Ñublense
Encyclopedia
Deportivo Ñublense S.D.A.P (ˈɲublense) is a professional football team based in Chillán
, Ñuble Province
. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in the Primera División Chilena, in which they have been playing since their promotion from Primera B
in 2006.
lyceum men's teacher, Manuel Lara Gutiérrez, that decided to found a sports club, which serve as a haven for sports activities in Chillán. On 20 August of the same year, in the men's lyceum of the city, the club was named as Liceo Fútbol Club, in the ramas of the club were basketball
, boxing
, football
and others.
The football team, remained for a long time participating in the local leagues, where highlighting be champions during 11 years consecutive (1938-1949). Among their ranks, passed many players, the most noted players were Eduardo Sanhueza Martín, Candelario Sepúlveda, Tomás Figueroa Bravo, Carlos González Utreras, Humberto Fagnilli Fuentes. One of player that passed for the club, Humberto Fagallini, renamed the name of the club calling it Liceo Ñublense.
On 1942, with Lautaro Vásquez Landa as the coach of the team, the team was renamed as Club de Deportes Ñublense. The club continued in the local leagues until 1957, but the president of the club and former boss of civil registry of the city in this time, Moisés Noriega Alarcón, made that the team pass to amateur football joining to the Regional Championshisp of Concepción, playing with teams like Lord Cochrane
, Universitario, Gente de Mar, Galvarino and Fernández Vial
.
. In the first year of Ñublense in the professional football, the team was prepared and training. In the club, the Argentine coach Martín García arrived to the club, also arrived many youth players, and the goalkeeper of Universidad de Chile, Luis Venzano Justiniano, whom was the first professional football player in the team.
In 1961, with Renato Sánchez Solar as the coach, was realizated a most memorable club contract, José Borello, the player of Boca Juniors
and also the Argentina national football team
. In this occasion, the team was ubicated in the fourth position of the tournement. During this moment, passed many important dirigents in the club like Carlos Abel Jarpa Vallejos, Vicente Cox Vial, Luis Fischer, and the sirs Cusacovich, Foster, this dirigents achieved the stability of the club. The first two years Ñublense played in the only hardback football field in Chillán
, the stadium of Seminario School, whilst the grass was sown, was constructed the gallery and the dressing room.
In 1976, the team realizated one its best seasons, with Pedro Guzmán Alvarez in the presidence and Isaac Carrasco as the coach of club, the team won the Primera B
(Second Division), and the team was promoted to the Primera División Chilena of 1977. The second year in Primera División, Ñublense had among they ranks the most important coach of the team history, Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, nicknamed consommé, because to that he forced to players to savor a consommé after of the games, shortly after he win the respect of the fans. Unfortunately, on 10 September 1978, Nelson Oyarzún died of cancer, in the afternoon of the same year Ñublense won 2−1 to Colo-Colo
in a memorable game. Shotrly after, the Estadio Municipal de Chillán was renamed as Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún, in his honor.
In 1985, the ex-player of the team Esaú Bravo arrived to the team as the coach, and the team won the Tercera División title, being undefeated during all games, and the team newly promoted to the Primera B. Whilst the coach of the time, Héctor Canahuete, renegotiated the debt that had the club, recovering the name of Ñublense. In 1991, Ñublense refused to sign the squad, and the team newly was relegated to Tercera División.
In 1992, Esaú Bravo rerturned to Ñublense's bench, and newly he made the promotion of Ñublense to Primera B, after beating San Luis Quillota
4–2 for the Primera B promotion playoffs. Ñublense newly had serius problems, even so, in 1995, Ñublense made a good performance in Copa Chile 1995
, eliminating to Colo-Colo
in quarterfinals, but being eliminated for Universidad Católica
in semifinals. In 1996, was a chaos for the club, being a unpublished fact of the team of this year, taking the decision of dismissed themselves for refusing to pay the squads, but the dirigents of the team in this moment, saved to Ñublense of the auto-relegate for squad no-pay.
In 2000, the team newly was relegated to Tercera, and in 2001 Ñublense was nearly relegated to the Cuarta División Chilena against C.D. General Velásquez, the team was to 30 seconds to relegated to Cuarta, but with a goal of Edgardo Medina, the team was remained in Tercera División.
, after winning the Tercera División title under coach Luis Marcoleta.
Ñublense was runner-up in the Primera B
in 2006 and returned to the Primera División Chilena in 2007. In this year, the club finished ninth in the Primera División Chilena 2007
annual table. During the summer of 2008, Fernando Díaz
became coach, following the Marcoleta's departure to Curicó Unido.
Under the management of Díaz in the Torneo de Apertura, Ñublense had their most successful season. The team finished first in the regular phase with 41 points, five points clear of Universidad Católica and O'Higgins. Ñublense was eliminated in the play-off semifinals by Colo-Colo
but its first place finish in the first phase meant Ñublense qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008
for the first time. In this tournement, Ñublense was immediately eliminated by the Peruvian club Sport Áncash by an aggregate score of 4-1.
Since 2008 the team has fared less well. In the Primera División Chilena 2009
season, Ñublense finished 13th in the annual table with 39 points, nearly going to the promotion playoffs. The club once finished in the 13th position in the Primera División Chilena 2010, newly nearly going to the promotion playoffs.
Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas is a stadium located in Chillán, Chile and owned by the Chillán municipality. It is home to Ñublense football club. It is named after Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, a Ñublense coach. It was inaugurated in 1961 and has a capacity of 12,000.
In 2007 the stadium was selected as a venue for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
, and to comply with FIFA standards, it was completely demolished and rebuilt (even the direction the pitch is facing was altered), its capacity was decreased from 17,500 to 12,000; and a roof covering all seats was built. The renovation of the stadium cost a fee of 12.000 million pesos
($26 million) The stadium was re-inaugurated on 2 November 2008, including the former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet
went to the event.
On 27 February 2010, during the 2010 Chile earthquake
, the "pacific" gallery suffered a collapse, falling almost the entire gallery.
They have played at the Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
since 1961, the stadium was totally reconstructed in 2008 for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
, the reconstruction cost a fee of 12.000 million pesos
($26 million) and includying the stadium was officially presented by the former president Michelle Bachelet
. On the 2010 Chile earthquake
, the stadium suffered many damages, among they, were the destruction of the "pacific" gallery.
and Colo-Colo
.
Ñublense's fans and Ñublense people in general are known as 'red devils' or 'reds' which is reference to the same color of Premier League team Manchester United F.C.
; the fans are also called "La Longaniza Mécanica" (The mechanical sausage). These nicknames arose after the successful 2008 season when Ñublense qualified for Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2008 playoffs and the Copa Sudamericana 2008
for the first time. During that campaign the team was frequently compared with Manchester United.
Ñublense's record attendance was on 21 May 2008, when 25,000 fans attended the second leg of the semifinals of the Torneo de Apertura de 2008 against Colo-Colo
.
Ñublense apparently has no rivals. But it seems that Curicó Unido, Deportes Concepción, Universidad de Concepción and Universidad Católica are Ñublense rival teams. These rivalries are still not official.
(1962-64) Bruno Martelotto
(2008) Néstor Zanatta
(2005-07) Mauricio Arias
(2006) Rodrigo Barra
(2007) Jaime Bravo
(2008-09) Carlos Arturo Cáceres
(2000-03), (2004-05) Carlos Cisternas
(2007) Jonathan Cisternas
(2008-) Gerardo Cortés
(2006) Juan Covarrubias
(1996) Luis Flores Abarca
(2007-) José Luis Jerez
(1998-99) Cristobal Jorquera
(2007)
Fernando Martel
(2008) Álvaro Ormeño
(2000) Mario Osbén
(1971) Alejandro Osorio
(2008) Alfonso Parot
(2010) Renato Ramos
(2009-2010) Joel Reyes
(2008-2010) Humberto Suazo
(2000) Manuel Villalobos
(2005-07) Danilo Aceval (2007)
Edgardo Abdala
(2006-08) Leonardo Zamora
(2007-09) Chase Hilgenbrinck
(2006-07) Gabriel Migliónico
(2007)
Chillán
Chillán is a city in the Biobío Region of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of Ñuble Province and, with a population of approximately 170,000 people , the most populated urban center of this province...
, Ñuble Province
Ñuble Province
Ñuble Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío . It spans an area of and is administratively constituted by 21 communes. It has a population of 441,604 inhabitants. Its capital is the city of Chillán.-History:...
. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in the Primera División Chilena, in which they have been playing since their promotion from Primera B
Primera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....
in 2006.
Amateur Era
Ñublense was formed on 1916 by a group of teenagers led by the ChillánChillán
Chillán is a city in the Biobío Region of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of Ñuble Province and, with a population of approximately 170,000 people , the most populated urban center of this province...
lyceum men's teacher, Manuel Lara Gutiérrez, that decided to found a sports club, which serve as a haven for sports activities in Chillán. On 20 August of the same year, in the men's lyceum of the city, the club was named as Liceo Fútbol Club, in the ramas of the club were basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and others.
The football team, remained for a long time participating in the local leagues, where highlighting be champions during 11 years consecutive (1938-1949). Among their ranks, passed many players, the most noted players were Eduardo Sanhueza Martín, Candelario Sepúlveda, Tomás Figueroa Bravo, Carlos González Utreras, Humberto Fagnilli Fuentes. One of player that passed for the club, Humberto Fagallini, renamed the name of the club calling it Liceo Ñublense.
On 1942, with Lautaro Vásquez Landa as the coach of the team, the team was renamed as Club de Deportes Ñublense. The club continued in the local leagues until 1957, but the president of the club and former boss of civil registry of the city in this time, Moisés Noriega Alarcón, made that the team pass to amateur football joining to the Regional Championshisp of Concepción, playing with teams like Lord Cochrane
Lord Cochrane
Lord Cochrane can refer to:*William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald who prior to receiving the earldom was create Baron Cochrane of Dundonald*Earl of Dundonald has a subsidiary of Baron Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree...
, Universitario, Gente de Mar, Galvarino and Fernández Vial
Club Deportivo Ferroviario Almirante Arturo Fernández Vial
Club Deportivo Ferroviario Almirante Arturo Fernández Vial is a football club in Chile, from the Concepción area, in the Bio-Bio Region. The team was founded on June 3, 1903, and it currently plays in the third tier of the Chilean professional leagues....
.
Ñublense in the professional football
In 1959, after of a management of the coach in this time, Mario Avedaño, the football committee accepted the postulation of Ñublense for play in the professionalism, and Ñublense entered to the professional football of ChileChile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. In the first year of Ñublense in the professional football, the team was prepared and training. In the club, the Argentine coach Martín García arrived to the club, also arrived many youth players, and the goalkeeper of Universidad de Chile, Luis Venzano Justiniano, whom was the first professional football player in the team.
In 1961, with Renato Sánchez Solar as the coach, was realizated a most memorable club contract, José Borello, the player of Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
and also the Argentina national football team
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
. In this occasion, the team was ubicated in the fourth position of the tournement. During this moment, passed many important dirigents in the club like Carlos Abel Jarpa Vallejos, Vicente Cox Vial, Luis Fischer, and the sirs Cusacovich, Foster, this dirigents achieved the stability of the club. The first two years Ñublense played in the only hardback football field in Chillán
Chillán
Chillán is a city in the Biobío Region of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of Ñuble Province and, with a population of approximately 170,000 people , the most populated urban center of this province...
, the stadium of Seminario School, whilst the grass was sown, was constructed the gallery and the dressing room.
In 1976, the team realizated one its best seasons, with Pedro Guzmán Alvarez in the presidence and Isaac Carrasco as the coach of club, the team won the Primera B
Primera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....
(Second Division), and the team was promoted to the Primera División Chilena of 1977. The second year in Primera División, Ñublense had among they ranks the most important coach of the team history, Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, nicknamed consommé, because to that he forced to players to savor a consommé after of the games, shortly after he win the respect of the fans. Unfortunately, on 10 September 1978, Nelson Oyarzún died of cancer, in the afternoon of the same year Ñublense won 2−1 to Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
in a memorable game. Shotrly after, the Estadio Municipal de Chillán was renamed as Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún, in his honor.
The fall of Ñublense
In 1979, Ñublense was relegated to Primera B with Hernan Godoy as the coach, but one year later, Ñublense newly was promoted to Primera División, occupying the second place of the promotion, as runner-up. But the but the joy was short-lived, because the was newly relegated to segunda and after to Tercera División, and also the team had financial problense and the team loss his name of Ñublense, now calling it Ñuble Unido. During three years of the team in tercera, arrived many coachs and dirigents, but not achieved good results.In 1985, the ex-player of the team Esaú Bravo arrived to the team as the coach, and the team won the Tercera División title, being undefeated during all games, and the team newly promoted to the Primera B. Whilst the coach of the time, Héctor Canahuete, renegotiated the debt that had the club, recovering the name of Ñublense. In 1991, Ñublense refused to sign the squad, and the team newly was relegated to Tercera División.
In 1992, Esaú Bravo rerturned to Ñublense's bench, and newly he made the promotion of Ñublense to Primera B, after beating San Luis Quillota
San Luis Quillota
San Luis are a Chilean Football club, their home town is Quillota in Chile. They currently play in 2nd division of Chilean football Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B and their historic rivals are Unión La Calera.-History:...
4–2 for the Primera B promotion playoffs. Ñublense newly had serius problems, even so, in 1995, Ñublense made a good performance in Copa Chile 1995
Copa Chile 1995
The Copa Chile 1995 was the 27th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 11, 1995 and concluded on September 14, 1995...
, eliminating to Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
in quarterfinals, but being eliminated for Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...
in semifinals. In 1996, was a chaos for the club, being a unpublished fact of the team of this year, taking the decision of dismissed themselves for refusing to pay the squads, but the dirigents of the team in this moment, saved to Ñublense of the auto-relegate for squad no-pay.
In 2000, the team newly was relegated to Tercera, and in 2001 Ñublense was nearly relegated to the Cuarta División Chilena against C.D. General Velásquez, the team was to 30 seconds to relegated to Cuarta, but with a goal of Edgardo Medina, the team was remained in Tercera División.
Recent seasons
The former sportscaster and employer of the zone, Sergio Zarzar, acquired the club in 2004. In the same year, the club was promoted to the Primera BPrimera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....
, after winning the Tercera División title under coach Luis Marcoleta.
Ñublense was runner-up in the Primera B
Primera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....
in 2006 and returned to the Primera División Chilena in 2007. In this year, the club finished ninth in the Primera División Chilena 2007
Primera División Chilena 2007
The 2007 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 76th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.-Format:...
annual table. During the summer of 2008, Fernando Díaz
Fernando Díaz Seguel
Fernando Díaz Seguel Fernando Díaz Seguel Fernando Díaz Seguel (born 27 December 1961 is an Chilean football manager and a former goalkeeper. He known for winning 2005 Apertura with Unión Española and for reaching the semifinals of the 2008 Apertura with Ñublense.-External links: at Univision...
became coach, following the Marcoleta's departure to Curicó Unido.
Under the management of Díaz in the Torneo de Apertura, Ñublense had their most successful season. The team finished first in the regular phase with 41 points, five points clear of Universidad Católica and O'Higgins. Ñublense was eliminated in the play-off semifinals by Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
but its first place finish in the first phase meant Ñublense qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008
Copa Sudamericana 2008
The 2008 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana football tournament. The draw for the tournament took place on June 10, 2008 in Buenos Aires and the competition was played between July 30 and December 3. Arsenal de Sarandí were the defending champions, having...
for the first time. In this tournement, Ñublense was immediately eliminated by the Peruvian club Sport Áncash by an aggregate score of 4-1.
Since 2008 the team has fared less well. In the Primera División Chilena 2009
Primera División Chilena 2009
The 2009 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 78th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.-Format changes:...
season, Ñublense finished 13th in the annual table with 39 points, nearly going to the promotion playoffs. The club once finished in the 13th position in the Primera División Chilena 2010, newly nearly going to the promotion playoffs.
Stadium
In 2007 the stadium was selected as a venue for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation....
, and to comply with FIFA standards, it was completely demolished and rebuilt (even the direction the pitch is facing was altered), its capacity was decreased from 17,500 to 12,000; and a roof covering all seats was built. The renovation of the stadium cost a fee of 12.000 million pesos
Chilean peso
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...
($26 million) The stadium was re-inaugurated on 2 November 2008, including the former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...
went to the event.
On 27 February 2010, during the 2010 Chile earthquake
2010 Chile earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...
, the "pacific" gallery suffered a collapse, falling almost the entire gallery.
They have played at the Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas is a stadium located in Chillán, Chile and owned by the Chillán municipality. It is home to Ñublense football club. It is named after Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, a Ñublense coach...
since 1961, the stadium was totally reconstructed in 2008 for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation....
, the reconstruction cost a fee of 12.000 million pesos
Chilean peso
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...
($26 million) and includying the stadium was officially presented by the former president Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...
. On the 2010 Chile earthquake
2010 Chile earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...
, the stadium suffered many damages, among they, were the destruction of the "pacific" gallery.
Supporter and Rivalries
In 2007, Ñublense had the fourth highest average attendance in the Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2007, behind the "three giants of Chile", Universidad de Chile, Universidad CatólicaClub Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...
and Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
.
Ñublense's fans and Ñublense people in general are known as 'red devils' or 'reds' which is reference to the same color of Premier League team Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
; the fans are also called "La Longaniza Mécanica" (The mechanical sausage). These nicknames arose after the successful 2008 season when Ñublense qualified for Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2008 playoffs and the Copa Sudamericana 2008
Copa Sudamericana 2008
The 2008 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana football tournament. The draw for the tournament took place on June 10, 2008 in Buenos Aires and the competition was played between July 30 and December 3. Arsenal de Sarandí were the defending champions, having...
for the first time. During that campaign the team was frequently compared with Manchester United.
Ñublense's record attendance was on 21 May 2008, when 25,000 fans attended the second leg of the semifinals of the Torneo de Apertura de 2008 against Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
.
Ñublense apparently has no rivals. But it seems that Curicó Unido, Deportes Concepción, Universidad de Concepción and Universidad Católica are Ñublense rival teams. These rivalries are still not official.
Current Squad
Notable players
José BorelloJosé Borello
José Borello is a former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs of Argentina and Chile....
(1962-64) Bruno Martelotto
Bruno Martelotto
Bruno Martelotto is a professional Argentine footballer currently playing for Santiago Morning....
(2008) Néstor Zanatta
Néstor Zanatta
Néstor Zanatta is a former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela....
(2005-07) Mauricio Arias
Mauricio Arias
Mauricio Arias is a Chilean footballer that currently play for O'Higgins. He began his career in the youth system of Huachipato. He won 2008 Apertura tournament with Everton defeating Colo-Colo in the final.-External links:*...
(2006) Rodrigo Barra
Rodrigo Barra
Rodrigo Alejandro Barra Carrasco is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays for Santiago Wanderers.-External links:* at Terra.cl...
(2007) Jaime Bravo
Jaime Bravo (footballer)
Jaime Alejandro Bravo Jeffery , or simply Jaime Bravo, is a Chilean football goalkeeper, that currently is a Free agent.-Club career:...
(2008-09) Carlos Arturo Cáceres
Carlos Arturo Cáceres
Carlos Arturo Cáceres Pino is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays for Provincial Osorno.-External links:* at PlayerHistory.com...
(2000-03), (2004-05) Carlos Cisternas
Carlos Cisternas
Carlos Patricio Cisternas Tobar is a Chilean football midfielder. He currently plays for Deportes Puerto Montt. He previously played for Chilean clubs Magallanes, Colo-Colo, Ñublense and U. de Concepción.-References:...
(2007) Jonathan Cisternas
Jonathan Cisternas
Jonathan Josué Cisternas Fernández, commonly known as Jonathan Cisternas or sometimes Jinete, is a Chilean footballer who plays as Midfielder for Ilioupoli F.C...
(2008-) Gerardo Cortés
Gerardo Cortés
Gerardo Elías Cortés is a Chilean midfield footballer. He currently plays for Santiago, Chile based club Palestino.-Career:Cortés started playing professionally with Deportes Concepción...
(2006) Juan Covarrubias
Juan Covarrubias
Juan Carlos Covarrubias Muñoz , commonly known as Juan Covarrubias or sometimes El Copihue de cobre y El 10 de la zurda mágica, is a Chilean footballer was plays as Left midfielder in Chile's Primera División.-Career:...
(1996) Luis Flores Abarca
Luis Flores Abarca
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(2007-) José Luis Jerez
José Luis Jerez
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(1998-99) Cristobal Jorquera
Cristóbal Jorquera
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(2007)
Fernando Martel
Fernando Martel
Fernando Martel is a Chilean football offensive midfielder. He currently plays for Deportes Iquique of the first division in Chile.-Career:...
(2008) Álvaro Ormeño
Álvaro Ormeño
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(2000) Mario Osbén
Mario Osbén
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(1971) Alejandro Osorio
Alejandro Osorio
Luis Alejandro Osorio González , commonly known as Alejandro Osorio or sometimes Janino, is a Chilean footballer who plays as striker for Cobreloa in Chile's Primera División.-Career:...
(2008) Alfonso Parot
Alfonso Parot
Alfonso Cristián Parot Rojas , is a Chilean footballer who plays as a Centre Back for Universidad Católica in Chile's Primera División. Parot was also used recurrently by Marcelo Bielsa as "sparring" for the senior national team....
(2010) Renato Ramos
Renato Ramos
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(2009-2010) Joel Reyes
Joel Reyes
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(2008-2010) Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
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(2000) Manuel Villalobos
Manuel Villalobos
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(2005-07) Danilo Aceval (2007)
Edgardo AbdalaEdgardo Abdala
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(2006-08)
Leonardo ZamoraLeonardo Zamora
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(2007-09) Chase Hilgenbrinck
Chase Hilgenbrinck
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(2006-07) Gabriel Migliónico
Gabriel Migliónico
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(2007)
Honours
- Primera B: 1
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- 1976
- Primera B Apertura: 1
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- 1971
- Tercera División: 3
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- 1986, 1992, 2004
Club records
- Record League victory: 5–0 vs. Deportes Antofagasta in Primera División (24 April 1977)
- Record League defeat: 1–8 vs. Deportes NavalDeportes NavalClub de Deportes Naval is a Chilean Football club, their home town is Talcahuano in the VIII Región of Biobío in Chile. They currently play in the second level of Chilean football, the Primera B....
(2 January 1982) - Record attendance: 25,000 v Colo-ColoColo-ColoClub Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
, (21 May 2008) - Most League goals scored: total, 47, Manuel VillalobosManuel VillalobosManuel Arturo Villalobos Salvos is a Chilean footballer, who currently is on Huachipato. Villalobos has many different nicknames...
(2005–2007) - Most goals scored, season: 23, Luis Flores AbarcaLuis Flores AbarcaLuis Flores Abarca is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays for Ñublense.-Career and Ñublense:Luis Flores started his career the 2000, with 18 years in Palestino, and has played in many teams, like Palestino, O'higgins and Antofagasta, but in 2007 he transferred to Ñublense. He is a very fast...
(Apertura 2008) - Highest league position: 1st, Apertura 2008
- Lowest league league: 18th, Primera División Chilena 1979
- Copa Chile best: Semifinalists 1995Copa Chile 1995The Copa Chile 1995 was the 27th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 11, 1995 and concluded on September 14, 1995...