Club Atlético Palmaflor

Club Atlético Palmaflor, best known as Atlético Palmaflor and named Municipal Vinto until 2019, is a Bolivian football club based in Quillacollo. Founded in 2009, it plays in the Bolivian Primera División after being promoted for the 2020 season by winning the Copa Simón Bolívar the previous season.

Atlético Palmaflor
Full nameClub Atlético Palmaflor
Founded2009 (2009)
GroundEstadio Municipal de Quillacollo
Quillacollo, Bolivia
Capacity5,000
ChairmanCésar Aduviri
ManagerXabier Azkargorta
LeagueDivisión Profesional
2019Copa Simón Bolívar, champions

History

The club was founded in 2009 as Club Municipal Vinto and was entered into the Cochabamba Football Association. After some seasons in the lower tiers of the regional football association, the club started experiencing financial problems which in 2017 led to its sale to a group of entrepreneurs hailing from Inquisivi Province in La Paz Department who had settled in Quillacollo.[1]

The club was moved from Vinto to Quillacollo by its new owners and earned promotion to the AFC's Primera A in 2018 by winning the Primera B championship. In the first championship of the 2019 Primera A season, Municipal Vinto finished as runners-up after losing the final to Arauco Prado but managed to qualify for the Copa Simón Bolívar.[2] Previous to the start of that competition, the club initiated the legal process before the Bolivian Football Federation to rename itself to Atlético Palmaflor, in honor to the owners' roots in La Paz.[3][1]

In the 2019 Copa Simón Bolívar, Municipal Vinto managed to advance out of the group stage by winning all of its matches.[4] In the following stage they were drawn against Real Santa Cruz, losing one match and winning the other, and then losing on penalties. Nevertheless, the club qualified for the semifinals as lucky loser and in that stage faced Deportivo FATIC from the department of La Paz. The first leg was won by Municipal Vinto by a score of 4–0, while the second leg in El Alto ended in a draw that qualified the club for the final. In the final, Municipal Vinto once again played against Real Santa Cruz, this time winning both legs (1–0 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and 2–0 in Quillacollo) and securing its first ever promotion to the División Profesional,[5] and also becoming the first team based in Quillacollo to play in the Bolivian top flight in 41 years, after Bata.[6]

Current squad

As of 28 November 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  CHI Claudio Santis
— FW  BRA Jefferson Tavares
— FW  NGA Bismark Ubah

Honours

Domestic
Winners (1): 2019
Runners-up (1): 2019-A
Winners (1): 2018

References
  1. "Palmaflor lleva nombre de un pueblo paceño y nace en 2019" (in Spanish). Diario Opinión. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. "Arauco Prado vence a Vinto y va como campeón a la Copa Simón Bolívar" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "Palmaflor tramita cambio de nombre y presenta refuerzos" (in Spanish). Diario Opinión. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "Vinto Palmaflor, revelación de la Copa Simón Bolívar" (in Spanish). La Razón. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. "Municipal Vinto se coronó campeón de la Copa Simón Bolívar y ascendió a la División Profesional" (in Spanish). El Deber. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. "Quillacollo vuelve al profesionalismo tras 41 años" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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