Naval de Talcahuano, were a
Chile
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football
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club based in the city of
Talcahuano
Talcahuano () (From Mapudungun ''Tralkawenu'', "Thundering Sky") is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. Talcahuano is located in the south of the Central Zone of Chile.
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Biobío Region
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. The club founded in 1944 as ''Asociación Naval de Foot-Ball'', was property of the
Armada de Chile and played only at amateur level for 24 years, until 1968 when it began to play at professional level in the
second tier of Chilean football.
Since then, the club played 6 seasons at the Second level, and 17 at the highest level of Chilean football, the
Primera División. Their best performance were the seasons 1981 and 1982, when they finished 5th; and the season 1983 when they reached the final of the
Chilean Cup, losing to
Univ. Catolica 1–0.
In 1991 the club was dissolved by the then
Chilean Navy
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History
Origins and the Wars ...
Commander, General ''Jorge Martínez Bush'', due to financial difficulties.
National honors
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Segunda División
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::1971
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Copa Apertura Segunda División The Copa Apertura Segunda División was an official football cup competition for Chilean teams playing only in the second level of the Chilean football system.
It was played with irregularity between 1969 and 1990.
Finals
Titles by club
Notes ...
(Cup): 1
::1969
References
Story of the club
Football clubs in Chile
Defunct football clubs in Chile
Sport in Biobío Region
Military association football clubs
Association football clubs established in 1944
Association football clubs disestablished in 1991
1944 establishments in Chile
1991 disestablishments in Chile
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