Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean

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club based in the city of

Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than ...

. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the

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on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, which has a capacity of approximately 18,750 seats.

History

*Seasons in Primera División: 27 (1963–65), (1978–80), (1984), (1991–2007), (2019–2020), ( 2022–) *Seasons in Primera B: 36 (1959–62), (1966–74), (1976–77), (1981–83), (1985–90), (2008–2018), (2021) *

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Appearances: 1 (

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) *

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Appearances: 1 (

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) *Largest Margin of Victory: 6–0 v.

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in (

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) *Largest Margin of Defeat: 1–9 v.

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in (

) *Highest home attendance: 14,935 v.

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, ''Copa Libertadores'', (17 March 1992) *Most goals scored (Primera División matches): 56,

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(2004-2007) *Best Finish in Primera División: Runner-up (

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& 2005–A) *Best Finish in

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: Semifinals (

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)

Stadium

The home stadium of Coquimbo Unido its Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, the stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in

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. It is currently used mostly for

matches. The former stadium was inaugurated on July 1, 1970 and hold 17,750 people. In 2007 the stadium was selected as a venue for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In order to comply with

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standards, a completely new stadium was built. Its capacity was increased from 15,000 to 18,750. The new stadium has the shape of ship so as to homage Coquimbo's oceanic tradition. The city has been famous due to its port and pirate lore. The stadium was inaugurated on November 9, 2008.

Honours

Domestic honours

* Primera División de Chile ::''Runner-up (2)'':

, 2005 Apertura * Segunda División de Chile/Primera B de Chile ::Winners (4):

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

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::''Winners (no promotion to Primera División) (1)'': 2014 Clausura ::''Runner-up (2)'':

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::''Runner-up (1)'': 1970 Copa Isidro Corbinos

South American cups history

Current squad

2023 Summer Transfers

In

Out

Notable players

* Víctor Hugo Amatti * Matías Cano * Jorge Cerino * Jorge Díaz * Alejandro Glaría * Juan Grabowski * Rodrigo Holgado * Pablo Lenci * Juan Manuel Lucero * Norberto Ortega Sánchez * Mario Pierani * José Daniel Ponce * Miguel Ángel Romero * Rubén Tanucci
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* Liminha * Ronaldo Moraes *

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* Ziquita * Antoine Helha * Jean Denis Wanga * Axel Ahumada * Francisco Arrué * Carlos Barraza * Juan Carlos Barraza * Jean Beausejour * Héctor Cabello *

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* Juan Carreño *

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* Nicolás Crovetto * Javier di Gregorio * Mauricio Donoso * Óscar Fabbiani *

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* Luis Fuentes * Gamadiel García * Pedro González * Gonzalo Jara * Eugenio Julio * Cristian Leiva * Daniel López * Alí Manouchehri *

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* Paco Molina * Orlando Mondaca *

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* Cristián Muñoz * Germán Navea * Cristián Olguín * Raúl Palacios *

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* Héctor Robles * Juan Rodríguez Vega * Mario Rodríguez *

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* Carlos Tejas * Patricio Toledo * Jorge Vargas *

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* Derlis Soto *

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* Leandro Reymúndez *

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* Manuel Sanhouse

Managers

Interim managers are shown in ''cursive''. * Santiago Salfate (1959) * Fidel Cuiña / Óscar Olivares (1962) * "Paco" Molina (1963–64) * Óscar Olivares /

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/ Ramón Guiñazú (1965) *

(1966–68) *

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(1969) * Óscar Olivares / Pedro Cruces /

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(1976) * Ramón Climent (1977) * "Sacha" Mitjaew / Luis Álamos / ''

'' (1978) * Luis Ibarra (1978–79) * ''Víctor Seura'' (1979) * Héctor Novoa / Néstor Isella (1980) *

(1980–83) * Antonio Vargas / Víctor Seura / Juan Rodríguez (1984) *

(1985) * Mario Chirino (1988) * Víctor Zelada /

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(1989) * Ramón Climent (1990) *

(1990–91) * Jorge Luis Siviero / ''Hugo Valdivia'' (1992) * Víctor Seura /

(1993) * "Sacha" Mitjaew / Freddy Delgado / ''Dagoberto Olivares'' /

(1994) * Manuel Rodríguez (1995–96) * Víctor Comisso (1996–97) *

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(1997–98) *

(1998) * Ángel Celoria / ''Sergio Cortés'' / Manuel Rodríguez (1999) *

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(1999–00) *

(2001–03) * Raúl Toro (2004–05) * ''Mario Chirino'' (2005) * Jorge Díaz (2006) * ''Sergio Cortés''+ ''Francisco Varela'' (2006–07) *

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/ ''Dagoberto Olivares'' / Andrija Perčić (2007) * Nelson Cossio / ''Mario Chirino'' (2008) * Víctor Comisso (2008–09) * Gustavo Huerta (2009) * Orlando Mondaca (2009–10) *

(2010) * Diego Torrente / ''Jaime Muñoz'' (2011) * Roberto Mariani (2011–12) * ''Jaime Muñoz'' (2012) *

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(2012–13) * ''Dagoberto Olivares'' (2013) * Carlos Rojas (2013–14) * Jaime Muñoz (2014) * Víctor Hugo Castañeda (2014–15) * '' Jorge Cerino''+ ''

'' (2015) *

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(2015–17) *

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(2017–19) * Germán Corengia / '' Rafael Celedón'' (2020) *

(2020–21) * Héctor Tapia (2021–)

References

External links

* {{Primera División de Chile Football clubs in Chile Association football clubs established in 1958 Sport in Coquimbo Region 1958 establishments in Chile