Cobreloa

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Cobreloa

Full name

Club de Deportes Cobreloa

Nickname(s)

Mineros, Zorros del desierto

Founded

1977

Ground

Estadio Municipal de Calama
Calama

Capacity

20,180

Chairman

Gerardo Mella

Manager

Jorge Aravena

League

Copa Banco Estado

2006 Clausura

1st (general)





Home colours





Away colours

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.

Unlike most well-known clubs, Cobreloa is relatively new, having been founded on January 7, 1977. The club was able to establish itself in Chile's top flight very quickly, earning promotion after its first season; it has stayed in the top flight ever since.

Perhaps no other club in history has moved from creation to international prominence as rapidly as Cobreloa. Only four years after it was founded, Cobreloa reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores in 1981, losing in a third match to Brazil's Flamengo. Cobreloa also reached the Copa Libertadores final the following year, losing then to Peñarol of Uruguay. The club also made a Copa Libertadores semifinal appearance in 1987.

The team uses an all-orange home kit.

The name Cobreloa comes from the district they are from, namely El Loa. The largest copper mine in the world is there. Cobre, Spanish for copper, and Loa, from El Loa; Cobreloa.

1 Honours
- 1.1 National honours
- 1.2 International honours
2 Notable players
3 Current squad
4 Official sponsor
5 External link

[edit] Honours

[edit] National honours

Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
- Winners (8): 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003 (Apertura), 2003 (Clausura), 2004 (Clausura)
Copa Chile
- Winners (1): 1986

[edit] International honours

Copa Libertadores de América
- Runners-up (2): 1981, 1982

[edit] Notable players

Armando Alarcon
Julio César Baldivieso
Juan Covarrubias
Enzo Escobar
Patricio Galaz
Eduardo Gomez
Rubén Gómez
Nicolas Hernández
Juan Carlos Letelier
Victor Merello
Washington Olivera

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Luis Godoy
2	MF	Juan Luis Gonzalez
3	DF	Luis Fuentes
4	DF	Jose Arias
5	DF	Rodrigo Perez
6	MF	Cristian Moran
7	FW	Carlos Alzamora
8	DF	Victor Osoria
9	MF	Francisco Piña
10	MF	Jose Luiz Diaz
11	FW	Rodrigo Mannara
12	GK	Sebastian Contreras

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Leandro Delgado
14	MF	Sergio Vargas
15	FW	Eduardo Vargas
16	MF	Charles Aranguiz
17	MF	Jhon Novoa
18	MF	Cristian Rios
19	FW	Jean Beausejour
20	MF	Esteban Paredes
21	MF	Pablo Bolados
22	FW	Lucas Barrios
23	DF	Cristian Olguin
24	DF	Carlos Galaz
25	GK	Fernando Hurtado

[edit] Official sponsor

Kelme

[edit] External link

(Spanish) Official site

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