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	Hernán Caputto
League	Primera B
2024	Primera División, 16th of 16 (relegated)
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

As of 15 September 2024

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	ARG	Richard Leyton
3	DF	CHI	Elías Calderón (on loan from Belgrano)
4	FW	CHI	Martín Araya (on loan from Palestino)
5	MF	CHI	Fabian Manzano
6	DF	CHI	Francisco Calisto (on loan from Deportes Puerto Montt)
7	MF	URU	Leonardo Pais
8	DF	CHI	Nicolás Vargas
9	FW	ARG	Tobías Figueroa (on loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
10	MF	ARG	Jorge Luna
11	FW	CHI	Felipe Reynero
12	GK	CHI	Benjamin Arce
13	DF	CHI	Richard Ramirez
14	FW	CHI	Luis Hernandez
15	MF	ARG	Diego García
16	DF	CHI	Manuel Aravena
17	DF	CHI	Byron Nieto (on loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
18	FW	CHI	Juan Carlos Gaete (on loan from Colo-Colo)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	CHI	Sebástian Espinoza
20	DF	CHI	Yerko Gonzalez (on loan from Unión San Felipe)
21	MF	CHI	Marco Medel
22	GK	CHI	Nelson Espinoza
23	MF	ARG	Juan Jaime (captain)
24	FW	CHI	Rodrigo Orellana
25	GK	CHI	Matias Zamora
26	FW	ARG	Franco Torres (on loan from Gimnasia La Plata)
27	MF	CHI	Franco Kepec
28	DF	CHI	Yerco Oyanedel
29	FW	CHI	Maximiliano Quinteros
30	FW	CHI	Diego Carrasco
31	FW	CHI	Isaac Díaz
32	MF	CHI	Bryan Soto (on loan from Colo-Colo)
33	DF	CHI	Yonathan Andía
35	MF	CHI	Sergio Leon

Managers

• 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.)

See also

• Regional Atacama
• Chilean football league system

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)