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[edit]

Tercera División: 1

2002

Current squad[edit]

Current squad of Deportes Copiapó as of 5 October 2021 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Richard Leyton
2	ARG	DF	Álvaro Cazula
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	Matías Araya
14	CHI	FW	Luis Hernández
15	CHI	DF	Diego García
17	CHI	DF	Byron Nieto

No.		Position	Player
18	CHI	FW	Juan Carlos Gaete
20	CHI	DF	Yerko González
21	CHI	MF	Marco Medel
22	CHI	GK	Nelson Espinoza
23	ARG	MF	Juan Miguel Jaime
25	CHI	GK	Matías Zamora
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
33	CHI	MF	Álvaro Valdivia
--	CHI	MF	Cristopher Vallejos

Manager: Héctor Almandoz

2023 Summer Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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)
--	MF	CHI	Fabián Manzano (from Deportes Puerto Montt)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	URU	Leonardo Pais (from Montevideo Wanderers)
--	FW	CHI	Luis Hernández (Loan to Universidad Católica)
--	DF	CHI	Juan Carlos Gaete (Loan from Colo-Colo)
--	FW	ARG	Tobías Figueroa (Loan from Deportes Antofagasta)

Out[edit]

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)
3	DF	CHI	Bruno Romo (to Deportes Antofagasta)
4	DF	CHI	Agustín Ortíz (to A.C. Barnechea)
5	MF	CHI	Luis Cabrera (to Deportes Limache)
7	FW	VEN	Reiner Castro (to U. de Concepción)
9	FW	CHI	Luca Pontigo (to A.C. Barnechea)
14	MF	CHI	Iván Rozas (back to Ñublense)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	CHI	Ian Toro (back to Universidad Católica)
19	DF	ARG	Juan Ignacio Sills (Released)
20	DF	CHI	David Tati (Released)
22	FW	CHI	John Valladares (back to Santiago Wanderers)
26	DF	CHI	Juan José Contreras (Released)
27	FW	ARG	Manuel López (back to Deportes Antofagasta)
30	DF	CHI	Wilson Piñones (to Provincial Ovalle)

Managers:[edit]

Wilson Piñones And Rubén Sánchez (1999)
Jorge Rodríguez (2000)
Hernán Castro (2000-2001)
Gerardo Silva (2002-2003)
Rubén Sánchez (2004)
Manuel Soto (2004-2005)
Nelson Cossío (2006-2008)
Víctor Palma (2008)
Nelson Cossío (2009-2010)
Orlando Mondaca (2010)
Nelson Cossío (2010)
Cristián Castañeda (2011)
Hernán Ibarra (2011)
Gerardo Silva (2012-2013)
Rubén Sánchez (2013)
Marcelo Miranda (2013)
Rubén Sánchez (2013-2016)
Francisco Michea (2016)
Rubén Sánchez (2016-2017)
Erwin Durán (2017-2018)
Héctor Almandoz (2018-2020)
Emiliano Astorga (2020-2021)
Erwin Durán (2021)
Rubén Sánchez (2021)
Héctor Almandoz (2022-2023)
Ivo Basay (2023-Act.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Spanish)

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