2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season 2008
Champions Apertura: Universitario (1st title)
Clausura: Aurora (1st title)
Relegated Guabirá
Copa Libertadores Universitario
Aurora
Real Potosí
Copa Sudamericana La Paz
Blooming
2007
2009

The 2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 32nd season of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season was split into two championships: the Apertura and the Clausura.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity
Universitario de Sucre Sucre Estadio Olímpico Patria 32,000
La Paz F.C. La Paz Estadio Hernando Siles 42,000
Club San José Oruro Estadio Jesús Bermúdez 33,000
Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz de la Sierra Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Blooming Santa Cruz de la Sierra Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Bolívar La Paz Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar 25,000
Aurora Cochabamba Estadio Felix Capriles 32,000
The Strongest La Paz Estadio Rafael Mendoza 15,000
Real Mamoré Trinidad Estadio Gran Mamoré 12,000
Jorge Wilstermann Cochabamba Felix Capriles 32,000
Real Potosí Potosí Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte 32,000
Guabirá Montero Estadio Gilberto Parada 18,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2008 Campeonato Apertura Entel was the first championship of the season. It began on February 23 and ended on July 20.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario (C) (Q) 22 12 7 3 36 17 +19 43 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 La Paz (Q) 22 10 7 5 44 30 +14 37 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
3 San José 22 11 3 8 46 45 +1 36
4 Oriente Petrolero 22 10 3 9 41 35 +6 33
5 Blooming 22 9 4 9 39 41 2 31
6 Bolívar 22 7 9 6 41 26 +15 30
7 Aurora 22 8 6 8 33 41 8 30
8 The Strongest 22 8 5 9 41 36 +5 29
9 Real Mamoré 22 9 1 12 27 52 25 28
10 Jorge Wilstermann 22 8 3 11 41 46 5 27
11 Real Potosí 22 6 7 9 41 39 +2 25
12 Guabirá 22 5 3 14 26 48 22 18

Updated to games played on July 20, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2008 Apertura Champion
Universitario
1st Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1 Brazil Anderson Gonzaga Blooming 16
2 Uruguay Álvaro Pintos Real Potosí 15
Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel Jorge Wilstermann 15
4 Paraguay Pablo Escobar The Strongest 11
5 Bolivia Darwin Peña San José 10
Argentina Hernán Boyero Blooming 10
Brazil Regis de Souza La Paz 10

Torneo Clausura

The 2008 Campeonato Clausura Entel was the second championship of the season. It began on August 3 and ended on November 3.

First phase

Serie A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Blooming (A) 10 6 2 2 18 9 +9 20
2 Aurora (A) 10 6 1 3 17 10 +7 19
3 Oriente Petrolero 10 4 4 2 12 8 +4 16
4 Real Mamoré 10 3 3 4 10 10 0 12
5 Jorge Wilstermann 10 3 3 4 10 11 1 12
6 Guabirá 10 1 1 8 8 27 19 4

Updated to games played on October 2, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Serie B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Real Potosí (A) 10 5 1 4 14 9 +5 16
2 La Paz (A) 10 4 4 2 13 12 +1 16
3 Bolívar 10 4 3 3 18 18 0 15
4 Universitario 10 3 4 3 11 13 2 13
5 The Strongest 10 2 5 3 16 21 5 11
6 San José 10 2 3 5 15 14 +1 9

Updated to games played on October 2, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second phase

First leg

October 19
La Paz 2 1 Blooming
de Souza  24'
Lopez  70' (o.g.)
Vaca  63'

Second leg

October 22
Aurora 2 0 Real Potosí
Leonforte  10'
Bongioani  41'

October 23
Blooming 5 0 La Paz
Boyero  21'
Saucedo  34'
Vieira  71'
Sabja  79'
Mojica  81'

Final phase

The finals was a best-of-three series.

Game 1

Blooming is ahead 10.


Game 2

October 29
Aurora 3 0 Blooming
Bongioani  64' (pen.)
Huayhuata  79', 90'

Series tied 11.


Game 3

November 3
Aurora 2 2 (a.e.t.) Blooming
Villalba  9', 50' Mojica  15'
Boyero  20'
  Penalties  
4 3

Aurora won 21.

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2008 Clausura Champion
Aurora
1st Title

Torneo Play Off

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
La Paz 43 San José 12 31
Bolívar 21 The Strongest 00 21
Real Mamoré 30 Guabirá 30 00
Real Potosí 64 Universitario 42 22
Jorge Wilstermann 32 Aurora 01 31
Blooming 54 Oriente Petrolero 33 21

As the four best losers, Oriente Petrolero, San José, Aurora, and The Strongest qualified to the Losers Round.

Losers Round

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aurora 06 Oriente Petrolero 05 01
San José 31 The Strongest 30 01

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San José 42 Oriente Petrolero 42 00

San José qualified for the semifinals as the best loser.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Blooming 33 (34 (p)) La Paz 21 12
Bolívar 11 (54 (p)) Jorge Wilstermann 10 01
Real Mamoré 23 Real Potosí 12 11

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bolívar 11 (54 (p)) Real Potosí 20 02
La Paz 44 San José 11 33

Finals

First leg

December 14
La Paz 0 1 Real Potosí
Candia  24'

Second leg

December 17
Real Potosí 1 0 La Paz
Colque  55'

Real Potosi wins 20 on aggregate. Real Potosi qualified for the First Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

Relegation

The team with the worst average will be relegated to the Regional Leagues. The second-worst team will play a promotion/relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Regional Leagues.

Pos
Teams Total
Pld
Total
Pts
Avg
1 La Paz 66 112 1.6969
2 Blooming 66 103 1.5606
3 Bolívar 66 97 1.4696
4 Oriente Petrolero 66 96 1.4545
Real Potosí 66 96 1.4545
Universitario 66 96 1.4545
7 The Strongest 66 93 1.4090
8 Wilstermann 66 92 1.3939
9 Aurora 66 89 1.3484
San José 66 89 1.3484
11 Real Mamoré 66 79 1.1969
12 Guabirá 32 22 0.6875

Playoff match
Relegated to the Santa Cruz Association Championship

Promotion/relegation playoff

First leg

Second leg

Real Mamoré won 42 on aggregate. Real Mamoré remains in the LFPB for 2009.

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