2016–17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season 2016–17
Champions 2016 Apertura: The Strongest (12th title)
2017 Apertura: Bolívar (21st title)
Copa Libertadores The Strongest
Bolívar
Matches played 278
Goals scored 941 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer 2016 Apertura: Cristian Alessandrini and Juanmi Callejón (14 goals each)
2017 Apertura: Carlos Saucedo (17 goals)
2018 →

The 2016–17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season is the 40th season of LFPB. This season will comprise three tournaments (Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2017) after an agreement was reached between LFPB and ANF (Second Division) to change the calendar to a single calendar year following the reforms implemented for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana by CONMEBOL ahead of the 2017 season.

Teams

The number of teams for 2016–17 remains the same as last season. Ciclón was relegated to the Liga Nacional B (Second Division). They were replaced by the 2015–16 Liga Nacional B champion Guabirá.

Team Home city Home stadium
Blooming Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Bolívar La Paz Hernando Siles
Guabirá Montero Gilberto Parada
Jorge Wilstermann Cochabamba Félix Capriles
Nacional Potosí Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte
Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Petrolero Yacuiba Federico Ibarra
Provincial de Yacuiba
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 2016

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 The Strongest (C) 22 14 7 1 44 12 +32 49 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Bolívar 22 15 4 3 46 21 +25 49
3 Oriente Petrolero 22 10 4 8 25 31 −6 34
4 Real Potosí 22 9 4 9 33 30 +3 31
5 Blooming 22 8 5 9 24 25 −1 29
6 Jorge Wilstermann 22 8 5 9 28 34 −6 29
7 Nacional Potosí 22 8 4 10 41 47 −6 28
8 Sport Boys 22 6 8 8 27 31 −4 26
9 Universitario 22 6 7 9 27 37 −10 25
10 San José 22 7 3 12 29 42 −13 24
11 Petrolero 22 6 5 11 20 19 +1 23
12 Guabirá 22 6 2 14 27 42 −15 20
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BLO BOL GUAWILNACOPECPERPOSJOSBOSTRUNI
Blooming 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Bolívar 3–0 6–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2
Guabirá 0–4 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–2 0–3 3–0
Jorge Wilstermann 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 2–2
Nacional Potosí 2–1 1–4 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 3–0
Oriente Petrolero 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Petrolero 0–0 0–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Real Potosí 5–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2
San José 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1
Sport Boys 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 5–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0
The Strongest 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 7–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 7–2 3–0 2–0
Universitario 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–4 1–6 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–1

Updated to games played on 21 December 2016.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff

Since The Strongest and Bolívar ended up tied in points, a playoff was played to decide the champion.

24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)
12:00
The Strongest 2–1 Bolívar
Pedrozo  31'
Escobar  74'		 Report Callejón  88'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Referee: Gery Vargas
Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2016 Torneo Apertura Champion

The Strongest
12th LFPB title
15th domestic title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Cristian Alessandrini Nacional Potosí 14
Spain Juanmi Callejón Bolívar 14
3 Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo Guabirá 13
4 Bolivia Pablo Escobar The Strongest 12
Bolivia José Ríos San José 12

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Apertura 2017

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bolívar (C) 22 16 2 4 59 16 +43 50 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 The Strongest 22 13 2 7 47 31 +16 41
3 Guabirá 22 12 3 7 44 31 +13 39
4 Oriente Petrolero 22 11 4 7 40 31 +9 37
5 Blooming 22 11 1 10 39 50 −11 34
6 Nacional Potosí 22 10 3 9 37 35 +2 33
7 San José 22 7 7 8 33 32 +1 28
8 Sport Boys 22 8 4 10 41 50 −9 28
9 Real Potosí 22 8 1 13 30 50 −20 25
10 Jorge Wilstermann 22 6 5 11 26 34 −8 23
11 Petrolero 22 5 5 12 36 51 −15 20
12 Universitario 22 5 3 14 21 42 −21 18
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BLO BOL GUAWILNACOPECPERPOSJOSBOSTRUNI
Blooming 0–3 3–2 3–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 3–3 1–3 4–1 4–2
Bolívar 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 3–1 5–0
Guabirá 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 5–1
Jorge Wilstermann 3–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 5–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1
Nacional Potosí 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 5–2 0–1 1–0
Oriente Petrolero 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0
Petrolero 2–4 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2
Real Potosí 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–2 4–3 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–0
San José 3–0 1–4 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 3–3
Sport Boys 3–4 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–4 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 5–2
The Strongest 6–0 1–4 3–3 2–1 3–2 0–1 5–1 6–1 3–1 5–0 1–0
Universitario 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–1

Updated to games played on 29 June 2017.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
2017 Torneo Apertura Champion

Bolívar
21st LFPB title
27th domestic title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Bolivia Carlos Saucedo Guabirá 17
2 Argentina Enzo Maidana Petrolero 16
Argentina Juan Vogliotti Sport Boys 16
4 Bolivia Pablo Escobar The Strongest 14
Argentina César Pereyra Blooming 14
6 Argentina Cristian Alessandrini Nacional Potosí 12
Uruguay Gastón Sirino Bolívar 12
8 Venezuela José Ali Meza Oriente Petrolero 11
9 Colombia Jair Reinoso San José 10
Argentina Antonio Rojano Real Potosí 10

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura 2017

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Petrolero 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Jorge Wilstermann 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6
3 Oriente Petrolero 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
4 San José 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
5 The Strongest 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
6 Guabirá 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
7 Real Potosí 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
8 Blooming 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
9 Nacional Potosí 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
10 Sport Boys 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1
11 Universitario 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
12 Bolívar 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BLO BOL GUAWILNACOPECPERPOSJOSBOSTRUNI
Blooming
Bolívar
Guabirá 3–0
Jorge Wilstermann 3–0
Nacional Potosí 0–0 0–1
Oriente Petrolero 3–1 1–0
Petrolero 2–0 1–0 0–0
Real Potosí
San José 1–1
Sport Boys
The Strongest 1–2 5–1
Universitario 2–4

Updated to games played on 11 August 2017.
Source: Soccerway
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 Name Club Goals
1 Bolivia Gilbert Álvarez Jorge Wilstermann 4
2 Uruguay Matías Alonso The Strongest 3
3 Bolivia Pablo Escobar The Strongest 2
Bolivia Alan Mercado Oriente Petrolero 2
Bolivia Rodrigo Vargas Petrolero 2

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bolívar (C, Q) 46 31 6 9 105 42 +63 99 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 The Strongest (C, Q) 46 28 9 9 97 46 +51 93
3 Oriente Petrolero 46 23 8 15 69 63 +6 77 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
4 Blooming 46 19 8 19 64 76 −12 65 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Guabirá 46 19 5 22 74 76 −2 62
6 Nacional Potosí 46 18 8 20 78 83 −5 62
7 Real Potosí 46 18 5 23 65 83 −18 59
8 Jorge Wilstermann 46 16 10 20 61 70 −9 58
9 San José 47 15 11 21 65 77 −12 56
10 Sport Boys 46 14 13 19 69 86 −17 55
11 Petrolero 47 13 11 23 59 70 −11 50
12 Universitario 46 11 10 25 50 84 −34 43 Qualification to Relegation playoff match
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Boliviagol
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, if needed to decide teams for relegation.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
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