2000 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

The 2000 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 43rd season of top-tier football in Bolivia.

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jorge Wilstermann	22	14	2	6	36	20	+16	44
2	Guabirá	22	12	2	8	39	35	+4	38
3	Bolívar	22	12	1	9	48	37	+11	37
4	The Strongest	22	10	4	8	49	28	+21	34
5	Real Potosí	22	11	1	10	31	40	−9	34
6	Independiente Petrolero	22	10	3	9	35	29	+6	33
7	Oriente Petrolero	22	8	9	5	34	29	+5	33
8	Mariscal Braun	22	10	2	10	38	37	+1	32
9	Blooming	22	8	4	10	33	42	−9	28
10	Pompeya	22	6	4	12	24	49	−25	22
11	Real Santa Cruz	22	5	5	12	31	43	−12	20
12	Unión Central	22	4	7	11	19	28	−9	19

Source: ^[citation needed]

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oriente Petrolero	22	14	3	5	42	24	+18	45
2	The Strongest	22	14	1	7	45	30	+15	43
3	Blooming	22	12	1	9	32	27	+5	37
4	Unión Central	22	11	3	8	31	33	−2	36
5	Guabirá	22	10	5	7	46	31	+15	35
6	Jorge Wilstermann	22	10	3	9	38	36	+2	33
7	Real Potosí	22	10	2	10	37	29	+8	32
8	Bolívar	22	8	4	10	35	31	+4	28
9	Mariscal Braun	22	8	4	10	31	34	−3	28
10	Real Santa Cruz	22	7	3	12	30	49	−19	24
11	Independiente Petrolero	22	6	3	13	32	48	−16	21
12	Pompeya	22	5	2	15	19	46	−27	17

Source: ^[citation needed]

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oriente Petrolero	44	22	12	10	76	53	+23	78
2	The Strongest	44	24	5	15	94	58	+36	77
3	Jorge Wilstermann	44	24	5	15	74	56	+18	77
4	Guabirá	44	22	7	15	85	66	+19	73
5	Real Potosí	44	21	3	20	68	69	−1	66
6	Bolívar	44	20	5	19	83	68	+15	65
7	Blooming	44	20	5	19	65	69	−4	65
8	Mariscal Braun	44	18	6	20	69	71	−2	60
9	Unión Central	44	15	10	19	50	61	−11	55
10	Independiente Petrolero	44	16	6	22	67	77	−10	54
11	Real Santa Cruz	44	12	8	24	61	92	−31	44
12	Pompeya	44	11	6	27	43	95	−52	39

Source: ^[citation needed]

Play-offs

Promotion/relegation

First Leg
19 December 2000

Aurora	1 – 0	Real Santa Cruz
M. Paez

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

First Leg
23 December 2000

Real Santa Cruz	1 – 0	Aurora
Chiorazzo , , Méndez

Estadio Juan Carlos Durán Saucedo, Santa Cruz

Real Santa Cruz remain at 1st level; Iberoamericano (farm team of Bolívar) won promotion

Copa Libertadores

First Leg
17 December 2000

The Strongest	3 – 2	Guabirá
Alvarez 18' Delfino 28', 89'		Ayala 9' Paz 62'

Estadio Rafael Mendoza, La Paz

Second Leg
21 December 2000

Guabirá	1 – 1	The Strongest
Ceballos 29'		Delfino 74'

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero

The Strongest won on points total and qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2001

Championship

First Leg
20 December 2000

Jorge Wilstermann	4 – 1	Oriente Petrolero
Soria 38' Olivares 42' Galindo 51' Cárdenas 58'		Merlo 31'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Second Leg
23 December 2000

Oriente Petrolero	4 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann
Merlo 45' Coimbra 53' (pen.) Vaca 63', 76'

Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Third Leg
27 December 2000

Oriente Petrolero	2 – 2	Jorge Wilstermann
Coimbra 22', 90' (pen.)		Cárdenas 47' Galindo 84'

Estadio Gran Mamoré, Trinidad

Jorge Wilstermann won 3-4 on penalties, with keeper Mauricio Soria saving four penalty kicks, and qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2001

Title

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2000 champion
Jorge Wilstermann 3rd title

Top scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Daniel Delfino	The Strongest	28
2	Marcelo Ceballos	Guabirá	26
	Alfredo Cristino Jara	Real Potosí	26
4	Horacio Chiorazzo	Real Santa Cruz	25
5	Vidal González	The Strongest	23
6	Joaquín Botero	Bolívar	21
	Fábio Oliveira	Mariscal Braun	21
8	Gonzalo Galindo	Jorge Wilstermann	20
9	Milton Coimbra	Oriente Petrolero	19
10	Carlos Cárdenas	Jorge Wilstermann	18
	Cristian Reynaldo	Real Potosí	18

See also

• Bolivia national football team 2000

References

• RSSSF Page