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1997 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

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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' (pen.)
Castillo 76' (pen.)
Estadio Rafael Mendoza, La Paz
Bolívar3 – 3Blooming
Ribera 3' (o.g.)
Castillo 16', 81'		 Ortíz 48'
Antelo 80', 83'
Estadio Simón Bolivar, La Paz

Final

The Strongest0 – 1Bolívar
Cueto 82'
Estadio Rafael Mendoza, La Paz
Bolívar2 – 0The Strongest
González 29' (pen.)
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
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
2 Oriente Petrolero 10 6 0 4 20 14 +6 18
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

See also

Notes

References

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano seasons
Bolivia Football in Bolivia
Federación Boliviana de Fútbol
National teams
League system
men:
Defunct
women:
Domestic cups
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