Club Destroyers

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Club Destroyers
Full nameClub Deportivo y Cultural Destroyer's
Nickname(s)El Canario (The Canary)

La Máquina Vieja (The Old Machine)
Destructor (Destroyer)

Tractor Amarillo (Yellow Tractor)
FoundedSeptember 14, 1948
GroundEstadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Capacity38,000
ChairmanCarlos Lorgio Blanco
ManagerVíctor Hugo Antelo
LeagueCopa Simón Bolívar
2019 ClausuraDivisión Profesional, 13th
(14th in aggregate table, relegated)

Club Destroyers is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia which plays in the second division Copa Simón Bolívar. The club was founded September 14, 1948,[1][2] and they play their home games at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera. Destroyers competed in the top-flight Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano from 1985–99 and 2005–07, and played in the first two seasons of the top-flight Division Profesional from 2018 to 2019.[citation needed]

The club won its first professional title when they won the Second Division in 2004.

Achievements[edit]

National honours[edit]

1965, 1966
2004
Runners-up: 2012, 2016–17

Current squad[edit]

As of 22 August 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bolivia BOL Elder Arauz
3 MF Brazil BRA Júnior Gaúcho
6 MF Bolivia BOL José Méndez
7 DF Bolivia BOL Diego Paz
8 MF Bolivia BOL Roly Sejas
9 FW Brazil BRA Willian Lira
11 FW Colombia COL José Ricardo Cortés
12 GK Bolivia BOL Carlos Andrés Suárez
13 DF Bolivia BOL Widen Saucedo
15 MF Bolivia BOL José Rodríguez
16 MF Bolivia BOL Jaime Arandía
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Venezuela VEN Rodderyck Perozo
18 FW Bolivia BOL Matías Aguirre
19 FW Bolivia BOL Brhyan Vaca
20 MF Bolivia BOL Victor Abrego
24 MF Bolivia BOL Marcelo Villagomez
25 DF Bolivia BOL Jorge Ayala
27 DF Bolivia BOL Erwin Melgar
33 MF Bolivia BOL Denilson Guzmán
38 MF Brazil BRA Galiardo
39 DF Bolivia BOL Lorgio Álvarez
41 MF Bolivia BOL Jheysson Campos

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vanauskas, Laura (1999). An Encyclopedia of Football in Bolivia – 1914 to 1998. Heart Books – Belgium. p. 192. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Bolivia – Foundation Dates of Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 6 July 2021.