel Abrigo (caretaker)Santa CruzRamón Tahuichi Aguilera38,000
San José Miguel PonceOruroJesús Bermúdez33,795
Sport Boys Mauro BlancoWarnesSamuel Vaca Jiménez9,000
The Strongest Mauricio SoriaLa PazHernando Siles42,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Bolívar Alfredo AriasEnd of contract19 December 2018[5] Pre-season César Vigevani20 December 2018[6]
Jorge Wilstermann Álvaro PeñaResigned19 December 2018[7] Miguel Ángel Portugal20 December 2018[8]
Oriente Petrolero Ronald AranaEnd of contract19 December 2018[9] Mauricio Soria21 December 2018[10]
Real Potosí Darwin PeñaEnd of caretaker spell19 December 2018 Fernando Ochoaizpur28 December 2018[11]
Sport Boys César VigevaniSigned by Bolívar19 December 2018 Carlos Leeb28 December 2018[12]
The Strongest César FaríasEnd of contract19 December 2018[13] Pablo Escobar24 December 2018[14]
Guabirá Víctor Hugo AnteloResigned20 December 2018[15] Ronald Arana27 December 2018[16]
Destroyers Óscar RamírezReplaced7 January 2019 Evandro Guimarães7 January 2019[17]
San José Eduardo VillegasSigned by Bolivia14 January 2019[18] Jaime Jemio (caretaker)18 January 2019[19]
Jaime JemioEnd of caretaker spell20 January 20196th Néstor Clausen21 January 2019[20]
Always Ready David de la TorreSacked30 January 2019[21] 10th Julio César Baldivieso31 January 2019[22]
Guabirá Ronald AranaMutual consent1 March 2019[23] 12th Eduardo Espinel9 March 2019[24]
Sport Boys Carlos LeebSacked6 March 2019[25] 11th Christian Lovrincevich6 March 2019
San José Néstor Clausen6 March 2019[26] 6th William Ramallo (caretaker)7 March 2019[27]
Real Potosí Fernando Ochoaizpur16 March 2019[28] 10th Julio Fernández (caretaker)16 March 2019
San José William RamalloEnd of caretaker spell17 March 2019[29] 6th Miguel Ponce18 March 2019[30]
Real Potosí Julio Fernández20 March 201911th Leandro Cabrera20 March 2019[31]
Aurora Marcos FerrufinoMutual consent7 April 2019[32] 14th Thiago Leitão8 April 2019[33]
Real Potosí Leandro CabreraSacked18 April 2019[34] 13th Fabio Espada18 April 2019
Jorge Wilstermann Miguel Ángel PortugalMutual consent21 April 2019[35] 6th Norberto Kekez (caretaker)22 April 2019[36]
Torneo Clausura
Aurora Thiago LeitãoEnd of contract22 May 2019[37] Pre-tournament Julio César Fuentes7 June 2019[38]
Jorge Wilstermann Norberto KekezEnd of caretaker spell22 May 2019 Christian Díaz2 June 2019[39]
Sport Boys Christian LovrincevichReplaced21 June 2019 Víctor Hugo Antelo21 June 2019[40]
Oriente Petrolero Mauricio SoriaMutual consent11 July 2019[41] Luis Marín Camacho (caretaker)11 July 2019
The Strongest Pablo EscobarSacked5 August 2019[42] 5th Mauricio Soria5 August 2019[43]
Guabirá Eduardo Espinel5 August 2019[44] 14th Víctor Hugo Andrada5 August 2019
Real Potosí Fabio Espada7 August 2019[45] 11th Nicolás Suárez7 August 2019
Royal Pari Roberto MosqueraResigned19 August 2019[46] 9th Miguel Ángel Abrigo (caretaker)19 August 2019
Destroyers Evandro GuimarãesSacked1 September 2019[47] 13th Carlos Leeb4 September 2019[48]
Royal Pari Miguel Ángel AbrigoEnd of caretaker spell2 September 20198th Francisco Maturana2 September 2019[49]
Aurora Julio César FuentesSacked10 September 2019[50] 12th Mauricio Adorno (caretaker)10 September 2019
Always Ready Julio César Baldivieso16 September 2019[51] 6th Sebastián Núñez17 September 2019[52]
Oriente Petrolero Luis Marín CamachoEnd of caretaker spell29 September 2019[53] 9th Pablo Sánchez27 September 2019[54]
Real Potosí Nicolás SuárezSacked7 October 2019[55] 13th Marcos Ferrufino11 October 2019[56]
Sport Boys Víctor Hugo AnteloResigned13 November 2019[57] 12th Mauro Blanco25 November 2019[58]
Destroyers Carlos LeebSacked9 December 2019[59] 13th Víctor Hugo Antelo9 December 2019
Aurora Mauricio AdornoEnd of caretaker spell17 December 201913th Francisco Argüello17 December 2019[60]
Royal Pari Francisco MaturanaMutual consent20 December 2019[61] 9th Miguel Ángel Abrigo (caretaker)20 December 2019
Always Ready Sebastián NúñezEnd of contract21 December 2019[62] 4th Pablo Godoy (caretaker)23 December 2019[63]

Torneo Apertura

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Carlos SaucedoSan Joséalign=center 23
align=center 2 Rolando BlackburnThe Strongestalign=center 21
align=center 3 Juan Miguel CallejónBolívaralign=center 17
4 William FerreiraAlways Ready13
Marcos RiquelmeBolívar
6 Vladimir CastellónNacional Potosí12
Marcos OvejeroAlways Ready
8 José Alfredo CastilloOriente Petrolero11
RafinhaBlooming
Jair ReinosoThe Strongest

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Juan Miguel CallejónBolívar19
Jair ReinosoThe Strongest
3 Gilbert ÁlvarezJorge Wilstermann18
Carlos SaucedoSan José
5 Carmelo AlgarañazAlways Ready13
Enzo MaidanaNacional Potosí
Harold ReinaThe Strongest
align=center 8 Juan Carlos ArceBolívaralign=center 12
9 Vladimir CastellónBolívar11
John Jairo MosqueraRoyal Pari-11 Alexis BlancoBlooming9
Marcos OvejeroAlways Ready
Bruno PascuaNacional Potosí
Jorge Pereyra DíazBolívar
Juan VogliottiReal Potosí
16 José CortésDestroyers8
Yasmani DukSport Boys
Iker HernándezSan José-->

Source: Soccerway

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.[64]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bolívar se coronó campeón del Apertura tras ganarle a Oriente por 1-2. 16 May 2019. diez.bo. Spanish.
  2. News: Wilstermann, campeón del Clausura 2019. El Deber. 28 December 2019. Spanish.
  3. News: Premios solo para el campeón y lo demás a la tabla acumulada. 14 December 2018. diez.bo. Spanish.
  4. News: Always Ready, a Primera División tras 28 años. 19 December 2018. Diario Opinión. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Alfredo Arias se despide y pide unión entre dirigentes e hinchas. Spanish. El Diario. 20 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Vigevani es el nuevo DT del club Bolívar. Spanish. La Razón. 20 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Álvaro Peña dejará Wilstermann al final de la temporada. Spanish. La Razón. 30 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Portugal tomó el mando de Wilstermann pensando en la Libertadores. Spanish. Goal.com. 20 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Arana feliz por cumplir su objetivo como entrenador de Oriente. Spanish. Late Deportes. 20 November 2018.
  10. Web site: Soria asume Oriente y apunta a darle un estilo fiel al estilo de su historia. Spanish. diez.bo. 21 December 2018.
  11. Web site: Ochoaizpur vuelve a Real Potosí. Spanish. Late Deportes. 29 December 2018.
  12. Web site: El 'Gato' Leeb retorna a Sport Boys. Spanish. El Mundo. 29 December 2018.
  13. Web site: Farías se fue del país ¿cerrando las puertas?. Spanish. Late Deportes. 23 December 2018.
  14. Web site: ¡Ya es oficial! Escobar dirigirá al Tigre. Spanish. Late Deportes. 24 December 2018.
  15. Web site: Antelo decide irse de Guabirá. Spanish. Goal.com. 20 December 2018.
  16. Web site: Ronald Arana es el nuevo director técnico de Guabirá. Spanish. diez.bo. 27 December 2018.
  17. Web site: Destroyers presentó a Evandro Guimaraes como entrenador. Spanish. diez.bo. 7 January 2019.
  18. Web site: Eduardo Villegas es el nuevo entrenador oficial de la selección boliviana. Spanish. diez.bo. 14 January 2019.
  19. Web site: San José debutará en el Apertura con DT interino. Spanish. diez.bo. 18 January 2019.
  20. Web site: Clausen el elegido. Spanish. Late Deportes. 20 January 2019.
  21. Web site: Always Ready cesa a De la Torre; Baldivieso cerca de dirigir al 'millonario'. Spanish. La Razón. 30 January 2019.
  22. Web site: Un ilusionado Baldivieso fue presentado en Always Ready. Spanish. diez.bo. 31 January 2019.
  23. Web site: DT Arana rescinde de mutuo acuerdo con Guabirá. Spanish. diez.bo. 1 March 2019.
  24. Web site: El uruguayo Eduardo Espinel es el nuevo técnico de Guabirá. Spanish. diez.bo. 9 March 2019.
  25. Web site: Christian Lovrincevich será presentado como DT en Sport Boys. Spanish. diez.bo. 6 March 2019.
  26. Web site: San José oficializó la salida del técnico Clausen. Spanish. diez.bo. 6 March 2019.
  27. Web site: William Ramallo asume de manera interina el mando de San José. Spanish. Los Tiempos. 7 March 2019.
  28. Web site: Ochoaizpur deja Real Potosí. Spanish. Late Deportes. 16 March 2019.
  29. Web site: Ramallo termina su interinato el domingo ante Guabirá. Spanish. diez.bo. 16 March 2019.
  30. Web site: Ponce es el nuevo DT de San José. Spanish. Late Deportes. 18 March 2019.
  31. Web site: Cabrera es oficializado como nuevo técnico en Real Potosí. Spanish. diez.bo. 20 March 2019.
  32. Web site: Aurora rescinde contrato con el técnico Marcos Ferrufino. Spanish. Los Tiempos. 7 April 2019.
  33. Web site: Thiago Leitao asume el mando de Aurora. Spanish. Los Tiempos. 8 April 2019.
  34. Web site: Real Potosí cambia a su segundo técnico en menos de un mes. Spanish. diez.bo. 18 April 2019.
  35. Web site: Wilstermann rescindió contrato con el técnico Miguel Ángel Portugal. Spanish. diez.bo. 22 April 2019.
  36. Web site: Kekez asume la dirección de Wilster hasta el final del torneo. Spanish. Los Tiempos. 22 April 2019.
  37. Web site: Aurora buscará retener al DT Leitao para el Clausura. Spanish. diez.bo. 28 May 2019. 8 June 2019.
  38. Web site: DT Fuentes: "El objetivo es la permanencia de Aurora". Spanish. diez.bo. 7 June 2019.
  39. Web site: El argentino Cristian Leonel Díaz es el nuevo DT de Wilstermann. Spanish. diez.bo. 2 June 2019.
  40. Web site: 'Tucho' Antelo vuelve a Sport Boys después de cuatro años. Spanish. diez.bo. 21 June 2019.
  41. Web site: Mauricio Soria deja de ser DT de Oriente Petrolero. Spanish. Los Tiempos. 11 July 2019.
  42. Web site: The Strongest oficializó la salida del técnico Pablo Escobar. Spanish. diez.bo. 5 August 2019.
  43. Web site: Quispe: Soria es el nuevo DT de The Strongest y dirigirá el miércoles frente a Sport Boys. Spanish. La Razón. 5 August 2019.
  44. Web site: Guabirá: Espinel no va más y Andrada asume como técnico. Spanish. diez.bo. 5 August 2019.
  45. Web site: Espada ya no es técnico de Real Potosí. Spanish. Late Deportes. 7 August 2019.
  46. Web site: Mosquera da un paso al costado en Royal Pari. Spanish. La Razón. 19 August 2019.
  47. Web site: Evandro Guimaraes dejó de ser técnico de Destroyers. Spanish. diez.bo. 30 August 2019.
  48. Web site: Carlos Leeb asumió en Destroyers con el objetivo de mantenerlo en primera. Spanish. diez.bo. 4 September 2019.
  49. Web site: Royal Pari presentó a Maturana, el técnico más exitoso de Colombia. Spanish. diez.bo. 2 September 2019.
  50. Web site: Fuentes se va y Da Silva queda como DT interino en Aurora. Spanish. diez.bo. 10 September 2019.
  51. Web site: Always pone fin a la 'era Baldivieso'. Spanish. La Razón. 17 September 2019.
  52. Web site: Always trae al chileno Sebastián Núñez, exayudante de Vigevani. Spanish. Página Siete. 18 September 2019.
  53. Web site: Oriente buscará un triunfo en la despedida de Marín Camacho. Spanish. diez.bo. 29 September 2019.
  54. Web site: Oriente contrata a 'Vitamina' Sánchez para salvar una mala temporada. Spanish. diez.bo. 27 September 2019.
  55. Web site: Nicolas Súarez dejó de ser DT del Lila. Spanish. Late Deportes. 9 October 2019.
  56. Web site: Ferrufino toma las riendas de Real Potosí. Spanish. La Razón. 11 October 2019.
  57. Web site: Tucho renunció como técnico de Sport Boys. Spanish. Correo del Sur. 14 November 2019.
  58. Web site: Mauro Blanco dirigirá gratis a Sport Boys. Spanish. Deporte Total. 25 November 2019.
  59. Web site: Destroyer's despide a Leeb y recibe a 'Tucho' Antelo. Spanish. Deporte Total. 9 December 2019.
  60. Web site: Francisco Argüello es el nuevo técnico de Aurora. Spanish. Late Deportes. 17 December 2019.
  61. Web site: Maturana no va más como DT de Royal Pari. Spanish. El Deber. 20 December 2019.
  62. Web site: Sebastián Núñez se despedirá en El Alto. Spanish. Late Deportes. 20 December 2019.
  63. Web site: Always inicia la transición: de Núñez a Villegas. Spanish. La Razón. 24 December 2019.
  64. Web site: FBF determina descenso de Destroyers y ascenso de Real Santa Cruz. Spanish. Los Tiempos. 5 January 2020.

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