Deportes Antofagasta

Deportes Antofagasta
Full nameClub de Deportes Antofagasta S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)Pumas
CDA
FoundedMay 14, 1966; 57 years ago (1966-05-14)
GroundEstadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán
Capacity21,178
ChairmanJorge Sánchez
ManagerJohn Armijo
LeaguePrimera B
2023CPD, 5th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Primera B Of Chile. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178.

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 manager was Luis Santibañez, future manager of the Chile National Team. The team finished 10th in its 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 a second team, Cobreloa, had been established in the Antofagasta Region.

On June 30, 1983 D. Antofagasta, coached by Manuel Rodríguez, returned to the top level once after defeating Lota Schwager 9–0. However the following year the team was again relegated.

D. Antofagasta experienced one of their most successful spans from 1991 through 1995, playing in the top tier under the guidance of Croatian coach Andrija Perčić, with star players such as Marco Cornez and Gabriel Caballero.

In 1997, they once again descended to the second level, after 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

For a list of all former and current Club Deportes Antofagasta players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Deportes Antofagasta footballers.

Current squad of Deportes Antofagasta as of 4 July 2022 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  CHI GK Juan Cisternas
3  CHI DF Rodrigo Astorga
4  CHI DF Simón González
5  ARG MF Daniel Imperiale
6  CHI MF Cristián Díaz
7  CHI FW Pedro Campos
8  CHI MF Iván Ledezma
9  ARG FW Rodrigo Contreras
10  VEN FW José Bández
11  CHI FW Sebastián Ubilla
12  CHI DF Felipe Alvarado
13  CHI DF Benjamín Vidal
14  CHI DF Salvador Cordero
15  CHI DF Manuel Maluenda
No. Position Player
16  ARG MF Bruno Liuzzi
17  CHI MF Maykol Sánchez
19  CHI DF Mario Larenas
20  CHI MF Adrián Cuadra
22  ARG GK Tomás Giménez
23  CHI FW Matías Fredes
24  VEN FW Brayan Hurtado
25  CHI GK Nicolás Araya
26  CHI DF Lukas Soza
27  ARG MF Bruno Pérez
29  CHI DF Andrés Robles
30  VEN FW Luis Guerra
31  CHI DF Hardy Cavero
34  CHI MF Mauricio Morales

2021 Winter Transfers

In

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Out

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Notable players

Managers

Honors

1968, 2011
1990

South American cups history

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2019 Copa Sudamericana First Round Brazil Fluminense 1–2 0–0 1–2

Club facts

References

  1. ^ "Néstor Marcelo Narbona Pizarro". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

External links