BIOGRAPHY JORGE WISTELMANN FC

University: Univalle
Teaching:

Garcia Vargas Jose

Subject:

English

Student:

Brian Ugarte Garca

Career:

Business Administration

YEAR:

2013

Club Jorge Wilstermann is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba.
It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilstermann.
HISTORY
On November 24, 1949, a group of employees of Lloyd Areo 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.
GOLDEN AGES
FIRST GOLDEN ERA
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, Carlos Trigo, Cesar Sanchez,Maximo Alcocer, Ausberto Garcia, Renan
Lopez, Alfredo Soria Romulo Cortez, Wilfredo Villarroel, Jose Trujillo, and Jose
Oscar Claure Rocabado. At that time, Wilsterman was the only team in Bolivia that
played with five forwards, which shattered defenses.
In 1959, Wilstermann repeated as national champions, earning the honor to be the
representative Bolivian side in the first edition of the Copa Libertadores de
Amrica in 1960. Their initial match pitted them against Pearol of Uruguay. The
Uruguyans defeated Wilster 7-1 in Montevideo, although the Bolivians drew their
home game 1-1.
In 1960, Wilstermann won its third consecutive national title, an achievement that
has not been equalled by any other Bolivian club.

In the 1961 Copa competition, Wilster played to a tie against Santa Fe, Colombia,
winning 3-2 in Cochabamba and losing 1-0 in Colombia. The governing body
decided to draw lots to determine which team would advance to the next round.
"The draw was a fraud. After many years we learned that the full intention of
the South American Football Confederation, which at that time was based in
Bogota, was to eliminate Wilstermann and promote Santa Fe to the semis,"
claimed then Wilster club chairman, the late Jorge Rojas. The unsubstantiated
story was that both of the pieces of paper that were put in the hat had
Wilstermann's name. The team that was drawn was eliminated. "The
Confederation official of that process confessed that he had been forced to
proceed in this manner," recalled Rojas.
SECOND GOLDEN ERA
Wilstermann enjoyed a second "golden era" in the 1970s under the chairmanship
of Alfredo Salazar. The Wilstermann team again won the national championships
in 1972 and 1973. "They were spectacular years. Wilstermann had that mystique of
a winning team: they did not like to lose ever, even less to a visiting side. Besides
they were always on the attack and even achieved a historic 2-2 tie with River
Plate in Buenos Aires," recalls Antonio Yanez, organization leader since 1975.
The Wilstermann sides of this era were highlighted by players such as Rene
Bilbao, Jaime Olivera, Hugo Perez, Hugo Franco, Juan Jose Ponce, Victor Hugo
Bravo, Juan Carlos Sanchez, Freddy Vargas, Limbert Cabrera Rivero, Milton
Theodore Abel and Joana Gangas, Carlos Canelas. Substitutes included
Batista, Limbert Cabrera Buceta, Avendao, Soto,Alberto Segovia, Wilfredo Siles,
Acevedo, Mario Perez, Edward Villaln and Jose Victor Issa.
THIRD GOLDEN ERA
Following a period of club organizational turmoil and the founding of the
professional football league of Bolivia, the Liga de Ftbol Profesional Boliviano,
Wilstermann enjoyed its third "golden age", winning national titles in 1980 and
1981.
During this period, the team looked to achieve something sought unsuccessfully by
many Bolivian football clubs before: qualifying for the second phase of the Copa
Libertadores de America. In opening Copa round play, Wilster beat good
teams Club Deportivo Tcnico Universitario, Ambato and Barcelona Sporting Club.
To seal their qualification for the second round, Wilstermann beatThe Strongest 4-1
in the match tiebreaker in a memorable match at the stadium Estadio Ramn
Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
In the second phase, Wilstermann faced the formidable rosters of Deportivo Cali of
Colombia and Flamengo of Brazil. They first tied the Colombian side 1-1 in
Cochabamba, but fell 1-0 in Cali. The team from Rio de Janeiro defeated Wilster 21 at home, as well as in Maracan, 4-1. While these results were disappointing,

Wilstermann had accomplished what no Bolivian team had before. The

Wilstermann sides of this era were highlighted by players such as Roger Perez,
Carlos Trigo, Victor Villalon, Carlos Arias, Eduardo Navarro, Jhonny Villarroel,
Freddy Vargas, Cesar Enriquez, Jairzinho, Gaston Taborga and Freddy Salguero.