Copa Aerosur

Copa Aerosur
Founded18 February 2002
CountryBolivia Bolivia
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Level on pyramid2
Current championsBolivar
(Copa Aerosur & del Sur 2011)
Most championships
Current: Copa Aerosur & del Sur 2011

The Aerosur Cup was a Bolivian football tournament held in the La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, sponsored by Aerosur airline. The original idea was to make AeroSur Cup a tournament for the winning teams from previous seasons in the whole country of (Bolivia), this idea changed. Later on, the Cup became a tournament between the 6 best teams of the main cities: Wilstermann, Oriente Petrolero, Blooming, The Strongest and Bolivar, and Aurora. In 2008 the tournament was split in two competition:Copa Aerosur and Copa Aerosur del Sur. The AeroSur Cup from the south was created due to the requests from several South teams that are not taken into account in the Original Cup. The most important protagonists of the cup are: La Paz FC (Runners-up in 2 tournaments in 2008), Real Potosi (2007 Apertura champions), Universitario (2008 Apertura Champions), San Jose (1995 Liga and 2007 Apertura Champions), which can’t be considered small teams, as they have won 3 of the last 9 tournaments played in the Major League of Bolivian Soccer.

Aerosur Champion Cup and the Aerosur Cup from the south have become important because they are considered the most eagerly awaited cup by the country's soccer fans, not only because they are the first two tournaments that open the season, but also because the expectations to see new players and reinforcements hired by each team.

List of Championship

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Copa Aerosur

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Ed. Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Semifinalists
1
2003 Oriente Petrolero (1) Jorge Wilsterman Bolivar
San José
2
2004 Jorge Wilstermann (1) Aurora The Strongest
Oriente Petrolero
3
2005 Oriente Petrolero (2) Bolivar Destroyers
Jorge Wilstermann
4
2006 Blooming (1) The Strongest Oriente Petrolero
Real Potosi
5
2007 The Strongest (1) Oriente Petrolero Bolivar
Chaco Petrolero
6
2008 Blooming (2) Jorge Wilsterman Bolivar
Universitario de Sucre
7
2009 Bolivar (1) Jorge Wilsterman Blooming
Oriente Petrolero
8
2010 Bolivar (2) Jorge Wilsterman Blooming
The Strongest
9
2011 Jorge Wilsterman (2) Aurora Oriente Petrolero
The Strongest

Copa Aerosur del Sur

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Ed. Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Semifinalists
1
2006 San José (1) Universitario de Sucre Real Potosí
Unión Central
2
2007 La Paz (1) Real Potosí Universitario de Sucre
Destroyers
3
2008 Real Potosí (1) Universitario de Sucre La Paz
Guabira
4
2009 San José (2) Universitario de Sucre La Paz
The Strongest
5
2010 Guabirá (1) Real Potosí San José
Universitario
6
2011 Universitario de Sucre (1) Real Potosí San José
Nacional Potosí

Results by team (Copa Aerosur)

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Club Wins Last final won Runners-up Last final lost
Jorge Wilstermann 2 2011 4 2010
Oriente Petrolero 2 2005 1 2007
Bolívar 2 2010 1 2005
Blooming 2 2008 0
The Strongest 1 2007 1 2006
Aurora 0 2 2011

Results by team (Copa Aerosur del Sur)

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Club Wins Last final won Runners-up Last final lost
San José 2 2009 0
Guabirá 1 2010 0
Universitario de Sucre 1 2011 0
Real Potosí 1 2008 3
La Paz 1 2007 3