Club de Deportes Concepción

Club de Deportes Concepción

Football club infobox
clubname = Deportes Concepción


fullname = Club Social y de Deportes Concepción
nickname = "Los leones", "Los lilas", "El león de collao"
founded = February 29, 1966
ground = Estadio Municipal de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
capacity = 35,000| chairman = Jorge Mahuzier
manager = no tiene league =
season = 2008 Clausura
position = 20th
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Club de Deportes Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción.

The club were founded on February 29, 1966 by the fusion of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club are one of the most important teams in the VIII region of Chile, their great rivals are Fernandez Vial and Huachipato. The club plays their home games at Estadio Municipal de Concepción in Concepción, Chile, which seats about 35,000 people.

History

The team joined the of the Chilean professional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later gaining promotion to the .

In 1991 the team joined Colo Colo in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against America de Cali.

In 1993 the club were relegated after finishing 15th of 16 teams, but the club bounced streight back by winning the second division title in 1994.

Concepcion 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 Cordoba 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) plays in the Third division of Chile as well.

The Beginnings

Were founded the 29 of February of 1966, as resulting from the fusion of several clubs of soccer of the city of Conception (Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido and Santa Fe), that, resigning to a brilliant and sport historical length, they megred to make reality the ambitious project have a representative team of the river basin of the Biobío in the Chilean concert. To these clubs the moral support was added to them and disinterested of the prestigious Lord Cochrane, who, from the first day committed itself with the neighboring sacrificed ones of the city, creators of the idea to incorporate a new club to rented soccer. The club was born like United Deportes Conception, and his first directory was chosen the 15 of April of 1966, reason for which this date like anniversary of the club adapted. "El Unido" denomination of took off of the name of the equipment in 2 of March of 1968.

The decade of 'the 70

Nobels equipment gave to the surprise when obtaining the Provincial Championships of that year and 1970, initiating of this form a series of historical campaigns that took to estatus of legend to players liked Osvaldo Castro (goleador national in 1970), Haroldo Peña, nicknamed Leon de Collao, Francisco Pinochet, Mario Osbén and Gustavo Breeding grounds. Into 1974, an important group of good players formed in house like Mountain René, René Valenzuela, and Luis Isla bursts in into the first equipment, three selected Chilean youthful ones who participated the Glass America 1975. Many of these players were born in the quarry of Deportes Conception.

The Return to First

Occupying 14° place between 16 participant equipment, Deportes Concepcion descends for the first time to the Second Division in 1981. Concepcion remains three years in the inferior category. A good campaign in season 1984 allows him to ascend, thanks to one remembered and arduous victory on Deportes Laja in the Municipal Stage of Conception, in the last day of the championship, with a goal turned from the penal point by the player Charles Reyes. With this goal, at the same time, the equipment of Deportes Laja returned to Third Division.

The return to First takes place, therefore, in 1985.

The first international match

After five Liberating participation in liguillas clasificatorias to Cups, Concepción manages to classify to the minimatch of 1990 like winner of one of the sections in which the 1989 championship was divided. Liguilla was disputed completely in Santiago, and the equipment was directed in the occasion by Luis Vera, who had replaced the resigned Fernando Cavallieri, under the presidency of the club of outstanding journalist Bernardo Pelén.

After a categorical defeat by 0-4 before Universidad Catolica in the first double day, lilas recovers defeating by 3-0 to O'Higgins and 2-0 to Union Española. The last party of the minimatch, that was disputed in the National Stage between crossed and celestial, was the decisive one in determining who would be the companion of Colo-Colo in Libertadores Cup 1991. Final tie 2-2 ended up classifying surprise to Deportes Concepcion, that acceded, of this form, to its first international match. The triumph in liguilla means to him to lilas, in the formal thing, to be titled Chilean runner-up in 1990,and to accompany to Colo-Colo in the Copa Libertadores de America of 1991.

In this event, the equipment manages to accede to second phase, thanks to its triumphs as local on Liga Deportiva Universitaria of Quito (3-0) and Barcelona Sporting Club of Guayaquil (1-0), both Ecuadorian equipment and two ties: one, like the premises, before which he would be champion of the match, Colo-Colo and another one, as it visits, 2-2 in front of Barcelona. In the second round, lilas faced the America de Cali in a Estadio Municipal of Concepcion sunk in one thick fog, falling defeated by 3-0. In revancha, playing in San Cristóbal, Venezuela, they conquer a tie 3-3, that in any case leaves them outside of competition.

The base of this equipment conformed historical players like Nicolas Villamil, Juan Carlos Almada, Héctor Adomaitis and Héctor Correa, among others.

New successes in 'the 90

The dirigenceces difficulties began to get worse to the club during the decade of the 90, even after the international participation.

A new reduction takes place in 1993,after the worse campaign in the history of the club, with hardly 3 parties gained in the 30 disputed in the season, and thin 16° place between 16 equipment.

1994 were much more successful, and brought the second title of second division for the club, after an impeccable campaign led by figures like the Paraguayan goalkeeper Antonio Zaracho and the Chilean steering wheel Mauricio Pozo. The championship was obtained in the penultimate day of the championship, thanks to a brilliant made goals 5-0 on Union San Felipe.

The following matches is marked by the economic instabilities and dirigenciales, that do not allow the development of good campaigns for the dwelled equipment, that does not obtain to promote of 10° place of the general tables until the 1997 matches. Destaca the remarkable campaign of 1998, where the dwelled ones obtain 5° general place, in an equipment where they emphasized Cristian Montecinos and Patricio Almendra.

This campaign takes step to one second international participation for dwelled, which they arrived at the semifinals of the Conmebol Glass, in which it was constituted in the best participation of a Chilean equipment next to the one of University of Chile in this ephemeral championship, and the last international semifinal of a Chilean equipment until the participation of the Universidad Catolica in the Copa Sudamericana of 2005. In the match lilas eliminated the Argentines of Rosario Central and fell in front of in semifinals the future champion, Talleres de Cordoba.

For the second time to the Glass

The second participation in Cup of America arrives for the second time after a financially very unstable year, in which players like Cristián Montecinos,Luis Guajardo,Luis Chavarría and Carlos Verdugo, among others, impel to lilas to gain his second liguilla of Glass Liberating. The minimatch gambles unique parties with direct elimination and in neutral field. Lilas eliminates by 1-0 Audax Italiano with gold goal in extra time and soon they dispute one remembered final one with the Universidad Catolica. Concepcion gained 2-0 until the 30 minutes of the second time, with two goals of Mauricio Pozo, when Norambuena and Brizuela tie for the crossed ones. Passed 8 minutes of the first extra time, Luis Chavarría turns a head goal that leaves for the second time to lilas in the Copa Libertadores.The celebrations in Conception extends until high hours of the dawn.

This triumph allows lilas to accompany to the champion Universidad de Chile and Cobreloa to the continental match by 2001. In the first round, they tie as local before Nacional de Montevideo (0-0) and manage to defeat to San Lorenzo de Almagro of Argentina (then directed by Manuel Pellegrini) and Jorge Wilstermann of Bolivia, acceding to second phase in this last party, thanks to the tie 1-1 between Uruguayan Argentines and, that gambled of simultaneous way.

In second round, Concepcion was eliminated by Vasco Da Gama of Brazil, falling 1-3 in Collao and 0-1 in Rio de Janeiro before the equipment commanded by Romário. Was the best participation of a Chilean equipment in this edition of Libertadores Cup.

With these international campaigns, the institution has obtained the ninth place between the participant Chilean equipment in international matches, surpassing to its Huachipato rivals and Universidad de Concepcion in this table.

The new century

Unexpectedly, and after a thin campaign in 2002, Deportes Concepcion returns to descend to the Second Chilean Division (now called Primera B), [23] with hardly 28 points in 30 parties and occupying 15° place between 16 equipment.

Season 2003 in the Primera B was forgetfulnessable, obtaining 5° place that did not reach after the Liguilla de Promoción. In 2004, Deportes Concepcion looked for the ascent in a championship with an endless number of phases and stages. The first round, zonal, gained it with 27 points, whereas in the second stage finished 2° after Naval, totalizing 47 units. In the hexagonal end, the dwelled ones suffered to obtain the longed for ascent, and finished in second position after the champion Deportes Melipilla, with 4 gained parties, 3 tied and 3 lost ones. They sealed its return to the Primera A after a tie 1-1 before O'Higgins in Rancagua, that allowed to surpass to Union La Calera by difference of goals.

In spite of the economic difficulties, the dwelled ones made a good season 2005, in which the equipment finishes sixth in the general table, with Cristián Montecinos like goleador of the Match of Closing, with 13 units.

Rececs and return

Nevertheless, by financial problems, the ANFP decides to impose a punishment of a year to Deportes Conception during 2006, season in which the equipment does not participate in the championships of this federation, although its branch is accepted in the Third Chilean division. During this year the leadership tries, of diverse forms, to reunite to the necessary bottoms for the payment of these obligations and the return of the equipment to professional soccer, settling down the sport joint-stock company as new form of operation of the club as of November of 2006. After prolonged litigations with the National Association of Chilean Professional Soccer, his Patrimonial Court decided the return of the equipment to the First Chilean division during the 2007 championship.

Suspension and automatic reduction

With 12 points less in the championship, without trainer and with a flight of players, Deportes Conception received one of the hardest punishments: The club will not be able to participate in the Match of Closing and will descend directly to Primera B. The descisión was taken by the ANFP after considering that the club could not credit financing for the 2008 budget. In addition, the failure specifies that if the club began to play before the definitive resolution, the points obtained in these parties would be annulled. Although the failure is not definitive, the possibilities of success in the appeal are low, and is almost safe that the club will play in the Primera B during season 2009. After appeal, and with the match already initiated, the failure was ratified and Deportes Conception will play in Primera B.

Club Facts

* Seasons in : 33 (1968-81; 1985-93; 1995-02; 2005; 2007-present)
* Seasons in : 8 (1966-67; 1982-84; 1994; 2003-04)
* Copa Libertadores appearances: 2 (1991 & 2001)
* Largest Margin of Victory: 7-1 (vs. Santiago Morning 1976)
* Largest Margin of Defeat: 7-1 (vs. Colo-Colo 1995)
* Best Finish in : 2nd (1975)
* All-time Goalscorer: Osvaldo Castro (36 goals)

National Honors

* champions: 1967 & 1994

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances::Best: Second Round in 1991, 2001

Notable Players

*flagicon|Argentina Héctor Adomaitis
*flagicon|Argentina Juan Carlos Almada
*flagicon|Chile Mauricio Aros
*flagicon|Argentina Vicente Cantatore
*flagicon|Chile Osvaldo "Pata Bendita" Castro
*flagicon|Argentina Fernando "Palito" Cavalleri
*flagicon|Chile Cristian Montecinos
*flagicon|Argentina Daniel Morón
*flagicon|Colombia Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya
*flagicon|Chile Mario Osbén
*flagicon|Argentina flagicon|Chile Mario Vener
*flagicon|Argentina Nicolas "El Loco" Villamil

quad 2008

Football squad player|no=-|nat=Chile|name=Patricio Almendra
pos=MF

Out to the equipment

* Daud Gazale Back to Colo Colo
* Gerardo Cortes Back to Colo Colo
* Daniel Pereira Back to Universidad de Concepcion
* Juan Jose Ribera Back to Ñublense
* Jaime Rubilar Back to Union Española
* Alonzo Zuñiga Back to Cobreloa
* Leonardo Diaz retired
* Marcelo Altamirano released
* Cesar Vergara Back to Union Española
* Nestor Bareiro Back to Ohiggins
* Ricardo Viveros Back to Deportes Naval
* Mauricio Lagos Back to San Luis de Quillota
* Francisco Castillo Back to Deportes Naval
* Jose Soto transferred "from" flagicon|CHI Santiago Wanderers

External links

*es icon [http://www.cdconcepcion.cl/ Official Website]


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