2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season	2015–16
Champions	Apertura: Sport Boys (1st Title) Clausura: Jorge Wilstermann (13th Title)
Relegated	Ciclón
2017 Copa Libertadores	Sport Boys Jorge Wilstermann The Strongest Universitario
2017 Copa Sudamericana	Bolívar Oriente Petrolero Nacional Potosí Petrolero
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season was the 39th season of LFPB.

Teams

The number of teams for 2014–15 remains the same. Universitario (P) was relegated to the Liga Nacional B. They were replaced by the 2014–15 Liga Nacional B champion Ciclón.

Wilstermann

Blooming, Oriente Petrolero

Bolívar, The Strongest

Ciclón

Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí

Locations of the 2015–16 LFPB teams

Team	Home city	Home stadium
Blooming	Santa Cruz	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Bolívar	La Paz	Hernando Siles
Ciclón	Tarija	IV Centenario
Jorge Wilstermann	Cochabamba	Estadio Félix Capriles
Nacional Potosí	Potosí	Víctor Agustín Ugarte
Oriente Petrolero	Santa Cruz	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Petrolero	Yacuiba	Defensores de Villamontes
Real Potosí	Potosí	Víctor Agustín Ugarte
San José	Oruro	Jesús Bermúdez
Sport Boys	Warnes	Samuel Vaca
The Strongest	La Paz	Hernando Siles
Universitario	Sucre	Olímpico Patria

Torneo Apertura

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	22	14	3	5	36	17	+19	45	2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Bolívar	22	14	1	7	52	36	+16	43
3	The Strongest	22	11	6	5	45	26	+19	39
4	Universitario	22	10	6	6	44	43	+1	36
5	Oriente Petrolero	22	9	7	6	32	30	+2	34
6	Jorge Wilstermann	22	8	9	5	34	30	+4	33
7	Ciclón	22	9	3	10	31	38	−7	30
8	Blooming	22	6	7	9	32	38	−6	25
9	San José	22	6	6	10	31	37	−6	24
10	Nacional Potosí	22	5	6	11	38	48	−10	21
11	Petrolero	22	5	4	13	20	35	−15	19
12	Real Potosí	22	5	2	15	31	48	−17	17

Updated to games played on December 18, 2015.
Source: Standings
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.

Torneo Clausura

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jorge Wilstermann	22	13	5	4	39	28	+11	44	2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	The Strongest	22	11	5	6	36	24	+12	38
3	Universitario	22	9	9	4	38	26	+12	36
4	Nacional Potosí	22	10	4	8	38	32	+6	34
5	Oriente Petrolero	22	9	7	6	29	23	+6	34
6	Petrolero	22	9	5	8	33	31	+2	32
7	Bolívar	22	6	8	8	28	30	−2	26
8	San José	22	6	7	9	30	34	−4	25
9	Sport Boys	22	5	10	7	20	27	−7	25
10	Real Potosí	22	7	3	12	31	41	−10	24
11	Blooming	22	6	5	11	27	34	−7	23
12	Ciclón	22	6	2	14	30	49	−19	20

Updated to games played on May 16, 2016.
Source: Standings
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.

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The Strongest	44	22	11	11	81	50	+31	77	2017 Copa Libertadores Second stage
2	Jorge Wilstermann	44	21	14	9	73	58	+15	77	2017 Copa Libertadores Group stage
3	Universitario	44	19	15	10	82	69	+13	72	2017 Copa Libertadores First stage
4	Sport Boys	44	19	13	12	56	44	+12	70	2017 Copa Libertadores Group stage
5	Bolívar	44	20	9	15	80	66	+14	69	2017 Copa Sudamericana First stage
6	Oriente Petrolero	44	18	14	12	61	53	+8	68
7	Nacional Potosí	44	15	10	19	76	80	−4	55
8	Petrolero	44	14	9	21	53	66	−13	51
9	Ciclón	44	15	5	24	61	87	−26	50
10	San José	44	12	13	19	61	71	−10	49
11	Blooming	44	12	12	20	59	72	−13	48
12	Real Potosí	44	12	5	27	62	89	−27	41

Updated to games played on May 16, 2016.
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.

Relegation

Pos	Team	2014–15 Pts	2015–16 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Bolívar	92	69	161	88	1.8295
2	The Strongest	79	77	156	88	1.7727
3	Jorge Wilstermann	73	77	150	88	1.7045
4	Oriente Petrolero	76	68	144	88	1.6364
5	Universitario	53	72	125	88	1.4205
6	Blooming	66	48	114	88	1.2955
7	San José	61	49	110	88	1.25
8	Sport Boys	38	70	108	88	1.2273
9	Real Potosí	63	41	104	88	1.1818
10	Nacional Potosí	49	55	104	88	1.1818
11	Petrolero	52	51	103	88	1.1705	Relegation Playoff Match
12	Ciclón	—	50	50	44	1.1364	Relegation to the Liga Nacional B

Relegation/promotion playoff

Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff	Aggregate
Petrolero	6:0	Universitario (B)	3–1	3–0	–	6–1

Petrolero remains at the season 2016–17 LFPB.

External links

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

References

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2016–17 teams	Blooming Bolívar Guabirá Jorge Wilstermann Nacional Potosi Oriente Petrolero Petrolero Real Potosí San José Sport Boys The Strongest Universitario
Former Teams	1 de Mayo 31 de Octubre Always Ready Aurora Bata Chaco Petrolero Ciclón Destroyers Ferroviario 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 Universitario (P)
Competitions	Seasons Team
Associated Competitions	Copa Aerosur Copa Aerosur del Sur Copa Sudamericana Copa Aerosur Internacional Copa Libertadores
Seasons	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 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 2016–17

2015 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
« 2014 2016 »
Domestic leagues	Argentina Bolivia (2014–15, 2015–16) Brazil Chile (2014–15, 2015–16) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2014–15, 2015–16) Venezuela (2014–15, 2015)
Domestic cups	Argentina (2014–15, 2015–16) Brazil Chile (2014–15, 2015) Colombia Peru Venezuela
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores Femenina

2016 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
« 2015 2017 »
Domestic leagues	Argentina (2016, 2016–17) Bolivia (2015–16, 2016–17) Brazil Chile (2015–16, 2016–17) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2015–16, 2016) Venezuela
Domestic cups	Argentina (2015–16, 2016–17) Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores Femenina

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