Lota Schwager is a
Chilean professional team based in
Coronel that currently play in
Tercera A (fourth-tier).
History
Following the merger between
Federico Schwager and Minas Lota (teams that competed in
Campeonato Regional de Concepción representing
Lota and Schwager companies), the club was established on 10 May 1966 under the name of ''"Lota Schwager"'', making reference to both companies latest mentioned. Having their debut–season the same year (where they finished ninth, after a poor campaign), "The Little Lamp" under the coach
Isaac Carrasco achieved its first promotion to top-division in 1969, where Coronel-based team remained until 1980.
After they won their second
Primera B title in 1986, Lota returned to first-tier thanks to manager
Juan Carlos Gangas' job, but they only stayed at
Primera División one season, after of defeat the Promotion Play-offs against
O'Higgins and
Regional Atacama. Following Coronel mining-crisis of 1994, the club disappeared during seven years, starting out again in 2001 for play as an amateur team 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 ...
, winning that in they first attempt to reach it.
In 2006, after a good campaign in secondgontier (where even so were four managers who coached Lota:
Leonardo Vinés, Humberto López, Márcio da Silva and Jaime Nova), finishing third in the table behind the champion
Deportes Melipilla
Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Uni ...
and runner-up
Ñublense
Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Primera División league.
History
Amateur era
Ñub ...
, the team played the Promotion Play-offs against
Talca
Talca () is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the city had a population of 201,142.
The city is an importan ...
-based club
Rangers, which won at their home stadium
Federico Schwager on the penalties thanks to
Cristián Limenza's performances in the goal saving penalties.
Honours
*
Primera B: 2
::1969, 1986
*
Tercera División Chilena: 1
::2001
Current squad
Managers
*
Francisco Valdés (1992)
*
Germán Corengia (2013–14)
Players
*
John Crawley
John Paul Crawley (born 21 September 1971) is a former English first-class cricketer who played at international level for England and county cricket for Hampshire and Lancashire. Crawley, one of three brothers who all played first-class cricke ...
See also
*
Chilean football league system
References
External links
Club Website
Football clubs in Chile
Association football clubs established in 1966
Sport in Biobío Region
1966 establishments in Chile
{{SouthAm-footyclub-stub