Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

LFPB
LFPB - 2008
Founded
August 23, 1977
Inaugural season
1977
Nation
Bolivia
Relegation To
Regional Leagues
Number of Teams
12 Clubs
CONMEBOL Qualification
Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana
Defending Champions (2006)
2007-Apertura: Real Potosí 2007-Clausura: San José
Website
Official Website {Spanish}

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An amateur league (which became semi-pro in 1950) started in La Paz in 1914, the LPFA (La Paz Football Association, which is currently called the Asociacion de Futbol de La Paz), the first association of soccer in Bolivia. The LPFA was considered for many years the top soccer tournament in the country.

Founded in 1925, the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol didn't organize a national championship until 1960. The Bolivian Football Federation ( Federación Boliviana de Fútbol, FBF was founded in 1925 being the 8th oldest South American federation These championships included representatives of all regional associations, although the LPFA had also included representatives of Oruro and Cochabamba in its championships. Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a Valley bearing the same name in the Andes Mountain range. Despite this cup being considered the top Bolivian football championship, the LPFA league was still considered the most competitive one.

The creation of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano ended the distinction. It also resulted in the creation of three separate entities: the FBF's role was restricted to the international representation of Bolivia in the sport, the newly created LPFB became the organizer of the sole 1st Division tornament, and the LPFA, together with the rest of the regional associations, became the organizer of the Second (and lower) division regionalized tournaments.

1 Overview
2 Current teams (2008 season)
3 List of champions
- 3.1 Federación Boliviana de Fútbol Championships (Copa Simón Bolívar)
- 3.2 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
4 Titles by team (professional era: 1977-present)
5 Notes
6 List of all-time topscorers
7 External links

Overview

The championship format has changed over the years. Beginning in 1977, the league ran with sixteen clubs divided into two series, but switched to twelve clubs in two series playing two tournaments each year beginning in 1991. Another change came in 2005 when teams decided to adapt to the International FIFA calendar, meaning the season would be played from August to June rather than from February to December, in order to avoid problems defining which teams would qualify for international tournaments. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) The league played a short tournament from February to June in 2005, and the official 2005-06 season started in August. This led to yet another problem — second division teams weren't keen on the idea of putting off relegation until June 2006. After negotiations, the league determined that relegation of the lowest standing club would take place after the completion of the Apertura tournament, making the Bolivian league an odd tournament where teams were relegated in the middle of the season. But this decision was overturned in November 2006 and the league switched back to a calendar-year season in 2007 starting with the Apertura tournament in March 2007.

Historically, teams from La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz have dominated the league. Santa Cruz de La Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital city of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia. Only once in 1995 and 2007 a team from another city, Club San José from Oruro in 1995 and Clausura 2007 and Real Potosí in Apertura 2007, won the league. Club San José is a football club from Oruro, Bolivia.Founded in 1942 they won the 1st division in 1955 (Semi-pro team back then 1995 Club Real Potosí is a football club from Potosí, Bolivia.The club was founded October 20, 1941 as Club Bamin Potosí belonging Four teams share the record of never been relegated to "La Simón Bolivar" (2nd division): Jorge Wilstermann, The Strongest, Oriente Petrolero and Bolívar (although they were relegated in 1969 before the LPFB era). The 2nd tier in the Bolivian Football pyramid consists of 9 regional leagues (one for each department) the number of participants varies depending on the departament it's usually between The only team that have played all the first division tournaments since the formalization of soccer in 1914 is The Strongest. Two other teams, Oriente Petrolero and Jorge Wilstermann were also never relegated but they have only existed since the 50's.

Current teams (2008 season)

La Paz F.C., La Paz
Aurora, Cochabamba
Blooming, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolívar, La Paz
Jorge Wilstermann, Cochabamba
San José, Oruro

Universitario, Sucre
Oriente Petrolero, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Real Potosí, Potosi
The Strongest, La Paz
Real Mamoré, Trinidad
Guabirá, Montero

List of champions

for previous champions of regional tournaments, see: Bolivian Football Regional Championships

Federación Boliviana de Fútbol Championships (Copa Simón Bolívar)

#	Year	Winner	Runner-up
1	1960	Wilstermann	Aurora
2	1961	Deportivo Muncipal	Aurora
3	1962	(Not Held)
4	1963	(Not Held)
5	1964	The Strongest	Aurora
6	1965	Deportivo Municipal	Wilstermann
7	1966	Bolívar	31 de Octubre
8	1967	Wilstermann	Always Ready
9	1968	Bolívar	CD Litoral
10	1969	Universitario(La Paz)	CD Litoral
11	1970	Chaco Petrolero	The Strongest
12	1971	Oriente Petrolero	Chaco Petrolero
13	1972	Wilstermann	Oriente Petrolero
14	1973	Wilstermann	Deportivo Municipal
15	1974	The Strongest	Wilstermann
16	1975	Guabirá	Bolívar
17	1976	Bolívar	Oriente Petrolero