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| nickname = ''El Cacique''<br/> ''Eterno Campeón'' (The Eternal Champion)<br/> ''Los Albos'' (The Whites)
| ground = [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]], <br> [[Macul]], [[Santiago Province, Chile|Greater Santiago]]
| capacity = 47,347
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = [[Aníbal Mosa]] (Blanco y Negro)<br/>[[Matías Camacho]] (Corporation)
| manager = [[Daniel Morón]]
| coach = [[Fernando Ortiz (footballer, born 1977)|Fernando Ortiz]]
| league = [[Liga de Primera]]
| season = [[2025 Liga de Primera|2025]]
| position = Liga de Primera, 8th of 16
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'''Colo-Colo''' ({{IPA|es|ˌkolo ˈkolo|pronunciation}}), officially '''Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo''', is a [[Chile]]an professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Macul]], [[Santiago]]. Founded in 1925 by [[David Arellano]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/historia/fundacion/la-fundacion-del-club-1920-1930/ |publisher = Colo Colo |work = colocolo.cl |language = es |date = 13 December 2015 |access-date = 19 December 2018 |title = La Fundación del Club (1920-1930) |archive-date = 22 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181222234357/http://www.colocolo.cl/historia/fundacion/la-fundacion-del-club-1920-1930/ |url-status = live }}</ref> it competes in the [[Chilean Primera División]], from which the club has [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|never been relegated]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.elgraficochile.cl/la-selecta-lista-de-los-equipos-sudamericanos-que-nunca-han-descendido/prontus_elgrafico/2012-08-29/124315.html |title = La selecta lista de los equipos sudamericanos que nunca han descendido |publisher = El Gráfico |work = Elgrafico.cl |language = es |date = 29 August 2012 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054810/http://www.elgraficochile.cl/la-selecta-lista-de-los-equipos-sudamericanos-que-nunca-han-descendido/prontus_elgrafico/2012-08-29/124315.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The team has played its home games at [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]] since 1989.<ref name="ianu">{{cite web |year = 2009 |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/2009/09/una-jornada-monumental/ |title = ¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Estadio Monumental! |work = Sitio Oficial de Colo-Colo |language = es |access-date = 17 June 2011 |archive-date = 16 November 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116223248/http://www.colocolo.cl/2009/09/una-jornada-monumental/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Colo-Colo is regarded as the most successful club in Chilean football.

Colo-Colo has won 34 [[Primera División de Chile]] titles, more than any other Chilean club and a record fourteen [[Copa Chile]] titles. It was the first Chilean team to win a continental tournament, winning the [[1991 Copa Libertadores]]<ref name="Colo-Colo 91'">{{cite web |url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/colo-colo-recuerda-la-gloriosa-jornada-en-que-conquisto-la-copa-libertadores/2011-06-04/214400.html |title = Colo Colo recuerda la gloriosa jornada en que conquistó la Copa Libertadores |publisher = Emol |work = Emol.com |date = 5 June 2011 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |language = es |archive-date = 21 January 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121002427/http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/colo-colo-recuerda-la-gloriosa-jornada-en-que-conquisto-la-copa-libertadores/2011-06-04/214400.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The following year, the club went on to win a further two international titles: the [[1992 Recopa Sudamericana]]<ref name="Recopa">{{cite web |url = http://charlatecnica.cl/2012/08/hace-20-anos-colo-colo-trajo-la-recopa-sudamericana-a-chile/ |title = Hace 20 años, Colo Colo trajo la Recopa Sudamericana a Chile |publisher = Charla Técnica |work = Charlatecnica.cl |date = 21 August 2012 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120823150507/http://charlatecnica.cl/2012/08/hace-20-anos-colo-colo-trajo-la-recopa-sudamericana-a-chile/ |archive-date = 23 August 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and the [[1992 Copa Interamericana]],<ref name="Interamericana">{{cite web |url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/93315-23-de-septiembre-de-1992-colo-colo-campeon-copa-interamericana.html |title = Colo Colo Campeón Copa Interamericana |publisher = Dale Albo |work = Dalealbo.cl |date = 23 September 2011 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150713120144/http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/93315-23-de-septiembre-de-1992-colo-colo-campeon-copa-interamericana.html |archive-date = 13 July 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The club's all time top scorer is [[Carlos Caszely]] with 208 goals, and the player with most appearances is the former defender [[Lizardo Garrido]] with 560 games. [[Luis Mena Irarrázabal|Luis Mena]], dubbed the "historic one", won eleven titles for the club, a Chilean league record.<ref>{{cite web | title = Jugadores con mas Ganadores (Títulos) | url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/71648-jugadores-mas-ganadores-con-mas-titulos.html | work = Dalealbo.cl | access-date = 23 March 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142533/http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/71648-jugadores-mas-ganadores-con-mas-titulos.html | archive-date = 22 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Colo-Colo is the most supported team in Chile.<ref>{{cite web | title = Colo-Colo es el equipo más popular | url = http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090130/pags/20090130201049.html | newspaper = La Nación | access-date = 6 February 2013 | archive-date = 29 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034224/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090130/pags/20090130201049.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> According to [[CONMEBOL]], it is considered the most popular sports club in Chile with more than 7 million fans as of April 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://caracol.com.co/radio/2016/04/27/deportes/1461708496_404096.html | title=¿Cuál es el equipo con más hinchada en Colombia? | date=26 April 2016 }}</ref> Colo-Colo holds a long-standing rivalry with [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]. The club also holds a traditional rivalry in matches against [[C.D. Cobreloa|Cobreloa]] and [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]]. The [[IFFHS]] ranked the team in 14th place in [[2007 Colo-Colo season|2007]].<ref>{{cite web | title = IFFHS' 2007 Ranking | url = http://iffhs.de:80/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a10e | archive-date = 26 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090126215836/http://iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a10e | publisher = [[IFFHS]] | access-date = 11 August 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> In [[2009 Colo-Colo season|2009]], the IFFHS also named the team as the top club in Chile for the 20th century, and one of the top twenty clubs in South American football history.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = IFFHS |url = http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20e52c00f23808f15 |title = South America's Club of the Century | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001005452/http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20e52c00f23808f15 | archive-date=1 October 2009 | access-date = 11 August 2017 }}</ref>

==History==

===1925–1933: Foundation and early years===
[[File:David Arellano.PNG|thumb|160px|left|[[David Arellano]], the founder of the club]]
[[File:Colo-Colo 1925.jpg|thumb|right|250px|One of the first Colo-Colo line-ups, 1925]]

The team was founded in early 1925 by [[C.D. Magallanes|Magallanes]]' footballer [[David Arellano]], who led a group of young players leaving that club after institutional problems.<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 37.</ref><ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 52.</ref> Finally, after meetings and negotiations, on 19 April 1925 Arellano and the other youths officially established the club, with Luis Contreras choosing the name "Colo-Colo" for the club, in reference to the legendary ''[[cacique]]'' (chieftain) [[Colocolo (tribal chief)|Colo Colo]] of the [[Mapuche]] people, who fought against the colonial Spaniards in the 16th-century [[Arauco War]].<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 44.</ref>

Initially the team played friendly games, but in 1926 Colo-Colo took part in their first competition, the [[Primera División de Chile|Metropolitan League of Honour]], where they were proclaimed champions (unbeaten) and earned the nickname of "invincible".<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 53.</ref> The following year, Colo-Colo became the first Chilean football team to participate in a tour across Europe. However, on 2 May, during an exhibition match against [[Real Valladolid|Real Unión Deportiva]] at [[Valladolid]], the team founder and captain David Arellano was critically injured after suffering a collision with an opposing player, which caused him [[peritonitis]].<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 70.</ref> The inflammation led him to his death the next day.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Los Sports |date = 1925–1927 |url = http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0006536.pdf |title = Los domingos footballísticos |work = Zig-Zag |access-date = 17 March 2013 |archive-date = 3 October 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131003062905/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0006536.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> Despite the great impact caused by Arellano's death, the club won the [[Chilean Primera División|Central League of football]] tournament – then renamed [[Asociación de Fútbol de Santiago|Asociación de Football de Santiago]] – in the 1928,<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 184.</ref> 1929<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 215.</ref> and 1930<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 245.</ref> seasons.

In the 1931–32 season, Colo-Colo suffered its first institutional crisis due to financial problems, which led to a salary reduction for first team footballers and board members, with their consequent resistance.<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 309.</ref> That season the team played another tournament final against [[Audax Italiano]]. However, due to a platform collapse at Estadio Italiano and the subsequent fracas between the fans, it was decided that the game would be suspended. In that moment, Colo-Colo were winning 2–1. That day's tragedy resulted in 130 injuries and three deaths.<ref name="Tragedy"/> The match was cancelled and the champion position for that year remained vacant.<ref name="Tragedy">Salinas, Sebastián (2005), pp. 299–300.</ref> Other authors however declared that both [[Audax Italiano]] and Colo-Colo were declared champions.<ref>Larraín, Fernando (1940), p. 38.</ref><ref>La Nación (1985), pp. 12 and 32.</ref>

===1933–1973: Beginnings in professional football===
In 1933, Colo-Colo alongside six clubs from [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] decided to create the [[Chilean Primera División|Chilean professional football league]].<ref name="Salinas, Sebastián 2005">Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 327.</ref> On 23 July, the team won the [[Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)|Campeonato de Apertura]] ([[Copa Chile]] precursor), after defeating 2–1 to [[Unión Española]].<ref name="Salinas, Sebastián 2005"/> However, in the first [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] official tournament, Colo-Colo finished first alongside [[C.D. Magallanes|Magallanes]], which forced the "Cacique" to play a tie-breaker match. That match was lost 2–1 by Colo-Colo.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile33.html |title = Chile 1933 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205035417/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile33.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In 1937 the team was undefeated,<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 33.</ref> and reached its first league title.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile37.html |title = Chile 1937 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 3 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203093916/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile37.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Two seasons later, in 1939, Colo-Colo won the league title for a second time, now under the guidance of the Hungarian coach [[Francisco Platko]],<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 43.</ref> and with [[Alfonso Domínguez]] as goalscorer with 20 goals in 24 matches.<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 42.</ref> After another title in 1941 with Platko as coach,<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile41.html |title = Chile 1941 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 3 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203104724/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile41.html |url-status = live }}</ref> the club went on to win the titles of 1944<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile44.html |title = Chile 1944 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 3 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203094857/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile44.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1947.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile47.html |title = Chile 1947 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204061113/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile47.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The following year Colo-Colo organized the [[South American Club Championship (football)|South American Club Championship]] – [[Copa Libertadores]] background – in Santiago,<ref>{{cite web |first = Esteban |last = Bekerman |year = 2008 |url = http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2008/03/13/noticia_0054.html |title = Hace 60 años, River perdía la gran chance de ser el primer club campeón de América |work = Perfil.com |access-date = 10 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130521034425/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2008/03/13/noticia_0054.html |archive-date = 21 May 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> which brought together the 1947 continent's champions. In 1945, the club had the worst season in its history, finishing penultimate in eleventh place only ahead of weak [[Badminton F.C.|Badminton]].<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile45.html |title = Chile 1945 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204061215/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile45.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

In the early 1950s, club's president Antonio Labán hired [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] striker [[George Robledo]], paying [[£]]25,000 for its signing.<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 105.</ref> Robledo's performances led the team to the titles of 1953<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile53.html |title = Chile 1953 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205040559/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile53.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1956.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile56.html |title = Chile 1956 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205045913/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile56.html |url-status = live }}</ref> During that age, the club acquired a terrain at [[Macul]], where began the construction of [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano|Estadio Monumental]].<ref name="Marín 1975">Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 119.</ref> Besides the acquisition, the directive invested in a headquarters located at [[Santiago Centro]] (located at Cienfuegos 41) in 1953. The next decade Colo-Colo win the titles of 1960<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile60.html |title = Chile 1960 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204052720/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile60.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1963.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile63.html |title = Chile 1963 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204062111/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile63.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The 1963 team broke two top-tier records: [[Luis Hernán Álvarez]] scored 37 goals in a single season<ref name="Goleador">Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 130.</ref> (the highest number of goals scored by a Colo-Colo footballer during a season)<ref name="Goleador"/> and the netting of the highest number of goals scored by a club in a season (130).<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 131.</ref> The team won its tenth honour in 1970.<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 160.</ref>

=== Colo-Colo 1973 and 1980s dominance ===
In 1972, under the orders of coach [[Luis Álamos]]<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 188.</ref> and boasting star players in play maker [[Francisco Valdés]] and goal scorer [[Carlos Caszely]],<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 250.</ref> the club won another championship.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |title = Chile 1972 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204062614/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |url-status = live }}</ref> It also obtained the country's highest average attendance record of 45,929 people for a single league season.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |title = Especial Colo Colo 1972 |work = Minuto 90 |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204062614/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |url-status = live }}</ref> That team was the spine of the aptly-named "Colo-Colo 73" side that captured the nation's heart becoming the first Chilean side to reach a Copa Libertadores final, where it lost to [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] of Argentina.<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 193.</ref> After Colo-Colo's brilliant Copa campaign, the club fell into an institutional crisis unable to replicate its success on the pitch failing to win another league title until 1979.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile79.html |title = Chile 1979 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205040759/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile79.html |url-status = live }}</ref> That team featured the talented Brazilian midfielder [[Severino Vasconcelos]] alongside Carlos Caszely returning from his stint in Spanish football.<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 298.</ref> Nevertheless, in 1975, the construction of Estadio Monumental was completed and the stadium was inaugurated in a league match against [[Deportes Aviación]], but due to problems with infrastructure and other basic services the stadium was closed indefinitely.

In the 1980s, the club obtained the league titles of 1981 and 1983<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile81.html |title = Chile 1981 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 21 March 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230321200413/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile81.html |url-status = live }}</ref> with coach [[Pedro García Barros|Pedro García]], and the 1986<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile86.html |title = Chile 1986 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = }}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and 1989<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile89.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191224045750/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile89.html |url-status = live |archive-date = 2019-12-24 |title = Chile 1989 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = }}</ref> honours under [[Arturo Salah]]. The 1987 [[Alianza Lima air disaster]] claimed the lives of sixteen players and Colo-Colo was the first to help the Peruvian giants, loaning 4 players.<ref>{{cite web | title = En Perú conmemoran 25 años de la tragedia área que enlutó a Alianza Lima | url = http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/12/656-497527-9-en-peru-conmemoran-25-anos-de-la-tragedia-aerea-que-enluto-a-alianza-lima.shtml | publisher = La Tercera | date = 8 December 2012 | access-date = 23 March 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111701/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/12/656-497527-9-en-peru-conmemoran-25-anos-de-la-tragedia-aerea-que-enluto-a-alianza-lima.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> Nonetheless, the team won four Copa Chile titles in that decade. During that period, the greatest disappointment was at continental level with the team only reaching the group stage in the [[1988 Copa Libertadores]]. On 30 September 1989, the Estadio Monumental was re-inaugurated with an exhibition match against [[CA Peñarol|Peñarol]], which Colo-Colo won 2–1<ref name="ianu"/> with goals by [[Marcelo Barticciotto]] and [[Leonel Herrera Silva|Leonel Herrera]], the son of a legendary 1970s former defender of the same name.

=== 1991–1999: International success ===
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The 1990s was the most successful decade in the club's history gaining both domestic and international titles. [[Eduardo Menichetti]] was president of the club between 1990–1995<ref>{{cite news |last1=Comunicaciones |first1=Compañia Chilena de |title=Ex presidente de Colo Colo Eduardo Menichetti falleció a los 56 años |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/ex-presidente-de-colo-colo-eduardo-menichetti-fallecio-a-los-56-anos/2007-07-08/094809.html |work=alairelibre.cl |language=Spanish}}</ref> and Croatian [[Mirko Jozić]] arrived as coach, leading the team towards its first ''Bicampeonato'' for winning two national championship league titles in a row.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile90.html |title = Chile 1990 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 October 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221005215719/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile90.html |url-status = live }}</ref> On 5 June 1991, after beating [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]] 3–0 at the Monumental with two goals scored by [[Luis Pérez (Chilean footballer)|Luis Pérez]] and one by [[Leonel Herrera Silva|Leonel Herrera]], Colo-Colo became the first Chilean team to win a [[Copa Libertadores 1991|Copa Libertadores]]. That same season, the "Albos" lost the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] final 3-0 against Yugoslav giants [[Red Star Belgrade]], in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |date = 23 October 2008 |url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/copa-intercontinental-1991-estrella-roja-3-0-colo- |title = Copa Intercontinental 1991: Estrella Roja 3–0 Colo Colo |work = Dalealbo.cl |access-date = 23 March 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130406031844/http://www.dalealbo.cl/copa-intercontinental-1991-estrella-roja-3-0-colo-/ |archive-date = 6 April 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> At local level, the club won the 1991 league season, its third-consecutive title thus achieving its first ''Tricampeonato''.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile91.html |title = Chile 1991 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130314170905/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile91.html |archive-date = 14 March 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> The following season, the club won the [[1992 Recopa Sudamericana|Recopa Sudamericana]], after beating Brazil's [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] in a penalty shootout, and also obtained the [[1992 Copa Interamericana|Copa Interamericana]], after winning 3–1 against [[Puebla FC|Puebla]] in Mexico. The last title won by Jozić in Colo-Colo was the 1993 league title, thus closing a successful spell in South America.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile93.html |title = Chile 1993 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 20 March 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230320194347/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile93.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

After Jozić's departure came a brief drought in national league titles, but the team managed to achieve an unforgettable 3–0 win over arch rivals Universidad de Chile in the 1995 season. Colo-Colo lifted the 1994 [[Copa Chile 1994|Copa Chile]] title and reached the [[1994 Copa Libertadores]] quarterfinals. The following season saw the arrival of Paraguayan coach [[Gustavo Benítez (footballer, born 1953)|Gustavo Benítez]], who obtained the 1996,<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile96.html |title = Chile 1996 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 11 November 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221111135605/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile96.html |url-status = live }}</ref> 1997-C<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile97.html |title = Chile 1997 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130315001401/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile97.html |archive-date = 15 March 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1998<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile98.html |title = Chile 1998 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 11 November 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221111135719/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile98.html |url-status = live }}</ref> league titles. The team advanced to the semifinals of the [[Supercopa Libertadores]] in [[1996 Supercopa Libertadores|1996]], and of the Copa Libertadores in [[1997 Copa Libertadores|1997]], eliminated on both occasions by Cruzeiro. In 1999, Colo-Colo relived its fortunes like in the 1994 season, finishing fourth in the Chilean league and going through three coaches in the same season: Brazilian [[Nelsinho Baptista]], caretaker coach Carlos Durán and then [[Fernando Morena]] of Uruguay, who remained until 2001.

=== 1999–present: Bankruptcy and recovery ===
In 1999, after Benítez's departure, the club entered a serious financial crisis. On 23 January 2002, after years of economic mismanagement under the leadership of Peter Dragicevic as president,<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra">{{cite web |first = Pedro Pablo |last = Vivanco del Río |url = http://www.todoalbo.cl/el-club/historia/ |title = Historia de Colo-Colo en Internet |work = Todoalbo.cl |access-date = 23 March 2013 |archive-date = 6 March 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130306102944/http://www.todoalbo.cl/el-club/historia/ |url-status = live }}</ref> the club was declared bankrupt. A court judge named Juan Carlos Saffie as bankruptcy trustee and administrator responsible for the institution not lose its legal status.<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra"/> Despite the bankruptcy, under [[Jaime Pizarro]] as coach – key player in the obtaining of the [[1991 Copa Libertadores]] – "Los Albos" won the [[2002 Chilean Primera División season|Torneo de Clausura]], with a playing squad composed almost completely of youth players.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile02.html |title = Chile 2002 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130315030041/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile02.html |archive-date = 15 March 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> Three years later, in 2005, the joint-stock company Blanco y Negro<ref name = "salah">{{cite web |author = Sitio Oficial de Colo-Colo |year = 2013 |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/arturo-salah-asumio-como-nuevo-presidente-de-colo-colo/ |title = Información Corporativa Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo 2013 |access-date = 25 April 2013 |archive-date = 3 November 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231103131150/https://www.colocolo.cl/arturo-salah-asumio-como-nuevo-presidente-de-colo-colo/ |url-status = live }}</ref> took over the administration, acquiring all club assets for thirty years in exchange for paying all outstanding debts through a concessionaire and undergoing an opening process enlisting at the [[Santiago Stock Exchange]].<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra"/> In the first half of 2006, the judiciary court lifted its bankruptcy.<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra"/>

[[File:Colo Colo Campeón 2006.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Colo-Colo squad celebrating the [[Chilean Primera División|2006 Torneo de Clausura]] obtaining.]]
With the Argentine [[Claudio Borghi (football manager)|Claudio Borghi]] appointed coach in 2006, and with players like [[Matías Fernández (footballer, born 1986)|Matías Fernández]] and [[Humberto Suazo]], Colo-Colo played scintillating football and obtained the ''Bicampeonato'' winning the [[Chilean Apertura Tournament|Apertura]]<ref>{{cite web | date= 21 February 2008 | url= http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20060703010022 | title= Bravo por el eterno campeón | work= Papel Digital | access-date= 24 March 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090111164721/http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20060703010022 | archive-date= 11 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref> and [[Chilean Primera División|Clausura]] tournaments.<ref>{{cite web | date= 20 February 2008 | url= http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20061225010022 | title= Festejo entre copas | work= Papel Digital | access-date= 24 March 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090112001430/http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20061225010022 | archive-date= 12 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref> The squad reached another international final, the [[2006 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]], losing 2–1 to Mexico's [[CF Pachuca|Pachuca]]. That season, ''El Cacique'' was recognized in the month of October by the [[IFFHS]] as the world's club of the month.<ref>{{cite web | date= 20 October 2006 | url= http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedbc08 | title= The world's club of the month | publisher= [[IFFHS]] | access-date= 24 March 2013 | archive-date= 3 February 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120203130029/http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedbc08 | url-status= live }}</ref> The following season Colo-Colo won two more consecutive tournaments, winning a ''Tetracampeonato'' for winning four back-to-back championships, being the first Chilean team to achieve the feat.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20071224010022 |title = Blanca Navidad |publisher = La Tercera |access-date = 20 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111161310/http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20071224010022 |archive-date = 11 January 2009 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

After Borghi's departure, the club obtained its 28th title defeating [[CD Palestino|Palestino]] in the [[Torneo de Clausura de Chile 2008|2008 Torneo de Clausura]] finals under the coaching of [[Marcelo Barticciotto]], and with [[Lucas Barrios]] as its top goal scorer, who equaled the goal tally record of Luis Hernán Álvarez scored by a Colo-Colo footballer during a single season with 37 goals.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.cfm?accion=futbolnacional&id_reg=1090066&XjWpZ=PqZ23&titulo_url=%A1Colo_Colo_campeon!_Logro_su_estrella_28_con_historico_goleador |title = ¡Colo Colo campeón! Logró su estrella 28 con histórico goleador |publisher = La Tercera |date = 20 December 2008 |access-date = 24 March 2013 |archive-date = 17 December 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081217011259/http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.cfm?accion=futbolnacional |url-status = dead }}</ref> The following season, the club became the first professional team to play in Rapa Nui [[Easter Island]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://es.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1086835.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090807025016/http://es.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1086835.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 7 August 2009 |title = Juego del siglo en Rapa Nui | publisher = [[FIFA.com]] |date = 6 August 2009}}</ref> After a poor [[Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2009|Torneo de Apertura 2009]] – not reaching the play-offs for the first time – "Los Albos" started the Clausura or Closing Championship very poorly and languishing in the table standings in the relegation spots. The team however reached the tournament play-off finals against Universidad Católica, beating them 4–2 at the [[Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK|Santa Laura]], with players like [[Esteban Paredes]], [[Macnelly Torres]] and [[Ezequiel Miralles]], coached by [[Hugo Tocalli]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=387952 |title = No hay caso con Colo-Colo de amenazado con el descenso a campeón |publisher = Emol.com |date = 9 December 2009 |access-date = 24 March 2013 |archive-date = 2 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170702022345/http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=387952 |url-status = live }}</ref> Colo-Colo's following championship was in [[2013–14 Colo-Colo season|2014]] after winning the [[2013–14 Campeonato Nacional season|Torneo de Clausura]]. It was the team's 30th Chilean League title.

==Badge, colours and kit==
{{Details|Uniform of Colo-Colo|Badge of Colo-Colo}}
[[File:Cacique Colo-Colo.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Colocolo (tribal chief)|Colocolo]] bust at [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]]]]
The club's badge represents [[Mapuche]] chieftain [[Colocolo (tribal chief)|Colo Colo]], an important Wall Mapu member who fought in the [[Arauco War]] against the [[Spanish empire]] (1536–1818).<ref name="Colocolo">{{cite web |date = 19 April 2012 |url = http://www.elamaule.cl/noticia/deporte/87anoscolocolo-conoce-quien-fue-el-cacique-colo-colo |title = Historia del mapuche Colocolo |publisher = El Maule |access-date = 10 April 2013 |archive-date = 22 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130922160244/http://www.elamaule.cl/noticia/deporte/87anoscolocolo-conoce-quien-fue-el-cacique-colo-colo |url-status = live }}</ref> On 19 April 1925, when the club was established, Luis Contreras – one of the players that founded the club – defined the team's badge, in representation of the chief and the country's indigenous people.

Throughout its history, Colo-Colo's uniform has been a white shirt and black shorts. The uniform was originally designed by Juan Quiñones following the recommendations of [[David Arellano]].

In 1927, after Arellano's death while playing against Real Unión Deportiva (currently [[Real Valladolid]]), it was decided then that the badge will wear a black horizontal band over it forever, to represent the institution's eternal mourning.

The team's away kits have varied through its history, from green between 1927 and the mid-1970s and to red from 1975 to 1988.

==Stadium==
{{Main|Estadio Monumental David Arellano}}
Colo-Colo initially played on a field called Estadio El Llano but in January 1928 moved to the [[Estadio Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa|Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa]]. The team later moved to [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez|Estadio Nacional]] where it played from 1939 to the late 1980s. In 1946 the club bought a stadium from [[Carabineros de Chile]] – then called ''Fortín Mapocho'' – which was closed according security reasons. It was intended to build a 30,000-seat stadium at the site. However, a municipal ordinance prohibited construction in the area. For that reason, Colo-Colo sold the stadium in order to raise funds for the future [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano|Estadio Monumental]].

In 1956, club's president Antonio Labán acquired a 28&nbsp;[[Hectare|ha]] terrain at [[Macul]], close to the intersection between [[Vicuña Mackenna Avenue|Vicuña Mackenna]] and Departamental. The new stadium was originally planned with a capacity of 120,000. Due to the work's high cost and lack of a government subsidy the project was halted. In 1960, after Chile's successful proposition to hold the [[1962 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], several congressmen proposed to build a 52,000-seat stadium at Colo-Colo's site. However, the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|9.5 Valdivia earthquake]] and a willingness from congress stopped the initiative.

Colo-Colo's brilliant campaigns in 1972 and 1973 allowed the stadium construction to resume. It was inaugurated in a league match 1975 which Colo-Colo win 1–0 over [[Deportes Aviación]] with [[Juan Carlos Orellana]], who become the first player to score a goal in Monumental's history.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/estadio-monumental/monumental/historia/ |title = Una historia monumental |publisher = Colocolo.cl |access-date = 13 September 2015 |archive-date = 1 April 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130401232058/http://www.colocolo.cl/estadio-monumental/monumental/historia/ |url-status = live }}</ref> However, the stadium was closed due to lack of basic services and infrastructure. It was not reopened until 1989 thanks to [[Hugo Rubio]]'s transfer to [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] which allowed the club to receive [[US$]]1 million to repair the problems mentioned. The stadium was called ''Monumental [[David Arellano]]'' in honour of its founder and its definitive inauguration was in a match against Uruguay's [[CA Peñarol|Peñarol]] which Colo-Colo won 2–1.<ref name="ianu"/>

Since its definitive opening, the stadium has seen the [[1991 Copa Libertadores]] and [[1992 Copa Interamericana]] titles as well as several league honors.

Monumental's public record attendance was in 1992 for a derby match with [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] which registered an attendance of 70,000 fans approximately.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |year = 1994 |url = http://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=recursoslegales/10221.3/22919/1/HL19327.pdf |title = Historia de la Ley Nº 19.327. Fija normas para prevención y sanción de hechos de violencia en recintos deportivos con ocasión de espectáculos de futbol profesional |work = Diario Oficial |access-date = 7 July 2007 |archive-date = 12 March 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110312014116/http://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=recursoslegales/10221.3/22919/1/HL19327.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> That record was closely followed in August 1993 during a 2–0 exhibition match win over [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] with a 67,543 attendance.<ref name="sobre">{{cite web |publisher = EFE |year = 1993 |url = http://hemeroteca.abcdesevilla.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1993/08/23/076.html |title = 2-0: Derrota del Real Madrid ante Colo-Colo |work = Diario ABC |access-date = 7 July 2007 |archive-date = 27 January 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120127161406/http://hemeroteca.abcdesevilla.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1993/08/23/076.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Several remodeling works and stricter security brought down the total capacity to 47,347.

The [[Chile national football team|Chilean national team]] usually use the stadium for its games since 1997.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Prensa Fútbol |date = 5 September 2009 |url = http://www.prensafutbol.cl/reportajes/43-reportajes/8649-chile-vs-venezuela-a-repetir-la-magica-noche-del-monumental-.html |title = Chile vs. Venezuela: A repetir la mágica noche Monumental |access-date = 19 April 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130518145748/http://www.prensafutbol.cl/reportajes/43-reportajes/8649-chile-vs-venezuela-a-repetir-la-magica-noche-del-monumental-.html |archive-date = 18 May 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The stadium was also used during the [[2015 Copa América]].

==Players==
{{main|List of Colo-Colo players}}
{{Colo-Colo squad|format=table}}

===Youth Academy===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=[[Benjamín Morales]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[Darko Fiamengo]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=[[Fabián Alvarado]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=[[Martin Ballesteros]]|other=at [[Unión La Calera]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[Felipe Yáñez (footballer)|Felipe Yañez]]|other=at [[Ñublense]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[Miguel Arias]]|other=at [[C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial|Fernández Vial]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[Nicolás Garrido]]|other=at [[C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial|Fernández Vial]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[Agustín Ortiz]]|other=at [[Deportes Copiapó]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[David Tati]]|other=at [[Deportes Copiapó]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=[[Danilo Díaz]]|other=at [[Deportes Recoleta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=[[Ethan Espinoza]]|other=at [[C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial|Fernández Vial]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=[[Matías Colossi]]|other=at [[A.C. Barnechea|Barnechea]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=[[Juan Sebastián Ibarra]]|other=at [[Deportes Concepción (Chile)|Deportes Concepción]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===2025 Summer transfers===

====In====

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Claudio Aquino]]|other=from [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=[[Salomón Rodríguez]]|other=from [[Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba|Godoy Cruz]]}}
{{Fs end}}

====Out====
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=[[Leonardo Gil]]|other=to [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=[[Cesar Fuentes]]|other=Transfer to [[Deportes Iquique]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=[[Carlos Palacios (Chilean footballer)|Carlos Palacios]]|other=Transfer to [[Boca Juniors]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=SYR|pos=DF|name=[[Emiliano Amor]]|other=Released}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Gonzalo Castellani]]|other=Released}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=[[Guillermo Paiva]]|other=back to [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=[[Omar Carabalí]]|other=to [[O'Higgins F.C.|O'Higgins]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=[[Ramiro González (footballer, born 1990)|Ramiro González]]|other=to [[Everton de Viña del Mar|Everton]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=[[Maximiliano Falcón]]|other=to [[Inter Miami CF|Inter Miami]]}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=[[Juan Carlos Gaete]]|other=to [[C.D. Cobresal|Cobresal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=[[Darío Lezcano]]|other=Released}}
{{Fs end}}

==Managers==
{{main|List of Colo-Colo managers}}

===Current coaching staff===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Coach||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Fernando Ortiz (footballer, born 1977)|Fernando Ortiz]]
|-
|Assistant coach||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Manusovich]]
|-
|Assistant coach||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Ricchetti]]
|-
|Fitness coach ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Paolo Pacione]]
|-
|Goalkeeping coach ||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jorge Martínez Santander|Jorge Martínez]]
|}

==Supporters and rivalries==
{{Main|Garra Blanca}}
Colo-Colo is the club with the largest following in Chile, with approximately 42% of the total [[Football in Chile|Chilean football]] fans according to research published in August 2012 by Spanish newspaper agency [[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.marca.com/2012/07/23/futbol/futbol_internacional/chile/1343054579.html | title = Chile es del 'Colo' aunque gane la 'U' | publisher = [[Marca.com]] | date = 23 August 2012 | access-date = 30 March 2013 | archive-date = 27 December 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211227052608/https://www.marca.com/2012/07/23/futbol/futbol_internacional/chile/1343054579.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The study showed a 4% growth in comparison to 2006 research by Fundación Futuro that ranked the club in first place with the 38% of the preferences, leaving its rival Universidad de Chile in second place.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fundacionfuturo.cl/admin/publicos/Mundial.pdf | title = Mundial | work = Fundación Futuro | date = 31 October 2007 | access-date = 30 March 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131003045937/http://www.fundacionfuturo.cl/admin/publicos/Mundial.pdf | archive-date = 3 October 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Chilean football club with the highest number of followers on social media as of June 2020 was Colo-Colo, with 4.2 million followers. Arch-rivals [[Club Universidad de Chile]] ranked second with 2.1 million followers on social networks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170281/most-popular-soccer-club-chile-social-media-followers/ | title=Most popular Chilean soccer clubs on social media &#124; Statista }}</ref>

Since the early 1960s, the club has had organized fan groups, which evolved in the mid-1980s into the so-called ''[[Garra Blanca]]''. They attended Colo-Colo's games and generally rioted, especially in derbies, turning [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano|Estadio Monumental]] surroundings into battlefields against the [[Carabineros de Chile|military police]]. In 2000, the group was declared as [[Barra brava]].

Colo-Colo contests rivalries with fellow Santiago clubs [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]] dubbed ''[[Colo Colo-Universidad Católica rivalry|Clásico Albo-Cruzado]]'' and [[Deportes Magallanes]] dubbed ''Clásico de la Chilenidad''.

=== Chilean Superclásico ===
{{Main|Chilean Superclásico}}
Colo-Colo's traditional rival is [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]], against which it plays the so-called Chilean Classic or ''Chilean Superclásico''. Although the first confrontation between the two clubs dates back to 1935, the rivalry began to develop in the 1940s and 1950s, with the match played on 11 November 1959, being the climax of a series of disagreements between the two institutions. That match, valid for the definition of that year's title, ended with a 2-1 victory for Universidad de Chile, which was the first of a series of good results for the "Azules" over Colo-Colo. This, added to the dominance of Universidad de Chile in the national championship, only increased the rivalry. In recent years the rivalry between these teams has diminished, leaving Colo-Colo as superior to Universidad de Chile, and because of that, it has been considered as the "most unequal rivalry in the world."

==Honors==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|+Colo-Colo honours
!style="width: 1%;"|Type
!style="width: 5%;"|Competition
!style="width: 1%;"|Titles
!style="width: 21%;"|Seasons
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''National'''
! scope=col|[[Campeonato Nacional (Chile)|Primera División]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''34'''
|align="left"|1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, [[1960 Primera División de Chile|1960]], [[1963 Primera División de Chile|1963]], [[1970 Primera División de Chile|1970]], [[1972 Primera División de Chile|1972]], [[1979 Primera División de Chile|1979]], [[1981 Primera División de Chile|1981]], [[1983 Primera División de Chile|1983]], [[1986 Primera División de Chile|1986]], [[1989 Primera División de Chile|1989]], [[1990 Primera División de Chile|1990]], [[1991 Primera División de Chile|1991]], [[1993 Primera División de Chile|1993]], [[1996 Primera División de Chile|1996]], [[1997 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|1997-C]], [[1998 Primera División de Chile|1998]], [[2002 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2002-C]], [[2006 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|2006-A]], [[2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2006-C]], [[2007 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|2007-A]], [[2007 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2007-C]], [[2008 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2008-C]], [[2009 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2009-C]], [[2014 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2014-C]], [[2015–16 Primera División of Chile|2015-A]], [[2017 Chilean Primera División|2017]], [[2022 Chilean Primera División|2022]], [[2024 Chilean Primera División|2024]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Copa Chile]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''14'''
| align="left" |[[1958 Copa Chile|1958]], [[1974 Copa Chile|1974]], [[1981 Copa Polla Gol|1981]], [[1982 Copa Polla Gol|1982]], [[1985 Copa Polla Gol|1985]], [[1988 Copa Digeder|1988]], [[1989 Copa Digeder|1989]], [[Copa Apertura 1990|1990]], [[1994 Copa Chile|1994]], [[1996 Copa Chile|1996]], [[2016 Copa Chile|2016]], [[2019 Copa Chile|2019]], [[2021 Copa Chile|2021]], [[2023 Copa Chile|2023]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Supercopa de Chile]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''4'''{{sup|S}}
| align="left" |[[2017 Supercopa de Chile|2017]], [[2018 Supercopa de Chile|2018]], [[2022 Supercopa de Chile|2022]], [[2024 Supercopa de Chile|2024]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Campeonato de Campeones de Chile|Campeonato de Campeones]]
|'''1'''
| align="left" |[[Campeonato_de_Campeones_de_Chile#1945_Campeonato_de_Campeones|1945]]
|-
! scope=col|Campeonato de Apertura
| bgcolor="gold" |'''3'''{{sup|S}}
|align="left"|1933, 1938, 1940
|-
! scope=col|Campeonato Nacional de Football
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
|align="left"|1936
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''International'''
! scope=col|[[Copa Libertadores]]
| '''1'''
|align="left"|[[1991 Copa Libertadores|1991]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Recopa Sudamericana]]
|'''1'''
|align="left"|[[1992 Recopa Sudamericana|1992]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Copa Interamericana]]
|'''1'''
|align="left"|1992
|-
|}
* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{sup|S}} shared record

===Regional===
* '''División de Honor de la Liga Metropolitana de Deportes'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1925
* '''Primera División de la Liga Central de Football de Santiago'''
** '''Winners (2):''' Serie F 1928, 1929
* '''División de Honor de la Asociación de Football de Santiago'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1930
* '''Copa de Campeones de Santiago'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1925

==See also==
* [[Colo-Colo B]]
* [[Colo-Colo (women)]]

==Notes==

===Citations===
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book
| first = Fernando
| last = Larraín
| title = Club Deportivo Magallanes. Memorias Históricas
| year = 1940
| publisher = Santiago: Tall. de Molina Lackington y Cia
}}
* {{cite book
| first = Drapkin S.
| last = Jaime
| title = Historia de Colo-Colo Club de Deportes 1925–1952
| year = 1952
| publisher = Without editorial indication
}}
* {{cite book
| first = Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio
| last = Jaime
| title = De David a "Chamaco": medio siglo de goles
| year = 1975
| publisher = Santiago: Editorial Nacional Gabriela Mistral
}}
* {{cite book
| title = Historia del fútbol chileno. Tomo 2
| year = 1985
| publisher = La Nación
}}
* {{cite book
| first = Sebastián
| last = Salinas Gaete
| title = Por Empuje Y Coraje. Los Albos en la época amateur 1925–1933
| year = 2004
| publisher = [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]]: Central de Estadísticas Deportivas (Cedep)
| isbn = 956-299-125-3
}}

==External links==
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*{{official website|https://mi.csdcolocolo.cl/}}
*[http://www.colocolo.cl/ Sitio web de Blanco y Negro S.A.]
*[https://www.anfp.cl/club/32/colocolo Colo-Colo] at ANFP official website {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180729013305/https://www.fifa.com/photos/galleries/y=2009/m=5/gallery=classic-club-colo-colo-chile-1060447.html Colo Colo] on [[FIFA]].com (archived)
*[http://www.dalealbo.cl Supporters' site]
*[https://colocolo.org Colo‑Colo official website]

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