Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an
football club based in
Copiapó
Copiapó () is a city and commune in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region.
Copiapó lies about 800 km nort ...
,
Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after
Regional Atacama
Regional Atacama was a Chilean football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the top level of Chilean football during its 18-year existence.
In 1998, the club was f ...
's folding, it currently plays in the
Primera B (second-tier) and holds its home games at
Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla is a multi-use stadium in Copiapó, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Club de Deportes Copiapó of the Chilean Primera División B. It also hosted Regional Ata ...
which has a capacity of 8,000 spectators.
The club has spent the most of its history playing in the Primera B, reaching its promotion to top-level (
Primera División) for the first time in 2022. Its only one honour was the
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 ...
title in
2002.
It has a rivalry with
Cobresal
Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...
.
Titles
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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 ...
: 1
::2002
Current squad
2023 Summer Transfers
In
Out
Managers
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Nelson Cossio (2006–08), (2009–10)
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Gerardo Silva (2002–04), (2012–13)
See also
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Regional Atacama
Regional Atacama was a Chilean football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the top level of Chilean football during its 18-year existence.
In 1998, the club was f ...
*
Chilean football league system
External links
Deportes Copiapó official Website
Deportes Copiapó
Copiapo
Copiapo
Sport in Atacama Region
1999 establishments in Chile
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