2020 Bolivian Primera División season
Season | 2020 |
---|---|
Dates | 21 January – December 2020 |
Matches played | 84 |
Goals scored | 252 (3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Jair Reinoso (10 goals) |
Biggest home win | Always Ready 6–0 Real Santa Cruz (9 February) |
Biggest away win | Real Santa Cruz 1–5 Oriente Petrolero (16 February) |
Highest scoring | Bolívar 5–4 The Strongest (21 February) |
← 2019 2021 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020. |
The 2020 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2020 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the third season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. Jorge Wilstermann are the defending champions, having won the 2019 Clausura tournament.
On 16 March, the Bolivian Football Federation decided to suspend both the División Profesional and División Aficionados tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Teams
The number of teams for the 2020 season remains the same as the previous season. Destroyers were relegated to the Copa Simón Bolívar after finishing in last place of the aggregate table in the previous season, with Sport Boys being disaffiliated from the league after failing to show up for their last game of the season. Both teams were replaced by Atlético Palmaflor and Real Santa Cruz, the 2019 Copa Simón Bolívar champions and runners-up, respectively.
Team | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Always Ready | Eduardo Villegas | El Alto | Municipal de Villa Ingenio | 25,000 |
Atlético Palmaflor | Humberto Viviani | Quillacollo Cochabamba |
Municipal de Quillacollo Félix Capriles[note 1] |
6,000 32,000 |
Aurora | Julio César Baldivieso | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles | 32,000 |
Blooming | Miguel Ponce | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Bolívar | Claudio Vivas | La Paz | Hernando Siles | 42,000 |
Guabirá | Víctor Hugo Andrada | Montero | Gilberto Parada | 13,000 |
Jorge Wilstermann | Christian Díaz | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles | 32,000 |
Nacional Potosí | Sebastián Núñez | Potosí | Víctor Agustín Ugarte | 32,105 |
Oriente Petrolero | Pablo Sánchez | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Real Potosí | Vacant | Potosí | Víctor Agustín Ugarte | 32,105 |
Real Santa Cruz | José Peña | Santa Cruz Montero |
Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Gilberto Parada[note 2] |
38,000 13,000 |
Royal Pari | Vacant | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
San José | Omar Asad | Oruro | Jesús Bermúdez | 33,795 |
The Strongest | Alberto Illanes | La Paz | Hernando Siles | 42,000 |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Torneo Apertura | ||||||
Always Ready | Pablo Godoy | End of caretaker spell | 28 December 2019 | Pre-season | Eduardo Villegas | 23 December 2019[2] |
Royal Pari | Miguel Ángel Abrigo | 28 December 2019 | Miguel Ángel Portugal | 2 January 2020[3] | ||
Aurora | Francisco Argüello | End of contract | 28 December 2019 | Julio César Baldivieso | 29 December 2019[4] | |
Blooming | Erwin Sánchez | 28 December 2019[5] | Miguel Ponce | 1 January 2020[5] | ||
Bolívar | César Vigevani | 28 December 2019[6] | Claudio Vivas | 28 December 2019[6] | ||
Nacional Potosí | Alberto Illanes | 28 December 2019[7] | Jeaustin Campos | 30 December 2019[8] | ||
Real Potosí | Marcos Ferrufino | 28 December 2019[9] | Walter Grazziosi | 5 January 2020[10] | ||
San José | Miguel Ponce | 28 December 2019[11] | Omar Asad | 5 January 2020[12] | ||
Real Potosí | Walter Grazziosi | Mutual consent | 24 January 2020[13] | 14th | Marcos Ferrufino | 25 January 2020 |
The Strongest | Mauricio Soria | Sacked | 2 March 2020[14] | 13th | Luis Orozco (caretaker) | 3 March 2020[15] |
Luis Orozco | End of caretaker spell | 8 March 2020[16] | 7th | Alberto Illanes | 9 March 2020[16] | |
Nacional Potosí | Jeaustin Campos | Sacked | 9 March 2020[17] | 10th | Sebastián Núñez | 9 March 2020[18] |
Real Potosí | Marcos Ferrufino | 20 March 2020[19] | 10th | |||
Royal Pari | Miguel Ángel Portugal | Resigned | 21 May 2020[20] | 6th |
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Strongest | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Always Ready | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 21 | |
3 | Bolívar | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 20 | |
4 | Blooming | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 20 | |
5 | Jorge Wilstermann | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 20 | |
6 | Royal Pari | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 20 | |
7 | Atlético Palmaflor | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 19 | |
8 | San José | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 18 | |
9 | Nacional Potosí | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 17 | |
10 | Real Potosí | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 15 | |
11 | Guabirá | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 14 | |
12 | Oriente Petrolero | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 13 | |
13 | Real Santa Cruz | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 12 | |
14 | Aurora | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 10 |
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.
Results
Top goalscorers
- As of 15 March 2020
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jair Reinoso | The Strongest | 10 |
2 | Marcos Riquelme | Bolívar | 9 |
3 | Javier Sanguinetti | Always Ready | 7 |
Jefferson Tavares | Atlético Palmaflor | ||
5 | Rodrigo Vargas | San José | 6 |
6 | Marco Morgon | San José | 5 |
Fran Pastor | Real Potosí | ||
Willie | The Strongest |
Source: Soccerway
References
- ^ "Oficial: La FBF suspendió el Torneo hasta el 31 de marzo" (in Spanish). Deporte Total. 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Always inicia la transición: de Núñez a Villegas" (in Spanish). La Razón. 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Portugal, nuevo DT de Royal Pari" (in Spanish). El Deber. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Baldivieso nuevo entrenador de Aurora" (in Spanish). Unitel. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Ponce es el nuevo estratega de Blooming" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Claudio Vivas sustituye a César Vigevani al frente de Bolívar" (in Spanish). Marca Claro Argentina. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Tigo Sports Bolivia [@TigoSportsBo] (December 13, 2019). "#CopaTigo El entrenador de Nacional Potosí, Alberto Illanes confirmó que no seguirá al frente del equipo potosino el próximo año" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jeaustin Campos, nuevo DT de Nacional Potosí" (in Spanish). El Deber. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Marcos Ferrufino cerró su ciclo en Real Potosí" (in Spanish). El Deber. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Real Potosí nuevo técnico y equipo renovado" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Ponce decide ya no seguir en San José" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "El Turco Asad es el nuevo entrenador de San José" (in Spanish). Diario Opinión. 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Real Potosí prescinde de su entrenador Wálter Grazziosi" (in Spanish). La Razón. 24 January 2020.
- ^ "The Strongest rescinde contrato con el DT Mauricio Soria" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Luis Orozco es asignado DT interino de The Strongest tras la salida de Soria" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Alberto Illanes asume como DT de The Strongest: 'Me veo peleando arriba'" (in Spanish). La Razón. 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Fin de la era Campos tras malos resultados" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Sebastián Núñez toma las riendas de Nacional Potosí" (in Spanish). Late Deportes. 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Ferrufino deja de ser el entrenador de Real Potosí" (in Spanish). El País. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Royal Pari se quedó sin director técnico; se fue Miguel Portugal" (in Spanish). El Deber. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
External links
- División Profesional on the FBF's official website (in Spanish)