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| Full name | Club de Deportes Antofagasta S.A.D.P. | ||
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| Nicknames | Pumas CDA | ||
| Founded | May 14, 1966; 59 years ago (1966-05-14) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán | ||
| Capacity | 21,178 | ||
| Chairman | Jorge Sánchez | ||
| Manager | John Armijo | ||
| League | Primera B | ||
| 2024 | CPD, 4th of 16 | ||
| Website | cdantofagasta | ||
Deportes Antofagasta is a Chileanfootball club based in the city ofAntofagasta currently playing in thePrimera B Of Chile. The club's home stadium is theEstadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178.
The club was founded on May 14, 1966, when the amateur clubsUnión Bellavista andPortuario Atacama merged. The team's original name wasClub de Deportes Antofagasta Portuario.
The team's first manager wasLuis Santibañez, future manager of theChile National Team. The team finished 10th in its first league season.
Under coach Francisco Hormazábal, Antofagasta was crowned champions of the second division in 1968. The final was played on January 19, 1969, againstSan Luis. The only goal of the match was scored by the Paraguayan player Juan Pelayo Ayala. The team was promoted to first division after that game.
On July 21, 1974, the team changed its name toClub Regional Antofagasta.
In 1977, the team finished 18th in the table and returned to the second level.
In 1979, Jorge León was named the team's president and changed the club's name toClub de Deportes Antofagasta. Theregional was not appropriate anymore, because a second team,Cobreloa, had been established in theAntofagasta Region.
On June 30, 1983D. Antofagasta, coached by Manuel Rodríguez, returned to the top level once after defeatingLota Schwager 9–0. However the following year the team was again relegated.
D. Antofagasta experienced one of their most successful spans from 1991 through 1995, playing in the top tier under the guidance ofCroatian coach Andrija Perčić, with star players such asMarco Cornez andGabriel Caballero.
In 1997, they once again descended to the second level, after finishing at the bottom of the table.
In 2005, D. Antofagasta gained promotion to the first division along withSantiago Morning.
In 2008, the club returned to the Primera B, finishing at the bottom of the cumulative table 2007–08.
In 2011, they won the Primera B championship and were promoted to the Primera Division.
Deportes Antofagasta plays its home matches at theEstadio Regional de Antofagasta, owned by the Municipality of Antofagasta. The stadium was planned to be a reserve stadium for theFIFA World Cup 1962, and was finally inaugurated on October 8, 1964, on the grounds of the former Riding Club of Antofagasta. The first professional football match was played there in 1966, and Deportes Antofagasta has played there since that time. In 2007 the stadium was closed for repairs, and home games had to be played elsewhere; TheEstadio Municipal de La Pintana inSantiago againstDeportes Puerto Montt inEstadio Municipal de Calama againstHuachipato andEstadio Carlos Dittborn,Arica againstLota Schwager, and until 2013 at theEstadio Parque Juan López.
Current squad of Deportes Antofagasta as of 4 July 2022 (edit)
Sources:ANFP Official Web Site
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2019 | Copa Sudamericana | First Round | Fluminense | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |