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.
Starting in 2026 The football team, will participate in the Primera Nacional, the second division of Argentine soccer, for the first time in its history.
While volleyball squad 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, and Volleyball.
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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. 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 manages 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. That same year the club reached the semifinal playoffs for promotion to Primera B Nacional, where it was eliminated at the hands of Douglas Haig 2-1. In the club's second participation in the 2024 Copa Argentina, the team lost to Banfield 6-0. That same year the club reached the semifinal playoffs for promotion to Primera B Nacional, where it was eliminated at the hands of Sarmiento la Banda 1-0. In the club's third participation in the 2025 Copa Argentina, the team lost to River Plate 2-0.
For the 2024 season, the club hired Héctor Storti as the club's manager.
In 2025, "El Cele" made progress in the construction of its new football field at the José Domeño Complex. The sports institution started a project that is committed to the development of football.
For the 2025 season, Cavallotti and Palisi will be in charge of the Football Department at Club Ciudad de Bolívar.
Maximiliano Cavallotti, who played goalkeeper for "El Cele" until the 2024 season, has retired from playing and will become Ciudad's General Manager. Meanwhile, Martín Palisi, a former Ciudad player in the 2022 season and most recently with Deportivo Español, has also retired from football and joins the Bolívar-based club as Sporting Secretary.
On October 19, 2025, they played the final of the Torneo Federal A against Atlético de Rafaela, defeating them after a goalless draw for the entire ninety minutes and taking a 5-4 lead in the penalty shootout.
This earned them promotion to the Primera Nacional for the first time in their history, where they will compete in the tournament next year.

Football

Current squad

As of 2026, source:

Staff

Coach : Diego FunesGoalkeeper Coach Hugo CaballieriGeneral Manager : Maximiliano CavallottiSports Secretary : Martín Palisi

Volleyball

Players

The following names are important, outstanding, historical players who passed through the club.

Managers

Titles

Volleyball

Friendly

  • Copa Internacional Ciudad Bolívar :
  • Campeón Copa World Challenge Club Volleyball :
  • 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 2012

Football