1998 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

The 1998 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 41st season of top-tier football in Bolivia.

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jorge Wilstermann	22	13	6	3	28	11	+17	45
2	The Strongest	22	13	4	5	50	24	+26	43
3	Blooming	22	11	4	7	36	32	+4	37
4	San José	22	9	7	6	27	26	+1	33
5	Oriente Petrolero	22	10	4	8	32	33	–1	34
6	Guabirá	22	9	6	7	30	34	–4	33
7	Independiente Petrolero	22	9	5	8	29	20	+9	32
8	Real Potosí	22	8	5	9	34	38	–4	29
9	Bolívar	22	8	4	10	30	29	+1	28
10	Real Santa Cruz	22	5	6	11	18	30	–12	21
11	Destroyers	22	5	4	13	23	38	–15	19
12	Chaco Petrolero	22	3	3	16	21	45	–24	12

Torneo Clausura

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Santa Cruz	12	5	3	4	20	13	+7	18
2	Real Potosí	12	5	3	4	20	23	–3	18
3	San José	12	5	2	5	23	20	+7	17
4	Oriente Petrolero	12	4	4	4	19	18	+1	16
5	The Strongest	12	4	2	6	23	24	–1	14
6	Chaco Petrolero	12	3	2	7	18	31	–13	11

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blooming	12	7	5	0	24	10	+14	26
2	Independiente Petrolero	12	6	4	2	23	8	+15	22
3	Jorge Wilstermann	12	6	2	4	16	15	+1	20
4	Bolívar	12	5	1	6	21	24	–3	16
5	Destroyers	12	5	1	6	21	24	–3	11
6	Guabirá	12	2	4	6	16	24	–8	10

Aggregate Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jorge Wilstermann	34	19	8	7	44	26	+18	65
2	Blooming	34	18	9	7	60	42	+18	63
3	The Strongest	34	17	6	11	73	48	+25	57
4	Independiente Petrolero	34	15	9	10	52	28	+24	54
5	San José	34	14	9	11	52	46	+8	51
6	Oriente Petrolero	34	14	8	12	51	51	0	50
7	Real Potosí	34	13	8	13	54	61	–7	47
8	Bolívar	34	13	5	16	51	53	–2	44
9	Guabirá	34	11	10	13	46	58	–12	43
10	Real Santa Cruz	34	10	9	15	38	43	–5	39
11	Destroyers	34	8	6	20	41	69	–28	30
12	Chaco Petrolero	34	6	5	23	39	76	–37	23

Final stage

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blooming	10	7	2	1	16	7	+9	23
2	Jorge Wilstermann	10	6	1	3	19	13	+6	19
3	San José	10	4	2	4	16	13	+3	14
4	Independiente Petrolero	10	4	1	5	13	13	0	13
5	Real Potosí	10	3	2	5	20	20	0	11
6	Real Santa Cruz	10	1	2	7	6	24	–18	5

Play-offs

Championship

Blooming v Jorge Wilstermann

First Leg 9 December 1998

Blooming	3 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann
Menacho  23',  63' Tufiño  80' (pk)

Estadio Tahuichi, Santa Cruz

Jorge Wilstermann v Blooming

Second Leg 13 December 1998

Jorge Wilstermann	0 – 1	Blooming
		Blanco  87'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Blooming won the title and qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1999, alongside Jorge Wilstermann.

Promotion/Relegation

Atlético Pompeya v Destroyers

First Leg

Atlético Pompeya	1 – 0	Destroyers

Destroyers v Atlético Pompeya

Second Leg

Destroyers	4 – 0	Atlético Pompeya

Destroyers remain at first level; Club Unión Central from Tarija won promotion

Title

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 1998 Champion
Blooming 2nd title

References

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