Deportes Concepción (Chile)
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Deportes Concepción is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción, Biobio Region. As of 2025[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., they play at the second tier of the Chilean League system, the Primera B de Chile.[1]
The club was founded in 1966, by the organizations 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 main rivals are Fernández Vial, with whom they play the "clásico penquista"[2] and Huachipato. The club played their home games at Estadio Ester Roa in Concepción, Chile, which seats 30,448 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 which was 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 topflight 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) played that season at the Third level, as well.
In 2016, the club was expelled of the Chilean National League system due to economic problems and returned in 2018 at the last level of the league system, the fifth tier, Tercera B, gaining promotion in their debut season on the category to the next level, the fourth tier Tercera División, for 2019, in which they get a consecutive promotion to the next level, the third tier Segunda División, for 2020.[3]
In 2024, they lost the Segunda División final to Deportes Melipilla. However, a legal battle ensued over payment irregularities by Melipilla, and Melipilla was eventually assigned a three-point penalty. As a result, the ANFP awarded the division title to Deportes Concepción and promoted them to the second-tier Primera B de Chile for 2025.[1]
Club records
- Seasons in Primera División (I): 33 (1968–81), (1985–93), (1995–02), (2005), (2007–08)
- Seasons in Primera B (II): 12 (1966–67), (1982–84), (1994), (2003–04), (2009–2016), (2025)
- Seasons in Segunda División (III): 5 (2020–2024)
- Seasons in Tercera División (IV): 1 (2019)
- Seasons in Tercera B (V): 1 (2018)
- Copa Libertadores appearances: 2 (1991, 2001)
- Copa CONMEBOL appearances: 1 (1999)
- Largest Margin of Victory: 7–1 vs. Santiago Morning (1976)
- Largest Margin of Defeat: 0–7 vs Universidad de Chile (1987)
- Best Finish in Primera División: 2nd (1975)
- Best Finish in Copa Chile: Runner-up (2010)
- Highest home attendance — 37,423 v. Colo-Colo (1 October 1972)
- Most Goals in Primera División matches: Víctor Estay (77 goals)
- All-time Goalscorer: Víctor Estay (88 goals)
- All-time Appearances: Patricio Almendra (269 games)
Honours
National
Regional
- Torneo Provincial de Chile
- Winners (2): 1968, 1970
Crest
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1998 to 2017
South American cups history
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1991 | Copa Libertadores | First Stage Group 2 |
Template:Flagicon | Colo-Colo | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3rd Place |
| Template:Flagicon | Barcelona | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon | L.D.U. Quito | 3–0 | 0–4 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Template:Flagicon | América de Cali | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–6 | ||
| 1999 | Copa CONMEBOL | Quarterfinals | Template:Flagicon | Rosario Central | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 |
| Semifinals | Template:Flagicon | Talleres de Córdoba | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | ||
| 2001 | Copa Libertadores | First Stage Group 3 |
Template:Flagicon | Nacional | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2nd Place |
| Template:Flagicon | San Lorenzo | 3–2 | 1–2 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon | Jorge Wilstermann | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Template:Flagicon | Vasco da Gama | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
Current squad
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2021 Winter Transfers
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Managers
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (1966)
- Template:Flagicon Isaac Carrasco (1967)
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Cruzat (1968)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1969-1973)
- Template:Flagicon Jaime Ramírez (1973)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Néstor Isella (1974)
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Báez (1975-1976)
- Template:Flagicon Alfonso Sepúlveda (1976)
- Template:Flagicon Nelson Oyarzún (1977)
- Template:Flagicon Manuel González (1977)
- Template:Flagicon Álex Veloso (1977)
- Template:Flagicon Isaac Carrasco (1978)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1978-1979)
- Template:Flagicon Pedro García (1980)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Hoffmann (1981)
- Template:Flagicon Jaime Ramírez (1981)
- Template:Flagicon Hernán Godoy (1982)
- Template:Flagicon Rolando García (1983)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1984)
- Template:Flagicon Rolando García (1985)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (1986)
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo de la Barra (1987)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1987)
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo de la Barra (1988)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (1988)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Fernando Cavalleri (1989-1990)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1990)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Luis Siviero (1991)
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo de la Barra (1991)
- Template:Flagicon Julio César Antúnez (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Sasha Mitjaew (1993)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Vera (1993)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Fernando Cavalleri (1993-1996)
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Nichiporuk (1997)
- Template:Flagicon Óscar del Solar (1998-1999)
- Template:Flagicon Oscar Garré (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Nichiporuk (2001)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Fernando Cavalleri (2001)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos González (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Marcoleta (2004)
- Template:Flagicon Óscar del Solar (2004-2005)
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Viveros (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Humberto López (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Jaime Nova (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Herrera (2007)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Fernando Cavalleri (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Rodríguez (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Garcés (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2008-2009)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Fernando Cavalleri (2009-2010)
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Salvador (2010)
- Template:Flagicon Óscar del Solar (2010-2011)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Garcés (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Germán Corengia (2012)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Patricio Almendra (2013-2014)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Quiroz (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Juan José Ribera (2014-2015)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2015)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Ariel Pereyra (2015-2016)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Esteban González (2018-2020)
- Template:Flagicon Christian Muñoz (2020-2021)
- Template:Flagicon Renato Ramos (2021)
- Template:Flagicon Óscar del Solar (2021-2022)
- Template:Flagicon Nicolás Fernández (2022)
- Template:Flagicon César Bustamante (2023)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2023)
- Template:Flagicon Nicolás Fernández (2023)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2023-2024)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Ill (2024)
- Template:Flagicon Manuel Suárez (2024-)[4]
See also
References
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