Club de Deportes La Serena

Football club infobox
clubname = Deportes La Serena


fullname = Club de Deportes La Serena
nickname = "Granates", "papayeros"
founded = December 9, 1955
ground = Estadio La Portada
La Serena, Chile
capacity = 18,000 | chairman = flagicon|Chile Carlos Castillo
manager = flagicon|Chile Víctor Hugo Castañeda
league =
season = 2007 Apertura
position = 11th
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Club de Deportes La Serena, is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena. The club was founded December 9, 1955 and plays in the first division of the . Their home games are played at the La Portada stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 18,000 seats. Their biggest rival is Coquimbo Unido. They are nicknamed "Los Papayeros", because of the papayas that are grown near La Serena in the Elqui Valley.

National honors

* Copa Chile champions: 1960
* champions: 1957, 1987, 1996

Notable players

*flagicon|Chile Juan Carlos Letelier
*flagicon|Chile Pedro Reyes
*flagicon|Paraguay Julio César Romero
*flagicon|Chile Carlos Villanueva
*flagicon|Colombia Henry Zambrano
*flagicon|Colombia Robinson Zapata

Plantilla 2008

External links

* [http://www.granate.inet.cl] --> Web of Club Deportes La Serena