2021 Bolivian Primera División
Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 9 March – 12 December 2021 |
Matches played | 55 |
Goals scored | 179 (3.25 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Three players (5 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Always Ready 5–0 San José (14 March) |
Biggest away win | Aurora 0–8 Royal Pari (11 March) |
Highest scoring | Indep. Petrolero 5–4 Wilstermann (25 April) |
← 2020 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 12 May 2021. |
The 2021 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2021 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, is the 44th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the fourth season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season began on 9 March and is scheduled to end on 12 December 2021.[1] Always Ready are the defending champions, having won the 2020 Apertura tournament.
Format
The format for the 2021 season was approved by the 16 División Profesional clubs on 17 February 2021.[1] Given the need to allow clubs qualified for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana as well as the national team to fulfill their international commitments, and concerns by the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to play a single tournament in the year instead of the usual Apertura and Clausura system. The 16 teams will play each other twice in a double round-robin tournament for a total of 30 rounds. The Bolivian Football Federation originally proposed 13 March 2021 as the date to start the competition, but per request from the four clubs that took part in the Copa Sudamericana the date was moved forward to 10 March 2021. The top four clubs at the end of the season will qualify for the 2022 Copa Libertadores, with the champions and runners-up entering the group stage, while the next four best-placed teams will qualify for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.[2]
Teams
16 teams compete in the league for the 2021 season, increasing from 14 since no clubs were relegated at the end of the previous season.[3] Real Tomayapo and Independiente Petrolero, the 2020 Copa Simón Bolívar champions and runners-up, were both promoted for this season. The former will compete for the first time in the top tier, while the latter returned after a 17-year absence.[4][5]
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Always Ready | Omar Asad | No contract signed | 31 December 2020[6] | Pre-season | Sebastián Núñez | 18 January 2021[7] |
Atlético Palmaflor | Xabier Azkargorta | End of contract | 31 December 2020 | Julio César Baldivieso | 7 January 2021[8] | |
Real Potosí | Cristian Aldirico | 31 December 2020 | Alex Pallarés | 5 January 2021[9] | ||
Real Santa Cruz | José Peña | 31 December 2020 | Néstor Clausen | 6 January 2021[10] | ||
Aurora | Sergio Zeballos | End of caretaker spell | 31 December 2020 | Humberto Viviani | 1 January 2021[11] | |
Royal Pari | Miguel Ángel Abrigo | 31 December 2020 | Christian Díaz | 10 January 2021[12] | ||
San José | Arnaldo Mancilla | Replaced | 31 December 2020 | Domingo Sánchez | 18 January 2021[13] | |
Jorge Wilstermann | Christian Díaz | Sacked | 1 January 2021[14] | Mauricio Soria | 4 January 2021[15] | |
Blooming | Gabriel Schürrer | 4 January 2021[16] | Eduardo Villegas | 5 January 2021[17] | ||
Nacional Potosí | Sebastián Núñez | Signed by Always Ready | 8 January 2021[18] | Álvaro Peña | 11 January 2021[19] | |
Real Potosí | Alex Pallarés | Health issues | 8 February 2021[20] | Carlos Fonseca | 9 February 2021[21] | |
San José | Domingo Sánchez | Sacked | 1 March 2021[22] | Thiago Leitão | 2 March 2021[23] | |
Thiago Leitão | Resigned | 29 March 2021[24] | 16th | Fernando Acevedo (caretaker) | 30 March 2021[25] | |
Atlético Palmaflor | Julio César Baldivieso | Sacked | 29 March 2021[26] | 4th | Thiago Leitão | 30 March 2021[27] |
San José | Fernando Acevedo | End of caretaker spell | 6 April 2021 | 16th | Marcos Ferrufino | 6 April 2021[28] |
Nacional Potosí | Álvaro Peña | Sacked | 8 April 2021[29] | 6th | Flavio Robatto | 13 April 2021[30] |
Always Ready | Sebastián Núñez | 10 April 2021[31] | 3rd | Omar Asad | 13 April 2021[32] | |
The Strongest | Alberto Illanes | 22 April 2021[33] | 2nd | Luis Orozco (caretaker) | 22 April 2021[33] | |
Jorge Wilstermann | Mauricio Soria | Resigned | 25 April 2021[34] | 14th | Marco Sandy (caretaker) | 26 April 2021[35] |
The Strongest | Luis Orozco | End of caretaker spell | 26 April 2021 | 1st | Gustavo Florentín | 26 April 2021[36] |
Jorge Wilstermann | Marco Sandy | 29 April 2021[37] | 14th | Diego Cagna | 28 April 2021[37] | |
Real Potosí | Carlos Fonseca | Sacked | 12 May 2021[38] | 15th | Armando Ibáñez | 13 May 2021[38] |
San José | Marcos Ferrufino | 16 May 2021[39] | 16th | Domingo Sánchez | 17 May 2021[40] | |
Bolívar | Natxo González | 23 May 2021[41] | 2nd | Vladimir Soria (caretaker) | 23 May 2021[41] |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Strongest | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 16 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Bolívar | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | |
3 | Nacional Potosí | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 16 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
4 | Royal Pari | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 12 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage |
5 | Guabirá | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
6 | Atlético Palmaflor | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
7 | Independiente Petrolero | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | |
8 | Aurora | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 11 | |
9 | Oriente Petrolero | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | |
10 | Real Tomayapo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | |
11 | Always Ready | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | |
12 | Blooming | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
13 | Real Santa Cruz | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | |
14 | Jorge Wilstermann | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 6 | |
15 | Real Potosí | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
16 | San José[a] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 24 | −23 | −3 | Relegation to Copa Simón Bolívar |
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.
Notes:
- ^ San José were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Carlos Saucedo.[42]
Results
- ^ Match ended after 9 minutes of play due to the withdrawal of Royal Pari player Kevin Rosas by injury, leaving the team below the minimum number of players required per tournament regulations (seven). The score at the time of suspension was 3–0.[43]
Top scorers
- As of 12 May 2021
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | Sebastián Gularte | Nacional Potosí | 5 |
Carlos Melgar | Royal Pari | ||
Leonardo Ramos | Bolívar | ||
4 | Elías Alderete | Aurora | 4 |
Jair Reinoso | The Strongest | ||
Edarlin Reyes | Real Santa Cruz | ||
Jefferson Tavares | Royal Pari | ||
8 | Carmelo Algarañaz | Always Ready | 3 |
Oswaldo Blanco | Atlético Palmaflor | ||
Jeyson Chura | The Strongest | ||
Ronald Cuéllar | Nacional Potosí | ||
Juan Godoy | Independiente Petrolero | ||
César Menacho | Bolívar | ||
Humberto Osorio | Jorge Wilstermann | ||
Martín Prost | Independiente Petrolero | ||
Miguel Ríos | Real Santa Cruz | ||
Henry Vaca | Oriente Petrolero | ||
Willie | The Strongest |
Source: Soccerway
References
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External links
- División Profesional on the FBF's official website (in Spanish)