La Paz F.C.
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| Full name | La Paz Fútbol Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Los Ingenieros (the Engineers); Los Hombres Condor (the Condor Men)
protectress/benefactress = Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) motto = Plus Altus (Something Higher) |
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| Founded | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia |
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| Capacity | 42,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Mauricio González |
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| Manager | Sergio Apaza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Torneo Apertura 2007 | Tied for second after four games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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La Paz Fútbol Club is a professional football team from La Paz, currently playing in the Bolivian First Division Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. La Paz F.C. plays its home matches at Estadio Hernando Siles. Formerly known as Atlético González, the team gained promotion to the First Division in 2003. The team is the third most important in the city of La Paz, behind Bolivar and The Strongest.
The founder, owner and president of La Paz F.C. is Mauricio Gonzalez (also known as Mauricio Gonzalez Sfeir). The original name of the team is in honor of Mr. Gonzalez's late father, a past president of the Bolivian Society of Engineers. Mr. Gonzalez studied economics at Yale University and finance & management at Harvard Business School. Furthermore, he pursued post-graduate studies at Oxford University, while on a Marshall Scholarship. Mr. Gonzalez has had a life-long involvement with sport. He represented Bolivia in Junior Davis Cup tennis competition at the South American level and also played on the Oxford University Tennis Team. He is a past president of The Strongest football club, a past president of the La Paz Football Association and a past vice-president of the Bolivian Football Federation. Mr. Gonzalez is a charismatic promoter of Bolivian football, including junior and women's divisions. He has also been a forceful spokesman and advocate for the proposition that the Bolivian national team and Bolivian club teams should be allowed to play official international matches--including World Cup qualifying games--in the high altitude cities of La Paz, Oruro, and Potosi.
The team's most successful manager ("Director Tecnico") has been Felix Berdeja, who coached the team when it played in the Bolivian minor leagues (Primera A and Primera B) and during the team's first two seasons in the First Division. Berdeja has since gone on to manage Real Potosi, which qualified for both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana in Berdeja's second season with the team. Sergio Apaza, the current manager, began as an assistant to Berdeja. In February 2007, Apaza managed La Paz F.C. to an upset victory over Berdeja's Real Potosi in the final of the Copa AeroSur del Sur.
La Paz F.C. fields mostly Bolivian players; however, it has also benefited from the services of Colombian, Brasilian, Argentinean, and United States players. In addition, several La Paz F.C. players have played in Europe.
The teams colors are blue and red and the uniform design is similar to that of Barcelona F.C. (Spain) and San Lorenzo de Almagro (Argentina).
[edit] Achievements
- Copa Simón Bolívar: 1
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- 2003
- Copa AeroSur del Sur: 1
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- 2007
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| Aurora | Blooming | Bolívar | Destroyers | Jorge Wilstermann | La Paz F.C. | Oriente Petrolero | Real Mamoré | Real Potosí | San José | The Strongest | Universitario edit |
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