The 2024 Bolivian Primera División season was the 47th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano,

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league and the seventh season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season began on 16 February and ended on 22 December 2024. Bolívar won their thirty-first league title in this season, after winning the Torneo Clausura and defeating the Torneo Apertura winners San Antonio Bulo Bulo 2–0 in the championship final.

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were the defending champions.

Format

The competition format was confirmed at the session of the División Profesional's Council held on 10 January 2024, in which it was decided that two tournaments (

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) would be played in the season. In the Torneo Apertura, the 16 participating teams were divided into four groups of four teams each with a round of interzonal matches between derby rivals. The top two teams of each group advanced to a knockout stage, in which teams played quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. Both Apertura finalists were awarded international berths, with the winners qualifying for the

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group stage as ''Bolivia 1'' and the runners-up claiming the ''Bolivia 1'' berth for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana. The Torneo Clausura was a double round-robin competition, in which the 16 teams played each other twice for a total of 30 matches, with the top team at the end of those 30 rounds being declared as the winner and qualifying for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores as ''Bolivia 2''. It was also decided that both tournament winners would play a double-legged final series at the end of the season to decide the season champions, who also earned a monetary prize of one million

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awarded by

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. The remaining international berths were awarded through an aggregate table including the Torneo Apertura's first stage and the Torneo Clausura, with the bottom-placed team in this table being relegated and the team placing second-from-bottom qualifying for a two-legged relegation play-off.

Teams

16 teams competed in the league for the 2024 season: 14 of which took part in the 2023 Primera División, and two promoted from the 2023

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, GV San José and San Antonio Bulo Bulo. GV San José achieved a first-ever promotion to the top tier on 10 December 2023, after winning the title, and San Antonio also reached the first division for the first time six days later, after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs against Libertad Gran Mamoré. Aside from Libertad Gran Mamoré, GV San José and San Antonio Bulo Bulo replaced Vaca Díez and Palmaflor del Trópico, both directly relegated.

Stadia and locations

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Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, known as the ''2024 Copa Paceña'' for sponsorship purposes, was the first tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 5 May 2024.

First stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Interseries matches

Teams played two additional first stage matches against a team from another group, in most cases their derby or regional rival. The interseries matches were played on the third and fifth rounds. Round 3 Round 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Finals

---- ''San Antonio Bulo Bulo won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Top scorers

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Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura, known as the ''2024 Liga Tecno'' for sponsorship purposes, is the second and last tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 10 May and ended on 21 December 2024.

Standings

Results

Top scorers

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Championship final

Although the División Profesional's Council had decided prior to the start of the season that the championship final would be played as a two-legged series, on 12 December 2024 it was announced that, in order to end the season before Christmas as agreed under the original schedule, this final would be played as a single match instead. The match was played in

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on 22 December 2024.

Aggregate table

Promotion/relegation play-off

The relegation play-off was played by: * Royal Pari (2024 División Profesional aggregate table 15th place) * Totora Real Oruro (2024

runners-up) ---- The second leg was abandoned after 81 minutes of play with Totora Real Oruro leading 3–0 as the Royal Pari players withdrew from the field. On 6 January 2025, the FBF's Sports Disciplinary Court (''Tribunal de Disciplina Deportiva'') ruled the exclusion of Royal Pari from the competition due to the events of the second leg match, meaning that Totora Real Oruro promoted to the División Profesional and Royal Pari were relegated to the Santa Cruz Football Association Championship.

References

External links

División Profesional on the FBF's official website
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