1998 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

The 1998 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 41st season of top-tier football in Bolivia.

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jorge Wilstermann 22 13 6 3 28 11 +17 45
2 The Strongest 22 13 4 5 50 24 +26 43
3 Blooming 22 11 4 7 36 32 +4 37
4 San José 22 9 7 6 27 26 +1 34
5 Oriente Petrolero 22 10 4 8 32 33 −1 34
6 Guabirá 22 9 6 7 30 34 −4 33
7 Independiente Petrolero 22 9 5 8 29 20 +9 32
8 Real Potosí 22 8 5 9 34 38 −4 29
9 Bolívar 22 8 4 10 30 29 +1 28
10 Real Santa Cruz 22 5 6 11 18 30 −12 21
11 Destroyers 22 5 4 13 23 38 −15 19
12 Chaco Petrolero 22 3 3 16 21 45 −24 12
Source: [citation needed]

Torneo Clausura

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Real Santa Cruz 12 5 3 4 20 13 +7 18
2 Real Potosí 12 5 3 4 20 23 −3 18
3 San José 12 5 2 5 23 20 +3 17
4 Oriente Petrolero 12 4 4 4 19 18 +1 16
5 The Strongest 12 4 2 6 23 24 −1 14
6 Chaco Petrolero 12 3 2 7 18 31 −13 11
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blooming 12 7 5 0 24 10 +14 26
2 Independiente Petrolero 12 6 4 2 23 8 +15 22
3 Jorge Wilstermann 12 6 2 4 16 15 +1 20
4 Bolívar 12 5 1 6 21 24 −3 16
5 Destroyers 12 5 1 6 21 24 −3 16
6 Guabirá 12 2 4 6 16 24 −8 10
Source: [citation needed]

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jorge Wilstermann 34 19 8 7 44 26 +18 65
2 Blooming 34 18 9 7 60 42 +18 63
3 The Strongest 34 17 6 11 73 48 +25 57
4 Independiente Petrolero 34 15 9 10 52 28 +24 54
5 San José 34 14 9 11 52 46 +6 51
6 Oriente Petrolero 34 14 8 12 51 51 0 50
7 Real Potosí 34 13 8 13 54 61 −7 47
8 Bolívar 34 13 5 16 51 53 −2 44
9 Guabirá 34 11 10 13 46 58 −12 43
10 Real Santa Cruz 34 10 9 15 38 43 −5 39
11 Destroyers 34 8 6 20 41 69 −28 30
12 Chaco Petrolero 34 6 5 23 39 76 −37 23
Source: [citation needed]

Final stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blooming 10 7 2 1 16 7 +9 23
2 Jorge Wilstermann 10 6 1 3 19 13 +6 19
3 San José 10 4 2 4 16 13 +3 14
4 Independiente Petrolero 10 4 1 5 13 13 0 13
5 Real Potosí 10 3 2 5 20 20 0 11
6 Real Santa Cruz 10 1 2 7 6 24 −18 5
Source: [citation needed]

Play-offs

Championship

Blooming3 – 0Jorge Wilstermann
Menacho 23', 63'
Tufiño 80' (pen.)
Jorge Wilstermann0 – 1Blooming
Blanco 87'
Blooming won the title and qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1999, alongside Jorge Wilstermann.

Promotion/relegation

Pompeya1 – 0Destroyers
Destroyers4 – 0Pompeya
Destroyers remain at first level; Unión Central from Tarija won promotion

Title

 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
1998 champion 
Blooming
2nd title

References