Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on 7 January 1977 and plays in the Chilean top flight, the Primera División, where they have played since 1978. Cobreloa plays at the Estadio Zorros del Desierto, which has a capacity of 12,000. Their main rivals are Colo-Colo, O'Higgins, Deportes Antofagasta and Cobresal. They wear an all-orange home kit.
History
Cobreloa is a relatively new club, having been founded on 7 January 1977. The name Cobreloa comes from combining the Spanish word for copper (Cobre), and Loa, after the province and the Loa River, the longest river in Chile, which is located near Calama and Chuquicamata, the world's largest open pit copper mining|mine.
The club was able to establish itself in Chile's top flight very quickly, earning promotion after its first season, where they have stayed ever since. Only four years after their foundation, Cobreloa reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores in 1981, losing in a third match to Brazilian club Flamengo. Cobreloa reached the Copa Libertadores final the following year, losing to Peñarol of Uruguay. The club also reached the semi-final of the Copa Libertadores in 1987.
They have competed in the Copa Libertadores de América 13 times, 3 times in the Copa Sudamericana and twice in the Copa CONMEBOL: In 1995 they reached the quarter-finals and the following year were eliminated in the first round. Cobreloa have 8 Primera División titles and 1 Copa Chile title making them the most successful side outside Santiago in Chile and one of the four biggest clubs of the country.
Players
Current squad
Current squad of Cobreloa as of 26 June 2015 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site
Manager: César Vigevani
2015–16 Summer Transfers
In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Honours
National honours
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- 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003-A, 2003-C, 2004-C
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- 1986
International honours
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- Runners-up (2): 1981, 1982
Records
Primera División Top scorers
Copa Chile Top scorers
Managers
| Cobreloa managers from 1977 to present |
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Presidents
| Cobreloa presidents from 1977 to present |
- 1977-1977: Francisco Núñez Venegas
- 1978-1978: Esteban Ibáñez
- 1978-1978: José Gorrini Sanguinetti
- 1978–1982: Sergio Stoppel García
- 1983–1987: Luis Gómez Araya
- 1987–1988: Sergio Stoppel García
- 1989–1991: Pedro Cortés Navia
- 1991–1992: Luis Urrutia Concha
- 1992–1993: Orlando Álvarez Campos
- 1993–1998: Sergio Jarpa Gibert
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- 1998–1999: Pedro Pablo Latorre Muñoz
- 1999–2003: Heriberto Pinto García
- 2003–2006: Gerardo Mella Fernández
- 2006–2007: Augusto González Aguirre
- 2007–2010: Juan George George
- 2010– 2012: Javier Maureira Alfaro
- 2012–2014: Mario Herrera Pinto
- 2014-2014: Jorge Pereira
- 2014–present: Augusto González Aguirre
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References
Sources
- (Spanish) Libro Oficial Cobreloa Un Impacto en el Desierto (2007), Carlos Gómez/Cedep, Chile
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