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.

División Profesional
Season2019
Dates19 January – 28 December 2019
ChampionsApertura: Bolívar (29th title)
Clausura: Jorge Wilstermann (15th title)
RelegatedSport Boys (disaffiliated)
Destroyers
Copa LibertadoresBolívar
Jorge Wilstermann
The Strongest
San José
Copa SudamericanaNacional Potosí
Blooming
Always Ready
Oriente Petrolero
Matches played363
Goals scored1,205 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Carlos Saucedo (23 goals)
Clausura: Juan Miguel Callejón and
Jair Reinoso (19 goals each)
Biggest home winSan José 7–0 Destroyers
(15 September)
The Strongest 7–0 Sport Boys
(4 December)
Biggest away winGuabirá 0–5 Bolívar
(14 August)
Aurora 1–6 San José
(29 September)
Highest scoringNacional Potosí 7–2 Destroyers
(15 March)
Destroyers 3–6 Bolívar
(3 April)
Bolívar 6–3 Aurora
(1 May)
Bolívar 7–2 Guabirá
(18 October)
2018
2020

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.

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