2012–13 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: The Strongest Clausura: Bolívar
Relegated	La Paz
2013 Copa Libertadores	The Strongest San José Bolívar
2013 Copa Sudamericana	The Strongest Blooming Real Potosí
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season was the 36th season of LFPB.

Teams

The number of teams for 2012 remains the same. Real Mamoré finished last in the 2011 relegation table and was relegated to the Liga Nacional B for the first time since the club was founded. They were replaced by the 2011–12 Liga Nacional B champion Petrolero.

Aurora
Wilstermann

Blooming, Oriente Petrolero

Bolívar, La Paz, The Strongest

Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí

San José

Universitario

Petrolero

Locations of the 2011 LFPB teams

Team	Home city	Home stadium	Manager
Aurora	Cochabamba	Félix Capriles	Marcelo Neveleff
Blooming	Santa Cruz	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	Nestor Clausen
Bolívar	La Paz	Hernando Siles	Miguel Angel Portugal
Jorge Wilstermann	Cochabamba	Estadio Félix Capriles	Victor Hugo Andrada
La Paz	El Alto	Los Andes
Nacional Potosí	Potosí	Víctor Agustín Ugarte	Carlos Leeb
Oriente Petrolero	Santa Cruz	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	Roberto Pompei
Petrolero	Yacuiba	Defensores de Villamontes	Sergio Apaza
Real Potosí	Potosí	Víctor Agustín Ugarte	Oscar Sanz
San José	Oruro	Jesús Bermúdez	Marco Ferrufino
The Strongest	La Paz	Hernando Siles	Eduardo Villegas
Universitario	Sucre	Olímpico Patria	Javier Vega

Torneo Apertura

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The Strongest	22	13	6	3	53	31	+22	45	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage ¹
2	San José	22	12	5	5	51	35	+16	41	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ²
3	Bolívar	22	11	4	7	46	31	+15	37	Copa Libertadores/Copa Sudamericana playoff ³
4	Blooming	22	11	2	9	29	30	−1	35	2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Real Potosí	22	9	5	8	30	27	+3	32	2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Oriente Petrolero	22	7	10	5	28	32	−4	31
7	Jorge Wilstermann	22	7	7	8	34	35	−1	28
8	Universitario	22	5	10	7	31	32	−1	25
9	Nacional Potosí	22	6	7	9	26	28	−2	25
10	Petrolero	22	6	6	10	21	30	−9	24
11	Aurora	22	6	4	12	31	47	−16	22
12	La Paz	22	4	4	14	28	50	−22	16

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ The Strongest qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and the 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage as they finish as winners of both the 2011/12 Clausura and the 2012/13 Apertura.
² San José qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage as runners-up of both the 2011/12 Clausura and the 2012/13 Apertura.
³ As the first two berths of the 2013 Copa Libertadores are taken by The Strongest and San José, the third berth was decided by a playoff between the third-placed teams of the 2011/12 Clausura (Oriente Petrolero) and the 2012/13 Apertura (Bolívar).
(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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AUR	BLO	BOL	WIL	LPA	NAC	OPE	CPE	RPO	SJO	STR	UNI
Aurora		1–0	3–3	0–3	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–1
Blooming	3–2		1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–0
Bolívar	3–1	1–0		4–1	3–0	4–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–3	0–0
Jorge Wilstermann	0–2	3–1	3–2		0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	3–3
La Paz	0–3	2–0	1–4	1–2		0–2	3–4	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–2
Nacional Potosí	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–2
Oriente Petrolero	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Petrolero	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Real Potosí	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	4–1	0–0		4–1	2–2	2–0
San José	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–3	6–3	2–0	5–2	4–3	1–1		1–2	3–2
The Strongest	7–2	4–2	1–1	1–3	4–3	4–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–1		2–1
Universitario	3–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0

Source: Soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores/Copa Sudamericana playoff

A playoff was contested between the third-placed teams of the 2011/12 Clausura (Oriente Petrolero) and the 2012/13 Apertura (Bolívar). The winner qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage, while the loser qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.

Bolívar v Oriente Petrolero

December 19, 2012
20:00 UTC−04:00

Bolívar	2–2	Oriente Petrolero

	Penalties
	4–2

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Torneo Clausura

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bolívar	22	16	2	4	50	30	+20	50	2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ¹
2	Oriente Petrolero	22	14	5	3	43	25	+18	47	2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3	San José	22	12	5	5	37	21	+16	41	2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4	Universitario	22	10	5	7	30	24	+6	35
5	The Strongest	22	9	7	6	40	35	+5	34
6	Jorge Wilstermann	22	9	6	7	43	30	+13	33
7	Real Potosí	22	8	7	7	31	30	+1	31
8	Blooming	22	6	5	11	31	40	−9	23
9	Nacional Potosí	22	5	7	10	31	35	−4	22
10	Aurora	22	6	4	12	28	43	−15	22
11	Petrolero	22	5	5	12	24	40	−16	20
12	La Paz	22	1	4	17	15	50	−35	7

Updated to games played on May 2013.
Source:
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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AUR	BLO	BOL	WIL	LPA	NAC	OPE	CPE	RPO	SJO	STR	UNI
Aurora		3–1	2–3	0–6	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	5–0	1–2	2–2	1–1
Blooming	2–0		2–1	2–3	4–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–4	0–1
Bolívar	4–2	3–1		5–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Jorge Wilstermann	3–2	1–1	5–0		7–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0
La Paz	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1		1–5	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1
Nacional Potosí	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	1–1		1–1	4–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	0–0
Oriente Petrolero	3–0	3–2	2–1	6–2	3–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	2–0
Petrolero	3–1	4–0	1–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Real Potosí	1–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1		0–0	2–3	2–1
San José	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–3		1–1	2–1
The Strongest	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–3	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–0		1–4
Universitario	2–0	0–0	0–4	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–0

Source: Soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Eduardo Fierro	Bolivian	Universitario	15
2	William Ferreira	Uruguayan	Bolivar	13
3	Carlos Neumann	Paraguayan	Real Potosí	12
4	Vladimir Castellon	Bolivian	Aurora	10
5	Rudy Cardozo	Bolivian	Bolivar	9

Updated as of games played on May 6, 2013.
Source:^[1]

Poker Goals

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Eduardo Fierro	Universitario	The Strongest	4–0	January 27, 2013

Relegation

Pos	Team	2011–12 Pts	2012–13 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Oriente Petrolero	97	78	175	100	1.75
2	Bolívar	87	87	174	100	1.74
3	San José	90	82	172	100	1.72
4	The Strongest	88	79	167	100	1.67
5	Real Potosí	90	63	153	100	1.53
6	Universitario	85	57	145	100	1.45
7	Blooming	82	58	140	100	1.4
8	Aurora	91	44	135	100	1.35
9	Jorge Wilstermann	—	58	58	44	1.3182
10	Nacional Potosí	78	47	125	100	1.25
11	Petrolero	—	44	44	44	1	Relegation Playoff Match
12	La Paz	55	23	78	100	0.78	Relegation to the Liga Nacional B

Source:^[2]

Relegation/promotion playoff

Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff
Petrolero	2:5	Sport Boys	2–2	1–1	0–2

External links

Official website of the LFPB (Spanish)
Official regulations (Spanish)

References

↑ "Goleadores Clausura 2012/2013" [Goalscorers Clausura 2012/2013] (in Spanish). lfpb.paraelfutbol.com/. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
↑ "Promedio" [Average] (in Spanish). LFPB. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

2014–15 teams	Blooming Bolívar Jorge Wilstermann Nacional Potosi Oriente Petrolero Petrolero Club Real Potosí San José Sport Boys The Strongest Universitario Universitario (P)

Former Teams	1 de Mayo 31 de Octubre Always Ready Aurora Bata Chaco Petrolero Destroyers Ferroviario Guabirá Iberoamericana Ingavi Independiente Petrolero Internacional La Paz Litoral Mariscal Braun Mariscal Santa Cruz Municipal Oruro Royal Pompeya Real Mamoré Real Santa Cruz Unión Central Unión Maestranza

Competitions	Seasons Team

Associated Competitions	Copa Aerosur Copa Aerosur del Sur Copa Sudamericana Copa Aerosur Internacional Copa Libertadores

Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005–06 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2012 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Bolivia (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2011–12, 2012–13) Venezuela (2011–12, 2012–13)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile (2012–13) Colombia Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (preliminary stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

2013 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2012–13, 2013–14) Bolivia (2012–13, 2013–14) Brazil Chile (2013, 2013–14) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2012–13, 2013–14) Venezuela (2012–13, 2013–14)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2012–13, 2013–14) Brazil Chile (2012–13, 2013–14) Colombia Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination phase, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship