C.D. Jorge Wilstermann

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 move into 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.

Golden ages

First golden era

Wilstermann's first national title came in 1958. This was the…

National

Bolivian Primera División Winners (15): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2006-ST, 2010-A, 2016-C, 2018-A, 2019-C

Regional

Primera "A" (AFC) Winners (16): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 2011, 2011-12