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Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian
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club based in
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, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity
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. 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
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. 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
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with fellow Santa Cruz team
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.


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 November 1955, became its first president Elmer Saucedo Parada became the club's first ever president. This preparation phase lasted until the club became one of the main players in the championships of the ACF, ranking consistently among the top three. In 1957 they won the title of first ascent two years and won their first title in First of Honor. In 1960 they were second and in 1961 they won their second title in six years after defeating Blooming 1–0 in the final. In 1965 they placed their first ACF professional tournament, and finished in second place behind
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. The next year the same thing happened. However, in 1967, they won their first professional title after finishing in front of their classic rival
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. In 1971 they won their first
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title. This meant they qualified for the
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, their first Copa Libertadores. Oriente Petrolero has won national titles in the Bolivian league in 1979, 1990, 2001. In 2001 Oriente renovated players, and that was one of the most important years for the club because in the Torneo Apertura 2 Oriente end up in the second place and Bolivar first. They drew with the same number of points but Bolivar won on goal differential. In the 2001 Clausura Oriente gained a berth to the
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by winning their third national championship and the
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after finishing second in the Apertura. In the
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, Oriente could not qualify for the next round after finishing last in their group, Group 2. What surprised Oriente was that they were winning by 2–0 vs Grêmio at the first half, then at the second half their goalkeeper got injured and made the team go down. The final result was 4–2. In the
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, Bolívar eliminated Oriente in the First Phase. Bolivar won the first leg 4–2. Although Oriente won the second leg 1–0, they were eliminated in aggregate score of 4–3. In the 2002 Torneo Apertura Oriente finished in third place, so they missed a chance to qualify for
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. In the Torneo Clausura Oriente finished second. However, in the aggregate table, Oriente and
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drew with the same number of points so they played two games. In the first leg Oriente won 1–0 and in the second leg The Strongest won 2–1. They played an extra game because the global score was 2-2 and Oriente won on penalties to secure a place in the
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. In the Copa Libertadores 2003, Oriente made the worst participation ever after finishing bottom of their group with only one point. They managed to secure a draw against Universitario of Peru. In 2008 Oriente finished fourth in the Apertura 2008 and not gaining a place in the
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or
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, but they had two more championships to be played. In the Clausura Oriente they could not advance to the next stage after finishing third and letting Aurora qualify. In the Torneo Play-off Oriente at least qualified to the Loser's round. In that round Oriente beat Aurora by 6–0, but in the final they lost against San Jose 4–2 on Aggregate. In 2009 the Bolivian Professional Football League ( LFPB) confirmed the club
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as Clausura 2004 tournament champion, after five years of the challenge with which they took the title with Oriente. The League president, Mauricio Mendez said that legally the title belongs to the ''Aurinegra'', which at that time had in its ranks the Argentine goalkeeper Marcelo Robledo, whose performance was observed by teams of Union Central and Jorge Wilstermann and arguing that no documents had realized that he was Bolivian. This was an issue not resolved, because the board of the club showed that the goalkeeper had already won the
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n nationality before the High Court for Sports Discipline (TSDD), however, the title was given to another runner with Oriente Petrolero causing the controversy. The leadership of the club called the decision as fair, because this year the La Paz team fought until the end for the title and the title was the reward for the effort of the players. In conclusion The Strongest was awarded the championship. In 2009 Oriente was close to the title, but they could not win their last two away games against The Strongest and Bolivar. In the Clausura Oriente could advance to next stage, but in the quarter-final Oriente surprisingly knocked out Bolivar (anyway, they qualified as the best loser). In the semi-final they lost against their classic rival
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. Oriente gained the third place in Clausura that gave Oriente a second participation in the
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. In the Torneo Playoff Oriente eliminated their rival Blooming (Qualified to best Loser's round), in the quarter-final Oriente eliminated San Jose. In the Semi-final Oriente was eliminated by Bolívar after drawing in two games. That year Oriente had spent a lot of money in strikers, but after two years Oriente qualified to an international cup. Oriente began with
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, but were eliminated in the first stage. After being eliminated, they received an invitation from
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to participate in the Peru International Cup. On 3 February they eliminated
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3–2 in the semi-final and in the final they beat
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3–0 on penalties after drawing 0–0 after 90 minutes and they won their first Peru International Cup.


Historical participation in the Copa Libertadores 1988

In the Copa Libertadores 1988, Oriente was drawn in group 4 with: Bolívar (Bolivian rivals),
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, and Olimpia. Oriente finished first in the group with seven points. They began their campaign by beating fellow Bolivian rivals Bolivar 2–1 in
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. They then played Olimpia at home in Santa Cruz and won 1–0, and also won the away leg 2–1. They later tied at home with Cerro Porteño 2-2, although they lost the away leg in
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1–0, and lost 3–1 to Bolivar at home. In the second phase, their rival was
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of
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. In the first leg played on September 8 in Santa Cruz, they took advantage and won 2–1. While in the return match played on September 14 in
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, the match ended 0–0. They qualified to the next round. In the quarterfinals, their opponent was
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in
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. In the first leg played on September 21 in Santa Cruz, the game ended in a 1–1 draw. However, in the second leg played on October 28 in
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, America won 2–0 thereby eliminating Oriente. With this historic participation, Oriente alongside Bolívar became the second team in Bolivia that have made it to the quarterfinals of the
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.


Uniform

*Home: green shirt with white horizontal stripes, green shorts, white socks. *Away: White shirts, white shorts, white socks


Honours


National

*
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** Winners (5): 1971, 1979, 1990,
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,
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
* Torneo de Play-Off ** Winners (1): 2010


Regional

* Campeonato Cruceño ** Winners (11): 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976 * Torneo Integrado ACF-AFC  ** Winners (1): 1976 * 2.° de Ascenso ** Winners (1): 1956 * 1.° de Ascenso ** Winners (1): 1957


Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*
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: 19 appearances ::Best: Quarter-Finals in 1988 ::1988 – Quarter-Finals ::
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 – First Stage *
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: 2 appearances ::Best: Second Stage in
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
::
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
 – Second Stage *
Copa CONMEBOL The Copa CONMEBOL () was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the ...
: 2 appearances ::1992 – First Round ::1994 – First Round *
Copa Merconorte The Copa Merconorte () was an international football competition organized by CONMEBOL from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela and starting in 2000 clubs from the CONCACAF confederation were invited includin ...
: 1 appearance ::2000 – Group stage


International

* Cuadrangular Internacional del Peru: **Winners (1): 2010


Current squad


Player of the year


Managers

* Víctor Hugo Antelo (2001-2002), (2005-2006) * Néstor Clausen (2007-2008) * Víctor Hugo Antelo (2008-2009) * Pablo Sánchez (2009) *
Marco Etcheverry Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas (born 26 September 1970) is a Bolivian former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward or midfielder. A creative playmaker, he is considered one of the ...
(2009-2010) *
Gustavo Quinteros Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desábato (born 15 February 1965) is a Association football, football manager (association football), manager and former professional player who played mainly as a centre-back. Born in Argentina, Quinteros played for ...
(2010-2011) *
Erwin Sánchez Erwin Sánchez Freking (born 19 October 1969) is a Bolivian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager. Dubbed '' Platini'',Roberto Pompei Roberto Fabián Pompei (born 14 March 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer and is currently the manager of Oriente Petrolero. Pompei previously worked as Boca Juniors' youth manager and also as their interim manager on two occ ...
(2013) * Eduardo Villegas (2014) * Tabaré Silva (2014) *
Roberto Pompei Roberto Fabián Pompei (born 14 March 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer and is currently the manager of Oriente Petrolero. Pompei previously worked as Boca Juniors' youth manager and also as their interim manager on two occ ...
(2015) *
Xabier Azkargorta Francisco Xabier Azkargorta Uriarte (born 26 September 1953) is a Spanish former professional football forward and manager. Football career Born in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Azkargorta spent five years under contract to Athletic Bilbao after arrivin ...
(2015-2016) * Eduardo Villegas (2017) * Néstor Clausen (2018) * Juan Manuel Llop (2018) * Ronald Arana (2018) * Mauricio Soria (2019) * Luis Marín Camacho (2019) * Pablo Sánchez (2019-2020) *
Erwin Sánchez Erwin Sánchez Freking (born 19 October 1969) is a Bolivian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager. Dubbed '' Platini'',Ángel Guillermo Hoyos Ángel Guillermo Hoyos Marchisio (born 9 June 1963), known as Guillermo Hoyos, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Career Playing career Hoyos hails from Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina and has played ...
(2023) * Antonio Puche (2023) * Rodrigo Venegas (2023) * Víctor Hugo Antelo (2024) * Joaquín Monasterio (2024) * Rodrigo Venegas (2025) *
Gualberto Mojica Gualberto Mojica Olmos (, born 7 October 1984) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of Oriente Petrolero. Club career Mojica was one of the most promising prospects ...
(2025-)


Club hierarchy

Oriente Ltd. :''Owner'': Unknown Oriente Petrolero plc :''Chairman'': Jose Ernesto Alvarez Executive Board :''Chief Executive'': Álvaro Velasco :''Finance and Operations Director'' : :''Club Secretary'' : Richard Méndez Cossío :''company secretary'' :


References


External links

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unofficial fan website
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