Cobresal

Cobresal

Full name	Club de Deportes Cobresal
Nickname(s)	El Cuadro Minero
Founded	May 5, 1979
Ground	Estadio El Cobre El Salvador, Chile (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Manuel Urbina Marchant
Manager	Luis Musrri
League	Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
2010	10th
Home colours Away colours

Club de Deportes Cobresal is a Chilean football club, based in El Salvador, Atacama Region which is a mining region. The club was founded May 5, 1979 and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are played at the Estadio El Cobre stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 20,000 seats.

The name comes from the local copper mine establishment. With fellow copper mining team Cobreloa they play the Clásico del Cobre (Copper Derby).

History

The Club de Deportes Cobresal was officially founded on May 5, being its first president Luis Sugarret. On June 14 of the seam year, the team's played its first match versus the Incabus team of Diego de Almagro, with victory of Cobresal for 3-2. In August the team played its first match versus a professional team, that ended in a draw 3-3 aganist Coquimbo Unido.

In december 14 of 1979 Cobresal nominated to Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Chile to enter to the second division of the Chilean professional football. For this, it was necessary for the Club Deportivo Hospital of the El Salvador is offered for membership in the National Amateur Football Association (ANFA).

On 26 February 1980 formalized entry's of Cobresal of professional football and the Second Division. In his first game in the professionalism, Cobresal lost 2-1 against debutant also Regional Atacama in Copiapo. At the end of his first season the club finished in 14th position.

In 1982 Cobresal finished 5th, which earned him a playoff spot for classifying to the Promotion where is it in last place, not getting up. However, the following year, under the hand of Manuel Rodriguez, the team reached Second Division championship, finishing the year with a 12 points lead against his closest challenger, San Luis Quillota.

National honors

• Copa Chile: 1

1987

• Second Division champions: 2

1983, 1998

Performance in conmebol competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

Best: First Round in 1986

1986: First Round

Club Facts

• Years in First Division: 18 (1984–92), (1994), (1999), (2002-)
• Years in Second Division: 11 (1980–83), (1993), (1995–98), (2001–02)
• Appearances in Copa Libertadores: 1 (1986)

• Largest Margin of Victory:
  • In First Division matches: 8-1 (vs. Osorno)

Notable players

• Rubén Dundo
• Rodrigo Barra
• Vladimir Bigorra
• Nicolás Canales
• César Díaz
• Ronald Fuentes
• Franklin Lobos
• Rubén Martínez
• Rodrigo Núñez
• Mauricio Rojas Toro
• Gabriel Vargas
• Iván Zamorano
• Álvaro Pintos
• Ramón Víctor Castro
• Iván Guillauma
• Carlos Fernando Savio

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rodolfo Ferrando 2 MF Juan Carlos Lueiza 3 DF Cristián Olguin 4 DF Boris Aravena 5 DF Daniel Aguilera 6 DF Pablo Pallante 7 FW Omar Mallea 8 MF José Galván 9 FW Joel Soto 10 MF Héctor Pericás 11 FW Miguel Angel Cuellar 12 GK Emanuel Vargas 13 MF Carlos Soza 14 MF Joan Henríquez 15 DF Eduardo Farías 16 DF Sebastián Díaz

No. Position Player 17 MF José Luis Cabión 18 MF Hans Salinas 20 MF Patricio Pérez 21 MF Renato González 22 GK Jose Jorquera 23 MF Francisco Andra 24 DF Claudio Muñoz 25 GK Luis Rogel 26 FW Felipe Araya 27 DF Víctor Osorio 28 DF Nicolás Pisano 29 DF Diego Cerón 30 MF Mirko Serrano 31 MF Diego Muñoz 32 MF Ricardo Yáñez -- DF Matías Arriagada

External links

• Official Page - Spanish
• Unofficial Page - Spanish