Copa Aerosur Explained

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Country: Bolivia
Confed:CONMEBOL
Founded:18 February 2002
Levels:2
Season:Copa Aerosur & del Sur 2011
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

Copa Aerosur

width=pxEd. !Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Semifinalists
Oriente Petrolero (1) Bolivar
San José
Jorge Wilstermann (1) The Strongest
Oriente Petrolero
Oriente Petrolero (2) Destroyers
Jorge Wilstermann
2006Blooming (1) Oriente Petrolero
Real Potosi
The Strongest (1) Bolivar
Chaco Petrolero
Blooming (2) Bolivar
Universitario de Sucre
Bolivar (1) Blooming
Oriente Petrolero
Bolivar (2) Blooming
The Strongest
Jorge Wilsterman (2) Oriente Petrolero
The Strongest

Copa Aerosur del Sur

width=pxEd. !Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Semifinalists
San José (1) Real Potosí
Unión Central
La Paz (1) Universitario de Sucre
Destroyers
Real Potosí (1) La Paz
Guabira
San José (2) La Paz
The Strongest
Guabirá (1) San José
Universitario
Universitario de Sucre (1) San José
Nacional Potosí

Results by team (Copa Aerosur)

ClubWinsLast final wonRunners-upLast final lost
Jorge Wilstermann2201142010
Oriente Petrolero2200512007
Bolívar2201012005
Blooming220080
The Strongest1200712006
Aurora022011

Results by team (Copa Aerosur del Sur)

ClubWinsLast final wonRunners-upLast final lost
San José220090
Guabirá120100
Universitario de Sucre120110
Real Potosí120083
La Paz120073