Club Ciudad de Bolívar

Club Ciudad de Bolívar is an Argentine sports club based in San Carlos de Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province. The club, founded in 2002 as a volleyball institution at the initiative of local TV host Marcelo Tinelli, won the championship the same season it debuted, beating Rojas Scholem at the finals. Bolívar it is one of the most winning clubs in the Liga Argentina de Voleibol with eight titles, winning the last one in 2019.

The football team participates in regional league Torneo Federal A, while volleyball squads play in the "Liga Olavarriense", based in Olavarría Partido, where Bolívar won its last title in 2022.

Other sports practised in the club are field hockey, rugby union, basketball, and paddle tennis.

History
The club was founded on October 23, 2002, subsequent to that year's FIVB Men's World Championship held in Argentina. The club's foundation was initiative of TV host and entrepreneur Marcelo Tinelli (who was born in San Carlos de Bolívar). Tinelli called former national team captain Daniel Castellani to the project, which conceived the club as a youth player recruiter and former. The colors chosen were the light blue and white, as a tribute to the city of Bolívar's football team that wore those colors.

Bolívar won the championship in the first league it played, the 2002-03 season, defeating Rojas Scholem in the finals. The squad would win its second consecutive title in the 2003-04 season. In 2006 Javier Weber became the team's manager. Under his coaching, the team won its first international title in Brazil.

The team has used different names for sponsorship reasons, such as Bolívar Signia, Orígenes Bolívar, DirecTV Bolívar, and Drean Bolívar among others.

Bolívar it is one of the most winning clubs in the Liga Argentina de Voleibol with eight titles, winning the last one in 2019 after beating Obras Sanitarias in the final. The club also won the South American Men's Club Volleyball Championship in 2010, earning the right to represent the continent in the FIVB Men's Club World Championship.

The club inaugurated a field hockey pitch with artificial turf and dimensions of 91 x 55 m, in 2016.

Bolívar opened a football section in 2019 and affiliated to Bolívar League to play in the regional competition. In 2020 the team was invited to play in Torneo Regional Federal Amateur by Consejo Federal, the division of AFA that maanages provincial competitions. Bolívar gained promotion to Torneo Federal A, the regionalised 3rd. division of the Argentine football league system, after defeating Independiente de Neuquén 3–0 in Carmen de Patagones. The first national competition contested by Bolívar was the 2023 Copa Argentina, where the squad lost to Independiente 3–0.

Current squad
As of 2023, source:

Staff

 * Coach : Manuel Fernández '''
 * Second coach: Cristian Pierrou

Notable players
The following volleyball players are mentioned in the "history" section of the club's official website.


 * 🇦🇷 Sebastián Firpo
 * 🇦🇷 Guillermo Quaini
 * 🇦🇷 Sebastián Jabif
 * 🇦🇷 Eduardo Rodríguez
 * 🇦🇷 Mariano Baracetti
 * 🇦🇷 Alejandro Spajic
 * 🇦🇷 Leonardo Patti
 * 🇦🇷 Guillermo García
 * 🇦🇷 Marcelo Román
 * 🇦🇷 Santiago Darraidou
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Peralta
 * 🇦🇷 Gabriel Arroyo
 * 🇦🇷 Luciano de Cecco
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Stepanenko
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Alanís
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Meana
 * 🇦🇷 Javier Filardi
 * 🇦🇷 Agustín Loser
 * 🇧🇷 Badá
 * 🇧🇷 Pezao
 * 🇧🇷 William
 * 🇧🇷 Wallace
 * 🇨🇿 Dalibor Polak
 * 🇺🇸 Gabriel Gardner
 * 🇻🇪 Ronald Méndez
 * 🇻🇪 Iván Márquez
 * 🇦🇺 Thomas Edgar

Managers

 * 🇦🇷 Daniel Castellani (2002–2006)
 * 🇦🇷 Javier Weber (2006–2013) - (2014-2020)
 * 🇦🇷 Rodrigo Martínez Granados (2021-present)

Volleyball

 * Liga Argentina A1 (8): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016-17, 2018–19
 * Copa Argentina (5): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
 * Copa Máster (2): 2012, 2015
 * Torneo Súper 8 (1): 2008–09
 * South American Volleyball Club Championship (1): 2010
 * Copa Libertadores (1): 2018-19

Friendly

 * Copa Internacional Ciudad Bolívar (3): (2006, 2008, 2009)
 * Campeón Copa World Challenge Club Volleyball (3) : (2008, 2009, 2012)
 * Campeón Copa Grand prix San Ludgero 2006
 * Campeón Copa 75´ Aniversario Federación Metropolitana 2007
 * Campeón Supercopa MERCOSUR 2007
 * Campeón Copa Internacional Courmayeur 2007
 * Campeón Copa Ciudad de Manacor 2007
 * Campeón Top Four (Brasil) 2012