Club Blooming

Blooming
Full name	Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming
Nickname(s)	La Academia Cruceña; Celestes
Founded	1 May 1946
Ground	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Capacity	38,000
Chairman	Sebastián Peña
Manager	Carlos Bustos
League	División Profesional
2023	División Profesional, 9th of 17
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo de Blooming, commonly known as Blooming, is a Bolivian professional football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División.

Founded in 1946, its home colours are sky blue, white and navy.^[1] They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera (38,000 seats). Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz. When they face each other in the local derby also known as "clásico cruceño", it is considered one of the most important matches in Bolivian football due to the fanaticism and passion of its fans, as well as, the intensity of the match itself.

^ Vanauskas, Laura (1999). An Encyclopedia of Football in Bolivia – 1914 to 1998. Heart Books – Belgium. p. 192. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[BOLVFA-1] Vanauskas, Laura (1999). An Encyclopedia of Football in Bolivia – 1914 to 1998. Heart Books – Belgium. p. 192. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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