Club de Deportes Antofagasta
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| Full name | Club de Deportes Antofagasta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Pumas, CDA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | May 14, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Regional de Antofagasta Antofagasta, Chile (Capacity 26,339) |
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| Chairman |  Osciel Guzmán |
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| Manager |  Mario Vener |
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| League | Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 Clausura | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club de Deportes Antofagasta, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta. The club was founded May 14, 1966 when amateur clubs Unión Bellavista and Portuario Atacama merged. The club plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are played at the Regional Antofagasta stadium, which has a capacity of 26,339 approximately. The club's rival is Cobreloa.
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[edit] History
Antofasta was founded on May 14, 1966 when the merger of the two amateur clubs, Unión Bellavista and Portuario Atacama, was final. The team's original name was Club de Deportes Antofagasta Portuario.
The team's first head coach was ex-Chilean international player Luis Santibañez. The team finished tenth in the second division table.
Under coach Francisco Hormazábal, Antofagasta was crowned champions of the second division in 1968. The final was played on January 19, 1969 against San Luis Quillota. The lone goal of the match was scored in the 33rd minute by Paraguayan Juan Pelayo Ayala. The team was promoted to first division after the win.
On July 21, 1974 the team changed its name to Club Regional Antofagasta.
In 1977, the team finished 18th in the table and returned to second division.
In 1979, Jorge León was name team's president and changed the club's name to Club de Deportes Antofagasta. The regional was not appropriate any more because of the appearance of regional club Cobreloa.
On June 30, 1983 Antofagasta finally gained promotion to first division once again after defeating Lota Schwager 9-0. The team was coached by Manuel Rodríguez and the nine goals were scored by Héctor Olivos (5 goals), Fernando González (3 goals) and Franklin López. However the following year the team again descended to second division.
Antofagasta experienced one of their most successful spans from 1991 thru 1995, with coach Andrija Perčić at the helm and players such as Marco Cornez and Gabriel Caballero.
In 1997, they once again descended to second division by finishing at the bottom of the table.
In 2005, Antofagasta gained promotion to the first division along with Santiago Morning.
[edit] Honors
- Second Division champions: 1968
- Apertura Championship of the Second Division champions: 1990
- Seasons in First Division: 21 (1969-1977, 1983-1984, 1991-1997, and 2006-)
- Seasons in Second Division: 22 (1966-1968, 1978-1982, 1985-1990, 1998-2005)
[edit] Notable Players
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[edit] Squad 2008
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[edit] External links
- (Spanish) C.D. Antofagasta Website
- (Spanish) Antofagasta Supporter's Website
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