2011–12 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Season	2011–12
Champions	Apertura: The Strongest; Clausura: The Strongest
Relegated	Guabirá; Real Mamoré
2012 Copa Libertadores	The Strongest
2012 Copa Sudamericana	Universitario; Aurora; Blooming
2013 Copa Libertadores	The Strongest; San José
2013 Copa Sudamericana	Oriente Petrolero
	← 2011 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season was the 35th season of LFPB.

Teams

The number of teams for 2011 remains the same. Jorge Wilstermann finished last in the 2010 relegation table and was relegated to the Bolivian Football Regional Leagues (and the new Nacional B second division) for the first time since the club was founded. They were replaced by the 2010 Copa Simón Bolívar champion Nacional Potosí, who last played in the LFPB in 2009.

Aurora

Blooming, Oriente Petrolero

Bolívar, La Paz, The Strongest

Guabirá

Real Mamoré

Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí

San José

Universitario

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Locations of the 2011 LFPB teams

Team	Home city	Home stadium	Manager
Aurora	Cochabamba	Félix Capriles	Julio César Baldivieso
Blooming	Santa Cruz	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	Fernando Quiroz
Bolívar	La Paz	Hernando Siles	Guillermo Ángel Hoyos
Guabirá	Montero	Gilberto Parada	Claudio Marrupe
La Paz	El Alto	Los Andes	Oscar Sanz
Nacional Potosí	Potosí	Víctor Agustín Ugarte	Julio Alberto Zamora
Oriente Petrolero	Santa Cruz	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	Carlos Ramacciotti
Real Mamoré	Trinidad	Estadio Gran Mamoré	Luis Esteban Galarza
Real Potosí	Potosí	Víctor Agustín Ugarte	Dalcio Giovagnoli
San José	Oruro	Jesús Bermúdez	Marco Ferrufino
The Strongest	La Paz	Hernando Siles	Mauricio Soria
Universitario de Sucre	Sucre	Olímpico Patria	Eduardo Villegas

Torneo Apertura

First phase

Standings

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bolívar	12	5	4	3	22	12	+10	19	Advanced to the Second phase
2	Universitario de Sucre	12	5	4	3	17	14	+3	19
3	Guabirá	12	6	1	5	16	23	−7	19
4	San José	12	5	3	4	10	7	+3	18
5	Real Potosí	12	4	5	3	20	11	+9	17
6	Blooming	12	2	4	6	11	22	−11	10

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.

Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aurora	12	8	0	4	23	13	+10	24	Advanced to the Second phase
2	Oriente Petrolero	12	7	2	3	26	18	+8	23
3	Nacional Potosí	12	4	4	4	23	15	+8	16
4	The Strongest	12	4	3	5	34	23	+11	15
5	La Paz	12	4	2	6	16	29	−13	14
6	Real Mamoré	12	2	0	10	10	41	−31	6

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AUR	BLO	BOL	GUA	LPA	NAC	OPE	RMA	RPO	SJO	STR	UNI
Aurora					2–0	2–0	0–3	3–1		2–0	2–1
Blooming			1–0	1–3			1–2		1–1	0–0		1–1
Bolívar		2–0		6–1					1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2
Guabirá		0–2	1–0					2–0	3–2	1–0		2–2
La Paz	1–5					0–4	1–0	3–1			3–3	2–1
Nacional Potosí	1–2				0–0		4–2	9–0	0–0		2–1
Oriente Petrolero	2–1	1–1			3–1	4–1		4–1			1–1
Real Mamoré	0–2			0–2	2–3	2–0	1–4				1–0
Real Potosí		5–0	1–3	6–0		0–0				0–2		1–0
San José	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0					0–2			0–1
The Strongest	2–1		3–5		6–2	2–2	5–0	9–1
Universitario de Sucre		4–3	1–1	2–1	2–0				1–1	0–1

Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

B1	Aurora	0	0	0

A4	San José	1	2	3
					A4	San José	0	1	1

					A2	Universitario de Sucre	2	0	2
A2	Universitario de Sucre	3	1	4

B3	Nacional Potosí	2	0	2
										A2	Universitario de Sucre	0	1	1

										B4	The Strongest	2	1	3
B2	Oriente Petrolero	0	4	4

A3	Guabirá	0	1	1
					B2	Oriente Petrolero	3	1	4	Third place

					B4	The Strongest	5	0	5
B4	The Strongest	0	4	4						A4	San José	1	1	2

A1	Bolívar	1	0	1						B2	Oriente Petrolero	1	2	3

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San José	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Aurora	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.
Notes:

^ San José included five foreign players in the first leg, and was later penalized. As a result, Aurora qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana in place of San José, which finished fourth in the Apertura (Oriente Petrolero, which finished third in the Apertura, had already qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the 2011 Adecuación 3rd place).^[3]

December 4, 2011

15:00 UTC−04:00

San José	1–0	Aurora
Andrada 86'	Report

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

December 7, 2011

20:00 UTC−04:00

Aurora	0–2	San José
	Report	Pintos 1' Vieira 56'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Quarterfinals 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario de Sucre	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Nacional Potosí	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 4, 2011

16:00 UTC−04:00

Nacional Potosí	2–3	Universitario de Sucre
Ríos 41' (pen.) Gastón 63'	Report	Jeferson 45' Olivares 56' Alfaro 61'

Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí

December 7, 2011

20:00 UTC−04:00

Universitario de Sucre	1–0	Nacional Potosí
Gomes 48' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Quarterfinals 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oriente Petrolero	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Guabirá	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 4, 2011

18:00 UTC−04:00

Guabirá	0–0	Oriente Petrolero
	Report

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero

December 7, 2011

20:30 UTC−04:00

Oriente Petrolero	4–1	Guabirá
Meleán 2' Mojica 15', 60', 64'	Report	Ríos 19'

Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Quarterfinals 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	The Strongest	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Bolívar	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 3, 2011

20:00 UTC−04:00

Bolívar	1–0	The Strongest
Ferreira 49'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

December 7, 2011

20:00 UTC−04:00

The Strongest	4–0	Bolívar
Escobar 6', 74' Lima 50' Chumacero 77'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Semifinals

Semifinals 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario de Sucre	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Advanced to the Finals
2	San José	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3	Advanced to the Third-place finals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 11, 2011

19:30 UTC−04:00

Universitario de Sucre	2–0	San José
Castilla 59', 64'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

December 14, 2011

16:00 UTC−04:00

San José	1–0	Universitario de Sucre
Loayza 19'	Report

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

Semifinals 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	The Strongest	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3	Advanced to the Finals
2	Oriente Petrolero	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3	Advanced to the Third-place finals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 12, 2011

17:00 UTC−04:00

The Strongest	5–3	Oriente Petrolero
Bejarano 31' Soliz 59' Escobar 66' Melgar 70' Lima 79'	Report	Delorte 10' Mojica 25' Arce 53'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

December 14, 2011

20:30 UTC−04:00

Oriente Petrolero	1–0	The Strongest
Mojica 35' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Third-place finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oriente Petrolero	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
2	San José	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 18, 2011

18:00 UTC−04:00

Oriente Petrolero	1–1	San José
Galindo 15'	Report	Albarracín 49'

Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

December 21, 2011

16:00 UTC−04:00

San José	1–2	Oriente Petrolero
Loayza 52'	Report	Galindo 44' Aguirre 68'

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	The Strongest	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Universitario de Sucre	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd play-off game.

December 18, 2011

16:00 UTC−04:00

The Strongest	2–0	Universitario de Sucre
Melgar 45' Parada 90'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

December 22, 2011

20:00 UTC−04:00

Universitario de Sucre	1–1	The Strongest
Jeferson 87'	Report	Escobar 5'

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2011 Torneo Apertura champion
The Strongest 8th title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Player nationality	Club	Goals
1	William Ferreira	Uruguayan	Bolívar	16
2	Pablo Escobar	Bolivian	The Strongest	13
3	Gualberto Mojica	Bolivian	Oriente Petrolero	12
4	Darwin Ríos	Bolivian	Guabirá	7

Source:^[4]

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	The Strongest	22	11	5	6	47	28	+19	38	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	San José	22	11	5	6	43	27	+16	38	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[a]
3	Oriente Petrolero	22	11	5	6	38	30	+8	38	Copa Libertadores/Copa Sudamericana playoff^[b]
4	Universitario de Sucre	22	11	4	7	36	21	+15	37
5	Blooming	22	11	4	7	28	23	+5	37	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^[c]
6	Real Potosí	22	11	2	9	36	32	+4	35
7	Aurora	22	10	4	8	38	30	+8	34
8	Nacional Potosí	22	10	4	8	33	36	−3	34
9	Bolívar	22	6	10	6	34	27	+7	28
10	La Paz	22	7	3	12	29	39	−10	24
11	Real Mamoré	22	5	3	14	16	47	−31	18
12	Guabirá	22	1	5	16	19	57	−38	8

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2012. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ San José qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage as runners-up of both the 2011/12 Clausura and the 2012/13 Apertura.
^ As the first two berths of the 2013 Copa Libertadores are taken by The Strongest and San José, the third berth was decided by a playoff between the third-placed teams of the 2011/12 Clausura (Oriente Petrolero) and the 2012/13 Apertura (Bolívar).
^ Blooming qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as fourth-placed Universitario had already qualified as the Apertura runner-up.

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2012 Torneo Clausura champion
The Strongest 9th title

Results

Home \ Away	AUR	BLO	BOL	GUA	LPA	NAC	OPE	RMA	RPO	SJO	STR	UNI
Aurora		3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2
Blooming	2–0		2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–1
Bolívar	1–1	5–0		0–0	4–0	4–3	1–2	6–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0
Guabirá	2–0	0–0	1–1		2–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
La Paz	2–1	0–4	1–1	4–1		0–1	0–1	6–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1
Nacional Potosí	2–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–1		2–2	4–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	0–2
Oriente Petrolero	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0		1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1
Real Mamoré	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Real Potosí	2–1	0–1	2–0	6–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	4–0		2–1	2–1	2–1
San José	1–2	2–0	3–0	6–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–0		1–2	1–1
The Strongest	1–2	2–0	1–1	8–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	4–0	3–3	2–2		2–1
Universitario de Sucre	2–1	0–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	5–0	2–2	2–1

Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Player nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Saucedo	Bolivian	San José	17
2	Gualberto Mojica	Bolivian	Oriente Petrolero	13
3	Pablo Escobar	Bolivian	The Strongest	11
4	Alcides Peña	Bolivian	Oriente Petrolero	10

Source:^[5]

Relegation

Pos	Team	2011 Pts	2011–12 Pts	2011–12 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Oriente Petrolero	36	23	38	97	56	1.732
2	Aurora	33	24	34	91	56	1.625
3	Real Potosí	38	17	35	90	56	1.607
4	San José	34	18	38	90	56	1.607
5	The Strongest	35	15	38	88	56	1.571
6	Bolívar	40	19	28	87	56	1.554
7	Universitario de Sucre	29	19	37	85	56	1.518
8	Blooming	35	10	37	82	56	1.464
9	Nacional Potosí	28	16	34	78	56	1.393
10	Guabirá	29	19	8	56	56	1	Relegation Playoff Match
11	La Paz	17	14	24	55	56	0.982	Relegation Playoff Match
12	Real Mamoré	20	6	18	44	56	0.786	Relegation to the Liga Nacional B

Source:^[6]

Relegation/promotion playoff

Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff
Guabirá	3:6	Jorge Wilstermann	2–0	0–2	0–1
La Paz	6:3	Destroyers	6–1	1–3	1–0

References

^ "Tabla de Posiciones – I – 2011 Fundadores de la LFPB" [Positions – 2011 Founders of the LFPB] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
^ "Tabla de Posiciones – I – 2011 Fundadores de la LFPB" [Positions – 2011 Founders of the LFPB] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
^ "Aurora jugará la Copa Sudamericana". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
^ "Goleadores" [Goalscorers] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
^ "Goleadores" [Goalscorers] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
^ "Tabla de Descenso" [Relegation Table] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2010.

External links

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

[table_note_res_CS10.77869747661925-4] San José included five foreign players in the first leg, and was later penalized. As a result, Aurora qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana in place of San José, which finished fourth in the Apertura (Oriente Petrolero, which finished third in the Apertura, had already qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the 2011 Adecuación 3rd place).^[3]

[table_note_res_CL2b0.28263290891546-6] San José qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage as runners-up of both the 2011/12 Clausura and the 2012/13 Apertura.

[table_note_res_CLCSP0.28263290891546-7] As the first two berths of the 2013 Copa Libertadores are taken by The Strongest and San José, the third berth was decided by a playoff between the third-placed teams of the 2011/12 Clausura (Oriente Petrolero) and the 2012/13 Apertura (Bolívar).

[table_note_res_CS10.28263290891546-8] Blooming qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as fourth-placed Universitario had already qualified as the Apertura runner-up.

[1] "Tabla de Posiciones – I – 2011 Fundadores de la LFPB" [Positions – 2011 Founders of the LFPB] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

[2] "Tabla de Posiciones – I – 2011 Fundadores de la LFPB" [Positions – 2011 Founders of the LFPB] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

[3] "Aurora jugará la Copa Sudamericana". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-03-27.

[5] "Goleadores" [Goalscorers] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.

[9] "Goleadores" [Goalscorers] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.

[10] "Tabla de Descenso" [Relegation Table] (in Spanish). LFPB. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2010.

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