The Strongest

The Club The Strongest is a Bolivian football club from the city of La Paz, the seat of government of the country. The club was founded on April 8, 1908. The club colors are black and yellow, which is why the team is often called Aurinegro ( " golden -brown "). Other nicknames are El Tigre ( " The Tiger") and Tigre de Achumani ( "Tiger of Achumani " ), which is both due to the fact that such an animal adorns the club crest ( Achumani is a district in the south of La Paz, in where the association has its seat ).

The club play their home games at the Estadio Hernando Siles of which has a capacity of 42,000 seats. In addition, The Strongest one of the few Bolivian football club, which still have to boot departments for numerous other sports, including basketball, tennis, swimming and chess.

More than any other club in the country - - Over the years, the club brought together a number of Bolivian national team forward and won thirty-one national title, including in the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century six championships in a row. The club plays in its existence continuously in the highest league.

The Strongest participated in the years 1971, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2012 at the Copa Libertadores.

1969 died 17 players for the first team in a plane crash in Viloco.