2024 Club Bolívar season

Club Bolívar
2024 season
Manager	Flavio Robatto
Stadium	Estadio Hernando Siles
Torneo Apertura	Quarter-finals
Torneo Clausura	Winners
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Carlos Melgar (18); All: ; Carlos Melgar (18)
Biggest win	Blooming 0–5 Bolívar; Bolívar 5–0 Royal Pari
Biggest defeat	Flamengo 4–0 Bolívar

The 2024 season was Club Bolívar's 99th season in its history and its 59th consecutive season in the Bolivian Primera División, the top tier of Bolivian football. The club also competed in the Copa Libertadores.

Squad

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Andrés Desábato	Barracas Central	Free	17 January 2024	^[1]
DF	Renzo Orihuela	Montevideo City Torque	Loan	22 January 2024	^[2]
MF	Erwin Saavedra	Mamelodi Sundowns	Loan	23 February 2024	^[3]
MF	Henry Vaca	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Free	7 March 2024
MF	Carlos Melgar	Guabirá	Undisclosed	1 June 2024
MF	Álex Granell	Lommel	Free	24 June 2024	^[4]
DF	Diego Arroyo	Bahia U20	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Anderson	Vizela	Free	1 July 2024
GK	Rubén Cordano	Oriente Petrolero	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Alfio Oviedo	Cerro Porteño	Free	1 July 2024

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Carlos Melgar	Guabirá	Undisclosed	14 January 2024
GK	Andrés Desábato	Platense	Contract terminated	20 June 2024	^[5]
FW	Francisco da Costa	Cerro Porteño	US$1,500,000	28 June 2024	^[6]
MF	Miguel Villarroel	Oriente Petrolero	Undisclosed	19 July 2024
MF	Lucas Chávez	Al Taawoun	Loan	2 September 2024	^[7]

Friendlies

26 June 2024

Alianza Lima

2–3

Bolívar

30 June 2024

Atlético Nacional

2–0

Bolívar

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	17 February 2024	18 April 2024	Matchday 1	Quarter-finals	10	5	2	3	20	15	+5	050.00
Torneo Clausura	12 May 2024	20 December 2024	Matchday 1	Winners	30	20	7	3	76	25	+51	066.67
Copa Libertadores	4 April 2024	22 August 2024	Group stage	Round of 16	8	5	1	2	14	11	+3	062.50
Total					48	30	10	8	110	51	+59	062.50

Source: Competitions

División Profesional

Torneo Apertura

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

17 February 2024 1

Bolívar

3–1

GV San José

21 February 2024 2

Oriente Petrolero

0–2

Bolívar

25 February 2024 3

Bolívar

4–4

The Strongest

2 March 2024 4

Jorge Wilstermann

1–2

Bolívar

10 March 2024 5

The Strongest

2–1

Bolívar

14 March 2024 6

Bolívar

2–1

Jorge Wilstermann

31 March 2024 7

Bolívar

4–2

Oriente Petrolero

7 April 2024 8

GV San José

2–1

Bolívar

Play-offs

14 April 2024 Quarter-finals
First leg

San Antonio Bulo Bulo

1–0

Bolívar

18 April 2024 Quarter-finals
Second leg

Bolívar

1–1

San Antonio Bulo Bulo

Torneo Clausura

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	7	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

12 May 2024 1

Independiente Petrolero

0–1

Bolívar

19 May 2024 2

Bolívar

4–1

Real Tomayapo

22 May 2024 3

Club Aurora

1–1

Bolívar

25 May 2024 4

Bolívar

4–0

Real Santa Cruz

14 July 2024 5

Blooming

0–5

Bolívar

21 July 2024 6

Bolívar

0–0

Always Ready

28 July 2024 7

Nacional Potosí

2–1

Bolívar

31 July 2024 8

Bolívar

4–0

GV San José

3 August 2024 9

Royal Pari

0–1

Bolívar

8 August 2024 10

Bolívar

2–0

Jorge Wilstermann

19 August 2024 12

Bolívar

0–0

San Antonio Bulo Bulo

25 August 2024 13

Universitario de Vinto

0–1

Bolívar

15 September 2024 14

Bolívar

2–0

Oriente Petrolero

18 September 2024 11

The Strongest

1–1

Bolívar

22 September 2024 15

Guabirá

0–3

Bolívar

25 September 2024 16

Bolívar

3–0

Independiente Petrolero

19 October 2024 18

Bolívar

0–1

Club Aurora

23 October 2024 19

Real Santa Cruz

2–3

Bolívar

26 October 2024 20

Bolívar

0–0

Blooming

30 October 2024 21

Always Ready

1–5

Bolívar

21 November 2024 17

Real Tomayapo

2–2

Bolívar

24 November 2024 22

Bolívar

5–3

Nacional Potosí

27 November 2024 23

GV San José

3–2

Bolívar

30 November 2024 24

Bolívar

5–0

Royal Pari

5 December 2024 25

Jorge Wilstermann

2–2

Bolívar

8 December 2024 26

Bolívar

4–1

The Strongest

10 December 2024 27

San Antonio Bulo Bulo

1–3

Bolívar

13 December 2024 28

Bolívar

5–1

Universitario de Vinto

18 December 2024 29

Oriente Petrolero

1–4

Bolívar

20 December 2024 30

Bolívar

3–2

Guabirá

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bolívar	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4	13	Advance to round of 16
2	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	11	4	+7	10	Advance to round of 16
3	Palestino	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana
4	Millonarios	6	0	3	3	6	12	−6	3

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.

4 April 2024 1	Palestino	0–4	Bolívar	Rancagua, Chile
				Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

11 April 2024 2	Bolívar	3–2	Millonarios	La Paz
				Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 14,485 Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

24 April 2024 3	Bolívar	2–1	Flamengo	La Paz
				Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 22,620 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

8 May 2024 4	Millonarios	1–1	Bolívar	Bogotá, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio El Campín Attendance: 17,336 Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

15 May 2024 5	Flamengo	4–0	Bolívar	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
				Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 63,169 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

28 May 2024 6	Bolívar	3–1	Palestino	La Paz
				Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 20,757 Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)

Round of 16

15 August 2024 First leg	Flamengo	2–0	Bolívar	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Luiz Araújo 29' Pulgar 52' De la Cruz 60' Léo Pereira 89'		Justiniano 30'	Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 65,381 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

22 August 2024 Second leg	Bolívar	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Flamengo	La Paz
20:30 UTC−4	Anderson 47' 89' Bruno Sávio 57', 90'		De la Cruz 28' Gerson 61' Evertton Araújo 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 29,168 Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

References

^ "Andrés Desábato, arquero de Bolívar: "Estoy feliz de estar en un club gigante de América" | el Deber".
^ Gutiérrez, Reynaldo (January 23, 2024). "Bolívar confirma la contratación del defensor uruguayo Renzo Orihuela". Ahora El Pueblo.
^ Deber, El. "Erwin Saavedra retorna a Bolívar | El Deber". eldeber.com.bo.
^ "Bolívar anuncia el regreso de Alex Granell y suma su cuarto refuerzo, ¿quién se marcha?".
^ "Desábato rescinde su contrato con Bolívar, "me voy con la frente en alto"".
^ "Oficial: Francisco da Costa se marcha de Bolívar para fichar por Cerro Porteño de Paraguay". futbol.unitel.bo.
^ "Al Taawon de Arabia Saudita anunció fichaje de Lucas Chávez". futbol.unitel.bo.

[1] "Andrés Desábato, arquero de Bolívar: "Estoy feliz de estar en un club gigante de América" | el Deber".

[2] Gutiérrez, Reynaldo (January 23, 2024). "Bolívar confirma la contratación del defensor uruguayo Renzo Orihuela". Ahora El Pueblo.

[3] Deber, El. "Erwin Saavedra retorna a Bolívar | El Deber". eldeber.com.bo.

[4] "Bolívar anuncia el regreso de Alex Granell y suma su cuarto refuerzo, ¿quién se marcha?".

[5] "Desábato rescinde su contrato con Bolívar, "me voy con la frente en alto"".

[6] "Oficial: Francisco da Costa se marcha de Bolívar para fichar por Cerro Porteño de Paraguay". futbol.unitel.bo.

[7] "Al Taawon de Arabia Saudita anunció fichaje de Lucas Chávez". futbol.unitel.bo.

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