2021 FBF División Profesional

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The 2021 FBF División Profesional, known as the 2021 Copa Tigo for sponsorship reasons, was the 44th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the fourth season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season began on 9 March and ended on 12 December 2021.[1]

Season2021
Dates9 March – 12 December 2021
ChampionsIndependiente Petrolero (1st title)
RelegatedReal Potosí
San José
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División Profesional
Season2021
Dates9 March – 12 December 2021
ChampionsIndependiente Petrolero (1st title)
RelegatedReal Potosí
San José
Copa LibertadoresIndependiente Petrolero
Always Ready
The Strongest
Bolívar
Copa SudamericanaRoyal Pari
Oriente Petrolero
Jorge Wilstermann
Guabirá
Matches239
Goals734 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerMartín Prost (18 goals)
Biggest home winThe Strongest 7–0 Nacional Potosí
(18 August)
Biggest away winAurora 0–8 Royal Pari
(11 March)
Highest scoringIndep. Petrolero 5–4 Wilstermann
(25 April)
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Independiente Petrolero won their first league title following a 3–2 win over Guabirá and a 1–0 loss for The Strongest against Real Santa Cruz on the last day of the season.[2] Always Ready were the defending champions, having won the 2020 Apertura tournament.

Format

The format for the 2021 season was approved by the 16 División Profesional clubs on 17 February 2021.[1] Given the need to allow clubs qualified for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana as well as the national team to fulfill their international commitments, and concerns by the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to play a single tournament in the year instead of the usual Apertura and Clausura system. The 16 teams played each other twice in a double round-robin tournament for a total of 30 rounds. The Bolivian Football Federation originally proposed 13 March 2021 as the date to start the competition, but per request from the four clubs that took part in the Copa Sudamericana the date was moved forward to 10 March 2021. The top four clubs at the end of the season qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores, with the champions and runners-up entering the group stage, while the next four best-placed teams qualified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.[3]

Teams

16 teams competed in the league for the 2021 season, increasing from 14 since no clubs were relegated at the end of the previous season.[4] Real Tomayapo and Independiente Petrolero, the 2020 Copa Simón Bolívar champions and runners-up, were both promoted for this season. The former competed for the first time in the top tier, while the latter returned after a 17-year absence.[5][6]

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2021 División Profesional teams.
More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Always Ready Paraguay Pablo Godoy El Alto Municipal de Villa Ingenio 25,000
Atlético Palmaflor Bolivia Humberto Viviani Quillacollo Municipal de Quillacollo 6,000
Aurora Bolivia Sergio Zeballos (caretaker) Cochabamba Félix Capriles 32,000
Blooming Chile Rodrigo Venegas Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Bolívar Brazil Antônio Carlos Zago La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
Guabirá Bolivia Víctor Hugo Antelo Montero Gilberto Parada 13,000
Independiente Petrolero Argentina Marcelo Robledo Sucre Olímpico Patria 30,700
Jorge Wilstermann Uruguay Sergio Migliaccio Cochabamba Félix Capriles 32,000
Nacional Potosí Bolivia Roberto Mancilla (caretaker) Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Oriente Petrolero Bolivia Erwin Sánchez Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Real Potosí Chile Sebastián Núñez Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Real Santa Cruz Spain David Perdiguero Santa Cruz Real Santa Cruz 14,000
Real Tomayapo Bolivia Álvaro Peña Tarija IV Centenario 15,000
Royal Pari Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
San José Bolivia Luis Choque (caretaker) Oruro Jesús Bermúdez 33,795
The Strongest Argentina Christian Díaz La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Always Ready Argentina Omar Asad No contract signed 31 December 2020[7] Pre-season Chile Sebastián Núñez 18 January 2021[8]
Atlético Palmaflor Spain Xabier Azkargorta End of contract 31 December 2020 Bolivia Julio César Baldivieso 7 January 2021[9]
Real Potosí Argentina Cristian Aldirico 31 December 2020 Spain Alex Pallarés 5 January 2021[10]
Real Santa Cruz Bolivia José Peña 31 December 2020 Argentina Néstor Clausen 6 January 2021[11]
Aurora Bolivia Sergio Zeballos End of caretaker spell 31 December 2020 Bolivia Humberto Viviani 1 January 2021[12]
Royal Pari Argentina Miguel Ángel Abrigo 31 December 2020 Argentina Christian Díaz 10 January 2021[13]
San José Argentina Arnaldo Mancilla Replaced 31 December 2020 Argentina Domingo Sánchez 18 January 2021[14]
Jorge Wilstermann Argentina Christian Díaz Sacked 1 January 2021[15] Bolivia Mauricio Soria 4 January 2021[16]
Blooming Argentina Gabriel Schürrer 4 January 2021[17] Bolivia Eduardo Villegas 5 January 2021[18]
Nacional Potosí Chile Sebastián Núñez Signed by Always Ready 8 January 2021[19] Bolivia Álvaro Peña 11 January 2021[20]
Real Potosí Spain Alex Pallarés Health issues 8 February 2021[21] Spain Carlos Fonseca 9 February 2021[22]
San José Argentina Domingo Sánchez Sacked 1 March 2021[23] Brazil Thiago Leitão 2 March 2021[24]
Brazil Thiago Leitão Resigned 29 March 2021[25] 16th Bolivia Manuel Luizaga (caretaker) 30 March 2021
Atlético Palmaflor Bolivia Julio César Baldivieso Sacked 29 March 2021[26] 4th Brazil Thiago Leitão 30 March 2021[27]
San José Bolivia Manuel Luizaga End of caretaker spell 6 April 2021 16th Bolivia Marcos Ferrufino 6 April 2021[28]
Nacional Potosí Bolivia Álvaro Peña Sacked 8 April 2021[29] 6th Argentina Flavio Robatto 13 April 2021[30]
Always Ready Chile Sebastián Núñez 10 April 2021[31] 3rd Argentina Omar Asad 13 April 2021[32]
The Strongest Bolivia Alberto Illanes 22 April 2021[33] 2nd Bolivia Luis Orozco (caretaker) 22 April 2021[33]
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia Mauricio Soria Resigned 25 April 2021[34] 14th Bolivia Marco Sandy (caretaker) 26 April 2021[35]
The Strongest Bolivia Luis Orozco End of caretaker spell 26 April 2021 1st Paraguay Gustavo Florentín 26 April 2021[36]
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia Marco Sandy 29 April 2021[37] 14th Argentina Diego Cagna 28 April 2021[37]
Real Potosí Spain Carlos Fonseca Sacked 12 May 2021[38] 15th Bolivia Armando Ibáñez 13 May 2021[38]
San José Bolivia Marcos Ferrufino 16 May 2021[39] 16th Argentina Domingo Sánchez 17 May 2021[40]
Bolívar Spain Natxo González 23 May 2021[41] 2nd Bolivia Vladimir Soria (caretaker) 23 May 2021[41]
Bolivia Vladimir Soria End of caretaker spell 14 July 2021 2nd Brazil Antônio Carlos Zago 14 July 2021[42]
Real Santa Cruz Argentina Néstor Clausen Resigned 21 July 2021[43] 14th Spain David Perdiguero 22 July 2021[44]
Always Ready Argentina Omar Asad Sacked 27 July 2021[45] 8th Paraguay Pablo Godoy 29 July 2021[46]
Royal Pari Argentina Christian Díaz 27 July 2021[47] 5th Bolivia Luis Marín Camacho (caretaker) 28 July 2021[48]
Real Potosí Bolivia Armando Ibáñez 30 July 2021[49] 15th Bolivia Marco Sandy 2 August 2021[50]
Royal Pari Bolivia Luis Marín Camacho End of caretaker spell 3 August 2021 5th Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal 3 August 2021[51]
Nacional Potosí Argentina Flavio Robatto Sacked 4 August 2021[52] 6th Bolivia Alberto Illanes 6 August 2021[53]
Real Tomayapo Bolivia Horacio Pacheco Resigned 8 August 2021[54] 12th Bolivia Álvaro Peña 10 August 2021[55]
The Strongest Paraguay Gustavo Florentín 15 August 2021[56] 1st Bolivia Pablo Cabanillas (caretaker) 15 August 2021[56]
Blooming Bolivia Eduardo Villegas Mutual consent 19 August 2021[57] 14th Argentina Hernán Meske[i] 19 August 2021[57]
San José Argentina Domingo Sánchez Resigned 21 August 2021[59] 16th Bolivia Óscar Daza 26 August 2021[60]
The Strongest Bolivia Pablo Cabanillas End of caretaker spell 21 August 2021[61] 1st Argentina Christian Díaz 19 August 2021[61]
Guabirá Argentina Víctor Hugo Andrada Sacked 23 August 2021[62] 10th Bolivia Víctor Hugo Antelo 25 August 2021[63]
San José Bolivia Óscar Daza 14 September 2021[64] 16th Bolivia Luis Choque (caretaker) 16 September 2021[65]
Atlético Palmaflor Brazil Thiago Leitão 15 September 2021[66] 7th Argentina Víctor Hugo Andrada 15 September 2021[67]
Real Potosí Bolivia Marco Sandy 18 September 2021[68] 15th Bolivia Ronald Villafuerte (caretaker) 18 September 2021[69]
Jorge Wilstermann Argentina Diego Cagna Resigned 23 September 2021[70] 9th Uruguay Sergio Migliaccio[ii] 24 September 2021[72]
Real Potosí Bolivia Ronald Villafuerte End of caretaker spell 29 September 2021 15th Chile Sebastián Núñez 29 September 2021[73]
Aurora Bolivia Humberto Viviani Resigned 17 October 2021[74] 12th Bolivia Sergio Zeballos[iii] 18 October 2021[75]
Atlético Palmaflor Argentina Víctor Hugo Andrada 1 November 2021[76] 9th Bolivia Humberto Viviani 3 November 2021[77]
Nacional Potosí Bolivia Alberto Illanes 23 November 2021[78] 11th Bolivia Roberto Mancilla[iii] 23 November 2021[78]
Blooming Argentina Hernán Meske 27 November 2021[79] 15th Chile Rodrigo Venegas 28 November 2021[80]
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Notes
  1. [i]
    Originally as caretaker manager, appointed as manager until the end of the tournament on 7 September 2021.[58]
  2. [ii]
    Originally as caretaker manager, appointed as manager on a permanent basis on 29 September 2021.[71]
  3. [iii]
    Caretaker manager until the end of the tournament.

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Independiente Petrolero (C) 30 20 5 5 59 33 +26 65 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Always Ready 30 19 7 4 66 31 +35 64
3 The Strongest 30 19 6 5 57 24 +33 63 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Bolívar 30 16 8 6 63 29 +34 56 Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Royal Pari 30 16 3 11 66 45 +21 51 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 Oriente Petrolero 30 15 6 9 46 29 +17 51
7 Jorge Wilstermann 30 15 4 11 64 48 +16 49
8 Guabirá 30 13 5 12 47 47 0 44
9 Atlético Palmaflor 30 11 7 12 42 45 −3 40
10 Nacional Potosí 30 10 9 11 45 46 −1 39
11 Real Santa Cruz 30 11 5 14 39 47 −8 38
12 Aurora 30 9 6 15 40 51 −11 33
13 Real Tomayapo 30 9 5 16 28 45 −17 32
14 Blooming 30 7 5 18 34 56 −22 26
15 Real Potosí (R) 30 7 4 19 30 63 −33 25 Qualification for Relegation play-off
16 San José[a] (R) 30 0 1 29 9 96 −87 −11 Administrative relegation to Bolivian Football Regional Leagues[b]
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Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    San José were deducted twelve points as punishment for failing to pay outstanding debts with former players and managers.[81][82][83]
  2. [b]
    San José were administratively relegated on 8 December 2021 per ruling by the Bolivian Football Federation's Superior Court of Appeals due to their failure to pay outstanding debts.[84]

Results

More information Home \ Away, CAR ...
Home \ Away CAR APF AUR BLO BOL GUA IPE WIL NAC OPE RPO RSC RTO RPA SJO STR
Always Ready — 3–2 2–0 5–1 1–1 6–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–1
Atlético Palmaflor 0–1 — 3–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Aurora 3–4 2–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 5–0 4–1 1–2 0–8 3–0 0–1
Blooming 1–2 1–1 1–0 — 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 2–0
Bolívar 0–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 — 6–0 1–0 4–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1
Guabirá 0–0 2–0 4–0 4–2 3–1 — 2–3 3–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 4–0 0–0
Independiente Petrolero 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 — 5–4 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–2
Jorge Wilstermann 5–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 — 1–2 0–1 3–1 5–1 3–0 4–1 4–0 0–3
Nacional Potosí 0–2 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 4–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 7–1 3–4
Oriente Petrolero 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 — 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–4 4–0 2–0
Real Potosí 3–2 1–5 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–5 2–2 1–2 2–1 — 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–3
Real Santa Cruz 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 — 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–0
Real Tomayapo 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 — 1–4 1–0 0–0
Royal Pari 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 5–0 3–2 4–2 — 6–1 0–1
San José 0–4 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–5 0–1 1–3 0–3[a] 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 — 0–1
The Strongest 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 7–0 5–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0[b] 2–0 —
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Source: FBF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. [a]
    Match cancelled and awarded 3–0 to Jorge Wilstermann due to San José's administrative relegation.[85]
  2. [b]
    Match ended after 9 minutes of play due to the withdrawal of Royal Pari player Kevin Rosas by injury, leaving the team below the minimum number of players required per tournament regulations (seven). The score at the time of suspension was 3–0.[86]

Top scorers

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Martín Prost Independiente Petrolero 18
2 Bolivia Carmelo Algarañaz Always Ready 17
3 Ecuador Kevin Mina Guabirá 16
4 Argentina Leonardo Ramos Bolívar 15
Brazil Jefferson Tavares Royal Pari
6 Dominican Republic Edarlyn Reyes Real Santa Cruz 14
7 Colombia Jair Reinoso The Strongest 13
8 Paraguay Juan Godoy Independiente Petrolero 12
Uruguay Sebastián Gularte Nacional Potosí
Brazil Willie The Strongest
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Source: Soccerway

Relegation/promotion play-off

The relegation play-off was played by:

The winners played in the top flight for the 2022 season.

More information Real Potosí, 1–2 ...
Real Potosí1–2Universitario de Sucre
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Referee: Jordy Alemán
More information Universitario de Sucre, 2–0 ...
Universitario de Sucre2–0Real Potosí
  • Gonzales 57'
  • González 86' (pen.)
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Referee: Ivo Méndez

Universitario de Sucre won 6–0 on points and were promoted to Primera División.

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