2023 Bolivian Primera División
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The 2023 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2023 Liga Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, was the 46th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the sixth season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season started on 4 February and ended on 6 December 2023.[1]
Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 4 February – 6 December 2023 |
Champions | The Strongest (16th title) |
Relegated | Libertad Gran Mamoré Vaca Díez Palmaflor del Trópico |
Copa Libertadores | The Strongest Bolívar Always Ready Aurora |
Copa Sudamericana | Jorge Wilstermann (via Copa División Profesional) Nacional Potosí Real Tomayapo Universitario de Vinto |
Matches played | 272 |
Goals scored | 751 (2.76 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dorny Romero (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | The Strongest 8–0 Libertad Gran Mamoré (10 November) |
Biggest away win | Palmaflor 1–7 Bolívar (25 November) |
Highest scoring | Nacional Potosí 6–3 The Strongest (24 June) |
← 2022 2024 → |
The competition was suspended at a meeting of the División Profesional's Council on 5 September 2023, along with the 2023 Copa de la División Profesional, after the Bolivian Football Federation president Fernando Costa denounced suspicions of match-fixing, bribery, illegal betting and alterations to VAR.[2][3] However, the suspension was lifted per suggestion from Costa on 27 September after reforms to the referee commission were performed and an agreement with CONMEBOL for monitoring was reached, as well as to allow the FBF's Sports Disciplinary Court to finish the investigations on the matter.[4]
The Strongest were the champions, clinching their sixteenth league title with two games in hand and a 1–1 draw against Always Ready on 26 November 2023.[5] Bolívar were the defending champions.