Colo-Colo
Chilean football club based in Macul, Santiago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌkolo ˈkolo]) is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano,[1] they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated.[2] The team has played its home games at Estadio Monumental David Arellano since 1989.[3] Colo-Colo is regarded as the most successful club in Chilean football.
Full name | Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo | ||
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Nickname(s) | Los Albos (The White ones) Eterno Campeón (The Eternal Champion) El Cacique | ||
Founded | 19 April 1925; 98 years ago (1925-04-19) | ||
Ground | Estadio Monumental David Arellano | ||
Capacity | 47,347 | ||
President | Alfredo Stöhwing (Blanco y Negro) Matías Camacho (Corporation) | ||
Manager | Daniel Morón | ||
Coach | Jorge Almirón | ||
League | Chilean Primera División | ||
2023 | Primera División, 3rd of 16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Colo-Colo has won 33 Primera División de Chile titles, more than any other Chilean club and a record thirteen Copa Chile titles. It was the first Chilean team to win a continental tournament, winning the 1991 Copa Libertadores[4] The following year, the club went on to win a further two international titles: the 1992 Recopa Sudamericana[5] and the 1992 Copa Interamericana,[6]
The club's all time top scorer is Esteban Paredes with 216 goals,[7] and the player with most appearances is the former goalkeeper Misael Escuti with 417 games. Luis Mena, dubbed the "historic one", won eleven titles for the club, a Chilean league record.[8]
Colo-Colo is the most supported team in Chile.[9] According to CONMEBOL, it is considered the most popular sports club in Chile with more than 7 million fans as of April 2016.[10] Colo-Colo holds a long-standing rivalry with Universidad de Chile. The club also holds a traditional rivalry in matches against Cobreloa and Universidad Católica. The IFFHS ranked the team in 14th place in 2007.[11] In 2009, the IFFHS also named the team as the top club in Chile for the 20th century, and one of the top twenty clubs in South American football history.[12]