Blooming - THE AMATEUR ERA

 In 1951, Saucedo, Castedo and Viera promoted the formation of a competitive soccer team. Under the presidency of Mario Quintela Vaca Diez, the project was formalized and thus began the laureate history of Los Celestes from Santa Cruz. The president of the Association, Luis Iriarte Peña, was asked to register the entity in the ACF without going through the promotion championships, a request that was also made by Always Ready. The Association's response was that applicants Blooming and Always Ready should play a quadrangular with La Esperanza and Junior. Blooming won the quadrangular that gave them the right to enter the First Division of Honor. Under the technical direction of Melchor Rojas, Blooming began its journey in local tournaments.

In 1954, Blooming won the first title in its history as the amateur champion of Santa Cruz soccer. This is the team that won that crown: Rojas, Alpire, Higazy, Viera, Ballivián, Cuellar and Aponte. Squatting: Veizaga, Velarde, Chembo Gutiérrez, Añez, Oyola, Mercado and León.

In 1953 it played its first championship along with La Esperanza, Junior, Abaroa, The Strongest, Florida, Alianza and Always Ready. It made its debut on Sunday, July 19, 1953 against The Strongest. For that historic match he presented this lineup: Ortiz, Añez and Aponte, Velarde, Viera and Justiniano, Mercado, León, Egües, Zeballos and Alpire; Bello replaced Egües in the second half. The chronicle tells that the linesman Sanabria was replaced by Chuquimia because he was smoking while performing his duties. La Esperanza was champion that year.

1955. Blooming is two-time champion of Santa Cruz amateurism. In the picture the team parades on the opening day of the tournament that year.

Blooming won its first Santa Cruz title just one year later, in 1954, with a team very similar to the one it had fielded the previous year. They also won the championship twice in 1955. 

Tito Paz, Víctor Agustín Ugarte and Roly Aguilera, three outstanding figures in history. The most important president of Blooming, one of the three best players Bolivia has ever had and the visionary creator of the Tahuichi Academy. Both Blooming players 

It won its third crown in 1958. In 1960, Blooming reached its fourth crown when on December 31, 1960, it defeated Universidad 4-0, winning the championship with one date in advance. The winners made the Olympic lap in the midst of a tremendous downpour. The last championship in amateurism was achieved in 1963 with a goal by Roly Aguilera against Oriente Petrolero on November 24, with that goal Blooming won the championship.

It should be noted that in the amateur period, the great Blooming president was Mariano "Malaco" Saucedo, who led the institution when the light blue team won four of its five titles.