Deportes Copiapó

Chilean football club

Football club

Deportes Copiapó

Full name

Club de Deportes Copiapó

Nickname(s)

El León de Atacama, Albirrojos

Founded

9 March 1999

Ground

Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla, Copiapó, Chile

Capacity

8,000

Chairman

Luis Galdames

Manager

Ivo Basay

League

Chilean Primera División

2023

Primera División, 14th of 16

Home colours

Away colours

Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a Chilean football club based in Copiapó, Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after Regional Atacama'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 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 title in 2002.

It has a rivalry with Cobresal.

Titles

Tercera División: 1

2002

Current Squad

As of 15 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Richard Leyton
3	DF	CHI	Elías Calderón (on loan from Belgrano)
4	FW	CHI	Martín Araya (on loan from Palestino)
5	MF	CHI	Fabian Manzano
6	DF	CHI	Francisco Calisto (on loan from Deportes Puerto Montt)
7	MF	URU	Leonardo Pais
8	DF	CHI	Nicolás Vargas
9	FW	ARG	Tobías Figueroa (on loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
10	MF	ARG	Jorge Luna
11	FW	CHI	Felipe Reynero
12	GK	CHI	Benjamin Arce
13	DF	CHI	Richard Ramirez
14	FW	CHI	Luis Hernandez
15	MF	ARG	Diego García
16	DF	CHI	Manuel Aravena
17	DF	CHI	Byron Nieto (on loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
18	FW	CHI	Juan Carlos Gaete (on loan from Colo-Colo)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	CHI	Sebástian Espinoza
20	DF	CHI	Yerko Gonzalez (on loan from Unión San Felipe)
21	MF	CHI	Marco Medel
22	GK	CHI	Nelson Espinoza
23	MF	ARG	Juan Jaime (captain)
24	FW	CHI	Rodrigo Orellana
25	GK	CHI	Matias Zamora
26	FW	ARG	Franco Torres (on loan from Gimnasia La Plata)
27	MF	CHI	Franco Kepec
28	DF	CHI	Yerco Oyanedel
29	FW	CHI	Maximiliano Quinteros
30	FW	CHI	Diego Carrasco
31	FW	CHI	Isaac Díaz
32	MF	CHI	Bryan Soto (on loan from Colo-Colo)
33	DF	CHI	Yonathan Andía
35	MF	CHI	Sergio Leon

Managers

Wilson Piñones And Rubén Sánchez (1999)
Jorge Rodríguez (2000)
Hernán Castro (2000-2001)
Gerardo Silva (2002-2003)
Rubén Sánchez (2004)
Manuel Soto (2004-2005)
Nelson Cossío (2006-2008)
Víctor Palma (2008)
Nelson Cossío (2009-2010)
Orlando Mondaca (2010)
Nelson Cossío (2010)
Cristián Castañeda (2011)
Hernán Ibarra (2011)
Gerardo Silva (2012-2013)
Rubén Sánchez (2013)
Marcelo Miranda (2013)
Rubén Sánchez (2013-2016)
Francisco Michea (2016)
Rubén Sánchez (2016-2017)
Erwin Durán (2017-2018)
Héctor Almandoz (2018-2020)
Emiliano Astorga (2020-2021)
Erwin Durán (2021)
Rubén Sánchez (2021)
Héctor Almandoz (2022-2023)
Ivo Basay (2023-Act.)

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

Primera División de Chile

2024 clubs

Former teams

Tournaments

As Primera División	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997–A 1997–C 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002–A 2002–C 2003–A 2003–C 2004–A 2004–C 2005–A 2005–C 2006–A 2006–C 2007–A 2007–C 2008–A 2008–C 2009–A 2009–C 2010 2011–A 2011–C 2012–A 2012–C 2013–T 2013–A 2014–C 2014–A 2015–C 2015–A 2016–C 2016–A 2017–C 2017–T 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 (A): Apertura, (C): Clausura, (T): Transición
Seasons	1997 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 It covers the Apertura and Clausura tournaments (short tournaments) into a single-year season.

As
Primera División