Deportes Concepción (Chile)

Deportes Concepción is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción, Biobio Region. They currently play at the third tier of the Chilean League system, the Segunda División.

Deportes Concepción
Full nameClub Social y de Deportes Concepción
Nickname(s)El Conce
El León de Collao
FoundedFebruary 29, 1966
GroundEstadio Ester Roa
Concepción, Chile
Capacity30,448
ChairmanGabriela Parra
ManagerJuan Francisco Viveros
CoachÓscar del Solar
LeagueSegunda División
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The club was founded in 1966, by the organizations of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region of Chile, their main rivals are Fernández Vial and Huachipato. The club played their home games at Estadio Ester Roa in Concepción, Chile, which seats 30,448 people.

History

The team joined the second level of the Chilean professional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later gaining promotion to the Primera División de Chile.

In 1991 the team joined in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against América de Cali.

In 1993 the club was relegated after finishing 15th of 16 teams, but the club bounced straight back by winning the second division title in 1994.

Concepción played their next big international tournament in 1999, they participated in the Copa CONMEBOL and made it all the way to the semifinals but lost against Talleres de Córdoba from Argentina. A real disappointment to the fans.

In the year 2001, they once again played the Copa Libertadores and beat rivals such as San Lorenzo from Argentina and Jorge Wilstermann from Bolivia. Once again they made it into the round of sixteen but lost this time to Vasco da Gama from Brazil who had top class players like Romário in their team.

In 2002 the club were again relegated by finishing 15th of 16 teams in the aggregated table, they returned to the top flight in 2004.

In the year 2006 the team was suspended and could not play professionally in the whole year due to debts and unpaid salaries. The club was going to be relegated, but after a legal battle, they were readmitted in the Chilean first division, where they play in 2007. An alternative team (Deportes Concepción B) played that season at the Third level, as well.

In 2016 the club was expelled of the Chilean National League system due to economic problems. And returned in 2018 at last level of the league system, the fifth tier, Tercera B, gaining promotion in their debut season on the category to the next level, the fourth tier Tercera División, for 2019, in which they get a consecutive promotion to the next level, the third tier Segunda División, for 2020.

Club Facts

National Honors

Crest
  • 1998 to 2017

South American cups history
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1991 Copa Libertadores First Stage
Group 2		 Colo-Colo 0–0 0–2 3rd Place
Barcelona 1–0 2–2
L.D.U. Quito 3–0 0–4
Round of 16 América de Cali 0–3 3–3 3–6
1999 Copa CONMEBOL Quarterfinals Rosario Central 2–1 2–2 4–3
Semifinals Talleres de Córdoba 1–1 1–2 2–3
2001 Copa Libertadores First Stage
Group 3		 Nacional 0–0 0–2 2nd Place
San Lorenzo 3–2 1–2
Jorge Wilstermann 3–0 1–2
Round of 16 Vasco da Gama 1–3 0–1 1–4

Current squad

Current squad of Deportes Concepción (Chile) as of 29 September 2021 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  CHI GK Vicente Bernedo
2  ARG DF Lautaro Rigazzi
3  CHI DF Maximiliano Riveros
4  CHI DF Sebastián Navarro
5  CHI DF Dylan Aravena
6  ARG MF Matías Toledo
7  CHI FW Ignacio Sepúlveda
8  CHI MF Fabrizio Manzo
9  COL FW Juan Sebastián Ibarra
10  CHI MF Joaquín Verdugo
11  ECU FW Alexander Bolaños
12  CHI GK Celso Castillo
13  CHI DF Agustín Ambiado
14  CHI DF Matías Lagos
15  CHI FW David Henríquez
No. Position Player
16  CHI MF Cristóbal Vargas
17  CHI DF Claudio Fernández
18  CHI FW Cristofer Salas
19  CHI MF Sebastián Torres
20  CHI DF Fabián Ramírez
21  CHI MF José Molina
22  CHI MF Benjamín Vera
23  CHI FW Gabriel Vargas
24  CHI FW Lucas Garrido
25  CHI GK Alonso Montecinos
26  CHI DF Joaquín Roa
27  CHI DF Mauricio Rojas
28  CHI MF Sebastián Caro
29  CHI FW Jaime Caro

Manager: Óscar del Solar

In

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  CHI Miguel Jiménez (from Magallanes)
3 DF  ARG Alexis Machuca (free)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF  CHI Luis Pacheco (free)
32 FW  CHI Fabián Neira (loan from Universidad de Concepción)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 GK  CHI Darío Melo (released)

Managers
  • Carlos Orlandelli (1966)
  • Isaac Carrasco (1967)
  • Sergio Cruzat (1968)
  • Luis Vera (1969-1973)
  • Néstor Isella (1974)
  • Guillermo Baez (1975–76)
  • Alfonso Sepúlveda (1976)
  • Nelson Oyarzún (1977)
  • Manuel González (1977)
  • Alex Veloso (1977)
  • Isaac Carrasco (1978)
  • Luis Vera (1978-1979)
  • Pedro García (1980)
  • Carlos Hoffmann (1981)
  • Jaime Ramírez (1981)
  • Hernán Godoy (1982)
  • Luis Vera (1984)
  • Rolando García (1985)
  • Gustavo Cortés (1986)
  • Eduardo de la Barra (1987)
  • Luis Vera (1987)

See also

References
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