2020 Bolivian Primera División season

The 2020 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2020 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, was the 43rd season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the third season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season started on 21 January 2020 and ended on 31 December 2020. Jorge Wilstermann were the defending champions, having won the 2019 Clausura tournament.

División Profesional
Season2020
Dates21 January – 31 December 2020
ChampionsAlways Ready (3rd title)
RelegatedNone
Copa LibertadoresAlways Ready
The Strongest
Bolívar
Royal Pari
Copa SudamericanaJorge Wilstermann
Guabirá
Nacional Potosí
Atlético Palmaflor
Matches played182
Goals scored564 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcos Riquelme
(20 goals)
Biggest home winAlways Ready 8–0 Blooming
(7 December)
Biggest away winReal Santa Cruz 1–5 Oriente Petrolero
(16 February)
Highest scoringBolívar 5–4 The Strongest
(21 February)
2019
2021

Always Ready won their first title in the División Profesional and third overall (first since 1957) in the top flight of Bolivian football with a 2–0 victory over Nacional Potosí on the twenty-sixth and final matchday of the Torneo Apertura, played on 31 December.

The tournament was suspended from 16 March to 27 November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 30 October 2020, Bolivia was the only one of CONMEBOL's member associations to have its top-tier football league still suspended due to the pandemic.

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