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Oriente Petrolero
Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two times. They have also been successful in South America, by being the second Bolivian team to make the quarter-finals in Copa Libertadores. The club had their first major success in 1971, when they won the league championship. Oriente Petrolero won several cup competitions during the 1980s, but after that did not win another major title until 1989. The past decade has been the most successful period in Oriente's history, capped by winning La Liga titles in 2001, and 2010. They have a longstanding rivalry with fellow Santa Cruz team Blooming. History While still in the Association of Santa Cruz, an amateur club was formed on the basis of a neighborhood team called 'Oriente', composed solely of employees of the YPFB oil company. On 5 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Estadio Ramón "Tahuichi" Aguilera Costas is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Blooming, Oriente Petrolero, Destroyers, and Royal Pari. Inaugurated in 1940, the stadium has a capacity of 38,000 people and was one of the official stadiums for the 1997 Copa America. Organized by the Tahuichi Academy, every year during January this stadium hosts one of the greatest youth football tournaments in the world, the "Mundialito Paz y Unidad." Past participants of the U-15 tournament have included Real Madrid, Benfica, Vasco da Gama, River Plate, Colo-Colo and many youth national teams. History Name Changes At first it was named ''Estadio Departamental de Santa Cruz'', then in 1972 following the death of auto racing legend Willy Bendeck in a local competition, the decision to name the departamental stadium after Willy Bendeck was finalized. In 1979 the Tahuichi Aguilera football academy was invited to an interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of military leader Simón Bolívar, the club has used light blue kits throughout its history, which is why it is nicknamed "Los Celestes" (The Sky Blues). The club has two stadiums; Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar, which has a capacity for 5,000 people and is located in the Tembladerani neighborhood of La Paz, is only used for training sessions and friendly matches. Estadio Hernando Siles, which holds a capacity for 41,143 people, is the club's main stadium, and is used for official matches. Bolívar began playing the amateur era two years after its foundation, in 1927, and in the 1932 tournament the club won its first championship title. In the professional era, the club won the first tournament of the Bolivian Primera División in 1950, and since then has won 31 league titles, making it the most successful Bolivian football club. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Copa Sudamericana
The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2010 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship. Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, LDU Quito was the defending champion. Starting with this edition, each country gained an additional berth, with the exception of Argentina and Brazil. Boca Juniors and Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate were no longer invited to the competition without merit. Qualified teams Round and draw dates The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw. All events occurred in 2010 unless otherwise stated. Dates in ''italics'' are only reference dates for the week the matches are to be played. The draw for this tournament took place on April 28 in Luque at the CONMEBOL Conventions Center. Tie-breaking criteria The tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities. It includes part of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, along its eastern border. It is bordered by Brazil to the Bolivia-Brazil border, north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the Argentina-Bolivia border, south, Chile to the Bolivia–Chile border, southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilstermann
Club Cultural y Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann, known simply as Wilstermann, is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba, founded on 24 November 1949 by a group of workers of Lloyd Aereo Boliviano. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilstermann. Wilstermann is one of the three most frequent winners of the Primera Division de Bolivia and the first Bolivian team to qualify to the Copa Libertadores semi-finals. History On November 24, 1949, a group of employees of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano met to form a football club that would be identified with the company and become the pride of its workers. After two hours of debate, they founded the club with the name "San Jose de la Banda" in tribute to the area and the airport in Cochabamba. They proceeded to the election of the board, and appointed Justo Mancilla as club president. After some debate, blue and white were chosen as the team colors. After the death of the company's first commercial pilot in Bolivia, Jorge Wilster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Central (football Club)
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Union Central may refer to: * Club Unión Central, a Bolivian soccer team * National trade union center, a federation or confederation of trade unions in a single country * Union Central Life Insurance Company Union Central Life Insurance Company was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1867. It was established as a mutual insurance company. Among its founders were Norman Wait Harris, founder of Harris Bank. In 2005, it formed a mutual insurance holding com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Robledo
Juan Marcelo Robledo Pizarro (born 12 March 1978 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i .... References External links * * 1978 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Bolivian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers The Strongest players Club Bolívar players Club Deportivo Guabirá players C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players Universitario de Sucre footballers Bolivian football managers Bolivian Primera División managers Bolivian expatriate football managers Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Independiente Petrolero m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga De Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin America * Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, football club from Costa Rica commonly known as "La Liga" * Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito * Liga MX, highest professional division of the Mexican football league system Romania * Liga I, highest professional division of the Romanian football league system * Liga Elitelor, a system of youth Romanian football leagues covering the under-17 and under-19 age groups Portugal * Liga Portugal, highest professional division of the Portuguese football league system * Liga Portugal 2, second highest professional division of the Portuguese football league system * Liga 3 (Portugal), third highest professional division of the Portuguese football league sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana began in 2002, replacing the separate competitions Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur (that had replaced Copa CONMEBOL) by a single competition. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana is considered a merger of defunct tournaments such as the Copa CONMEBOL, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana becomes eligible to play in the Recopa Sudamericana, the South American supercup. They gain entry to the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Liga De Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Season
The 2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 32nd season of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season was split into two championships: the Apertura and the Clausura. Teams and venues Torneo Apertura The 2008 Campeonato Apertura Entel was the first championship of the season. It began on February 23 and ended on July 20. Top goalscorers Torneo Clausura The 2008 Campeonato Clausura Entel was the second championship of the season. It began on August 3 and ended on November 3. First phase Serie A Serie B Second phase First leg ---- Second leg ---- Final phase The finals was a best-of-three series. Game 1 ''Blooming is ahead 1–0.'' ---- Game 2 ''Series tied 1–1.'' ---- Game 3 ''Aurora won 2–1.'' *Aurora qualified for 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage. *Blooming qualified for 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage. Torneo Play Off First round ''As the four best losers, Oriente Petrolero, San José, Aurora, and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universitario
Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universitario, has competed in the top tier of Peruvian football, the Peruvian Primera División (Liga 1), since 1928. They are the most successful team in Peruvian football with 28 titles and have never been relegated. The club was founded in August 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of San Marcos but was forced to rename it in 1931. The club won its first Peruvian title in 1929, one year after its debut in the first division. The club won its first double in the 1945 and 1946 seasons and won its only treble after conquering the 2000 season. Since then, Universitario has won twenty-seven first-division titles and was the first Peruvian club, and the Pacific, to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores in 1972. Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
