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| Full name | Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. | ||
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| Nickname | Los Dragones Celestes (The Sky Blue Dragons) | ||
| Founded | 21 May 1978; 47 years ago (21 May 1978) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique | ||
| Capacity | 13,171 | ||
| Chairman | Césare Rossi | ||
| Coach | Miguel Ponce | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2024 | Primera División, 3rd of 16 | ||
| Website | www | ||
Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P.[1] is a Chilean professionalfootball club based inIquique, currently playing in theChilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is theEstadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity.
Iquique has spent 19 seasons in the Primera División, its longest spell lasting ten years (1980–90). The team has spent 13 seasons inPrimera B and four in the third-tierTercera División. Among its titles, Iquique has won threeCopa Chile titles (1980,2010 and2013–14).[2]
They have a local rivalry withSan Marcos de Arica, disputing the derby since early 1980s.[3]
The team was founded on 21 May 1978 by the merger of Cavancha and Estrella de Chile.[4] The following year Iquique competed in theSegunda División, winning it and securing promotion to theCampeonato Nacional.[5][6]
In its first season at top level, the club finished in 14th place out of eighteen teams and won theCopa Polla Gol, beatingColo-Colo in the final at theEstadio Nacional.[7][8]
Between 1981 and 1987, Iquique remained in mid-table positions. In 1988, they reached the qualifying stages of the1989 Copa Libertadores after finishing in third place in the league. However, they lost to Colo-Colo in the final of the qualification tournament.[9] That season,Juan José Oré was the tournament's leading goalscorer with eighteen goals.[10]
In 1991, following a poor campaign where the team finished in the bottom of the table, they were relegated to the second division. They returned to the top flight for one season in 1993, and again for two seasons in 1997.[11][12] However, in 2002, the club was relegated to the third division and then declared bankruptcy. It was relaunched as Municipal Iquique.[13][14]
During its four-year presence in the third division, the club saw the rise of Chilean internationalEdson Puch, a key player in their title win of 2006.[15][16] Two years later, Iquique reached its fourth promotion to the top division, beatingCoquimbo Unido in the promotion playoffs.[17] During the2009 Apertura,[18] Puch was transferred toUniversidad de Chile andCristian Bogado to Colo-Colo. The club only obtained nine points during the second half of the season, and finished bottom of the table to be relegated to the second division.[19]
In 2010, Iquique won its third second division title[20] and its secondCopa Chile title,[21] securing qualification for the2011 Copa Sudamericana. In their first ever continental tournament, the club was eliminated in the preliminary stage byUniversidad Católica.[22] The team finished eleventh in the league.
In 2012, Iquique participated in the Copa Sudamericana for the second consecutive time,[23] qualifying with third place in the2012 Apertura[24] which saw the return of Puch and Bogado, signings includingRodrigo Díaz and the emergence ofÁlvaro Ramos as a strong player. However, once again the team were eliminated at the preliminary stage, this time by Uruguay'sNacional after a 4–2 aggregate loss.[25] That season, the club qualified for the Copa Libertadores after finishing third in the league.[26][27] After beating Mexican sideLeón in the first stage, Iquique finished bottom of their group in the next stage.[28][29][30]
In 2014, Iquique won its thirdCopa Chile,[31] qualifying again for the Copa Sudamericana. For the third time, it was eliminated at the preliminary stage, with a loss toUniversitario de Sucre from Bolivia.[32] In the2014–15 season, Católica lost the title toCobresal on the final matchday after drawing 3–3 with Iquique, after Iquique had been losing 3–0 at half time.[33] During the2015–16 season they finished tenth in the annual table.
TheEstadio Tierra de Campeones is currently the home stadium of the club.
Before, Iquique played at the Estadio Cavancha, which holds 3,300 spectators and was built in 1933. It has been home to Deportes Iquique since the club's founding, in 1978, until 1993, and from 2016 until at least 2019.
Current squad of Deportes Iquique as of 19 July 2025 (edit)
Sources:ANFP Official Web Site
Manager:Fernando Díaz
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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Interim coaches appear in italics.
Cornelio Vilches (1978)José María Novo (1979)Ramón Estay (1979-1980)José María Novo (1981)Andrés Prieto (1981)Manuel Rodríguez Vega (1982)Manuel Arrué (1982)Jorge Toro (1982-1983)Carlos Ahumada (1984)Aurelio Valenzuela (1985)Fernando Rodríguez (1985)Jaime Campos (1986)Ramón Estay (1987-1988)
Armando Luis mareque (1989)Óscar Valenzuela (1989-1990)Ramón Estay (1990)Jaime Carreño (1991)Ramón Estay (1992)Jaime Carreño &Pedro Cejas (1992)Pedro Cejas (1993)Mario Maldonado (1993)Jaime Carreño (1994)Guillermo Páez Díaz (1994)Ramón Estay (1994)Hugo Solís (1995)Juan Páez (1995)Joaquín Zaror (1996)
Gerardo Pelusso (1996-1997)Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (1997-1998)Jorge Garcés (1998-1999)Miguel Ángel Arrué (1999)Jaime Carreño (2000-2001)Ramón Estay (2001)Víctor Milanese comisso (2002)Hernán Godoy (2002)Erick Guerrero (2002)Ramón Estay (2003)Carlos Ahumada (2003-2005)Rubén Pozo (2005)Jaime Carreño (2006-2007)José Sulantay (2008)Horacio Rivas (2008-2009)Erick Guerrero &Pedro Cejas (2009)Erick Guerrero (2009)Gustavo Huerta (2009-2010)José Cantillana (2010-2011)Victor Sarabia (2011)Jorge Pellicer (2011)Fernando Vergara (2011-2012)Diego musiano (2012)Cristián Díaz (2013)Diego musiano (2013)Jaime Vera (2013-2014)Jaime Carreño (2014)Héctor Pinto (2014)Erick Guerrero (2014)Nelson Acosta (2014-2015)Erick Guerrero (2015)Jaime Vera (2015-2017)Erick Guerrero (2017-2018)Miguel Riffo (2018)Luis Mussri (2018)Pablo Sánchez (2019)Jaime Vera (2019-2020)Cristián Leiva (2020-2021)Luis Mussri (2021)Víctor Rivero (2022)Patrick Rojas (2022)José Cantillana (2022)Manuel Villalobos (2022)Miguel Ponce (2023)Miguel Ramírez (2024-Act.)
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2011 | Copa Sudamericana | Second Round | | Universidad Católica | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 2012 | Copa Sudamericana | First Round | | Nacional | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 |
| 2013 | Copa Libertadores | First Round |  | León | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–24-2p |
| Group Stage Group 4 | | Peñarol | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4th Place | ||
| Vélez Sarsfield | 1–3 | 0–3 | ||||
 | Emelec | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||||
| 2014 | Copa Sudamericana | First Round |  | Universitario de Sucre | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| 2017 | Copa Libertadores | Group Stage Group 8 |  | Guaraní | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3rd Place |
 | Gremio | 2–1 | 2–3 | ||||
 | Zamora | 4–3 | 4–1 | ||||
| 2017 | Copa Sudamericana | Second Round | | Independiente | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 |
| 2025 | Copa Libertadores | Second Round |  | Santa Fe | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–32-1p |
| Third Round |  | Alianza Lima | 1–2 | – | – |
