Club Universitario

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Club Universitario
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Full name Club Deportivo Universitario
San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca
Nickname(s) Los doctos, La U
Founded 1962
Ground Estadio Olímpico Patria
Sucre, Bolivia
(Capacity 31,000)
Chairman Flag of Bolivia Jaime Barrón
Manager Flag of Bolivia Eduardo Villegas
League Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Clausura 2007 10th
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Club Universitario is a Bolivian football team playing at the top level, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. It is based in Sucre. founded in 1962, it spent most of the years playing in the 2nd division, except for a few years during the mid 80's where it played in the 1st division and re-gained a place in the top league in 2006. Their home stadium is Estadio Olímpico Patria. The team is owned by the Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre's public university.

Web Site http://laudesucre.atspace.com.

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[edit] South Bolivia Derby

Universitario's biggest rival is Real Potosí from Potosí, despite both cities not having a regular 1st division team, they enjoy a heated derby between their teams and usually the matches have crowds up to 20 000 spectators. The current South Bolivia derby started in 2006, with both teams being dominant when playing home as an away win on official tournaments is yet to be seen.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] National Honours

  • Second Division:
    • Champions: 1 (2005)

[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2006: First Round
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