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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.
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| Full name | Club de Deportes Copiapó | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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.
- 2002
- 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.
- 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.)
- Official website (in Spanish)