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Bolívar
Full name	Club Bolívar
Nickname(s)	La Academia (The Academy); El Rey de Copas (The King of Cups); AKD; "El + Grande" (The Biggest), La mitad más uno.
Founded	April 12, 1925; 92 years ago
Ground	Estadio Hernando Siles; La Paz, Bolivia
Capacity	42,000
Chairman	Guido Loayza (Leadership) ; Marcelo Claure (Baisa S.R.L.)
Manager	Claudio Vivas
League	División Profesional
2019 Clausura	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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Club Bolívar is a football club from Bolivia, founded in La Paz on 12 April 1925. It is the most successful team in Bolivia. It is the only team in Bolivia that has reached the Copa Libertadores semi-finals and Copa Sudamericana finals in 2004. and it is the team with the most fans in Bolivia.^[1] Their home stadium is Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar (5,000), but they usually play at Estadio Hernando Siles (42,000) due to its greater capacity.

Club Bolivar is the current (2017) champion of the Bolivian League. With this, Bolivar accumulates 27 championships in the Bolivian professional soccer league. No Bolivian team comes even close to this success. Club Bolivar is the most successful team in Bolivia.

Among the best players in Bolivar's history are Marco "El Diablo" Etcheverry; Erwin "Platini" Sanchez; Julio Baldivieso; Mario Rojas; Carlos Borja; Vladimir Soria; Carlos Angel Lopez, Ramiro Blacut, Víctor Ugarte, Carlos Aragones, Ramiro Castillo, "Juanmi" Callejon, Nelson Cabrera, Walter Flores, Ronnie Fernandez and many more.

Colors

Bolivar traditional home colors are light blue, traditional away colors are dark blue or white.

Rivalry

Bolivar's classic rival is The Strongest. Both teams are from La Paz.

Total matches: 262
Bolivar wins: 113
Ties: 86
The Strongest wins: 63

Achievements

National Honours

First Division – LPFB/División Profesional Era: 23

1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004-A, 2005-AD, 2006-C, 2009-A, 2011-AD, 2013-C, 2014-A, 2015-C, 2017-A, 2017-C, 2019-A

First Division – AFLP Era: 6

1950, 1953, 1956, 1966, 1968, 1976

Liga de Fútbol Amateur Boliviano: 6

1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942

Copa Aerosur: 2

2009, 2010

Copa Bolivia: 4

1979, 1989, 1990, 2001

Runner-up (3): 1980, 1992, 1999

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Copa Libertadores: 28 appearances

Best: Semi-finals in 1986 and 2014

Copa Sudamericana: 7 appearances

Best: Final in 2004.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BOL	Javier Rojas
2	DF	SLV	Roberto Domínguez
3	DF	BOL	Adrian Jusino
4	DF	BOL	Jairo Quinteros (on loan from Inter Miami)
5	DF	BOL	Luis Gutiérrez
6	MF	BOL	Cristhian Machado
7	FW	BOL	Victor Abrego
8	DF	BOL	Diego Bejarano
9	FW	ARG	Marcos Riquelme
10	FW	BOL	Vladimir Castellón
11	DF	BOL	Enrique Flores
12	DF	PAR	Teodoro Paredes (on loan from Newell's Old Boys)
13	GK	BOL	Guillermo Vizcarra
14	DF	BOL	Joel Fernández


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	PAR	Fidencio Oviedo
17	FW	BOL	Juan Carlos Arce
18	FW	ARG	Jorge Pereyra Díaz
19	DF	BOL	Oscar Ribera
20	MF	ARG	Emiliano Vecchio
21	DF	BOL	Roberto Fernández
22	MF	BOL	Pedro Azogue
23	FW	BOL	Leonardo Vaca
24	MF	BOL	Hernán Rodríguez
25	GK	BOL	Widen Rojas
26	MF	BOL	Erwin Saavedra
28	MF	BOL	Erick Cano
—	FW	BOL	Luis Alí

2020 Winter transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SLV	Roberto Domínguez (from Santa Tecla)
—	MF	PAR	Fidencio Oviedo (from Deportivo Santaní)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Emiliano Vecchio (from Al Ittihad)
—	FW	ARG	Marcos Riquelme (loan return from Universidad de Chile)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CRC	Leonel Moreira (loan return to Pachuca)
—	GK	BOL	Saidt Mustafá (to Club Guraira)
—	DF	URU	Mauricio Prieto (to Free Agent)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Thomaz Santos (to Inter de Limeira)
—	MF	ESP	Juanmi Callejón (to Free Agent)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ARG	Matías Dituro (at Universidad Católica)
—	DF	BOL	Juan Carlos Zampiery (at Sport Boys)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Iker Hernández (at Club San José)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Claudio Vivas
Assistant First Team Coach	TBA
Goalkeeper Coach	TBA
First Team Fitness Coach	Rolando Crespo
Assistant First Team Fitness Coach	Lucas Ferreyra
Head Opposition Scout	TBA
Senior Opposition Scout	TBA
Medical Director	Guillermo Aponte
Reserve Team Manager	Oscar Villegas
Youth Team Manager	TBA

Notable players

Managers

Wilfredo Camacho
Moises Barack
Dan Georgiadis (1962, 1965–68)
Ramiro Blacut (1979, 1983, 1988–89)
Vitaly Shevchenko (1992–94)
José Pastoriza (1994)
Antonio López Habas (1994–95)
Ramiro Blacut (1995)
Jorge Habegger (Jan 1, 1996 – Dec 31, 1997)
Antonio López Habas (2000–01)
Vladimir Soria (2002–05)
Jorge Habegger (Jan 1, 2005 – June 30, 2005)
Carlos Aragonés (2005–06)
Víctor Hugo Antelo (2007)

Jorge Habegger (March 1, 2008 – Oct 9, 2008)
Gustavo Quinteros (Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009)
Santiago Escobar (July 19, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
Néstor Clausen (June 12, 2010 – Dec 12, 2010)
Guillermo Hoyos (Jan 1, 2011 – May 13, 2012)
Miguel Ángel Portugal (July 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2013)
Xabier Azkargorta (March 9, 2014–15)
Eduardo Villegas (2015)
Rubén Darío Insúa (Jan 1, 2016 – April 16)
Oscar Villegas (April 2016 – May 16)
Beñat San José (May 2016 – December 17)
Vinícius Eutrópio (January 2018 – June 2018)
Alfredo Arias (June 2018 – December 2018)
César Vigevani (December 2018 – December 2019)
Claudio Vivas (December 2019 – Present)

External links

References

^ Vanauskas, Laura (1999). An Encyclopedia of Football in Bolivia – 1914 to 1998. Heart Books – Belgium. p. 192. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[BOLVFA-1] Vanauskas, Laura (1999). An Encyclopedia of Football in Bolivia – 1914 to 1998. Heart Books – Belgium. p. 192. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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 *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Jorge Habegger]] (Jan 1, 2005 – June 30, 2005)
 *{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Carlos Aragonés]] (2005–06)

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2024 teams	Always Ready Aurora Blooming Bolívar Guabirá GV San José Independiente Petrolero Jorge Wilstermann Nacional Potosí Oriente Petrolero Real Santa Cruz Real Tomayapo Royal Pari San Antonio Bulo Bulo The Strongest Universitario de Vinto
Former teams	31 de Octubre Chaco Petrolero Ciclón Deportivo Municipal Destroyers La Paz Libertad Gran Mamoré Litoral (C) Litoral (LP) Mariscal Braun Mariscal Santa Cruz Oruro Royal Palmaflor del Trópico Petrolero Real Mamoré Real Potosí San José Sport Boys Unión Central Universitario de Pando Universitario de Sucre Vaca Díez
Competitions	Seasons
Associated competitions	Copa Aerosur Copa Aerosur del Sur Copa Sudamericana Copa Aerosur Internacional Copa Libertadores
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