Cobreloa

Cobreloa

Full name	Club de Deportes Cobreloa
Nickname(s)	Zorros del desierto (desert foxes) Loínos Mineros (Miners) Naranjas (Oranges)
Founded	7 January 1977; 37 years ago
Ground	Estadio Zorros del Desierto
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Gerardo Mella Fernandez
Manager	César Bravo
League	Primera División
2015	18th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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 mining|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.

Honours

National honours

• Primera División: 8

1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003-A, 2003-C, 2004-C

• Copa Chile: 1

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 (Héctor Puebla from 1980 to 1996)
  • Most appearances in total: 662 (Héctor Puebla from 1980 to 1996)

Primera División Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1982	Jorge Luis Siviero	18
1983	Washington Olivera	29
1993	Marco Antonio Figueroa	18
Apertura 2004	Patricio Galaz	23
Clausura 2004	Patricio Galaz	19

Copa Chile Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1982	Jorge Luis Siviero	8
1986	Juan Carlos Letelier	11
1990	Adrián Czornomaz	13
1994	Alejandro Glaría	12

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Cobreloa as of 26 June 2015 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1  CHI GK Sebastián Contreras 2  CHI DF Jonathan Retamal 4  CHI DF Juan Carlos Araya 5  CHI DF Paulo Olivares 7  ECU MF Henry Patta 8  CHI MF Fernando Cornejo 9  ARG FW Leonel Altobelli 10  ARG MF Carlos Santibáñez 11  CHI FW Vildan Alfaro 12  CHI GK Matías Carrasco 13  ARG MF Nahuel Fioretto 14  CHI MF Iván Ledezma

No. Position Player 15  CHI DF Enzo Guerrero 17  CHI MF Carlos Gómez 18  CHI MF Manuel Simpertegui 22  CHI MF Bryan Danesi 23  CHI MF José Luis Jiménez 24  CHI FW Diego de Gregorio 25  ARG DF Walter Gómez 26  CHI MF Felipe Palacios 32  CHI MF Eric Ahumada 33  ARG GK Jorge De Olivera --  CHI FW Sebastián Romero

Manager: César Vigevani

Managers

Cobreloa managers from 1977 to present
Andrés Prieto (1977–79) Vicente Cantatore (1980–84) Jorge Toro (1985–86) Jorge Luis Siviero (1986–88) Miguel Hermosilla (1988–89) Gustavo Cuello (1989) Andrés Prieto (1989–90) Fernando Cavalleri (1991–92) Mario Osbén (1992) José Sulantay (1992–93) Jorge Garcés (1994–95) Miguel Hermosilla (1995–97) Carlos Rojas (1997–98) Mario Herrera (1998) Arturo Salah (1999−00) Carlos Rojas (2000)	Oscar Malbernat (2000–01) Víctor Merello (Jan 15, 2001 – Dec 31, 2002) Nelson Acosta (Jan 1, 2002–03) Gilberto Reyes (2003) Eduardo Fournier (2003) Luis Garisto (2003) Fernando Díaz (2004) Miguel Hermosilla (2004) Nelson Acosta (2004–05) Jorge Socías (2005) Eduardo Fournier (2005) Miguel Hermosilla (2005) Jorge Aravena (2006) Gustavo Huerta (2007) Gustavo Benítez (2008) Rubén Vallejos (2008)	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) Marco Antonio Figueroa (Dec 6, 2012 – July 15, 2013) Jorge García (June 25, 2013 – Feb 18, 2014) Marcelo Trobbiani (2014) Marco Antonio Figueroa (2015) César Vigevani (2015–16) César Bravo (interim)(2016–)

Presidents

Cobreloa presidents from 1977 to present
1977: Francisco Núñez Venegas 1978: Esteban Ibáñez 1978: José Gorrini Sanguinetti 1978–82: Sergio Stoppel García 1983–87: Luis Gómez Araya 1987–88: Sergio Stoppel García 1989–91: Pedro Cortés Navia 1991–92: Luis Urrutia Concha 1992–93: Orlando Álvarez Campos 1993–98: Sergio Jarpa Gibert	1998–99: Pedro Pablo Latorre Muñoz 1999–03: Heriberto Pinto García 2003–06: Gerardo Mella Fernández 2006–07: Augusto González Aguirre 2007–10: Juan George George 2010–12: Javier Maureira Alfaro 2012–14: Mario Herrera Pinto 2014: Jorge Pereira 2014–15: Augusto González Aguirre 2015–present: Gerardo Mella Fernandez

References

Sources

• (Spanish) Libro Oficial Cobreloa Un Impacto en el Desierto (2007), Carlos Gómez/Cedep, Chile

External links

• (Spanish) Official site
• (Spanish) Huracan Naranja
• (Spanish) Mundo Loíno