Deportes Concepción

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	Victor Torneria
Manager	Esteban González
League	Segunda División
2019	2nd, (Tercera División)
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. 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 top flight 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 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 Facts

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): 1 (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)

National Honors

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
- Winners (2): 1990, 2000
Primera B
- Winners (2): 1967, 1994

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 as of 2020 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Sebastián Contreras
3	CHI	DF	Diego Calderón
4	CHI	DF	Matías Manríquez
5	ARG	MF	Cristian Gaitán
6	CHI	DF	José Antonio Rojas
7	CHI	FW	Ignacio Sepúlveda
8	CHI	MF	Brian Fuentes
9	CHI	FW	Felipe Albornoz
10	CHI	FW	Daúd Gazale
11	CHI	MF	Alex Díaz
12	CHI	GK	Ricardo Cárcamo
13	CHI	DF	Sebastián Sepúlveda
14	CHI	DF	Matías Lagos
15	CHI	MF	Patricio Leiva

No.		Position	Player
16	CHI	MF	Rodrigo Toloza
17	CHI	DF	Pedro Gatica
18	CHI	MF	Benjamín Cruces
19	CHI	DF	Bastián Henríquez
20	CHI	DF	Fabián Ramírez
21	CHI	DF	Diego Díaz
22	CHI	GK	Angelo Giolito
23	CHI	FW	Gabriel Vargas
24	CHI	MF	Pablo Sanhueza
25	CHI	DF	Felipe Rivas
26	CHI	FW	Sebastián Garretón
27	CHI	FW	Matías Reyes
28	CHI	FW	Ángelo Novoa

Manager: Esteban González

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
--	GK	CHI	Jonathan Salvador (back from Unión Española)
--	DF	CHI	Rodrigo Jara (from Santiago Morning)
--	DF	CHI	Jaime Gaete (from Santiago Morning)
--	MF	CHI	Felipe Elgueta (from Huachipato)
--	MF	CHI	Camilo Gainza (Loan from Universidad Católica)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	CHI	Alexis Delgado (from Audax Italiano)
--	FW	CHI	Matías Sánchez (from Huachipato)
--	FW	CHI	José Torres (from Malleco Unido)
--	FW	CHI	Francisco Ibáñez (from Barnechea)

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