Club Deportes Concepción

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Deportes Concepción

Full name	Club Deportes Concepción S.A
Nickname(s)	Los Lilas, El León de Collao
Founded	February 29, 1966
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Concepción Concepción, Chile (Capacity: 35,000)
Chairman	Nibaldo Jaque
Manager	Jorge Garcés
League	Primera B
2010	6th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportes Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción.

The club was founded on February 29, 1966 by the orgia of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region of Chile, their great rivals are Fernández Vial and Huachipato. The club plays their home games at Estadio Municipal de Concepción in Concepción, Chile, which seats about 35,000 people.

History

The team joined the second level of the Chilean professional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later gaining promotion to the Primera División de Chile.

In 1991 the team joined in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against América de Cali.

In 1993 the club was relegated after finishing 15th of 16 teams, but the club bounced straight back by winning the second division title in 1994.

Concepción played their next big international tournament in 1999, they participated in the Copa Conmebol and made it all the way to the semifinals but lost against Talleres de Córdoba from Argentina. A real disappointment to the fans.

In the year 2001, they once again played the Copa Libertadores and beat rivals such as San Lorenzo from Argentina and Jorge Wilstermann from Bolivia. Once again they made it into the round of sixteen but lost this time to Vasco da Gama from Brazil who had top class players like Romário in their team.

In 2002 the club were again relegated by finishing 15th of 16 teams in the aggregated table, they returned to the top flight in 2004.

In the year 2006 the team was suspended and could not play professionally in the whole year due to debts and unpaid salaries. The club was going to be relegated, but after a legal battle, they were readmitted in the Chilean first division, where they play in 2007. An alternative team (Deportes Concepción B) plays in the Third division of Chile as well.

Club Facts

• Seasons in Primera División: 33 (1968–81), (1985–93), (1995-02), (2005), (2007–08)
• Seasons in Segunda Division: 11 (1966–67), (1982–84), (1994), (2003–04), (2009-)
• Copa Libertadores appearances: 2 (1991), (2001)
• Largest Margin of Victory: 7-1 (vs. Santiago Morning 1976)
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 7-0 (vs Universidad de Chile 1987) 7-1 (vs. Colo-Colo 1995)
• Best Finish in Primera División: 2nd (1975)
• All-time Goalscorer: Osvaldo Castro (65 goals)

National Honors

• Segunda Division: 2

1967, 1994

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

1991: Second Round

2001: Second Round

• Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1999: Semi-Finals

Notable players

Héctor Adomaitis Juan Carlos Almada Vicente Cantatore Fernando Cavalleri Claudio Mele Diego Soñora Mario Véner Nicolás Villamil Nasa Clarence Acuña Patricio Almendra Mauricio Aros Juan Carreño Víctor Hugo Castañeda Osvaldo Castro Luis Chavarría Jonathan Cisternas Jorge Contreras Gerardo Cortés Nelson Cossio Daud Gazale

Esteban González Hugo González Luis Guajardo Cristian Montecinos Daniel Morón Mario Osbén Alejandro Osorio Rodrigo Pérez Mauricio Pozo Jaime Patricio Ramírez Jorge Torres Vega Rodrigo Viligrón Marco Villaseca Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya Hamilton Ricard Wilmer Velásquez Jaison Ibarrola Luis de Agustini Ronald Pablo Baroni Gustavo Roverano Javier Delgado

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 Carlos Kletnicki 2 MF Patricio Jerez 3 DF César Vergara 4 DF Luis Alegría 5 DF Alexis Salazar 6 MF Mauricio Lagos 7 MF Andrés Colombo 8 MF Santiago Maidana 9 FW Emanuel Herrera 10 MF Mariano Berriex 11 DF Alejandro Figueroa 12 MF Cristián Morán 13 DF Jorge Alvarado 14 FW David Llanos

No. Position Player 15 GK Jorge Deschamps 16 MF Ányelo Alvarado 17 DF Cristóbal González 18 MF Rodrigo Viligrón 19 FW Darkin Serna 20 DF Ricardo Garrido 21 GK Jonathan Salvador 22 MF Brandon Muñoz 23 MF Juan Leiva 24 FW Anibal Domeneghini 25 FW Gustavo Savoia 27 MF Javier Bustos 28 DF Jose Sandoval -- GK Marcelo Altamirano

External links

• (Spanish) Official Website