Club Deportivo Palestino

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Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino badge.svg
Full nameClub Deportivo Palestino S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)Tino
Árabes
Tricolor
Baisanos
Founded20 August 1920; 101 years ago (1920-08-20)
GroundEstadio Municipal de La Cisterna
Capacity8,000
ChairmanJorge Uauy
CoachGustavo Costas
LeagueCampeonato Nacional
20218th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 8,000 seats.

History[]

The club was founded on 20 August 1920, when they participated in a colonial competition in Osorno. It was founded by a group of Palestinian immigrants; the name of the club reflects the origin in Chile's Palestinian community.

According American historian Brenda Elsey, "Leaders of the Arab immigrant community who hoped to find a niche within popular culture for their organizations decided to participate in football once again in 1940s".[1]

Beginnings in professional football[]

In 1952 the Football Federation of Chile set up the first professional leagues. Palestino was accepted into the Second Division, which they won to attain promotion to the Primera División.

1955 title[]

In 1955 the club won their first national championship under the coaching of Argentine captain Roberto Coll, in that era the club became known by the nickname millonario (Millionaire) because of their ability to attract top class footballers.

1978−present[]

In 1978 the club won their second league title, this time the team was led by Chilean captain Elías Figueroa. In this campaign they set a new record in the domestic tournament, for the number of games unbeaten and soon won the Copa Chile to claim the league and cup double.

In 2004 the club became a registered company, but the change of status did not bring the expected improvement in results. In 2006 they finished in 18th place out of 20 teams, forcing them to face a play-off against Fernandez Vial to keep their place in the top flight. Ultimately the club would triumph thus preserving their spot within the Chilean first division.

The club made a surprising run to the final of the Clausura 2008 tournament, where they lost to champions Colo-Colo. Following this success, the club intends to float on the Chilean and Palestinian stock exchanges.[2]

In January 2014, Palestino was fined the equivalent of $1,300 for using a new team jersey in the club's traditional colors, red, green and black, but with the number one in the squad numbers on the back shaped as the map of Palestine prior to the creation of Israel in 1948. Chilean Jewish groups complained about the political significance of this, with a formal complaint to their national Federation being made by Patrick Kiblisky, owner of first-division club Ñublense. The jerseys were said to have been first used in December 2013, although the club said they were used in the prior season. The federation banned the club from using the map on the back of the shirts and imposed a fine on the club on the grounds that the Federation is opposed to "any form of political, religious, sexual, ethnic, social or racial discrimination". On its Facebook page, the club stated: "For us, free Palestine will always be historical Palestine, nothing less."[3]

Honours[]

Primera División

Copa Chile

Primera B

Players[]

Current squad[]

Current squad of Palestino as of 11 February 2022 ()
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site Palestino Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  CHI GK Nery Veloso
2  ARG DF Franco Pardo
3  CHI DF
4  CHI DF Ignacio Mesina
5  CHI MF Agustín Farías
6  CHI MF
7  CHI MF Bryan Carrasco
8  CHI MF Misael Dávila
9  CHI FW Andrés Vilches
10  CHI MF Luis Jiménez
11  ARG FW Jonathan Benítez
12  CHI GK
13  CHI DF Cristián Suárez
14  CHI MF Carlos Villanueva
No. Position Player
15  CHI DF Vicente Fernández
16  CHI DF José Bizama
17  ARG GK Daniel Sappa
18  ARG MF Rodrigo Gómez
19  CHI MF Brayan Véjar
20  ARG MF Mauro Díaz
21  CHI DF
22  CHI MF
23  CHI MF Ariel Martínez
24  CHI MF
26  CHI GK
27  CHI DF Sebastián Cabrera
29  CHI FW Fabián Ahumada
32  CHI MF

2021 Winter 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
30 MF Chile CHI Brayan Véjar (from Colo-Colo)
31 MF Argentina ARG Mauro Díaz (from Estudiantes LP)
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF Chile CHI (from Montijo)
33 FW Chile CHI Matías Cavalleri (loan from Unión La Calera)

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
25 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Gallo (released)

Former coaches[]

Women's team[]

The Palestino women's team plays in the Campeonato Nacional Primera División de Fútbol Femenino, the top women's football competition in Chile. In 2015 they won the Clausura tournament, thus ending a ten-season title streak by Colo-Colo. The captain, Ashraf Khatib, lifted the title. She was quoted as saying it was a pleasure to be the first actual Palestinian woman to lift the title in Chile. [4][5]

Former Palestino forward María José Urrutia was a member of the Chile women's national football team for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. With a header against Thailand in Chile's 2–0 win in the group stage, she became the first Chilean player to score a goal in the FIFA Women's World Cup.[6] Former Palestino defender Javiera Toro was also a member of the Chilean team at the 2019 tournament.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Elsey 2011, p. 158.
  2. ^ Cerda, Claudio (17 August 2009). "Chile's Palestino tapping roots to go public". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Chile bans Palestino football club 'anti-Israel' shirt". BBC.
  4. ^ "Sorpresa en Quilín: Palestino Femenino gritó campeón en la cara de Colo Colo" (in Spanish). elgraficochile.cl. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  5. ^ "alestino acaba con hegemonía de Colo Colo y se corona campeón nacional femenino" (in Spanish). t13.cl. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Women's World Cup: Chile penalty miss costs them last-16 tie against England". 20 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

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