Deportes Copiapó

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.

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

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 — MF  ARG Franco Mazurek

Coachs

• Wilson Piñones & 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 (2023-2024)
• Hernán Caputto (2024-Act.)

See also

• Regional Atacama
• Chilean football league system

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)