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2021 Bolivian Primera División

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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.

División Profesional
Season2021
Dates9 March – 12 December 2021
Matches played55
Goals scored179 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerThree players (5 goals each)
Biggest home winAlways Ready 5–0 San José
(14 March)
Biggest away winAurora 0–8 Royal Pari
(11 March)
Highest scoringIndep. Petrolero 5–4 Wilstermann
(25 April)
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 12 May 2021.

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]

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Locations of the 2021 División Profesional teams.
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Always Ready   Omar Asad El Alto Municipal de Villa Ingenio 25,000
Atlético Palmaflor   Thiago Leitão Quillacollo Municipal de Quillacollo 6,000
Aurora   Humberto Viviani Cochabamba Félix Capriles 32,000
Blooming   Eduardo Villegas Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Bolívar   Vladimir Soria (caretaker) La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
Guabirá   Víctor Hugo Andrada Montero Gilberto Parada 13,000
Independiente Petrolero   Marcelo Robledo Sucre Olímpico Patria 30,700
Jorge Wilstermann   Diego Cagna Cochabamba Félix Capriles 32,000
Nacional Potosí   Flavio Robatto Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Oriente Petrolero   Erwin Sánchez Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Real Potosí   Armando Ibáñez Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Real Santa Cruz   Néstor Clausen Santa Cruz Real Santa Cruz 14,000
Real Tomayapo   Horacio Pacheco Tarija IV Centenario 15,000
Royal Pari   Christian Díaz Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
San José   Domingo Sánchez Oruro Jesús Bermúdez 33,795
The Strongest   Gustavo Florentín 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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2021. Source: FBF, Soccerway
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:
  1. ^ San José were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Carlos Saucedo.[42]

Results

Home \ Away CAR APF AUR BLO BOL GUA IPE WIL NAC OPE RPO RSC RTO RPA SJO STR
Always Ready — 1–1 5–0
Atlético Palmaflor — 3–1 2–1 1–0
Aurora — 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–8
Blooming 1–0 — 0–1 2–2 a 4–0
Bolívar 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 a
Guabirá 3–1 — 1–0 0–2
Independiente Petrolero 2–0 — 5–4 1–0 2–2
Jorge Wilstermann 5–2 — 1–2 0–3
Nacional Potosí 3–2 2–1 — 2–1 3–4
Oriente Petrolero 0–0 a 4–2 — 2–0
Real Potosí 1–1 1–2 — 3–0
Real Santa Cruz 2–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 —
Real Tomayapo 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 —
Royal Pari 0–3 3–2 4–2 —
San José 1–3 0–5 0–1 0–3 —
The Strongest 4–1 a 5–2 3–0[a] —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2021. Source: FBF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ 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
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

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