Deportes Concepción (Chile)

Deportes Concepción
Full name	Club Social y de Deportes Concepción
Nickname(s)	El Conce; El León de Collao
Founded	February 29, 1966
Ground	Estadio Ester Roa; Concepción, Chile
Capacity	30,448
Chairman	Gabriela Parra
Manager	Juan Francisco Viveros
Coach	Óscar del Solar
League	Segunda División
2021	10th
Home colours	Away colours

Deportes Concepción is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción, Biobio Region. They currently play at the third tier of the Chilean League system, the Segunda División.

The club was founded in 1966, by the organizations of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region of Chile, their main rivals are Fernández Vial and Huachipato. The club played their home games at Estadio Ester Roa in Concepción, Chile, which seats 30,448 people.

History

The team joined the second level of the Chilean professional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later, gaining promotion to the Primera División de Chile.

In 1991, the team joined in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against América de Cali.

In 1993, the club was relegated after finishing 15th of 16 teams, but the club bounced straight back by winning the second division title in 1994.

Concepción 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 Córdoba from Argentina which was 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 topflight in 2004.

In the year 2006, the team was suspended and could not play professionally 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) played that season at the Third level, as well.

In 2016, the club was expelled of the Chilean National League system due to economic problems and returned in 2018 at the last level of the league system, the fifth tier, Tercera B, gaining promotion in their debut season on the category to the next level, the fourth tier Tercera División, for 2019, in which they get a consecutive promotion to the next level, the third tier Segunda División, for 2020.

Club records

Seasons in Primera División (I): 33 (1968–81), (1985–93), (1995–02), (2005), (2007–08)
Seasons in Primera B (II): 11 (1966–67), (1982–84), (1994), (2003–04), (2009–2016)
Seasons in Segunda División (III): 3 (2020–)
Seasons in Tercera División (IV): 1 (2019)
Seasons in Tercera B (V): 1 (2018)
Copa Libertadores appearances: 2 (1991, 2001)
Copa CONMEBOL appearances: 1 (1999)
Largest Margin of Victory: 7–1 vs. Santiago Morning (1976)
Largest Margin of Defeat: 0–7 vs Universidad de Chile (1987)
Best Finish in Primera División: 2nd (1975)
Best Finish in Copa Chile: Runner-up (2010)
Highest home attendance — 37,423 v. Colo-Colo (1 October 1972)
Most Goals in Primera División matches: Víctor Estay (77 goals)
All-time Goalscorer: Víctor Estay (88 goals)
All-time Appearances: Patricio Almendra (269 games)

Honours

National

Copa Francisco Candelori
- Winners (1): 1970
Primera B
- Winners (2): 1967, 1994

Regional

Torneo Provincial de Chile
- Winners (2): 1968, 1970

Crest

1998 to 2017

South American cups history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991	Copa Libertadores	First Stage Group 2	Colo-Colo	0–0	0–2	3rd Place
			Barcelona	1–0	2–2
			L.D.U. Quito	3–0	0–4
		Round of 16	América de Cali	0–3	3–3	3–6
1999	Copa CONMEBOL	Quarterfinals	Rosario Central	2–1	2–2	4–3
1999	Copa CONMEBOL	Semifinals	Talleres de Córdoba	1–1	1–2	2–3
2001	Copa Libertadores	First Stage Group 3	Nacional	0–0	0–2	2nd Place
			San Lorenzo	3–2	1–2
			Jorge Wilstermann	3–0	1–2
		Round of 16	Vasco da Gama	1–3	0–1	1–4

Current squad

Current squad of Deportes Concepción (Chile) as of 29 September 2021 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Vicente Bernedo
2	ARG	DF	Lautaro Rigazzi
3	CHI	DF	Maximiliano Riveros
4	CHI	DF	Sebastián Navarro
5	CHI	DF	Dylan Aravena
6	ARG	MF	Matías Toledo
7	CHI	FW	Ignacio Sepúlveda
8	CHI	MF	Fabrizio Manzo
9	CHI	FW	Juan Sebastián Ibarra
10	CHI	MF	Joaquín Verdugo
11	ECU	FW	Alexander Bolaños
12	CHI	GK	Celso Castillo
13	CHI	DF	Agustín Ambiado
14	CHI	DF	Matías Lagos
15	CHI	FW	David Henríquez

No.		Position	Player
16	CHI	MF	Cristóbal Vargas
17	CHI	DF	Claudio Fernández
18	CHI	FW	Cristofer Salas
19	CHI	MF	Sebastián Torres
20	CHI	DF	Fabián Ramírez
21	CHI	MF	José Molina
22	CHI	MF	Benjamín Vera
23	CHI	FW	Gabriel Vargas
24	CHI	FW	Lucas Garrido
25	CHI	GK	Alonso Montecinos
26	CHI	DF	Joaquín Roa
27	CHI	DF	Mauricio Rojas
28	CHI	MF	Sebastián Caro
29	CHI	FW	Jaime Caro

Manager: Óscar del Solar

2021 Winter Transfers

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CHI	Miguel Jiménez (from Magallanes)
3	DF	ARG	Alexis Machuca (free)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	CHI	Luis Pacheco (free)
32	FW	CHI	Fabián Neira (loan from Universidad de Concepción)

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