General Velásquez is a Chilean
football club
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, their home town is
San Vicente de Tagua Tagua
San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, or just San Vicente, is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Vicente spans an area of and had 40,253 ...
,
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 ...
. They currently play in the third level of Chilean football, the
Segunda Division.
The club was founded on January 8, 1908 as ''General Velásquez'' in honor of
José Velásquez Bórquez, a general who participated in the
War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ...
.
Squad
'.
Honours
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Tercera División de Chile
Tercera División de Chile (Third Division of Chile), is the fourth tier of Chilean football (soccer). It is organized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur de Chile. It is both the fourth level of ...
(2): 1986, 2017
* Campeonato Regional Zona Central (1): 1976
Seasons played
*6 ''seasons'' in ''
Primera B''
*22 ''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 ...
''
*2 ''seasons'' in ''
Tercera División B''
See also
*
Chilean football league system
The Chilean football league system, called the Campeonatos Nacionales de Fútbol en Chile or Liga Chilena de Fútbol in Spanish, is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Chile.
Men 2023
Women 2023
References
Externa ...
External links
Official Club site
Football clubs in Chile
Association football clubs established in 1908
1908 establishments in Chile
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