Club Deportivo Ferroviarios de Chile is a

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based in Estacion Central, Santiago. They currently play at the fifth level of Chilean football, the Tercera B.

History

The club was founded on July 14, 1916, by

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workers in the Barrio San Eugenio; and on February 23, 1950, when they merged with

Santiago Badminton Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

, until 1969 they were known as ''Ferrobadminton''. Badminton then decided to undo the merger and moved to

Curicó Curicó (), meaning "Black Waters" in Mapudungun (originally meaning "Land of Black Water"), is the capital city of the Curicó Province, part of the Maule Region in Chile's central valley. The province lies between the provinces of Colchagu ...

. In 1980, the club moved to

Talagante Talagante () is a commune and the capital city of the province of the same name in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The word ''Talagante'' in Quechua comes from ''talacanta'', meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the proper n ...

and adopted the name of ''Talagante-Ferro''. In 1982 was renamed as Ferroviarios.

Honours

* División de Honor Amateur (DIVHA): 3 ** 1947, 1948, 1949 * Cuarta División: 1 ** 2003 ---- *1 ''season'' in '' Primera División'' *14 ''seasons'' in '' Primera B'' *12 ''seasons'' in ''

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

'' *17 ''seasons'' in '' Cuarta División''

Records

*Record Primera División victory — 7–1 ''v.'' Morning Star (1934) *Record Primera División defeat — 0–6 ''v.''

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...

(1934) * Primera División Best Position — 9th (1934)

External links

Official website
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