The Strongest

Early years

The Strongest was founded on 8 April 1908 by a group of 12 students who named the team, "The Strongest Football Club", or El Club Mas Fuerte in Spanish. Its first President and founder was José León López Villamil. Its first championship was in 1911, well before any of the current Bolivian teams had even been created. In 1930, The Strongest became the first and only Bolivian team to win a League championship with no goals scored against them. The same year, The Strongest inaugurated the Estadio Hernando Siles, with a 4–1 victory against its classical rival (at the time), Universitario. It is the only football team in the world to have a battle named after it. In the Chaco War (1932–1935) the players, staff and members of the club, which numbered around 600, enlisted in the Bolivian Army. A division largely composed of these "Stronguistas" played a vital part in the Bolivian Army's most important victory. As a result of that, the battle is named "Batalla de Cañada Strongest" in Bolivian history books. The club was one of the founding members of the first professional Bolivia league in 1950, with all 9 clubs being from La Paz. With the 1952 Torneo Interdepartamental, the club won its first professional league championship. The Strongest won the 1964 Copa Simon Bolívar, which gave it qualification for its first ever continental competition; the 1965 Copa Libertadores, at a time when only national champions entered the tournament. The club achieved Bolivia's…

National

Bolivian Primera División Winners (16): 1952, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2003-A, 2003-C, 2004-C, 2011-A, 2012-C, 2012-A, 2013-A, 2016-A, 2023 Copa República FBF Winners (1): 1958

Regional

Campeonato Paceño Winners (19): 1914, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1974 Copa 20 de Octubre AFLP Winners (1): 1916 Campeonato de 2.ª Categoría Winners (1): 1914