2023 Copa de la División Profesional

2023 Copa de la División Profesional
Tournament details
Country	Bolivia
Dates	14 February – 18 December 2023
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Bolívar (1st title)
Runner-up	Jorge Wilstermann
Copa Sudamericana	Jorge Wilstermann
Tournament statistics
Matches played	94
Goals scored	248 (2.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Francisco da Costa (9 goals)

The 2023 Copa de la División Profesional, known as the 2023 Copa Tigo for sponsorship purposes, was the first edition of the Copa de la División Profesional, a Bolivian league cup competition which was contested by the 17 teams that took part in the Bolivian Primera División for the 2023 season. The competition was approved at a meeting of the División Profesional's Council held on 13 January 2023. It began on 14 February and ended on 18 December 2023.^[1]^[2]

The competition was suspended at a meeting of the División Profesional's Council on 5 September 2023, along with the 2023 Primera División tournament, after the Bolivian Football Federation president Fernando Costa denounced suspicions of match-fixing, bribery, illegal betting and alterations to VAR.^[3]^[4] However, the suspension was lifted per suggestion from Costa on 27 September after reforms to the referee commission were performed and an agreement with CONMEBOL for monitoring was reached, as well as to allow the FBF's Sports Disciplinary Court to finish the investigations on the matter.^[5]

Bolívar won the competition, defeating Jorge Wilstermann in the finals by a 3–1 aggregate score.^[6]

Format

The Copa de la División Profesional, which was played on weekdays and concurrently with the 2023 División Profesional tournament, featured a group stage and an 8-team knockout stage. For the group stage, the 17 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams and one group of five, in which teams played each one of their group rivals twice (once at home and once away). The top three teams of the six-team groups and the top two teams in the five-team group advanced to the knockout stage, in which teams played the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals over two legs.^[7]

The Copa de la División Profesional champions were entitled to qualify for the 2024 Copa Libertadores, taking the Bolivia 4 berth for that competition, while the runners-up would qualify for the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, taking the Bolivia 1 berth.^[8]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BOL	WIL	RPA	LGM	RTO	ORI
1	Bolívar	10	8	0	2	24	7	+17	24	Advance to Knockout stage	—	2–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	4–0
2	Jorge Wilstermann	10	5	2	3	21	12	+9	17		3–1	—	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–2
3	Royal Pari	10	4	1	5	14	15	−1	13		1–2	2–1	—	3–0	3–0	1–0
4	Libertad Gran Mamoré	10	4	1	5	10	17	−7	13		0–2	0–2	2–1	—	0–0	4–0
5	Real Tomayapo	10	3	3	4	8	14	−6	12		1–0	1–5	1–1	0–1	—	1–0
6	Oriente Petrolero	10	1	3	6	7	19	−12	6		0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	—

Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Yellow cards, 6) Red cards, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AUR	STR	GUA	PAL	RSC
1	Aurora	8	3	4	1	5	4	+1	13	Advance to Knockout stage	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
2	The Strongest	8	3	3	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to Knockout stage	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–0
3	Guabirá	8	3	2	3	9	7	+2	11		2–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–1
4	Palmaflor del Trópico	8	2	4	2	5	5	0	10		0–0	2–0	3–2	—	0–0
5	Real Santa Cruz	8	1	3	4	4	11	−7	6		0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	—

Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Yellow cards, 6) Red cards, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BLO	CAR	UVI	NAC	VAC	IPE
1	Blooming	10	7	1	2	16	8	+8	22	Advance to Knockout stage	—	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0
2	Always Ready	10	4	3	3	20	17	+3	15		1–1	—	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–2
3	Universitario de Vinto	10	4	3	3	17	17	0	15		2–1	2–2	—	3–1	3–2	2–0
4	Nacional Potosí	10	3	3	4	20	17	+3	12		0–1	4–0	2–2	—	5–0	1–1
5	Vaca Díez	10	4	0	6	14	21	−7	12		0–2	2–0	2–1	5–2	—	0–1
6	Independiente Petrolero	10	2	2	6	10	17	−7	8		0–2	1–4	1–1	1–2	3–0	—

Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Yellow cards, 6) Red cards, 7) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

Jorge Wilstermann	1	2	3

The Strongest	2	0	2
				Jorge Wilstermann	2	1	3

				Royal Pari	0	2	2
Royal Pari	0	2	2

Blooming	0	1	1
								Jorge Wilstermann	1	0	1

								Bolívar	2	1	3
Universitario de Vinto	1	2	3 (2)

Bolívar (p)	1	2	3 (3)
				Bolívar	3	0	3

				Aurora	1	1	2
Always Ready	0	1	1

Aurora	1	4	5

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universitario de Vinto	3–3 (2–3 p)	Bolívar	1–1	2–2
Always Ready	1–5	Aurora	0–1	1–4
Royal Pari	2–1	Blooming	0–0	2–1
Jorge Wilstermann	3–2	The Strongest	1–2	2–0

First leg

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)	Universitario de Vinto	1–1	Bolívar	Quillacollo
15:00 UTC−4	Llano 90+2'	Report	Vaca 53'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Javier Revollo

29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)	Always Ready	0–1	Aurora	El Alto
15:00 UTC−4		Report	Zaracho 40'	Stadium: Municipal de Villa Ingenio Referee: Nelson Barro

29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)	Royal Pari	0–0	Blooming	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
19:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Referee: Hostin Prado

29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)	Jorge Wilstermann	1–2	The Strongest	Cochabamba
20:30 UTC−4	Chumacero 12'	Report	Isnaldo 58' (pen.), 70'	Stadium: Félix Capriles Referee: Gery Vargas

Second leg

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09)	Aurora	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Always Ready	Cochabamba
15:00 UTC−4	Blanco 19', 34', 52' Barboza 44'	Report	Romero 31'	Stadium: Félix Capriles Referee: Gery Vargas

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09)	Bolívar	2–2 (3–3 agg.) (3–2 p)	Universitario de Vinto	La Paz
17:30 UTC−4	Vaca 21' Da Costa 75'	Report	Ramallo 47' Llano 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Hernando Siles Referee: Renán Castillo
	Penalties
	Da Costa Vaca Villamíl Justiniano Algarañaz		Lencinas Monteiro Vila Olivares Llano

10 December 2023 (2023-12-10)	The Strongest	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Jorge Wilstermann	La Paz
17:30 UTC−4		Report	Amaral 45+2' Nahuelpán 83'	Stadium: Hernando Siles Referee: Juan Nelio García

10 December 2023 (2023-12-10)	Blooming	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Royal Pari	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
19:30 UTC−4	Arce 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Ribera 87' Amoroso 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Referee: Raúl Orosco

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bolívar	3–2	Aurora	3–1	0–1
Jorge Wilstermann	3–2	Royal Pari	2–0	1–2

First leg

11 December 2023 (2023-12-11)	Bolívar	3–1	Aurora	La Paz
20:00 UTC−4	Bejarano 34' Rodríguez 53', 59'	Report	Reinoso 18' (pen.)	Stadium: Hernando Siles Referee: Jordy Alemán

12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)	Jorge Wilstermann	2–0	Royal Pari	Cochabamba
20:00 UTC−4	Machado 32' Velázquez 42'	Report		Stadium: Félix Capriles Referee: Dilio Rodríguez

Second leg

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14)	Aurora	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Bolívar	Cochabamba
19:30 UTC−4	Barboza 78'	Report		Stadium: Félix Capriles Referee: Ivo Méndez

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14)	Royal Pari	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Jorge Wilstermann	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
20:30 UTC−4	Correa 4' Amoroso 27'	Report	Nahuelpán 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Referee: Renán Castillo

Finals

16 December 2023

20:00 UTC−4

Jorge Wilstermann	1–2	Bolívar
Amaral 90+1'	Report	Rodríguez 51' Da Costa 82'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Referee: Jordy Alemán

18 December 2023

20:00 UTC−4

Bolívar	1–0	Jorge Wilstermann
Da Costa 87'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Referee: Ivo Méndez

Bolívar won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Francisco da Costa	Bolívar	9
2	Andrés Llano	Universitario de Vinto	7
3	Víctor Ábrego	Universitario de Vinto	6
3	Martín Prost	Nacional Potosí	6
5	Edarlyn Reyes	Always Ready	5
6	Carmelo Algarañaz	Bolívar	4
	Eugenio Isnaldo	The Strongest
	Marcos Riquelme	Oriente Petrolero
	Gastón Rodríguez	Blooming
	Dorny Romero	Always Ready

Source: Soccerway

References

^ "División Profesional aprueba dos torneos con sistema "sui generis"" [División Profesional approves two tournaments with "sui generis" system] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "Blooming y Vaca Díez darán inicio a la Copa de la División Profesional" [Blooming and Vaca Díez will kick off the Copa de la División Profesional] (in Spanish). El Potosí. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Amaño de partidos: las cuatro conclusiones del Consejo de la División Profesional" [Match-fixing: the four conclusions of the División Profesional's Council] (in Spanish). El Deber. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "Escándalo de corrupción y arreglo de partidos en Bolivia: podría suspenderse el fútbol por tiempo indeterminado" [Corruption scandal and match-fixing in Bolivia: football could be suspended indefinitely] (in Spanish). Infobae. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "Los torneos de la División Profesional se reanudarán a sugerencia del presidente de la FBF" [The División Profesional tournaments will resume at the suggestion of the FBF president] (in Spanish). El Deber. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Bolívar se coronó campeón de la Copa Tigo en una final bochornosa" [Bolívar were crowned Copa Tigo champions in an embarrassing final] (in Spanish). El Deber. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "¿Cómo se jugarán los dos campeonatos locales de 2023?" [How will the two domestic championships of 2023 be played?] (in Spanish). Deporte Total. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "CONSEJO DE LA DIVISIÓN PROFESIONAL" [DIVISIÓN PROFESIONAL'S COUNCIL] (in Spanish). FBF. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

External links

División Profesional on the FBF's official website (in Spanish)

[1] "División Profesional aprueba dos torneos con sistema "sui generis"" [División Profesional approves two tournaments with "sui generis" system] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[2] "Blooming y Vaca Díez darán inicio a la Copa de la División Profesional" [Blooming and Vaca Díez will kick off the Copa de la División Profesional] (in Spanish). El Potosí. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[Voiding-3] "Amaño de partidos: las cuatro conclusiones del Consejo de la División Profesional" [Match-fixing: the four conclusions of the División Profesional's Council] (in Spanish). El Deber. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[4] "Escándalo de corrupción y arreglo de partidos en Bolivia: podría suspenderse el fútbol por tiempo indeterminado" [Corruption scandal and match-fixing in Bolivia: football could be suspended indefinitely] (in Spanish). Infobae. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[5] "Los torneos de la División Profesional se reanudarán a sugerencia del presidente de la FBF" [The División Profesional tournaments will resume at the suggestion of the FBF president] (in Spanish). El Deber. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[6] "Bolívar se coronó campeón de la Copa Tigo en una final bochornosa" [Bolívar were crowned Copa Tigo champions in an embarrassing final] (in Spanish). El Deber. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[7] "¿Cómo se jugarán los dos campeonatos locales de 2023?" [How will the two domestic championships of 2023 be played?] (in Spanish). Deporte Total. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[8] "CONSEJO DE LA DIVISIÓN PROFESIONAL" [DIVISIÓN PROFESIONAL'S COUNCIL] (in Spanish). FBF. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

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2023 Copa de la División Profesional

Contents

Format

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

Top scorers

See also

References

External links