Cobreloa
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 top flight, the Primera División, where they have played since 1978. 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 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.
Players
Current squad
Current squad of Cobreloa as of 30 May 2014
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Manager: Marco Antonio Figueroa
Honours
National honours
- 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003-A, 2003-C, 2004-C
- 1986
International honours
- Copa Libertadores de América: 0
- Runners-up (2): 1981, 1982
Records
- Club records
- Largest victory: 10–0 (v. O'Higgins B 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 (Hector Puebla from 1980 to 1996)
- Most appearances in total: 662 (Hector Puebla from 1980 to 1996)
Primera División Top scorers
Copa Chile Top scorers
Managers
| Cobreloa managers from 1977 to present |
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 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)
- M.A. Figueroa (Dec 6, 2012–July 15, 2013)
- Jorge García (June 25, 2013–Feb 18, 2014)
- Marcelo Trobbiani (2014)
- Marco Antonio Figueroa (2015–)
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Presidents
| Cobreloa presidents from 1977 to present |
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References
Sources
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