Club Mariscal Santa Cruz, was a Bolivian football

Football (soccer)

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 club based in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, named in honour of Andrés de Santa Cruz

Andrés de Santa Cruz

Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana was President of Peru and Bolivia...

, former President of Peru

Peru

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 and Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

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It was founded in 1923 as Northern Football Club, in 1966 the club changed its name, after it had been sold to the Bolivian Armed Forces due to financial difficulties.

Mariscal Santa Cruz played in the Liga Paceña de Futbol the semi-amateur football league of the Bolivian Capital from its formation in 1950 until 1976 when the club was dissolved.

Mariscal Santa Cruz first and only appearance in an international Official CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

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 tournament was the Copa Ganadores de Copa

Copa Ganadores de Copa

The Copa Ganadores de Copa, also known as Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, was a now defunct official South American football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Its first edition was held in 1970 and was won by Bolivian club Mariscal Santa Cruz...

 1970, played in La Paz, Bolivia. The club won the tournament, the first and thus far only Bolivian club so to do.

In 1976 the club was dissolved by the then Bolivian President, General Hugo Banzer

Hugo Banzer

Hugo Banzer Suárez was a politician, military general, dictator and President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from August 22, 1971 to July 21, 1978, as a dictator; and then again from August 6, 1997 to August 7, 2001, as constitutional President.-Military and ideological...

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Honours

• Copa Ganadores de Copa
  Copa Ganadores de Copa
  The Copa Ganadores de Copa, also known as Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, was a now defunct official South American football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Its first edition was held in 1970 and was won by Bolivian club Mariscal Santa Cruz...
  
  : 1
  • 1970

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• 5 participations in Torneo Boliviano / Copa Simon Bolivar
• Torneo Nacional de Bolivia Best Position — 4th (1969)
• Liga Paceña Best Position — 3rd (1968, 1969, 1970, 1976)