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The Strongest, Moron, Meat Commission, Fotballaget Fart are just football teams!

By, Mumbai:
Dec 26, 2016 10:19 PM IST

A football club in Bolivia may just have earned the bragging rights to be called the strongest club ever, simply by virtue of being called… The Strongest

Football clubs around the world like to flex their muscles in different ways. Some prefer to flash money during the transfer window to rope in the biggest names. Others like to show their strength on the pitch. But a football club in Bolivia may just have earned the bragging rights to be called the strongest club ever, simply by virtue of being called… The Strongest.

Bolivia's The Strongest team poses during their Copa Libertadores football match against Brazil's Sao Paulo, at the Hernando Siles stadium, in La Paz Bolivia, on April 21, 2016. The Strongest were crowned Bolivian champions for the 12th time when they beat arch-rivals Bolivar 2-1(AFP)
Bolivia's The Strongest team poses during their Copa Libertadores football match against Brazil's Sao Paulo, at the Hernando Siles stadium, in La Paz Bolivia, on April 21, 2016. The Strongest were crowned Bolivian champions for the 12th time when they beat arch-rivals Bolivar 2-1(AFP)

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While clubs around the world are traditionally named after the city or region they are based in, this football club in Bolivia, started in 1908 in La Paz, stands out.

The quirky name, of course, comes with a quirkier back story. The name came about as the founders were determined to be part of a club which would be strong enough to stand the test of time, having seen many a football club in the high-altitude city not even lasting a decade.

So having toyed with the idea of naming the club ‘Strong’, the founders decided that just being ‘strong’ was not good enough. So, The Strongest was born.

Justifying its name in more ways than one, the club has been around for the last 108 years, even winning their 12th Bolivian league title on Saturday.

The Strongest have a tragic past

They have also faced tragedy similar to the one faced by Brazilian football team Chapecoense last month when in 1969 a plane carrying their entire team crashed in the Andes Mountain while on their way back from a friendly match in Santa Cruz. The team lost 17 players apart from staff members in the crash, termed as the Tragedy of Viloco.

However, the club showed they are made of sterner stuff and raised another squad from scratch, with a little help from clubs like Argentina’s Boca Juniors and River Plate.

Of course The Strongest is not the funniest name for a football club. That distinction arguably should go to Bahamas’s Insurance Management Bears, who, not surprisingly, prefer to be called The Bears.

Legend goes that since the owner of the club received a generous grant to start the football club from his employers, Insurance Management Bahamas Ltd, he named the club after them.

Funniest club names

Others who can stake a claim to be called the club with the funniest names are Argentina’s Deportivo Moron, South Africa’s Botswana Meat Commission and Norway’s Fotballaget Fart.

However, there should probably be just the one contender for the strongest football club: one nestled in the lofty heights of Bolivia’s La Paz.

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    Amit Kamath is with the sports desk in Mumbai. He covers football, cricket, wrestling, shooting and kabaddi.

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