Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
an
football club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
based in
Copiapó
Copiapó () is a List of cities in Chile, city and communes of Chile, commune in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal List of towns in Chile, town of Caldera, Chile, Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capi ...
,
Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after
Regional Atacama
Regional Atacama was a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the Primera División of Chile, top level of Chilean football during its ...
's folding, it currently plays in the
Primera División, the first level of the Chilean football system, and holds its home games at
Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla is a multi-use stadium in Copiapó, Chile. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and is the home ground of Club de Deportes Copiapó of the Chilean Primera División B. It also ...
which has a capacity of 8,000 spectators.
The club has spent the most of its history playing in the Primera B, reaching its promotion to top-level (
Primera División) for the first time in 2022. Its only one honour was the
Tercera División
Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...
title in
2002
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It has a rivalry with
Cobresal
Club de Deportes Cobresal, or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...
.
Titles
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Tercera División
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::2002
Current squad
Coachs
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Wilson Piñones &
Rubén Sánchez (1999)
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Jorge Rodríguez (2000)
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Hernán Castro (2000-2001)
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Gerardo Silva Gerardo Silva may refer to:
* Gerardo Silva (Mexican footballer) (born 1965), Mexican football manager and player
* Gerardo Silva (Chilean football manager) (born 1962)
* Gerardo de los Cobos Silva (born 1962), Mexican politician
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(2002-2003)
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Rubén Sánchez (2004)
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Manuel Soto (2004-2005)
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Nelson Cossío (2006-2008)
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Víctor Palma (2008)
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Nelson Cossío (2009-2010)
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Orlando Mondaca (2010)
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Nelson Cossío (2010)
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Cristián Castañeda (2011)
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Hernán Ibarra (2011)
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Gerardo Silva Gerardo Silva may refer to:
* Gerardo Silva (Mexican footballer) (born 1965), Mexican football manager and player
* Gerardo Silva (Chilean football manager) (born 1962)
* Gerardo de los Cobos Silva (born 1962), Mexican politician
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(2012-2013)
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Rubén Sánchez'' (2013)
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Marcelo Miranda (2013)
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Rubén Sánchez (2013-2016)
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Francisco Michea'' (2016)
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Rubén Sánchez (2016-2017)
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Erwin Durán (2017-2018)
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Héctor Almandoz (2018-2020)
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Emiliano Astorga (2020-2021)
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Erwin Durán (2021)
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Rubén Sánchez (2021)
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Héctor Almandoz (2022-2023)
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Ivo Basay (2023-2024)
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Hernán Caputto (2024-Act.)
See also
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Regional Atacama
Regional Atacama was a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the Primera División of Chile, top level of Chilean football during its ...
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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 2024
Women 2023
References
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Deportes Copiapó
Copiapo
Copiapo
Sport in Atacama Region
1999 establishments in Chile
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