Deportes Concepción (Chile)

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	Víctor Tornería
Manager	Juan Francisco Viveros
Coach	Óscar del Solar
League	Segunda División
2021	10th
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): 3 (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
Copa Francisco Candelori:
- Winners (1): 1970
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 (Chile) as of 29 September 2021 ()
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Miguel Jiménez
2	CHI	DF
3	ARG	DF	Alexis Machuca
4	CHI	DF
5	CHI	DF
6	CHI	DF
7	CHI	FW
8	CHI	MF
9	CHI	FW
10	CHI	MF
11	CHI	FW
12	CHI	GK
13	CHI	DF
14	CHI	DF
15	CHI	MF
16	CHI	MF
17	CHI	DF

No.		Position	Player
18	CHI	MF
19	CHI	DF
20	CHI	DF
21	CHI	MF
22	CHI	MF
23	CHI	FW	Gabriel Vargas
24	CHI	GK
25	CHI	MF
26	CHI	MF
27	CHI	MF
28	CHI	DF
29	CHI	MF	Roberto Reyes
30	CHI	MF
31	CHI	GK
32	CHI	FW
33	CHI	DF

Manager: Óscar del Solar

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
1	GK	CHI	Miguel Jiménez (from Magallanes)
3	DF	ARG	Alexis Machuca (free)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	CHI	(free)
32	FW	CHI	(loan from Universidad de Concepción)

Out[]