Clásico Paceño
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Other names | Bolivian Derby, Clásico Boliviano, Clasico de La Paz |
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Location | La Paz, Bolivia |
Teams | Club Bolivar The Strongest |
First meeting | Bolívar 0–1 The Strongest La Paz Football Association (17 October 1927) |
Latest meeting | Bolívar 0–1 The Strongest Bolivian Primera División (21 November 2021) |
Stadiums | Estadio Hernando Siles |
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Most wins | Club Bolivar |
Most player appearances | Vladimir Soria (83) |
Top scorer | William Ferreira (23) |
The Clásico Paceño or Bolivian derby[1] is considered the most important football derby in the First Bolivian Division,[2] because in this match the two most olders teams of the First Bolivian Division play,[3][4] the clubs Bolívar and The Strongest, both from the administrative capital of Bolivia, La Paz; hence the name Paceño.
The first official Bolivian derby in history was played on 21 October 1927, they met on the Hippodrome court with a final draw, 2:2. It is the match that has been played in all Bolivian soccer competitions, from amateurism, professionalism, in Bolivian Professional Soccer League, and even in International Tournaments such as Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Libertadores.
In 2014 the Bolivian derby was listed as "one of the 25 most explosive rivalries in the world" by the specialized magazine Football Derbies.[5] The criteria that were used to show the great rivalry between both teams has to do with the game at 3,600 meters high, the time of existence of the classic, the number of games, the importance of duels, the public they carry, the repercussion national and international and even a historical account of the episodes of violence.
Although the confrontations between both rivals date back to the years 1930, the rivalry between these two teams did not become evident until the disappearance of University of La Paz from the foreground of Bolivian football at the end of the years 1960 of the 20th century.
References[]
- ^ "Los clásicos más importantes en cada país de Sudamérica". 2 September 2015.
- ^ "AS España: Las mayores rivalidades y los grandes clásicos de América". 27 October 2018.
- ^ Hans Schöggl; Karel Stokkermans (2016). "Bolivia – List of Champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Fútbol Boliviano: Torneo Boliviano de Primera Division, Títulos por Equipo".
- ^ "The 25 most explosive derbies of the world 2014". Archived from the original on 15 February 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
External links[]
- "The Strongest vs Bolívar: Bolivia's eight-decade derby". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
- La Paz
- Club Bolívar
- Bolivian football rivalries
- The Strongest
- 1927 establishments in Bolivia