Club Aurora

Club Deportivo Aurora, commonly known as Aurora, is a football club from Cochabamba, Bolivia, that plays in the División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of Bolivian football. The club was founded 27 May 1935, and plays its home games at the Estadio Félix Capriles.

Club Aurora
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Full nameClub Deportivo Aurora
Nickname(s)El equipo del pueblo (People's team)
Founded27 May 1935 (1935-05-27)
GroundEstadio Félix Capriles
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Capacity32,000
ChairmanJaime Cornejo
ManagerMauricio Soria
LeagueDivisión Profesional
2023División Profesional, 4th of 17
WebsiteClub website

Achievements

National honours
1963, 2008-C
Runners-up (4): 1960, 1961, 1964, 2004-A
  • Copa Simón Bolívar: 2
2002, 2016–17
Runners-up (1): (2000)
  • Copa Aerosur:
Runners-up (2): 2004, 2011

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
1964 - Group stage
2009 - Group stage
2024 - 2nd stage
2004 - Preliminary round
2011 - Round of 16
2012 - 2nd round
2015 - 1st round

Current squad
As of 15 April, 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Bolivia BOL Nicoll Taboada
3 DF Bolivia BOL Luis Barboza
4 MF Bolivia BOL Enrique Troncoso
5 DF Bolivia BOL Fernando Aguilar
7 FW Colombia COL Oswaldo Blanco
8 MF Bolivia BOL Rodrigo Ramallo
9 FW Brazil BRA Igor Limas
10 DF Bolivia BOL Jair Torrico
11 FW Argentina ARG Maximiliano Gómez
12 GK Bolivia BOL Luis Cárdenas
14 MF Bolivia BOL Brayan Aranibar
15 MF Paraguay PAR Sebastián Zaracho
16 MF Bolivia BOL Sergio Moruno
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Bolivia BOL Jair Reinoso
19 FW Bolivia BOL Gabriel Montaño
20 MF Bolivia BOL Amílcar Sánchez
21 DF Bolivia BOL Ramiro Ballivián
24 MF Bolivia BOL Carlos Sejas
26 MF Bolivia BOL Didí Torrico
28 DF Bolivia BOL Oscar Vaca
29 DF Paraguay PAR Nelson Amarilla
30 MF Bolivia BOL Dario Torrico
31 DF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Michelli
70 MF Brazil BRA Serginho
80 MF Bolivia BOL Jorge Sangari
99 GK Bolivia BOL David Akologo

Managers
  • Bolivia Mario Ortega
  • Bolivia Julio César Baldivieso (July 1, 2008 – July 24, 2009), (April 2, 2011 – Nov 2, 2011)
  • Argentina Jorge Habegger (Jan 5, 2012 – Feb 13, 2012)
  • Bolivia Julio César Baldivieso (June 20, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012)
  • Bolivia Victor Hugo Antelo (March 14, 2013 – Sept 30, 2013)
  • Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú (Jan 7, 2014 – July 7, 2014)
  • Bolivia David Torrico (Aug 1,2014 – Oct 11, 2014)
  • Argentina Luis Manuel Blanco (Oct 13, 2014 - June 30, 2015)
  • Bolivia Marcelo Claros (July 1, 2015 - September 2, 2015)
  • Paraguay Roberto Pérez Valdez (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
  • Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú (January 1, 2018 - April 16, 2018)
  • Bolivia Marcos Ferrufino (August 8, 2018 - April 8, 2019)
  • Brazil Thiago Leitão (April 8, 2019 - June 1, 2019)
  • Uruguay Julio Fuentes (June 8, 2019 – September 9, 2019)
  • Bolivia Julio César Baldivieso (January 1, 2020 - December 16, 2020)
  • Bolivia Humberto Viviani (January 1, 2021 - October 18, 2021)
  • Bolivia Sergio Zeballos (October 18, 2021 - February 1, 2022)
  • Paraguay Francisco Argüello (February 1, 2022 - September 13, 2022)
  • Paraguay Roberto Pérez Valdez (October 15, 2022 - October 31, 2023)
  • Bolivia Mauricio Soria (November 15, 2023 -)

Reserve team

Aurora has a reserve team named Club Deportivo Pasión Celeste, founded on 2 February 2015.[1] The club first reached the Copa Simón Bolívar in 2023.

References
  1. "Pasión Celeste, el otro Equipo del Pueblo valluno" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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