The 2010 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season is the 34th season of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season is split into two championships—the Apertura and the Clausura—and the Torneo de Invierno
Format The 2009 season will be divided into two championships and a cup, each with their own format.
Campeonato Apertura
The Apertura championship will be divided into two phases. The first phase will have the twelve teams divided into two groups. The teams will play within each group, in addition to a cross-group rivalry (for example: Oriente vs. Blooming). The best-three teams in each group will advance to the Winner's Hexagonal, while the rest of the teams will play the Loser's Hexagonal. In each hexagonal, each team will play within each group. The winner of the Winner's Hexagonal will be declared the champion and will qualify to 2011 Copa Libertadores with the Bolivia 2 berth. The runner-up will qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana with the Bolivia 1 berth and the winner of the Loser's Hexagonal will qualify to 2010 Copa Sudamericana with the Bolivia 3 berth.
Torneo de Invierno
The Torneo de Invierno () will be what was traditionally known as the Play-Off. The first stage will have the twelve teams play against a local rival over two legs. The winners of each tie and the two best losers will advance to the quarterfinals. The cup will continue on a single-elimination basis with two legs per stage. The winner will qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the Bolivia 3 berth.
Campeonato Clausura
The Clausura championship will be a double round-robin league format. The team with the most points after the twenty-two rounds will be declared the champion and will qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Bolivia 1 berth. The runner-up will qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Bolivia 3 berth and the third placed-team will qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana with the Bolivia 2 berth.
Relegation
Relegation will be determined after the Clausura. The team with the worst two-year average will be relegated to the Regional Leagues, while the next-worst team will contest a playoff against the runner-up of the 2010 Copa Simón Bolívar.
Teams The number of teams for 2010 remains the same. Nacional Potosí finished last in the 2009 relegation table and was relegated to the Bolivian Football Regional Leagues. They were replaced by the 2009 Copa Simón Bolívar champion Guabirá, who last played in the LFPB in 2008.
TeamHome cityHome stadiumManager Aurora Cochabamba Félix Capriles Julio Alberto Zamora Blooming Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Carlos Aragones Bolívar La Paz Hernando Siles Néstor Clausen Guabirá Montero Gilberto Parada Claudio Chacior Jorge Wilstermann Cochabamba Félix Capriles Eduardo Villegas La Paz La Paz Hernando Siles Sergio Apaza Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Gustavo Quinteros Real Mamoré Trinidad Gran Mamoré Buenaventura Ferreira Real Potosí Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte Víctor Hugo Andrada San José Oruro Jesús Bermúdez Marco Ferrufino The Strongest La Paz Hernando Siles Néstor Craviotto Universitario de Sucre Sucre Olímpico Patria Javier Vega
Campeonato Apertura The Campeonato Apertura (officially the Campeonato Apertura Entel for sponsorship reasons) is the first championship of this season. The championship began on February 20 and ended June 9, two days before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at South Africa.
First phase
Serie A Standings
Results
Serie B Standings
Results
Inter-series results
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Second phase The Second Phase began on May 8.
Winner's Hexagonal
Standings
Results
Loser's Hexagonal
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals1Cristian DíazSan José 182Jair ReynosoAurora 133Roberto GalindoUniversitario de Sucre 124José Alfredo CastilloBlooming 11William FerreiraBolívar 11Juan Alberto MaraudeReal Mamoré 115Helmut GutíerrezReal Potosí 106Carlos SaucedoAurora 97Jorge RamírezOriente Petrolero 88Marcelo AguirreOriente Petrolero 7Augusto AndaverisReal Potosí 7Óscar Alberto DíazSan José 7Javier Martín LópezThe Strongest7
Torneo de Invierno The Torneo de Invierno (officially the Torneo de Invierno Entel for sponsorship reasons) will be played in the middle of this season, concurrent to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The winner will earn the Bolivia 3 berth for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana.
First stage The first phase will be contested over a series of six regional derbies (rivalries). The winners of each tie will be determined in a manner similar to the Copa Libertadores: 1st points, 2nd goal difference; 3rd away goals, 4th penalty shoot-out. The six winners (in bold) and the two best losers (in italics) will advance to the second phase. Team #1 played the first leg at home.
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam #1Team #21st leg2nd legReal Potosí 3:3Universitario de Sucre3–00–2 +1:–1——Blooming3:3Oriente Petrolero1–21–00:01:2—Guabirá3:3Real Mamoré0–21–0 –1:+1——San José4:1La Paz3–34–1———Jorge Wilstermann4:1Aurora3–01–1———Bolívar3:3The Strongest2–00–20:00:04–3
Second stage For the second stage, if a tie in points exists after the end of the second leg, the match will go directly into a penalty shootout as per the Laws of the Game.
TeamsScoresTie-breakerTeam #1Team #21st leg2nd legReal Mamoré 1:4Oriente Petrolero1–10–3–San José 4:1The Strongest0–02–1– Real Potosí 3:3Bolívar5–31–43–5Jorge Wilstermann 3:3Blooming2–00–34–1
Semifinals
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam #1Team #21st leg2nd legPlay-offOriente Petrolero6:0Jorge Wilstermann3–11–0——San José3:3Bolívar1–01–52–1—
Finals
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam #1Team #21st leg2nd legPlay-offSan José 3:3Oriente Petrolero2–02–51–15–6
As Oriente Petrolero later qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores through the Clausura, San José qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.
Campeonato Clausura The Campeonato Clausura (officially the Campeonato Clausura Entel for sponsorship reasons) will be the second championship of this season.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals1William FerreiraBolívar 142Christian RuizReal Potosí11Jose Carlos SantosBolívar11Pablo VásquezThe Strongest 113José Alfredo CastilloBlooming10Regis de SouzaSan José 104Roberto GalindoUniversitario de Sucre 9Jair ReynosoAurora95Carlos VargasLa Paz 86Augusto AndaverisReal Potosí7Ezequiel JuárezGuabirá 7Juan MaraudeReal Mamoré7
Relegation Team Relegation 1Bolívar 65 64 129 68 2Oriente Petrolero 54 62 116 68 3Real Potosí 61 45 106 68 4San José 50 52 102 68 5The Strongest 53 48 101 68 6Universitario de Sucre 51 38 89 68 7Guabirá 0 44 44 34 8Aurora 37 51 88 68 9Blooming 45 42 87 68 10La Paz 42 40 82 68 11Real Mamoré 33 40 73 68 Relegation Playoff Match 12Jorge Wilstermann 32 40 72 68 Relegation to the Liga Nacional B Source:
Relegation/promotion playoff Team #1Team #21st leg2nd legPlayoffReal América 0:6Real Mamoré 1–2 3–4 —
References
External links Official website of the LFPB Official season regulations