| Competition: | División Profesional |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 16 February – 22 December 2024 |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | San Antonio Bulo Bulo |
| Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
| League Topscorer: | Clausura: Tommy Tobar (8 goals) |
| Matches: | 169 |
| Total Goals: | 461 |
| Biggest Home Win: | San Antonio 6–1 Ind. Petrolero (22 April) The Strongest 5–0 Ind. Petrolero (4 August) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Blooming 0–5 Bolívar (14 July) |
| Highest Scoring: | Bolívar 4–4 The Strongest (25 February) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 21 August 2024 |
The 2024 Bolivian Primera División season is the 47th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the seventh season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season began on 16 February and is scheduled to end on 22 December 2024.[1] [2]
The Strongest are the defending champions.
The competition format was confirmed at the session of the División Profesional's Council held on 10 January 2024, in which it was decided that two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) will be played in the season. In the Torneo Apertura, the 16 participating teams were divided into four groups of four teams each with a round of interzonal matches between derby rivals. The top two teams of each group advanced to a knockout stage, in which teams played quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. Both Apertura finalists were awarded international berths, with the winners qualifying for the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage as Bolivia 1 and the runners-up claiming the Bolivia 1 berth for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana. The Torneo Clausura will be a double round-robin competition, in which the 16 teams will play each other twice for a total of 30 matches, with the top team at the end of those 30 rounds being declared as the winner and qualifying for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores as Bolivia 2.[1]
It was also decided that both tournament winners will play a double-legged final series at the end of the season with the winner being declared as season champions and earning a monetary prize of one million USD awarded by CONMEBOL.[3] The remaining international berths will be awarded through an aggregate table including the Torneo Apertura's first stage and the Torneo Clausura, with the bottom-placed team in this table being relegated and the team placing second-from-bottom qualifying for a double-legged relegation play-off.
16 teams compete in the league for the 2024 season: 14 of which took part in the 2023 Primera División, and two promoted from the 2023 Copa Simón Bolívar, GV San José and San Antonio Bulo Bulo. GV San José achieved a first-ever promotion to the top tier on 10 December 2023, after winning the title,[4] and San Antonio also reached the first division for the first time six days later, after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs against Libertad Gran Mamoré.[5]
Aside from Libertad Gran Mamoré, GV San José and San Antonio Bulo Bulo replaced Vaca Díez and Palmaflor del Trópico, both directly relegated.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always Ready |  Flabio Torres | Marathon | UTB, Edificios Las Loritas | |
| Aurora | Sergio Órteman | Marathon | UTB | |
| Blooming |  Carlos Bustos | Marathon | Kia | |
| Bolívar | Flavio Robatto | Puma | Suzuki | |
| Guabirá |  Gualberto Mojica | Forte | Celina, Ingenio Guabirá, Grupo Paz | |
| GV San José | Rolando Carlen | Arce | 4life Grains, Paceña | |
| Independiente Petrolero | Marcelo Robledo | Red White | UTB, Fancesa | |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Eduardo Villegas | Forte | Nacional, Campero | |
| Nacional Potosí | Alberto Illanes | Forte | BCP, Ingenio San Silvestre | |
| Oriente Petrolero | Joaquín Monasterio | Marathon | Yango | |
| Real Santa Cruz | Andrés Marinangeli | Arce | ||
| Real Tomayapo | Pablo Rubinich | Oxígeno Wear | Altavida | |
| Royal Pari |  David de la Torre | Marathon | Grupo SION, Kalomai Park | |
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo |  Thiago Leitão | Oxígeno Wear | Las Palmeras, UTB | |
| The Strongest |  Ismael Rescalvo | Marathon | ||
| Universitario de Vinto | Pablo Godoy | Oxígeno Wear | UTB |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torneo Apertura | ||||||
| Real Santa Cruz | Miguel Ángel Zahzú | End of contract | 5 December 2023[6] | Pre-season | Cristian Farah | 9 January 2024[7] |
| The Strongest | Pablo Cabanillas | Appointed as sporting director | 13 December 2023[8] | Pablo Lavallén | 4 January 2024[9] | |
| Bolívar | Vladimir Soria and Wálter Flores | End of caretaker spell | 18 December 2023 | Flavio Robatto | 5 January 2024[10] | |
| Real Tomayapo | Martín Brignani | End of contract | 31 December 2023 | Cristián Arán | 9 January 2024[11] | |
| Nacional Potosí | Flavio Robatto | Resigned | 3 January 2024[12] | Claudio Biaggio | 8 January 2024[13] | |
| GV San José | Eduardo Villegas | 22 February 2024[14] | 3rd, Group D | Richard Rojas | 28 February 2024[15] | |
| Oriente Petrolero | Rodrigo Venegas | Sacked | 23 February 2024[16] | 4th, Group D | Víctor Hugo Antelo | 23 February 2024[17] |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Christian Díaz | Appointed as sporting director | 8 March 2024[18] | 2nd, Group D | Gastón Ramondino | 8 March 2024 |
| GV San José | Richard Rojas | End of caretaker spell | 20 March 2024[19] | 4th, Group D | Rolando Carlen | 20 March 2024[20] |
| Always Ready | Óscar Villegas | Return to the youth setup | 30 March 2024[21] | 3rd, Group C | Flabio Torres | 31 March 2024[22] |
| Real Santa Cruz | Cristian Farah | Resigned | 9 April 2024[23] | 4th, Group A | Andrés Marinangeli | 9 April 2024 |
| Nacional Potosí | Claudio Biaggio | Sacked | 18 April 2024[24] | Quarter-finals | Alberto Illanes | 20 April 2024[25] |
| Aurora | Mauricio Soria | 18 April 2024[26] | Sergio Órteman | 20 April 2024[27] | ||
| The Strongest | Pablo Lavallén | Resigned | 28 April 2024[28] | Semi-finals | Ismael Rescalvo | 1 May 2024[29] |
| Torneo Clausura | ||||||
| Real Tomayapo | Cristián Arán | Resigned | 24 May 2024[30] | 12th | Gustavo Romanello | 24 May 2024 |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Gastón Ramondino | 2 June 2024[31] | 7th | Eduardo Villegas | 9 July 2024[32] | |
| Real Tomayapo | Gustavo Romanello | End of caretaker spell | 4 June 2024 | 13th | Pablo Rubinich | 11 June 2024[33] |
| Oriente Petrolero | Víctor Hugo Antelo | Sacked | 10 June 2024[34] | 12th | Joaquín Monasterio | 11 June 2024[35] |
| Guabirá | Humberto Viviani | 1 August 2024[36] | 15th | Gualberto Mojica | 1 August 2024[37] | |
The Torneo Apertura, known as the 2024 Copa Paceña for sponsorship purposes,[38] was the first tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 5 May 2024.
Teams played two additional first stage matches against a team from another group, in most cases their derby or regional rival.[39] The interseries matches were played on the third and fifth rounds.Round 3
| width=160 | Home | width=50 | Score | width=160 | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=FFFFAA Draw, | bgcolor=AAF9FF Home, | bgcolor=FFAAAA Away--> | GV San José | 1–0 | Always Ready |
| Bolívar | 4–4 | The Strongest | |||
| Independiente Petrolero | 1–1 | Nacional Potosí | |||
| Aurora | 1–0 | Jorge Wilstermann | |||
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo | 0–0 | Universitario de Vinto | |||
| Blooming | 2–1 | Oriente Petrolero | |||
| Guabirá | 1–2 | Real Santa Cruz | |||
| Real Tomayapo | 0–2 | Royal Pari |
| width=160 | Home | width=50 | Score | width=160 | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=FFFFAA Draw, | bgcolor=AAF9FF Home, | bgcolor=FFAAAA Away--> | Always Ready | 1–1 | GV San José |
| The Strongest | 2–1 | Bolívar | |||
| Nacional Potosí | 3–1 | Independiente Petrolero | |||
| Jorge Wilstermann | 1–1 | Aurora | |||
| Universitario de Vinto | 1–0 | San Antonio Bulo Bulo | |||
| Oriente Petrolero | 0–0 | Blooming | |||
| Real Santa Cruz | 1–1 | Guabirá | |||
| Royal Pari | 1–1 | Real Tomayapo |
|}
|}
----San Antonio Bulo Bulo won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Pasadore | San Antonio Bulo Bulo | 12 |
| 2 | Daniel Passira | San Antonio Bulo Bulo | 10 |
| 3 | Juan Godoy | Independiente Petrolero | 7 |
| 4 | Francisco da Costa | Bolívar | 5 |
| Carlos Melgar | Guabirá | ||
| Ariel Nahuelpán | Jorge Wilstermann | ||
| Fernando Saucedo | Bolívar | ||
 Carlos Ventura | Oriente Petrolero | ||
| 9 | Carmelo Algarañaz | Bolívar | 4 |
| Facundo Callejo | Nacional Potosí | ||
| César Menacho | Blooming | ||
| Michael Ortega | The Strongest |
The Torneo Clausura, known as the 2024 Liga Tecno for sponsorship purposes,[40] is the second and last tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 10 May 2024.[41]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Tobar | Universitario de Vinto | 8 | ||||
| 2 | Francisco Gatti | Independiente Petrolero | 6 | ||||
| Juan Godoy | Independiente Petrolero | ||||||
| Agustín Graneros | Real Tomayapo | ||||||
| Gabriel Montaño | Aurora | ||||||
| 6 | Gilbert Álvarez | Oriente Petrolero | 5 | ||||
| Bruno Miranda | The Strongest | ||||||
| 8 | Darlison Rodríguez | Always Ready | 4 | ||||
| Jorge Hugo Rojas | Nacional Potosí | ||||||
| Héctor Sánchez | GV San José< | -- | - | 11 | Carmelo Algarañaz | Bolívar | 3 |
 Oscar Becerra | Real Tomayapo | ||||||
| Oswaldo Blanco | Aurora | ||||||
| Samuel Garzón | Blooming | ||||||
| César Menacho | Blooming | ||||||
| Ariel Nahuelpán | Jorge Wilstermann | ||||||
| Neto Acará | San Antonio Bulo Bulo | ||||||
| Javier Sanguinetti | GV San José | ||||||
| Bruno Sávio | Bolívar | ||||||
| Brian Sobrero | GV San José | ||||||
| Ramiro Vaca | Bolívar | ||||||
| Ronaldo Vásquez | Guabirá | ||||||
| Wesley Tanque | Always Ready --> |