Club Mariscal Santa Cruz, was a Bolivian
football
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club based in the city of
La Paz, Bolivia
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, named in honour of
Andrés de Santa Cruz
Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (; 30 November 1792 – 25 September 1865) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as interim president of Peru in 1827, the interim president of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the sixth president of B ...
, former President of
Peru
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and
Bolivia
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.
It was founded in 1923 as ''Northern Football Club'', in 1966 the club changed its name, after it had been sold to the Bolivian Armed Forces due to financial difficulties.
Mariscal Santa Cruz played in the ''Liga Paceña de Fútbol'' the semi-amateur football league of the Bolivian Capital from its formation in 1950 until 1976 when the club was dissolved.
Mariscal Santa Cruz first and only appearance in an international Official
CONMEBOL
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tournament was the
Copa Ganadores de Copa
The Copa Ganadores de Copa, also known as Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, was a South American football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Its first edition was held in 1970 and was won by Bolivian club Mariscal Santa Cruz. The second edition was o ...
1970, played in
La Paz, Bolivia
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bol ...
. The club won the tournament, the first and thus far only Bolivian club so to do.
In 1976 the club was dissolved by the then Bolivian President, General
Hugo Banzer
Hugo Banzer Suárez (; 10 May 1926 – 5 May 2002) was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 in a military dictatorship; and then a ...
.
Honours
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Copa Ganadores de Copa
The Copa Ganadores de Copa, also known as Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, was a South American football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Its first edition was held in 1970 and was won by Bolivian club Mariscal Santa Cruz. The second edition was o ...
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**1970
*5 ''participations'' in
Torneo Nacional de Bolivia
*
Torneo Nacional de Bolivia Best Position — 3rd (1969)
*''Liga Paceña'' Best Position — 3rd (1968, 1969, 1970, 1976)
See also
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Bolivian Football Regional Leagues The third tier of the Bolivian football league system consists of nine regional leagues (one for each department); the number of participants varies depending
on the department. It usually has between 8 and 12 teams. The winner and the runner-up o ...
References
CONMEBOL official tournament page{dead link, date=June 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
Football clubs in Bolivia
Defunct football clubs in Bolivia
Association football clubs established in 1923
Association football clubs disestablished in 1976
1923 establishments in Bolivia
1976 disestablishments in Bolivia