Deportes Antofagasta
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| Full name | Club de Deportes Antofagasta S.A.D.P. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Pumas, CDA | ||
| Founded | May 14, 1966 | ||
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Estadio Regional de Antofagasta Antofagasta, Chile | ||
| Capacity | 21,178 | ||
| Chairman |
 Osciel Guzmán | ||
| Manager |
Gustavo Huerta | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2013 Transición | 13th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Deportes Antofagasta, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta. The club plays in the first level of the Chilean football league system. Their home games are played at the Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, which has a capacity of 21,000 approximately.
History
The club was founded on May 14, 1966 when the amateur clubs Unión Bellavista and Portuario Atacama merged. The team's original name was Club de Deportes Antofagasta Portuario.
The team's first head coach was the 1980s Chilean National manager Luis Santibañez. The team finished 10th in their first league season.
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. The only goal of the match was scored by the Paraguayan player Juan Pelayo Ayala. The team was promoted to first division after that game.
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 the second level.
In 1979, Jorge León was named the team's president and changed the club's name to Club de Deportes Antofagasta. The regional was not appropriate anymore, because of the appearance of another team in the Antofagasta Region, (Cobreloa).
On June 30, 1983 D. Antofagasta finally gained promotion to top level once again after defeating Lota Schwager 9-0. The team was coached by Manuel Rodríguez. However the following year the team again descended to the second level.
D. Antofagasta experienced one of their most successful spans from 1991 through 1995, with the Croatian coach Andrija Perčić at the bench and players such as Marco Cornez and Gabriel Caballero.
In 1997, they once again descended to the second level, finishing at the bottom of the table.
In 2005, D. Antofagasta gained promotion to the first division along with Santiago Morning.
In 2008, the club returned to the Primera B, finishing at the bottom of the cumulative table 2007-2008.
In 2011, they won the Primera B championship and were promoted to the Primera Division.
Stadium
Deportes Antofagasta plays its home matches at the Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, owned by the Municipality of Antofagasta. The stadium was planned to be a reserve stadium for the FIFA World Cup 1962, and was finally inaugurated on October 8, 1964, on the grounds of the former Riding Club of Antofagasta. The first professional football match was played there in 1966, and Deportes Antofagasta has played there since that time. In 2007 the stadium was closed for repairs, and home games had to be played elsewhere; The Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago against Deportes Puerto Montt in Estadio Municipal de Calama against CD Huachipato and Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica against Lota Schwager, and until 2013 at the Estadio Parque Juan López.
Honors
- 1968, 2011
- 1990
- 22 seasons in Primera División
- 25 seasons in Primera División B
Notable players
Players
As of 2 January 2014[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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External links
- (Spanish) Official Website
- (Spanish) Antofagasta Supporter's Website
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