Deportes Copiapó

Deportes Copiapó

Full name	Club de Deportes Copiapó
Nickname(s)	El León de Atacama, Albirrojos
Founded	9 March 1999
Ground	Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla, Copiapó, Chile
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Luis Galdames
Manager	Ivo Basay
League	Chilean Primera División
2023	Primera División, 14th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a Chilean football club based in Copiapó, Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after Regional Atacama's folding, it currently plays in the Primera División, the first level of the Chilean football system, and holds its home games at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla which has a capacity of 8,000 spectators.

The club has spent the most of its history playing in the Primera B, reaching its promotion to top-level (Primera División) for the first time in 2022. Its only one honour was the Tercera División title in 2002.

It has a rivalry with Cobresal.

Titles

• Tercera División: 1

2002

Current squad

Current squad of Deportes Copiapó as of 9 August 2024 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1 CHI GK Richard Leyton 5 CHI MF Fabián Manzano 6 CHI DF Francisco Calisto 7 URU MF Leonardo Pais 8 CHI DF Nicolás Vargas 9 ARG FW Tobías Figueroa 10 ARG MF Jorge Luna 11 CHI FW Felipe Reynero 12 CHI GK Benjamín Arce 13 CHI DF Richard Ramírez 14 CHI FW Luis Hernández 15 CHI DF Diego García 16 CHI DF Manuel Aravena 17 CHI DF Byron Nieto 19 CHI MF Sebastián Espinoza 18 CHI FW Juan Carlos Gaete 20 CHI DF Yerko González

No. Position Player 21 CHI MF Marco Medel 22 CHI GK Nelson Espinoza 23 ARG MF Juan Jaime 24 CHI FW Rodrigo Orellana 25 CHI GK Matías Zamora 26 ARG FW Franco Torres 27 CHI MF Franco Kepec 28 CHI DF Yerco Oyanedel 29 ARG FW Maximiliano Quinteros 30 CHI DF Diego Carrasco 31 CHI FW Isaac Díaz 32 CHI MF Bryan Soto 35 CHI MF Sergio León CHI DF Yonathan Andía ARG DF Elías Calderón CHI FW Martín Araya

Manager: Ivo Basay

2023 Summer Transfers

In

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	DF	CHI	Diego Carrasco (from Coquimbo Unido)
--	DF	CHI	Francisco Calisto (Loan from Deportes Puerto Montt)
--	DF	CHI	Byron Nieto (Loan from Deportes Antofagasta)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	DF	CHI	Fabián Manzano (from Deportes Puerto Montt)
--	DF	CHI	Diego Carrasco (from Coquimbo Unido)
--	FW	ARG	Tobías Figueroa (Loan from Deportes Antofagasta)

Out

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	CHI	Axl Ríos (to Everton)
5	MF	CHI	Luis Cabrera (Released)
7	FW	VEN	Reiner Castro (Released)
9	FW	CHI	Luca Pontigo (Released)
14	MF	CHI	Iván Rozas (Released)
17	MF	CHI	Ian Toro (back to Universidad Católica)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ARG	Juan Ignacio Sills (Released)
20	DF	CHI	David Tati (Released)
22	FW	CHI	John Valladares (Released)
26	DF	CHI	Juan José Contreras (Released)
27	FW	ARG	Manuel López (back to Deportes Antofagasta)

Managers

• Nelson Cossio (2006–08), (2009–10)
• Gerardo Silva (2002–04), (2012–13)

See also

• Regional Atacama
• Chilean football league system

External links

• Deportes Copiapó official Website (in Spanish)