C.D. Cobreloa

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

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

National honours

Primera División: 8

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

Copa Chile: 1

1986

International honours

Copa Libertadores de América: 0

Runners-up (2): 1981, 1982

Records

Club records
- Largest victory: 10–0 (v. O'Higgins in the Copa Chile, 1979)
- Largest Primera División victory: 9–0 (v. Regional Atacama in 1983)
- Heaviest Primera División defeat: 1–6 (v. Huachipato in 1998)
Individual records
- Most league goals in a single season: 42 (Patricio Galaz in 2004)
- Most league goals in total: 104 (Juan Covarrubias)
- Most goals in total: 144 (Juan Covarrubias)
- Most Primera División appearances: 446 (Héctor Puebla from 1980 to 1996)
- Most appearances in total: 662 (Héctor Puebla from 1980 to 1996)

Primera División Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1982	Jorge Luis Siviero	18
1983	Washington Olivera	29
1993	Marco Antonio Figueroa	18
Apertura 2004	Patricio Galaz	23
Clausura 2004	Patricio Galaz	19

Copa Chile Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1982	Jorge Luis Siviero	8
1986	Juan Carlos Letelier	11
1990	Adrián Czornomaz	13
1994	Alejandro Glaría	12

Players

Current squad

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

In

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

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

Cobreloa managers from 1977 to present
Andrés Prieto (1977–79) Vicente Cantatore (1980–84) Jorge Toro (1985–86) Jorge Luis Siviero (1986–88) Miguel Hermosilla (1988–89) Gustavo Cuello (1989) Andrés Prieto (1989–90) Fernando Cavalleri (1991–92) Mario Osbén (1992) José Sulantay (1992–93) Jorge Garcés (1994–95) Miguel Hermosilla (1995–97) Carlos Rojas (1997–98) Mario Herrera (1998) Arturo Salah (1999−00) Carlos Rojas (2000)	Oscar Malbernat (2000–01) Víctor Merello (Jan 15, 2001 – Dec 31, 2002) Nelson Acosta (Jan 1, 2002–03) Gilberto Reyes (2003) Eduardo Fournier (2003) Luis Garisto (2003) Fernando Díaz (2004) Miguel Hermosilla (2004) Nelson Acosta (2004–05) Jorge Socías (2005) Eduardo Fournier (2005) Miguel Hermosilla (2005) Jorge Aravena (2006) Gustavo Huerta (2007) Gustavo Benítez (2008) Rubén Vallejos (2008)	Marco Antonio Figueroa (2008) Marcelo Trobbiani (2009) Rubén Vallejos (2009) Germán Cornejo (2009) Raúl Toro (Aug 29, 2009 – March 30, 2010) Germán Cornejo (2010) Mario Soto (2010) Nelson Acosta (Jan 1, 2011 – April 2, 2012) Roberto Espicto (2012) Javier Torrente (April 19, 2012 – Dec 6, 2012) Marco Antonio Figueroa (Dec 6, 2012 – July 15, 2013) Jorge García (June 25, 2013 – Feb 18, 2014) Marcelo Trobbiani (2014) Marco Antonio Figueroa (2015) César Vigevani (2015–16) César Bravo (2016)	Carlos Rojas (2016) César Bravo (2016) Rodrigo Meléndez (interim) (2016-)

Presidents

Cobreloa presidents from 1977 to present
1977: Francisco Núñez Venegas 1978: Esteban Ibáñez 1978: José Gorrini Sanguinetti 1978–82: Sergio Stoppel García 1983–87: Luis Gómez Araya 1987–88: Sergio Stoppel García 1989–91: Pedro Cortés Navia 1991–92: Luis Urrutia Concha 1992–93: Orlando Álvarez Campos 1993–98: Sergio Jarpa Gibert	1998–99: Pedro Pablo Latorre Muñoz 1999–03: Heriberto Pinto García 2003–06: Gerardo Mella Fernández 2006–07: Augusto González Aguirre 2007–10: Juan George George 2010–12: Javier Maureira Alfaro 2012–14: Mario Herrera Pinto 2014: Jorge Pereira 2014–15: Augusto González Aguirre 2015–present: Gerardo Mella Fernandez

References

Sources

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

External links

(in Spanish) Official site
(in Spanish) Huracan Naranja
(in Spanish) Mundo Loíno

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.