2009 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season
| Season | 2009 |
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| Champions | Apertura: Bolívar (16th title) Clausura: Blooming (5th title) |
| Relegated | Nacional Potosí |
| Copa Libertadores |
Bolívar Blooming Real Potosí |
| Copa Sudamericana |
Oriente Petrolero San José TBD |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: William Ferreira (16 goals) Clausura: Cristian Díaz, William Ferreira, Pastor Tórrez (9 goals each) |
| Biggest home win |
San José 5–0 La Paz (June 25) |
| Biggest away win |
Nacional Potosí 0–5 Oriente Petrolero (June 14) |
| Highest scoring |
Real Mamoré 5–4 Nacional Potosí (June 28) |
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The 2009 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season was the 33rd of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season was split into two championships—the Apertura and the Clausura—and the Play-off
The 2009 season will be divided into two championships, each with their own format.
Apertura
The Apertura championship will be a double round-robin league format. The team with the most points after the twenty-two rounds will be declared the champion.
Clausura
The Clausura championship will be divided into two phases. The first phase will have the twelve team divided into two groups. The teams will play within each group, in addition to a cross-group rivalry (for example: Bolívar vs. The Strongest). The best three teams in each group will advance to the second phase. In the second phase, the best teams from each group will play the third best team from each group and the second best teams will play each other. The three winners of each match, plus the best loser, then play each other in the semifinals and will start of a two-legged single-elimination play-off that culminates in a final match-up. The winner of the final is the tournament champion.
The winners of each championship will earn a berth in the 2010 Copa Libertadores and the runners-up will earn a berth in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana.
The amount of team remains the same for this season. Guabirá was relegated at the end of the 2008 season to the regional leagues. They were replaced by Nacional Potosí.
The Torneo Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on February 7 and ended on July 6.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Universitario was docked three points for not fielding enough Bolivian nationals in Round 19.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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