C.D. Real Tomayapo

Real Tomayapo
Full nameClub Deportivo Real Tomayapo
Nickname(s)Verdiblanco
Verdolaga
Founded2 February 1999 (1999-02-02)
GroundEstadio IV Centenario
Tarija, Bolivia
Capacity15,000
ChairmanEdman Soliz
ManagerHumberto Viviani
LeagueDivisión Profesional
2024División Profesional, 7th of 16

Club Deportivo Real Tomayapo, best known as Real Tomayapo, is a Bolivian football club based in Tarija. Founded in 1999, it plays in the Bolivian División Profesional after being promoted for the 2021 season by winning the Copa Simón Bolívar the previous season.

History

The club was founded on 2 February 1999, representing the Eustaquio Méndez Province of the Bolivian department of Tarija. It is named after a village located 50 kilometres away from the city of Tarija and known for its peach production. The club was entered into an amateur local league shortly after its foundation.[1]

Having started in the amateur Liga Gremial Obrera, Real Tomayapo managed to make its way to the second tier of the regional league (Primera B), finishing in fourth place with 21 points in 14 matches in its first participation in 2013.[2] The club eventually earned promotion to the Primera A at the end of the 2014–15 season, beating Independiente de Tarija in a double-legged play-off.[3]

In its first years in Primera A, Real Tomayapo established itself as a mid-table club until the 2019 season, when they won their first title in the competition, beating Avilés Industrial on the last matchday to claim the 2019 Apertura championship.[4] The title in the Primera A of the Tarija Football Association (ATF) qualified the club for the 2019 Copa Simón Bolívar, Bolivia's second-tier competition, in which they made it to the semi-finals where they were defeated by Real Santa Cruz.[5][6]

Parallel to their participation in the Copa Simón Bolívar, Real Tomayapo also played the 2019 Clausura tournament of the ATF Primera A, in which they ended as runners-up behind Atlético Bermejo and qualified for the 2020 Copa Simón Bolívar. In the first stage of that competition, the club topped a group containing fellow Tarija representatives Atlético Bermejo, García Agreda, and Quebracho, beating Bermejo twice, drawing twice against García Agreda and winning one match and losing the remaining one against Quebracho. In the second round, Real Tomayapo faced the runners-up from Chuquisaca, Fancesa, whom they beat on penalty kicks but nevertheless also advanced as lucky loser. The club knocked out EM Huanuni and Cochabamba F.C. in subsequent rounds before facing Fancesa again in the semi-finals. The first leg, played in Sucre ended with Fancesa winning 3–1 and needing only a draw in the second leg in Tarija in order to advance to the final and clinch promotion to the División Profesional. Real Tomayapo managed to win the rematch by a 2–1 score with a late goal and push the definition to a penalty shoot-out, which they won by a 5–3 score in order to secure their first promotion to the top flight of Bolivian football as well as qualification for the final.[7] In the final, Real Tomayapo faced Independiente Petrolero, who had also clinched promotion after beating Vaca Díez in the other semi-final tie. After Independiente won the first leg in Tarija, Real Tomayapo had to win the second leg in Sucre in order to force a penalty shoot-out to decide the title. Real were able to win the rematch with another late goal, and with the ensuing shoot-out ending 4–3 for the side from Tarija, they became the champions of the Copa Simón Bolívar.[8]

Current squad

As of 28 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BOL Velasco Rodríguez
2 DF  BOL Juan Rioja
3 DF  BOL Jose Carrasco
4 MF  BOL Dustin Maldonado
5 DF  BOL Leonardo Corulo
6 MF  BOL Sergio Villamil
7 MF  BOL Matías Bermúdez
8 MF  BOL Cristián Arano
9 MF  VEN Leonardo Becerra
10 MF  BOL Leandro Maygua
11 MF  BOL Yustin Osorio
12 MF  BOL Mirko Tomianovic
13 MF  BOL Javier Ibañez
14 FW  BOL Alfredo Alvarado
15 DF  BOL Juan Orellana
16 DF  BOL Ronald Sagredo
17 MF  BOL Layonel Figueroa
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  BOL Luis Alí
19 FW  BOL Denis Pinto
20 DF  BOL Fernando Aguilar
21 MF  BOL Anselmo Cuesta
22 MF  BOL Alan Agustin
23 GK  BOL Pedro Galindo
24 MF  BOL Samuel Sandoval
25 GK  BOL Alex Arancibia
29 FW  BOL Miguel Graneros
30 DF  BOL Jaime Villamíl
31 MF  BOL Mario Barbery
32 DF  BOL Rivaldo Méndez
33 DF  BOL Kevin Mamani
34 FW  BOL Massiel Cardan
35 MF  BOL Josue Castillo
37 MF  BOL Massiel Maldonado
38 MF  BOL Santiago Cuiza
40 MF  BOL Ramon Alvarado

Honours

Domestic

References

  1. ^ "Real Tomayapo el equipo que llega de la tierra del durazno" (in Spanish). El Deber. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Fútbol de la B: Real Tomayapo gana a La Pampa y termina cuarto" (in Spanish). El País. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tras derrotar a Independiente: Postales del ascenso de Real Tomayapo a la primera "A"" (in Spanish). El País. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Real Tomayapo consiguió su primer título en la ATF" (in Spanish). La Voz de Tarija. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Real Tomayapo y Fortaleza serán debutantes" (in Spanish). El Periódico Digital. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Real Santa Cruz termina con el sueño de llegar a primera de Real Tomayapo" (in Spanish). El País. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ "El camino de Real Tomayapo para conseguir el ascenso" (in Spanish). El País. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Real Tomayapo, campeón de la Copa Simón Bolívar 2020" (in Spanish). Correo del Sur. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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