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Cobreloa

Full name	Club de Deportes Cobreloa
Nickname(s)	Zorros del desierto (desert foxes) Loínos Mineros (Miners) Naranjas (Oranges)
Founded	7 January 1977; 37 years ago
Ground	Estadio Zorros del Desierto
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Walter Aguilera
Manager	Rodrigo Meléndez
League	Primera B
2017	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on 7 January 1977 and plays in the Chilean second-tier league, the Primera B de Chile. Cobreloa plays at the Estadio Zorros del Desierto, which has a capacity of 12,000. Their main rivals are Colo-Colo, O'Higgins, Deportes Antofagasta and Cobresal. They wear an all-orange home kit.

History[edit]

Cobreloa is a relatively new club, having been founded on 7 January 1977. The name Cobreloa comes from combining the Spanish word for copper (Cobre), and Loa, after the province and the Loa River, the longest river in Chile, which is located near Calama and Chuquicamata, the world's largest open pit copper mining|mine.

The club was able to establish itself in Chile's top flight very quickly, earning promotion after its first season, where they have stayed ever since. Only four years after their foundation, Cobreloa reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores in 1981, losing in a third match to Brazilian club Flamengo. Cobreloa reached the Copa Libertadores final the following year, losing to Peñarol of Uruguay. The club also reached the semi-final of the Copa Libertadores in 1987.

They have competed in the Copa Libertadores de América 13 times, 3 times in the Copa Sudamericana and twice in the Copa CONMEBOL. In 1995 they reached the quarter-finals and the following year were eliminated in the first round. Cobreloa have 8 Primera División titles and 1 Copa Chile title making them the most successful side outside Santiago in Chile and one of the four biggest clubs of the country.

Honours[edit]

National honours[edit]

• Primera División: 8

1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003-A, 2003-C, 2004-C

• Copa Chile: 1

1986

International honours[edit]

• Copa Libertadores de América: 0

Runners-up (2): 1981, 1982

Records[edit]

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  Club records
  
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    Largest victory: 10–0 (v. O'Higgins in the Copa Chile, 1979)
  
  
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    Largest Primera División victory: 9–0 (v. Regional Atacama in 1983)
  
  
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    Heaviest Primera División defeat: 1–6 (v. Huachipato in 1998)
  
  


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  Individual records
  
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    Most league goals in a single season: 42 (Patricio Galaz in 2004)
  
  
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    Most league goals in total: 104 (Juan Covarrubias)
  
  
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    Most goals in total: 144 (Juan Covarrubias)
  
  
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    Most Primera División appearances: 446 (Héctor Puebla from 1980 to 1996)
  
  
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    Most appearances in total: 662 (Héctor Puebla from 1980 to 1996)
  
  

Primera División Top scorers[edit]

Copa Chile Top scorers[edit]

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Current squad of Cobreloa as of 2 August 2018
(edit)

Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1  CHI GK Gonzalo Collao 2  CHI DF Matías González 3  CHI DF Miguel Sanhueza 4  CHI DF Claudio Miranda 5  CHI DF Mario Parra 6  URU MF Guillermo Firpo 7  CHI FW Sebastián Romero 9  ARG FW Lucas Simón 10  ARG MF Jorge Luna 11  CHI MF José Luis Silva 12  ARG FW Cristian Ivanobski 13  CHI DF Cristián Oviedo 14  CHI MF Pablo Parra 15  URU DF Luis Maldonado 16  CHI MF Matías Fernández 17  CHI MF Arturo Sanhueza 18  CHI MF Ignacio Jara 19  CHI DF Mario Larenas

No. Position Player 20  CHI DF Matías Álvarez 21  CHI MF Gonzalo Pérez 22  CHI FW Diego Alvarado 23  CHI DF Michael Contreras 24  CHI MF Axel Ríos 25  CHI DF Eduardo Vidal 26  CHI FW Pablo Brito 27  CHI FW Gabriel Mazuela 28  CHI FW Felipe Fritz 29  CHI DF Juan Carlos Araya 30  CHI GK Raúl Olivares 32  CHI GK Francisco Quevedo 33  CHI MF Hugo Araya 34  CHI FW Kevin Mundaca 35  CHI MF Johao Caprile 36  CHI MF Fabián Quilaleo 37  CHI FW Bastián Valdez 38  CHI MF Cristián Dubó

Manager: Rodrigo Meléndez

2018 Winter Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

No. Position Player 12 FW Cristian Ivanobski (from Club Atlético Zacatepec) 15 DF Luis Maldonado (from Peñarol)

No. Position Player 28 FW Felipe Fritz (loaned from Universidad de Concepción)

Out[edit]

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

No. Position Player 4 DF Federico Pérez (to Plaza Colonia) 12 GK Matías Carrasco (loaned to Provincial Osorno)

No. Position Player 28 FW Leandro Reymúndez (Released)

Managers[edit]

Presidents[edit]

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

• 
  (in Spanish) Libro Oficial Cobreloa Un Impacto en el Desierto (2007), Carlos Gómez/Cedep, Chile

External links[edit]

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  (in Spanish) Official site
  


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  (in Spanish) Huracan Naranja
  


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  (in Spanish) Mundo Loíno