Deportes Antofagasta is a

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an football club based in the city of

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178.

History

The club was founded on May 14, 1966, when the amateur clubs ''Unión Bellavista'' and ''Portuario Atacama'' merged. The team's original name was ''Club de Deportes Antofagasta Portuario''. The team's first manager was Luis Santibañez, future manager of the Chilean National Team. The team finished 10th in its first league season. Under coach Francisco Hormazábal, Antofagasta was crowned champions of the second division in 1968. The final was played on January 19, 1969 against San Luis. The only goal of the match was scored by the Paraguayan player Juan Pelayo Ayala. The team was promoted to first division after that game. On July 21, 1974 the team changed its name to ''Club Regional Antofagasta''. In 1977, the team finished 18th in the table and returned to the second level. In 1979, Jorge León was named the team's president and changed the club's name to ''Club de Deportes Antofagasta''. The ''regional'' was not appropriate anymore, because a second team,

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, had been established in the

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. On June 30, 1983 ''D. Antofagasta,'' coached by Manuel Rodríguez, returned to the top level once after defeating

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9–0. However the following year the team was again relegated. D. Antofagasta experienced one of their most successful spans from 1991 through 1995, playing in the top tier under the guidance of

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n coach Andrija Perčić, with star players such as Marco Cornez and

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. In 1997, they once again descended to the second level, after finishing at the bottom of the table. In 2005, D. Antofagasta gained promotion to the first division along with

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. In 2008, the club returned to the Primera B, finishing at the bottom of the cumulative table 2007–08. In 2011, they won the Primera B championship and were promoted to the Primera Division.

Stadium

Deportes Antofagasta plays its home matches at the Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, owned by the Municipality of Antofagasta. The stadium was planned to be a reserve stadium for the

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, and was finally inaugurated on October 8, 1964, on the grounds of the former Riding Club of Antofagasta. The first professional football match was played there in 1966, and Deportes Antofagasta has played there since that time. In 2007 the stadium was closed for repairs, and home games had to be played elsewhere; The

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against

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against

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and

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against

, and until 2013 at the Estadio Parque Juan López.

Players

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Out

Former players

* Néstor Narbona

Managers

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(1966) * Santiago García (1967) * Francisco Hormazábal (1968–69) *

Francisco Molina Francisco "Paco" Molina Simón (29 March 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a football player and manager. Born in Spain, he represented the Chile national team at international level. Life and club career Born in Súria, Province of Barcelona, Sp ...

(1970–72) * Luis Ibarra (1973) * Raúl Pino (1974) * Pedro Araya (1975) * Hernán Carrasco (1975–76) * Jaime Ramírez (1977) * Domingo Gajardo (1977) * Raúl Pino (1977) * Donato Hernández (1977) * Jorge Venegas (1978) * Luis Rojo (1978–79) * José Cárdenas (1980) * Juan Páez (1981) * Juan Letelier (1981) * Manuel Rodríguez (1982) * Juan Letelier (1983) * Mario Páez (1983) * Isaac Carrasco (1983) * Jaime Campos (1983) * Mario Páez (1984) * Sergio Navarro (1985) * Jaime Campos (1985) * Miguel Arrué (1985) * Alfonso Sepúlveda (1986) *

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(1986) * Miguel Arrué (1986) * Hernán Godoy (1986–87) * Jorge Molina (1988) *

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(1988) * Rolando García (1989) * Mario Páez (1989) * Jorge Luis Siviero (1990) * Hugo Solís (1990) * Mario Páez (1991) * Andrija Perčić (1991–95) * Mario Páez (1995–97) *

(1997) * Dagoberto Olivares (1997–98) * Mario Páez (1999) * Rogelio Delgado (2000) *

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(2001–02) * Mario Páez (2003–04) * Carlos Rojas (2004) * Hernán Ibarra (2005) *

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(2006) *

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(Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007) * Mario Véner (2008) * Hernán Ibarra (2008–10) * Gustavo Huerta (Dec 30, 2010 – Feb 18, 2014) * Jaime Vera (2014) * Sergio Marchant (2014) *

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(2015) *

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(2015–)

Honors

* Primera B: 2 ::1968, 2011 *

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: 1 ::1990

South American cups history

Club Facts

* 30 ''seasons'' in '' Campeonato Nacional'': (1969-1977; 1983-1984; 1991-1997; 2006-2008; 2012-) * 25 ''seasons'' in '' Primera B'': (1966-1968; 1978-1982; 1985-1990; 1998-2005; 2009-2011) * 1 ''appearance'' in '' Copa Sudamericana'': (

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) *Highest home attendance — 32,663 ''v.''

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(22 July 1973) * Primera División Best Position — 4th (

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Best Season — Semifinals ( 1992,

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, 1996, 2014-15,

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References

External links

Official Website

Antofagasta Supporter's Website
{{Football in Chile

Antofagasta Association football clubs established in 1966 Sport in Antofagasta Region 1966 establishments in Chile