Deportes Magallanes is a Chilean

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based in

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. They will play in the

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starting from 2023 after winning the 2022 Primera B championship. The club was founded on October 27, 1897 with the name Atlético Escuela Normal F.C.. In 1933 they became the first national champions of Chile. They won a hat trick of titles in the formative years of Chilean football (1933, 1934 and 1935) but their last major title came in 1938. In 2022 they won the Primera B championship and promotion to the top tier having not competed since 1986, they also won the Copa Chile for the first time in the same year which meant they qualified for the 2022-23 Copa Libertadores. Deportes Magallanes, adopting their official name in 1904, is one of the oldest clubs in the country. Since the year 2000, after accepting the regulations of the chilean law 20019, the team has been managed by a limited sports company. It is one of the eight founding clubs of the Nation Chilean Football League, the first football league established in the country, which also instituted the Premier Division (Primera Division) of Chile. In this league, Magallanes won their first championship in 1933. In addition, they were the first club to win three consecutive professional championships in Chile. The club adopted white and

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as their official colors in 1908. These colors are used in their sportswear as well as their

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, which depicts a

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on the ocean. Since August 2015, Magallanes has practiced in their hometown of San Bernardo in the city stadium, which seats 3,500 spectators. They often compete in the Metropolitan Classic against their longtime rival,

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. In addition, they compete in a championship called de la Chilenidad, where they face off against another rival team,

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. Magallanes is ranked sixth for national titles in the Premier Division, tying

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and Audax Italiano, with four each. They have been the runner up behind Colo-Colo,

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, Universidad Católica,

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and

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. They also have one title from the Third Division (Tercera Division), one title from the Campeonato de Apertura, one from the Campeonato Relámpago and one from the Campeonato Absoluto. Despite their lack of titles in the last 70 years the club are still ranked as the seventh most successful team in the history of Chilean football.

Titles

* Primera División: 4 ::1933, 1934, 1935, 1938 *

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: 1 ::2022 * Campeonato de Apertura (Cup): 1 ::1937 * Primera B: 1 ::2022 * Tercera División A: 2 ::1995, 2010

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 1 appearance :: 1985: First Round

Current squad

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Out

Notable players

* Manuel Pichulman

Managers

Luis Tirado Luis Norberto Tirado Gordillo (born 4 April 1906 — 24 November 1964) was a Chilean footballer and manager. Career Born in Copiapó, Chile, he represented the Tocopilla team at the age of 14. Later, he played for Colo-Colo, Santiago National, ...

(1931) * Máximo Garay (1942) * Ferenc Plattkó (1944) *

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(1965) *

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(1993) *

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(1997) * Juan Páez (1998–1999) *

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(2008–2014) *

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(2015–2016) *

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(2021-)

References

External links

Magallanes Unofficial site

Magallanes Official site

Magallanes Supporter´s site
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