LFPB - 2007

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[edit] The 2007 annual season

The 2007 annual season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano (LFPB) will have the 35th (Apertura 2007) and the 36th (Clausura 2007) tournament of LFPB's history. The Apertura tournament started on March 6th and finished on June 13th. The Clausura tournament tournament will be played between August and December. Bolívar and Wilstermann will be defending the championships obtained in the 2006 annual season.

[edit] Teams

The 12 teams in the 2007 annual season:

[edit] CONMEBOL Qualification

Team Competition
Apertura 2007 Champions Copa Libertadores de América 2008 as Bolivia-1
Clausura 2007 Champions Copa Libertadores de América 2008 as Bolivia-2
Winner of the playoff between Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007 Runners-Up Copa Libertadores de América 2008 as Bolivia-3
Loser of the playoff between Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007 Runners-Up Copa Sudamericana 2008 as Bolivia-1
Winner of the playoff between Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007 3rd places Copa Sudamericana 2008 as Bolivia-2

[edit] Relegation

At the end of the year the team with the lowest point average (points / games played) from the past annual season (2006) and the current one (2007) is relagated to its respective regional tournament. The team with the 2nd lowest point average faces a play off against the 2nd placed team in the Copa Simón Bolívar.

[edit] Apertura 2007

[edit] Tournament Format

Twelve clubs play in double round-robin format (home and away), a total of 22 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order: goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head results.

[edit] Apertura 2007 Standings Table

Pos Team Pld Pts GD Notes
1st
 Real Potosí
22
39
+21
2nd
 Oriente Petrolero
22
37
+3
3rd
 La Paz F.C.
22
35
+8
4th
 Wilstermann
22
35
+6
5th
 Bolívar
22
34
-5
6th
 Blooming
22
31
-3
7th
 The Strongest
22
31
-4
 Awarded 2 points; San Jose did not have
at least 7 Bolivian-born players on the field
8th
 Aurora
22
28
+3
9th
 San José
22
27
+1
 Deducted 1 point because did not have at least 7
Bolivian-born players on the field against The Strongest
10th
 Destroyers
22
26
-7
11th
 Universitario
22
25
0
12th
 Real Mamoré
22
24
-23

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points ; GD = Goal difference.

Copa Libertadores 2008
Play Off against Clausura 2007 Runners-Up for Copa Libertadores 2008 or Copa Sudamericana 2008
Play Off against Clausura 2007 3rd place for Copa Sudamericana 2008

[edit] Clausura 2007

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 The Strongest 12 6 3 3 23 14 21
2 Blooming 12 6 3 3 14 10 21
3 San José 12 4 5 3 18 17 17
4 Universitario 12 4 3 5 18 18 15
5 Aurora 12 3 5 4 13 17 14
6 Destroyers 12 3 2 7 17 26 11
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 La Paz F.C. 12 7 2 3 12 6 23
2 Jorge Wilstermann 12 5 3 4 19 17 18
3 Real Mamoré 12 5 2 5 15 13 17
4 Real Potosí 12 4 4 4 17 14 16
5 Bolívar 12 4 2 6 16 20 14
6 Oriente Petrolero 12 4 0 8 10 20 12

[edit] Stadia

Stadium City Capacity Tenants
Hernando Siles La Paz
42,000
 Bolívar, La Paz F.C., The Strongest
Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Santa Cruz de la Sierra
38,000
 Blooming, Destroyers, Oriente Petrolero
Jesús Bermúdez Oruro
33,000
 San José
Félix Capriles Cochabamba
32,000
 Aurora, Wilstermann
Olímpico Patria Sucre
31,000
 Universitario
Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán Potosí
18,000
 Real Potosí
Gran Mamoré Trinidad
12,000
 Real Mamoré
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CONMEBOL Domestic Leagues

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Paraguay '06 '07 | Peru '06 '07 | Uruguay | Venezuela 
CONMEBOL Competitions

Copa Libertadores '06 '07 | Copa Sudamericana '06 '07 | Recopa Sudamericana '06 '07
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