CSD Colo-Colo

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Colo-Colo
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Basic data
Surname Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo
Seat Santiago de Chile
founding April 19, 1925
president Fernando Monsalve
Website colocolo.cl
First soccer team
Head coach Héctor Tapia
Venue Estadio Monumental
Places 47,017
league Primera División
2019 2nd place
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The Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo , CSD Colo-Colo for short , is a football club from the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile . With 32 national championships, it is the most successful sporting club in the country. The highlight of the club's history was winning the South American club championship, the Copa Libertadores in 1991 .

history

Colo-Colo emerged from a spin-off from Magallanes , the third oldest football club in Chile, and was formally founded on April 19, 1925. The club's colors are black and white. The name of the association comes from the Mapuche chief Colo-Colo . Whether the generally white playing attire, the club is often referred to as Los Albos .

Champion team from 1937
Champion team from 2006

The club has played in the top division without interruption since the establishment of the Chilean First League in 1933. Colo-Colo won his first unbeaten championship in 1937 under player- coach Arturo Torres , who had previously won three championship titles with Magallanes. 1941 followed under the Hungarian coach Ferenc Plattkó , under whose direction Colo-Colo won a total of four titles in several terms between 1939 and 1953, another championship without defeat. Since then, the club has established itself as the country's record champions with around 30 titles. In 1991 Colo-Colo was the only club from Chile to win the Copa Libertadores . In the final against Club Olimpia from the Paraguayan capital Asunción, Colo-Colo got the upper hand with 0-0 and 3-0. As early as 1973 Colo-Colo advanced to the final, but after two draws in the decider in Montevideo against record winner CA Independiente from Buenos Aires, they lost 2-1.

Many well-known Chilean footballers played for Colo-Colo before moving abroad. Former players found and are found mainly in the leagues of Spain, England, Italy and Portugal, among them Iván Zamorano , who at Madrid Real and Inter Milan played, and currently Sporting Lisbon accruing Matias Fernandez and "Mago" Valdivia in Sao Paulo . Midfielder Arturo Vidal played at Bayer 04 Leverkusen from 2007 until summer 2011. He played in all youth teams for Cacique , the chief, as the Colo-Colo is sometimes called. Also in the Bundesliga is striker Lucas Barrios , who moved from Colo-Colo to Borussia Dortmund in 2009. One of the most important players in the club's history was probably Carlos Caszely : the two-time World Cup participant is one of the most outstanding figures in Chilean football history and was with the club from 1967 to 1985 with interruptions. He was national top scorer three times and in 1973 also in the Libertadores competition. In the 1950s, Anglo-Chilean George Robledo was a major influence on the game of Colo-Colo. Colo-Colo plays its home games at the Estadio Monumental in Macul, a district of Santiago. Due to tradition and success, the association has many supporters all over Chile. Among them, the ultras of the north curve, the so-called Garra Blanca , "white claw" (based on the "black claw" called ultras of Corinthians São Paulo ) are particularly well known. They create a special atmosphere at the club's games, but individual members have also made headlines and in courts through violence.

A special event for soccer fans in Chile is the Clásico , the derby at the Colo-Colo meets the CF Universidad de Chile . It is often heated not only on the lawn, but also in the stands. The Garra Blanca and the Ultras from Universidad, Los de Abajo , not only engage in peaceful clashes in the form of chants, but also fights and arguments with the police. Historically, the Clásico was the game against Magallanes, but this lost importance due to the sporting decline of this club.

Panoramic view of the club's own stadium, Estadio Monumental, seen from the main stand. In the background the Andes chain

successes

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