2025 Bolivian Primera División season
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| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | February – December 2025 |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Bolivian Primera División season will be the 47th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the seventh season under División de Fútbol Profesional management.
Bolívar will be the defending champions.
Teams
[edit]16 teams will compete in the league for the 2025 season: the top 14 teams in the aggregate table of the 2024 Primera División season, along with ABB who promoted from the 2024 Copa Simón Bolívar, and the winners of the promotion/relegation play-off. ABB achieved a first-ever promotion to the top tier on 1 December 2024, after winning the Copa Simón Bolívar title.[1]
ABB replaced Real Santa Cruz, directly relegated to the Santa Cruz regional league.[2]
Stadia and locations
[edit]
Locations of the 2025 División Profesional teams.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | El Alto | Municipal de Villa Ingenio | 22,000 |
| Always Ready | El Alto | Municipal de Villa Ingenio | 22,000 |
| Aurora | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles | 32,000 |
| Blooming | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
| Bolívar | La Paz | Hernando Siles | 42,000 |
| Guabirá | Montero | Gilberto Parada | 13,000 |
| GV San José | Oruro | Jesús Bermúdez | 33,000 |
| Independiente Petrolero | Sucre | Olímpico Patria | 30,700 |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles | 32,000 |
| Nacional Potosí | Potosí | Víctor Agustín Ugarte | 32,105 |
| Oriente Petrolero | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 |
| Real Tomayapo | Tarija | IV Centenario | 15,000 |
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo | Entre Ríos | Carlos Villegas | 17,000 |
| The Strongest | La Paz | Hernando Siles | 42,000 |
| Universitario de Vinto | Cochabamba | Félix Capriles[i] | 32,000 |
| TBD |
- Notes
- ^ Used along with Estadio Municipal de Quillacollo as home stadiums for the season since Universitario's stadium Estadio Hipólito Lazarte does not meet FBF requirements for a professional match.
Personnel and kits
[edit]| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB |  David Condori
|
Rei | UTB |
| Always Ready | Eduardo Villegas
|
Marathon | UTB |
| Aurora |  Rodrigo Venegas
|
Marathon | UTB |
| Blooming | Mauricio Soria
|
Marathon | Kia |
| Bolívar |  Flavio Robatto
|
Puma | Suzuki |
| Guabirá | Rolando Carlen
|
Forte | Celina, Ingenio Guabirá, Grupo Paz |
| GV San José |  Vacant
|
Arce | 4life Grains, Paceña |
| Independiente Petrolero | Marcelo Robledo
|
Red White | UTB, Fancesa |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Vacant
|
Puma | Nacional, Campero |
| Nacional Potosí | Vacant
|
Forte | BCP, Ingenio San Silvestre |
| Oriente Petrolero | Joaquín Monasterio
|
Marathon | Yango |
| Real Tomayapo | Humberto Viviani
|
Oxígeno Wear | Altavida |
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo | Julio César Baldivieso
|
Oxígeno Wear | UTB |
| The Strongest | Vacant
|
Marathon | |
| Universitario de Vinto |  Pablo Godoy
|
Oxígeno Wear | UTB |
| TBD |
Managerial changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Strongest |  Ismael Rescalvo
|
End of contract | 20 December 2024[3] | Pre-season | ||
| Always Ready | Jaime Jemio
|
Return to assistant role | 21 December 2024 | Eduardo Villegas
|
21 December 2024 | |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Franz Taboada
|
End of caretaker spell | ||||
| Nacional Potosí | Dayler Gutiérrez
|
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| Aurora |  Sergio Órteman
|
End of contract | 24 December 2024[4] | Rodrigo Venegas
|
26 December 2024[5] | |
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo | Leonardo Eguez
|
Julio César Baldivieso
|
27 December 2024[6] | |||
| Blooming | Álvaro Peña
|
25 December 2024[7] | Mauricio Soria
|
25 December 2024[8] | ||
| Guabirá | Víctor Hugo Andrada
|
Sacked | 26 December 2024[9] | Rolando Carlen
|
26 December 2024[9] | |
| GV San José | Julio César Baldivieso
|
Signed for San Antonio Bulo Bulo | 27 December 2024[6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "ABB, campeón de la Copa Simón Bolívar y asciende a la División Profesional" [ABB, champion of the Copa Simón Bolívar and promote to the División Profesional]. El Deber (in Spanish). El Deber. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Crónica de una muerte anunciada: Real Santa Cruz volverá a jugar en la ACF" [Chronicle of a death foretold: Real Santa Cruz will play in the ACF again]. El Deber (in Spanish). El Deber. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "El español Rescalvo termina contrato y The Strongest decide buscar otro director técnico" [The Spaniard Rescalvo ends contract and The Strongest decide to look for another manager] (in Spanish). Visión 360. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "San Antonio y Aurora dan de baja a sus directores técnicos" [San Antonio and Aurora release their managers] (in Spanish). Premium Sports. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Aurora tiene nuevo director técnico, el chileno Rodrigo Venegas" [Aurora have a new manager, the Chilean Rodrigo Venegas] (in Spanish). Premium Sports. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Un emperador en Bulo Bulo: Baldivieso es el nuevo DT de San Antonio que jugará la Libertadores" [An emperor at Bulo Bulo: Baldivieso is the new manager of San Antonio who will play the Libertadores] (in Spanish). Red Uno de Bolivia. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Álvaro Peña dejó de ser el director técnico de Blooming" [Álvaro Peña ceased to be the manager of Blooming]. El Deber (in Spanish). El Deber. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "El celeste cruceño tiene nuevo DT: Soria dirigirá por tercera vez a Blooming" [The cruceño sky blues have a new manager: Soria will manage Blooming for the third time] (in Spanish). Premium Sports. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Guabirá: se fue 'Copito' y llegó Carlen" [Guabirá: Copito left and Carlen arrived]. El Deber (in Spanish). El Deber. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- División Profesional on the FBF's official website (in Spanish)