Universitario de Sucre
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier |
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| Nickname(s) | Los Doctos (The Doctos), La U de Sucre (U de Sucre), El equipo Estudiantil (Student team) |
| Founded | 5 April 1962, as Medicina |
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico Patria |
| Capacity | 32,000 |
| Owner | University of Saint Francis Xavier |
| Chairman | Eduardo Rivero |
| Manager | Daniel Cordoba |
| League | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano |
| Apertura 2016 | 9º |
Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier is a professional football team based in Sucre, Bolivia that competes in the Bolivian Primera División.
The club has two titles in its history and also has three international appearances on continental tournaments of South America, one in the Copa Libertadores and two in the Copa Sudamericana, the most notable in the 2010 season of that tournament, finishing in the Round of 16.
Universitario's home matches are played at Estadio Olímpico Patria since 1992, the complex count with 32,000 spectators. The also club is owned by the Sucre's public academy, University of Saint Francis Xavier of Chuquisaca.
Universitario was established under the expectation of the teacher Alfredo Sandi on 5 April 1962 under the name of Medicina. In the first seasons of the team, the club has the support of the "Father of the University sport" and the moral and material support of the lawyer Óscar Salas, in this moment rector of the Saint Francis Xavier University.
A memorable day for the club was when the team play his first match in its history against Ciencias Económicas at Cancha del Seminario (today Complejo Deportivo Universitario). In the half-time of the game, Sandi was to congratulate to the players and also proposed to the team to represent to the University in the championship of the Asociación de Fútbol de Sucre (AFS). The proposal was accepted by the players and the young students are committed to participate in this tournament.
In the committee of the AFS, the club was enrolled in the association under the name of Club Universitario for play in the Copa Simón Bolívar, the second tier of Bolivia. The first uniform of the club was a white kit with a blue strip, blue shorts and white socks. Subsequent, was formalized the red kit with a letter U in the chest and blue shorts.
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