1997 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

The 1997 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 40th season of top-tier football in Bolivia.

Torneo Apertura

Group A

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 The Strongest 10 5 4 1 18 6 +12 19
2 Bolívar 10 4 3 3 15 9 +6 15
3 San José 10 4 3 3 16 15 +1 15
4 Independiente Petrolero 10 4 1 5 15 16 –1 13
5 Chaco Petrolero 10 4 1 5 12 21 –9 13
6 Municipal 10 1 4 5 10 19 –9 7

Group B

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blooming 10 6 2 2 25 12 +13 20
2 Guabirá 10 6 1 3 18 13 +6 19
3 Jorge Wilstermann 10 5 0 5 14 14 0 15
4 Real Santa Cruz 10 3 2 5 14 20 –6 11
5 Destroyers 10 3 2 5 13 20 –7 11
6 Oriente Petrolero 10 2 3 5 11 16 –5 9

Semifinals

First Leg
8 May 1997
Guabirá 1 – 0 The Strongest
Céspedes  22'
Estadio Real Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz

First Leg
10 May 1997
Blooming 0 – 2 Bolívar
González  47'
Castillo  89'
Estadio Real Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz

Second Leg
11 May 1997
The Strongest 2 – 0 Guabirá
Sánchez  69' (pk)
Castillo  76' (pk)

Second Leg
13 May 1997
Bolívar 3 – 3 Blooming
Ribera  3' (og)
Castillo  16',  81'		 Ortíz  48'
Antelo  80',  83'

Final

First Leg
16 May 1997
The Strongest 0 – 1 Bolívar
Cueto  82'

Second Leg
18 May 1997
Bolívar 2 – 0 The Strongest
González  29' (pk)
Sandy  43'		 Cueto  82'

Torneo Clausura

Group A

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bolivar 12 7 3 2 30 15 +15 24
2 Destroyers 12 6 3 3 19 20 –1 21
3 Chaco Petrolero 12 5 2 5 16 14 +2 17
4 Oriente Petrolero 12 4 3 5 17 17 0 15
5 San José 12 4 1 7 19 23 –4 13
6 Real Santa Cruz 12 2 4 6 6 18 –12 10

Group B

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 The Strongest 12 5 5 2 23 13 +10 20
2 Blooming 12 5 4 3 17 18 –1 19
3 Jorge Wilstermann 12 4 5 3 16 16 0 17
4 Independiente Petrolero 12 4 3 5 18 17 +1 15
5 Guabirá 12 3 5 4 15 19 –4 14
6 Municipal[1] 12 3 2 7 14 21 –7 11

Final stage

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bolívar[2] 10 8 1 1 33 9 +24 25
2 Oriente Petrolero 10 6 0 4 20 14 +6 18
3 Blooming 10 5 1 4 21 19 +2 16
4 The Strongest 10 5 0 5 16 19 –3 15
5 Jorge Wilstermann 10 4 0 6 16 23 –7 12
6 Chaco Petrolero 10 1 0 9 10 32 –22 3

Play-offs

Copa Conmebol

First Leg
30 July 1997
Real Santa Cruz 1 – 1 The Strongest


Second Leg
7 August 1997
The Strongest 0 – 2 Real Santa Cruz
Real Santa Cruz qualified for the 1997 Copa Conmebol.

Promotion/Relegation

First Leg
Universidad de Cochabamba 0 – 1 Destroyers

Second Leg
Destroyers 2 – 1 Universidad de Cochabamba
Destroyers remain at first level; Club Real Potosí won promotion

Notes

  1. ↑ Relegated
  2. ↑ Bolívar and Oriente Petrolero qualify for Copa Libertadores 1998

Title

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
1997 Champion

Bolívar
11th title

See also

References

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