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Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional
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team based in
Chillán Chillán () is the capital List of cities in Chile, city of Ñuble Region, Diguillín Province, Chile, located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the center of the country. It has been the capital of the new Ñuble Region since ...
,
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,
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. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Primera División.


History


Amateur era

Ñublense was formed in 1916 by a group of teenagers (led by
Chillán Chillán () is the capital List of cities in Chile, city of Ñuble Region, Diguillín Province, Chile, located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the center of the country. It has been the capital of the new Ñuble Region since ...
teacher Manuel Lara Gutiérrez) who founded a sports club as a haven for sports activities in the city. On 20 August of that year, in the boys' high school the club was called the Liceo Fútbol Club. Other sports sponsored included
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and
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. The football team played for many years in local leagues, where they were champions for 11 consecutive years (1938–49). Noted players included Eduardo Sanhueza Martín, Candelario Sepúlveda, Tomás Figueroa Bravo, Carlos González Utreras and Humberto Fagnilli Fuentes (who renamed the club Liceo Ñublense). On 1942, with Lautaro Vásquez Landa as coach, the team was renamed Club de Deportes Ñublense. It continued in local leagues until 1957, when team president Moisés Noriega Alarcón moved the team to a regional league where it played teams such as Lord Cochrane de Concepción, Universitario, Gente de Mar, Galvarino and Arturo Fernández Vial.


Professional era

In 1959, under coach Mario Avedaño, Ñublense entered the Chilean professional league. Under Argentine coach Martín Garcia many young players joined the club, including
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goalkeeper Luis Venzano Justiniano (the first professional football player on the team). In 1961 (under coach Renato Sánchez Solar) Ñublense signed José Borello, who played for
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and the Argentine national team. The team finished fourth with such players as Carlos Abel Jarpa Vallejos, Vicente Cox Vial and Luis Fischer, who added stability to the club. For the first two years Ñublense, played in the only paved football field in
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(the stadium of Seminario School) whilst the grass was sown and the stands and dressing rooms built. In 1976 the team had one its best seasons (with Pedro Guzmán Alvarez as president and Isaac Carrasco as coach), winning the Primera B (Second Division) and promotion to the Primera División Chilena for 1977. Its second year in the Primera División, Ñublense had its most important coach in team history (Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, nicknamed "Consommé" because he required his players to drink consommé after games), who won the fans' respect. On 10 September 1978, Nelson Oyarzún died of cancer; that afternoon, Ñublense won 2–1 over
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in a memorable game. Shortly afterwards, the Estadio Municipal de Chillán was renamed Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún in the coach's honor.


Decline

In 1979, with Hernan Godoy as the coach, Ñublense was relegated to Primera B. However, a year later the club was again promoted to Primera División. The joy was short-lived, though; the team was again relegated to ''segunda'' and then to
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for three years. Amidst financial problems, the team was renamed Ñuble Unido. In 1985, under Esaú Bravo, the undefeated team won the Tercera División title and promotion to Primera B. Héctor Canahuete restructured the team's debt and recovered the name Ñublense. In 1991, during a lockout, the team was again relegated to Tercera División. In 1992, Esaú Bravo returned to the Ñublense bench for its promotion to Primera B after defeating
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4–2 in the Primera B promotion play-offs. Ñublense performed well in
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, eliminating
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in the quarter-finals but losing to Universidad Católica in the semi-finals. In 2000, the team was relegated to Tercera; in 2001 it was nearly relegated to the Cuarta División Chilena. With 30 seconds remaining in a game against
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, Edgardo Medina scored to keep the team in Tercera División.


Since 2000

Former sportscaster Sergio Zarzar acquired the club in 2004; that year, it was promoted to the Primera B after winning the Tercera División title under coach Luis Marcoleta. Ñublense was runner-up in the Primera B in 2006 and returned to the Primera División Chilena in 2007, finishing ninth. In summer 2008, Fernando Díaz became coach after Marcoleta's departure for
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. Under Díaz in the Torneo de Apertura, Ñublense had their most successful season. The team finished first in the regular season with 41 points, five points clear of Universidad Católica and O'Higgins. Ñublense was eliminated in the play-off semi-finals by
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, but its first-place finish in the first round qualified the team for the
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for the first time. In this tournament, however, Ñublense was quickly eliminated by Peruvian club Sport Áncash by an aggregate score of 4–1. Since 2008, the team has fared less well. In the Primera División Chilena 2009 season Ñublense finished 13th in the annual table with 39 points (nearly making the promotion play-offs), and achieved an identical result in
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.


Stadium

Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, home to the Ñublense club, is named after Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, a Ñublense coach. It was opened in 1961 and has a capacity of 12,000. In 2007, the stadium was selected as a venue for the
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. To comply with FIFA standards it was demolished and rebuilt (with the direction the pitch is facing altered), its capacity was decreased from 17,500 to 12,000 and a roof covering all seats was built. The renovation of the stadium cost 12 billion pesos ($26 million). The stadium was re-dedicated on 2 November 2008, with former Chilean president
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in attendance. On 27 February 2010, during the
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, much damage occurred to the stadium; nearly the entire Pacific gallery collapsed.


Support and rivalries

In 2007, Ñublense had the fourth-highest average attendance in the Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2007 behind the "three giants of Chile":
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, Universidad Católica and
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. Ñublense's fans are known as "red devils" or "reds" (the same color as
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) or "''La
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Mécanica''" ("The Clockwork Longaniza"). These nicknames arose after the successful 2008 season when Ñublense first qualified for the Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2008 play-offs and the
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. That season, the team was frequently compared with Manchester United. Ñublense's record attendance was on 21 May 2008, when 18,487 fans attended the second leg of the semi-finals of the Torneo de Apertura de 2008 against Colo-Colo at the Estadio Municipal de Concepción.
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, Deportes Concepción,
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and Universidad Católica are unofficial rivals of the team.


Honours


National

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** Winners (2):
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** Winners (3): 1985, 1992, 2004


Regional

* Asociación Chillán ** Winners (6): 1921, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940 * División de Ascenso de la Asociación Chillán ** Winners (2): 1919, 1935 * Tercera División de la Asociación Chillán ** Winners (2): 1917, 1938


Statistics

*16 ''seasons'' in '' Primera División'' (1977-1979; 1981; 2007-2011; 2013-2014/15; 2021– ) *44 ''seasons'' in '' Primera B'' (1959-1976, 1980, 1982-1983, 1986-1991, 1993-2000, 2005-2006, 2012; 2015/16-2020) *7 ''seasons'' in ''
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'' (1984-1985, 1992, 2001-2004) *2 ''participation'' in ''
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'' (2023,2025) *3 ''participations'' in ''
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'' (2008, 2022, 2023)


South American cups history


Club records

*Record league victory: 6–0 vs. Cobreloa in 2024 Primera División de Chile (April 27, 2024) *Record league defeat: 1–8 vs.
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in 1981 Primera División (Jan 2, 1982) *Record
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victory — 6–1 vs. Iberia Bío-Bío (
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) *Record attendance: 18,487 vs.
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(May 21, 2008) 2008-A (at Municipal de Concepción) *Most league goals scored (overall): 44 Manuel Villalobos (2005–07) *Most goals scored (Primera División matches): 26 Luis Flores (2007-2010) *Primera División best position: 1st, regular season ( 2008-A) *Copa Chile best season: Second Place (
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)


Players


Current squad


2024 Summer transfers


In


Out


Managers

* Martín García (1959) * Adolfo Rodríguez (1961) * Enrique Sorrel (1962) * Daniel Chirinos (1964) * Lincoyan Neira (1965) * Caupolicán Peña (1966) * Óscar Andrade (1968) * Guillermo Montenegro (1968) * Héctor Pedutto (1970) *
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(1971) * Leonardo Bedoya (1972-1973) * Luis Ibarra (1975) * Ramón Climent (1976) * Isaac Carrasco (1976) * Francisco Coloma (1977) * Roberto Scarone (1977) * Enrique Hormazábal (1977) * Eugenio Jara (1978) * Nelson Oyarzún (1978) * '' Juan Carlos Gangas'' (1978) * Álex Veloso (1978) * Hernán Godoy (1979) * Manuel Rodríguez Vega (1980) * Héctor Jara (1981) * Juan Rodríguez Vega (1981) * David Gaete (1981-1982) * Guillermo Yávar (1983) * Álex Veloso (1984-1985) * Leonidas Palacios López (1985) * Esaú Bravo (1985-1986) *
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(1986) * Isaac Carrasco (1987-1988) * Jaime Campos (1988) * Esaú Bravo (1988) * Juan Inostroza (1989) * Manfredo González (1990) * Sergio Gutiérrez (1990) * Rolando García (1991) * Esaú Bravo (1992-1993) * Luis Godoy (1993) * Eduardo de la Barra (1993-1994) * Esaú Bravo (1994-1995) * Hugo Solís (1996) * Rolando García (1996) * Manfredo González (1996) * Rodolfo Venegas (1997) * Esaú Bravo (1997-1998) * Eduardo Cortázar (1998) * Daniel Montilla (1999) * Jaime Vera (2000) * Julio Suazo (2000) * Esaú Bravo (2000) * Manuel Lara (2001) * Héctor Pineda (2001) * Manfredo González (2001) * Eduardo Cortázar (2002) * Pedro Pablo Díaz (2003) * Esaú Bravo (2004) * Luis Marcoleta (2004-2007) * Fernando Díaz (2008-2009) * '' Ricardo Toro'' (2009) * Óscar del Solar (2010) * '' Ricardo Toro'' (2010) * Luis Marcoleta (2010-2011) * Jorge Garcés (2011) * Carlos Rojas (2011-2013) * Pablo Abraham (2013-2014) * Ivo Basay (2014-2015) * Fernando Díaz (2015-2016) * Pablo Abraham (2016-2017) * '' Rubén Espinoza'' (2017) * Emiliano Astorga (2017-2018) * ''Vicente Núñez'' (2018) * Germán Cavalieri (2018-2019) * Jaime García (2019-2023) * Hernán Caputto (2023) * Mario Salas (2024) * Francisco Arrué (2025) * '' Alejandro Gaete'' (2025) *
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(2025-)


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nublense Football clubs in Chile Association football clubs established in 1916 Sport in Biobío Region 1916 establishments in Chile