1997 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

The 1997 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 40th season of top-tier football in Bolivia.

Torneo Apertura

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 The Strongest 10 5 4 1 18 6 +12 19
2 Bolívar 10 4 3 3 15 9 +6 15
3 San José 10 4 3 3 16 15 +1 15
4 Independiente Petrolero 10 4 1 5 15 16 −1 13
5 Chaco Petrolero 10 4 1 5 12 21 −9 13
6 Deportivo Municipal 10 1 4 5 10 19 −9 7
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blooming 10 6 2 2 25 12 +13 20
2 Guabirá 10 6 1 3 18 13 +5 19
3 Jorge Wilstermann 10 5 0 5 14 14 0 15
4 Real Santa Cruz 10 3 2 5 14 20 −6 11
5 Destroyers 10 3 2 5 13 20 −7 11
6 Oriente Petrolero 10 2 3 5 11 16 −5 9
Source:

Semifinals
Guabirá1 – 0The Strongest
Céspedes  22'
Estadio Real Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Blooming0 – 2Bolívar
González  47'
Castillo  89'
Estadio Real Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
The Strongest2 – 0Guabirá
Sánchez  69' (pk)
Castillo  76' (pk)
Bolívar3 – 3Blooming
Ribera  3' (og)
Castillo  16',  81'		 Ortíz  48'
Antelo  80',  83'
Estadio Simón Bolivar, La Paz

Final
The Strongest0 – 1Bolívar
Cueto  82'
Bolívar2 – 0The Strongest
González  29' (pk)
Sandy  43'		 Cueto  82'
Estadio Simón Bolivar, La Paz

Torneo Clausura

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bolivar 12 7 3 2 30 15 +15 24
2 Destroyers 12 6 3 3 19 20 −1 21
3 Chaco Petrolero 12 5 2 5 16 14 +2 17
4 Oriente Petrolero 12 4 3 5 17 17 0 15
5 San José 12 4 1 7 19 23 −4 13
6 Real Santa Cruz 12 2 4 6 6 18 −12 10
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 The Strongest 12 5 5 2 23 13 +10 20
2 Blooming 12 5 4 3 17 18 −1 19
3 Jorge Wilstermann 12 4 5 3 16 16 0 17
4 Independiente Petrolero 12 4 3 5 18 17 +1 15
5 Guabirá 12 3 5 4 15 19 −4 14
6 Deportivo Municipal 12 3 2 7 14 21 −7 11[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Relegated

Final stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bolívar 10 8 1 1 33 9 +24 25[lower-alpha 1]
2 Oriente Petrolero 10 6 0 4 20 14 +6 18[lower-alpha 1]
3 Blooming 10 5 1 4 21 19 +2 16
4 The Strongest 10 5 0 5 16 19 −3 15
5 Jorge Wilstermann 10 4 0 6 16 23 −7 12
6 Chaco Petrolero 10 1 0 9 10 32 −22 3
Source:
Notes:
  1. Bolívar and Oriente Petrolero qualify for Copa Libertadores 1998

Play-offs

Copa Conmebol
Real Santa Cruz1 – 1The Strongest
The Strongest0 – 2Real Santa Cruz
Real Santa Cruz qualified for the 1997 Copa Conmebol.

Promotion/Relegation
Universidad de Cochabamba0 – 1Destroyers
Destroyers2 – 1Universidad de Cochabamba
Destroyers remain at first level; Club Real Potosí won promotion

Title
 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
1997 Champion 
Bolívar
11th title
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See also
  • Bolivia national football team 1997

Notes

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