Club de Deportes Concepcion
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| Full name | Club Social y de Deportes Concepción | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Los leones, Los lilas, El león de collao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | February 29, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Municipal de Concepción Concepción, Chile |
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| Capacity | 35.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Jorge Mahuzier |
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| Manager | Humberto López |
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| League | Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clausura | Suspended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club de Deportes Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción.
The club were founded on February 29, 1966 by the fusion of several ameteur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club are one of the most important teams in the VIII region of Chile, their great rivals are Fernandez Vial
The team joined the second division of the Chilean profesional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later gaining promotion to the Primera División.
In 1991 the team joined Colo Colo in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against America de Cali.
In 1993 the club were relegated after finishing 15th of 16 teams, but the club bounced streight back by winning the second division title in 1994.
Concepcion 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 Cordoba 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 professionaly 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) plays in the Third division of Chile as well.
[edit] Notable Players
Osvaldo "Pata Bendita" Castro- Vicente Cantatore
- Fernando "Palito" Cavaleri
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya- Daniel Morón
Mario Osbén- Mario Vener
- Nicolas "El Loco" Villamil
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| Audax Italiano | Cobreloa | Cobresal | Colo-Colo | Coquimbo Unido | Antofagasta | La Serena | Puerto Montt | Deportes Concepción | Everton | Melipilla | Lota Schwager | Huachipato | O'Higgins | Ñublense | Palestino | Santiago Wanderers | Unión Española | Universidad Católica | Universidad de Chile | Universidad de Concepción edit |
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