Founded in 2005, it plays in the Bolivian División Profesional after being promoted for the 2022 season by winning the Copa Simón Bolívar the previous campaign.

Initially founded as a university team in the early 2000s, the club was officially founded as a professional side on 23 March 2005, the day it was affiliated to the Asociación Municipal de Fútbol Vinto.

[1] Universitario de Vinto reached the second stage of the Simón Bolívar in 2018, but did not appear in the 2019 and 2020 campaigns after failing to qualify.

[1] They returned to the national second division in 2021, and won the title after defeating Universitario de Sucre in the Final.

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.