2019 Bolivian Primera División season
The 2019 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2019 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, was the 42nd season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the second season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. San José were the defending champions, having won the 2018 Clausura tournament.
In the Torneo Apertura, Bolívar won their twenty-ninth league title and twenty-third in the professional era, with two matches to spare following a 2–1 victory over Oriente Petrolero on 16 May, while in the Torneo Clausura, Jorge Wilstermann won their fifteenth league title and eighth in the professional era following a 3–1 win against Oriente Petrolero on the last matchday of the tournament on 28 December.
Format
The season was split into a Torneo Apertura and a Torneo Clausura, played in the first and second half of the year, respectively. Both were played under a double round-robin system, with all teams playing each other twice for a total of 26 matches. The teams placed first at the end of each tournament were the champions and earned qualification for the Copa Libertadores group stage. The remaining two Copa Libertadores berths as well as the four Copa Sudamericana ones were awarded through the aggregate table.Teams
The number of teams for the 2019 season remained the same as the 2018 season. Universitario were relegated to the Copa Simón Bolívar after finishing in last place of the aggregate table in the previous season, and were replaced by Always Ready, the 2018 Copa Simón Bolívar champions, who made their return to the top tier after 28 years.Team | Manager | Home city | Home stadium | Capacity |
Always Ready | ![]() | La Paz | Municipal de Villa Ingenio | 25,000 |
Aurora | ![]() | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles | 32,000 |
Blooming | ![]() | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Bolívar | ![]() | La Paz | Hernando Siles | 42,000 |
Destroyers | ![]() | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Guabirá | ![]() | Montero | Gilberto Parada | 13,000 |
Jorge Wilstermann | ![]() | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles | 32,000 |
Nacional Potosí | ![]() | Potosí | Víctor Agustín Ugarte | 32,105 |
Oriente Petrolero | ![]() | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
Real Potosí | ![]() | Potosí | Víctor Agustín Ugarte | 32,105 |
Royal Pari | ![]() | Santa Cruz | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
San José | ![]() | Oruro | Jesús Bermúdez | 33,795 |
Sport Boys | ![]() | Warnes | Samuel Vaca Jiménez | 9,000 |
The Strongest | ![]() | La Paz | Hernando Siles | 42,000 |