2022 Bolivian Primera División season
The 2022 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2022 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, is the 45th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the fifth season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season began on 4 February and is scheduled to end on 6 November 2022. Independiente Petrolero are the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. Format. The format for the 2022 season was approved by the 16 División Profesional clubs on 21 December 2021. The league will return to the Apertura  and Clausura format after the year-long tournament held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Torneo Apertura, which will be played from 6 February to 29 May, will have a first stage with the 16 participating clubs divided into two groups of eight, from which the top four clubs of each group will advance to a knockout stage in which the champions will be decided. Meanwhile, the Torneo Clausura, to be played from 19 June to 6 November, will be played under a double round-robin format. The distribution of international berths was confirmed on 11 January 2022 . The champions of both tournaments, as well as the Torneo Clausura runners-up and the best placed team in the aggregate table will qualify for the 2023 Copa Libertadores, while the Torneo Apertura runners-up, the Copa Bolivia champions, and the next two best placed teams in the aggregate table will qualify for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana. Teams. 16 teams compete in the league for the 2022 season, 14 of which took part in 2021. The 2021 Copa Simón Bolívar champions Universitario de Vinto and the winners of the promotion/relegation play-off Universitario de Sucre, were both promoted for  this season. The former competed in the top tier for the first time ever, while the latter returned after a 3-year absence. The promoted teams replaced Real Potosí and San José, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.