Independiente Petrolero

Club Independiente Petrolero is a football club from Sucre, Bolivia, founded on April 4, 1932 by players who broke away from San Francisco de La Recoleta to form their own club. The club took the name Independiente Sporting Club to express its independence, and its red and yellow colours honoured the Spanish priests who had promoted sport in Sucre. In 1953 the club came under the administration of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and was renamed Club Independiente Petrolero.

The club plays its home games at the Estadio Olímpico Patria. Its popular nicknames include Independiente de Sucre and simply Independiente, and it has a large following in Sucre and across Bolivia.

Independiente Petrolero first reached the top flight in 1981, and its most celebrated era came under president Germán Grock from 1989, when the club returned to the top division and went on to finish runners-up in 1994.