Club Blooming
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| Full name | Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming |
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| Nickname(s) |
La Academia Cruceña (The Santa Cruz Academy is CopyCat name from Racing Club), , |
| Founded | May 1, 1946 |
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Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
| Capacity | 38,000 |
| Chairman | Jerjes Justiniano |
| Manager | Ricardo Lunari |
| League | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano |
| Apertura 2015 | 8º |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming is a Bolivian football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, formed on May 1, 1946. Its home colours are sky blue, white and navy. They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera (38,000 seats). Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz. When they face each other in the local derby also known as "clásico cruceño", it is considered one of the most important matches in Bolivian football due to the fanaticism and passion of its fans, as well as, the expectation and interest it generates in the rest of the country.
On May 1, 1946 a group of young men led by Humberto Vaca Pereyra Montaño, agreed to establish a new football club after the rupture of a previous team they had put together called "Blue Sky". In their quest to find a name, they looked for inspiration in the city of Santa Cruz's flourishing youth; therefore, they decided to name the team officially as "Club Blooming". In the years following its foundation, Blooming became a very successful club in the amateur league winning several tournaments held in the region. By 1953, the board of directors determined that it was time to enhance the club's status.
Hence, Blooming made the transition from amateur to professional football after defeating two other local teams in a short tournament. From that moment, the team earned the right to be a member of the Asociación Cruceña de Fútbol (ACF), a regional association which happened to be the highest football entity in the Santa Cruz department during that time.
In 1977, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was born. The league comprised sixteen traditional clubs from all across the country, among them Blooming. At the time the club appointed a new chairman, his name was Roberto "Tito" Paz, a well-known and respected businessman from Santa Cruz who would transform the team into a true powerhouse in the following years. Blooming's first official match in the league was played on September 17, 1977 in a 3–1 victory over Real Santa Cruz.
After playing in first division for a few seasons, Blooming managed to solidify a team that became one of the finest in Bolivian football during the early 1980s.
The manager at that time was Chilean native Raúl "El Mago" Pino. Under his directions he had a group of talented players including Silvio Rojas, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Milton Melgar, Roly Paniagua, Rolando Coimbra and Miguel Ángel Noro among others. They all became great contributors in helping the club make history by finishing as runners-up in 1982 and 1983, and winning the first national championship in 1984; thanks to that glorious long range shot by Milton Melgar in injury time against Bolívar in Cochabamba.
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