Blooming

Blooming is a Bolivian professional football club founded on 1 May 1946 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, playing home games at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, which seats 38,000, and known for its sky blue, white and navy colours. The club's nickname "La Academia" and its fans' identity as "Pascaneros del casco viejo" appear in the Spanish article, which also links the club to the old city quarter where it was born.

Blooming turned professional in 1953 and joined the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano in 1977, when it was led by chairman Roberto "Tito" Paz, whose tenure transformed the club into a leading force. The club's most notable era came in the early 1980s, when it finished runner-up in 1982 and 1983 and went on to win its first national championship in 1984.