Deportes Antofagasta

Deportes Antofagasta
Full name Club de Deportes Antofagasta S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s) Pumas, CDA
Founded May 14, 1966
Ground Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán
Antofagasta, Chile
Ground Capacity 21,178
Chairman Chile Jorge Sánchez
Manager Spain Beñat San José
League Campeonato Nacional
2014–15 Apertura: 17th
Liguilla Apertura: Not qualified
Clausura: 13th
Liguilla Clausura: Not qualified
Overall: 16th
Website Club home page

Deportes Antofagasta, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta, that is a current member of the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, that has a 21,178 spectators capacity.

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 2007–08.

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 Huachipato and Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica against Lota Schwager, and until 2013 at the Estadio Parque Juan López.

Players

Current squad of Deportes Antofagasta as of 6 August 2015 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  ARG GK Matías Dituro
2  PAR DF Rodrigo Riquelme
4  CHI MF Gonzalo Villagra
5  CHI DF Cristián Rojas
6  CHI DF Francisco Sánchez
7  CHI FW Ronald González
8  CHI MF Ángelo González
9  ARG FW Flavio Ciampichetti
10  CHI MF Hugo Droguett
11  ARG FW Muriel Orlando
12  CHI GK Alan Cortés
14  CHI FW Juan Gonzalo Lorca
15  ARG DF Alejandro Delfino
16  CHI DF Francisco Sepúlveda
No. Position Player
17  CHI MF Mauricio Díaz
18  CHI FW Marcos Bolados
19  CHI FW Felipe Muñoz
20  CHI DF Mathias Saavedra
21  CHI MF Luis Cabrera
22  ARG FW Martín Gómez
24  CHI DF Patricio Jerez
25  CHI GK Nicolás Araya
26  CHI FW Gerson Martínez
27  CHI MF Sebastián Leyton
28  CHI DF Marcelo Tapia
29  CHI DF Branco Ampuero
30  CHI GK Fernando Hurtado
33  CHI DF Rodolfo González

Manager: Beñat San José

Managers

  • Chile Mario Páez (1983)
  • Chile Isaac Carrasco (1983)
  • Chile Jaime Campos (1983)
  • Chile Mario Páez (1984)
  • Chile Sergio Navarro (1985)
  • Chile Jaime Campos (1985)
  • Chile Miguel Arrué (1985)
  • Chile Alfonso Sepúlveda (1986)
  • Chile Humberto Cruz (1986)
  • Chile Miguel Arrué (1986)
  • Chile Hernán Godoy (1986–87)
  • Chile Jorge Molina (1988)
  • Chile José Sulantay (1988)
  • Chile Rolando García (1989)
  • Chile Mario Páez (1989)
  • Uruguay Jorge Luis Siviero (1990)
  • Chile Hugo Solís (1990)
  • Chile Mario Páez (1991)
  • Croatia Andrija Perčić (1991–95)

Honors

1968, 2011
1990

References

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