2007 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season
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 annual season.
Teams and venues
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Aurora | Cochabamba | Estadio Felix Capriles | 32,000 |
Blooming | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Bolívar | La Paz | Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar | 25,000 |
Destroyers | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Jorge Wilstermann | Cochabamba | Felix Capriles | 32,000 |
La Paz F.C. | La Paz | Estadio Hernando Siles | 42,000 |
Oriente Petrolero | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Real Mamoré | Trinidad | Estadio Gran Mamoré | 12,000 |
Real Potosí | Potosí | Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte | 32,000 |
San José | Oruro | Estadio Jesús Bermúdez | 33,000 |
The Strongest | La Paz | Estadio Rafael Mendoza | 15,000 |
Universitario de Sucre | Sucre | Estadio Olímpico Patria | 32,000 |
CONMEBOL qualification
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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.
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Real Potosí | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 39 |
2 | Bolívar1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 37 |
3 | La Paz F.C. | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 35 |
4 | Jorge Wilstermann | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 35 |
5 | Oriente Petrolero1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 34 |
6 | Blooming | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 35 | -3 | 31 |
7 | The Strongest2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 40 | -4 | 30 |
8 | Aurora | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 28 |
9 | San José2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 27 |
10 | Destroyers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 26 |
11 | Universitario de Sucre | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 32 | +0 | 25 |
12 | Real Mamoré | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 55 | -23 | 24 |
1 - Bolívar awarded 3 points and Oriente 0 for Oriente's 3-0 win
2 - The Strongest awarded 3 points and San José 0 for their 2-2 draw
Champions - Qualified for Copa Libertadores 2008 | |
Qualified for Copa Libertadores 2008 through Torneo Clausura and Torneo Play Off de la Liga | |
Qualified for Copa Sudamericana 2008 | |
Relegated to Regional leagues |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2007 Torneo Apertura Champion |
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logo Real Potosí 1st title |
Torneo Clausura
Group stage
Group 1
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Group 2
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Final group
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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San José | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
La Paz F.C. | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 |
Blooming | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
Real Mamoré | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
The Strongest | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 |
Jorge Wilstermann | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -13 |
NB: La Paz FC and The Strongest started with 1 bonus point for winning their respective groups in the first phase
Play-offs
Championship
La Paz F.C. | 2 – 2 | San José |
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Daison Guale 69' Ronald Gutiérrez 79' |
Álex da Rosa 19' Lisandro Moyano 90+2' |
Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2007 Torneo Clausura Champion |
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San José 2nd title |
Torneo de la Liga
Bolívar | 1 – 2 | La Paz F.C. |
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Luis Anibal Torrico 13' | Daison Guale 37' Diomedes Peña 46' |
La Paz F.C. | 2 – 1 | Bolívar |
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Ronald Gutiérrez 74' Diomedes Peña 82' |
Doyle Vaca 63' |
- Real Potosí and San José qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.
- La Paz qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage.
- Blooming qualified to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.
- Bolívar qualified to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary.
Promotion/relegation
Aurora | 3 – 0 | Nacional Potosí |
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Edson Zenteno 12' (pk) Oliver Christian Fernández 23' Isidro Candia 90+3' |
Second leg
Nacional Potosí | 2 – 2 | Aurora |
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Fernando Batiste 25' (og) Maximiliano Andrada 50' |
Oliver Christian Fernández 1' Isidro Candia 43' |
Top scorers
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