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 into two competitions: Copa Aerosur and Copa Aerosur del Sur. The South Aerosur Cup was created due to requests from several Southern teams that were not taken into account in the original Cup. Some major competitors in 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.
The Aerosur Champion Cup and the South Aerosur Cup are widely anticipated tournaments by Bolivian soccer fans. This is because they are the first two tournaments that open the season and they are also an opportunity to see new players and reinforcements hired by each team.
List of Championship Copa Aerosur
Ed. Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Semifinalists 2003 Oriente Petrolero (1) Jorge Wilsterman Bolivar San José 2004 Jorge Wilstermann (1) Aurora The Strongest Oriente Petrolero 2005 Oriente Petrolero (2) Bolivar Destroyers Jorge Wilstermann 2006 Blooming (1) The Strongest Oriente Petrolero Real Potosi 2007 The Strongest (1) Oriente Petrolero Bolivar Chaco Petrolero 2008 Blooming (2) Jorge Wilsterman Bolivar Universitario de Sucre 2009 Bolivar (1) Jorge Wilsterman Blooming Oriente Petrolero 2010 Bolivar (2) Jorge Wilsterman Blooming The Strongest 2011 Jorge Wilsterman (2) Aurora Oriente PetroleroThe Strongest
Copa Aerosur del Sur Ed. Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Semifinalists 2006 San José (1) Universitario de Sucre Real PotosíUnión Central 2007 La Paz (1) Real Potosí Universitario de Sucre Destroyers 2008 Real Potosí (1) Universitario de Sucre La PazGuabira 2009 San José (2) Universitario de Sucre La PazThe Strongest 2010 Guabirá (1) Real Potosí San José Universitario 2011 Universitario de Sucre (1) Real Potosí San JoséNacional Potosí
Results by team (Copa Aerosur)
ClubWinsLast final wonRunners-upLast final lostJorge Wilstermann2201142010Oriente Petrolero2200512007Bolívar2201012005Blooming220080The Strongest1200712006Aurora022011
Results by team (Copa Aerosur del Sur)
ClubWinsLast final wonRunners-upLast final lostSan José220090Guabirá120100Universitario de Sucre120110Real Potosí120083La Paz120073
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