Wilstermann
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann |
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| Nickname(s) | Aviador, Rojo, Wilster, Hercules |
| Founded | November 24, 1949 |
| Ground |
Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Capacity | 36,000 |
| Chairman |
 Gróver Vargas
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| Manager |
 Roberto Mosquera
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| League | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano |
| Clausura 2015 | 1st Champions |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba, founded on November 24 of 1949 by a group of workers of Lloyd Aero Boliviano. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilstermann. Wilstermann is one of the three most frequent winners of the Primera Division de Bolivia and the first Bolivian squad to qualify to the Copa Libertadores semi-finals.
On November 24, 1949, a group of employees of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano met to form a football club that would be identified with the company and become the pride of its workers. After two hours of debate, they founded the club with the name "San Jose de la Banda" in tribute to the area and the airport in Cochabamba. They proceeded to the election of the board, and appointed Justo Mancilla as club president. After some debate, blue and white were chosen as the team colors.
After the death of the company's first commercial pilot in Bolivia, Jorge Wilstermann, the name of the club was changed. In 1953, Captain Walter Lemma, manager of the company and partner of the deceased, suggested that both the airport and the team bear the name of the pilot, who had been very dear to the institution.
After the club's foundation, the leaders entered it in Cochabamba's Football Association (AFC) to compete in the second division. Wilstermann had no clear rival for first place and its good campaign forced it to seek to intervene in the AFC championship, which was played in La Paz and Oruro between teams from those cities.
When Dr. Jorge Rojas was appointed Wilstermann's chairman, he changed its colors to red and blue. "I chose those colors because they mean force, ferocity, and total dedication in the field", he stated. It was also the only team in the country which used those colors.
Wilstermann's first national title came in 1958. This was the first in the club's "golden age", highlighted by star players such as Walter Zamorano, Mario Zabalaga, José Carlos Trigo, César Sánchez, Máximo Alcócer, Ausberto García, Renán López, Alfredo Soria, Rómulo Cortez, Wilfredo Villarroel, José Trujillo, and José Rocabado. At that time, Wilstermann was the only team in Bolivia that played with five forwards, which shattered defenses.
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