C.D. Antofagasta

The club was founded on May 14, 1966, when the amateur clubs Unión Bellavista and Portuario Atacama merged. The team's original name was Club de Deportes Antofagasta Portuario.

The team's first manager was Luis Santibañez, future manager of the Chilean National Team. The team finished 10th in their 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 against San 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 to Club 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 to Club de Deportes Antofagasta. The regional was not appropriate anymore, because the Cobreloa team had neen established in the Antofagasta Region.

On June 30, 1983 D. Antofagasta returned to the top level once after defeating Lota Schwager 9–0. The team was coached by Manuel Rodríguez.. However the following year the team again descended to the second level.

D. Antofagasta experienced one of their most successful spans from 1991 through 1995, playing in the top tier under the guidance of Croatian coach Andrija Perčić, with star players such as Marco Cornez and Gabriel Caballero.

In 1997, they once again descended to the second level, finishing at the bottom of the table.

In 2005, D. Antofagasta gained promotion to the first division along with Santiago 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 the Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, owned by the Municipality of Antofagasta. The stadium was planned to be a reserve stadium for the FIFA 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; The Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago against Deportes Puerto Montt in Estadio Municipal de Calama against Huachipato and Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica against Lota Schwager, and until 2013 at the Estadio Parque Juan López.

Current squad of Deportes Antofagasta as of 14 December 2020 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1  CHI GK Ignacio González 2  CHI DF Lukas Soza 3  CHI MF Adrián Cuadra 4  CHI DF Simón González 5  CHI DF Cristián Rojas 6  PAR DF Gustavo Mencia 7  CHI DF Nicolás Peñailillo 8  CHI MF Marco Collao 9  ARG FW Tobías Figueroa 10  CHI FW Jason Flores 11  CHI FW Ariel Uribe 12  CHI GK Fernando Hurtado 13  CHI DF Francisco Sepúlveda 14  CHI DF Salvador Cordero 15  CHI DF Branco Ampuero

No. Position Player 17  CHI FW Felipe Flores 18  VEN FW Luis Guerra 19  CHI FW Gary Tello 20  VEN MF Eduard Bello 21  CHI MF Michael Lepe 22  URU MF Gonzalo Freitas 23  CHI DF Byron Nieto 24  CHI MF Andrés Souper 25  CHI GK Nicolás Araya 26  CHI FW Carlos Muñoz 27  CHI MF Gabriel Sarria 30  CHI GK Juan Cisternas 31  CHI MF Alexander Escobar 34  CHI FW Chriss Gutierrez

Manager: Héctor Tapia

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player -- GK  CHI Ignacio González (from Palestino) -- MF  CHI Andrés Souper (Loan from Universidad Católica) -- MF  URU Gonzalo Freitas (Loan from Peñarol)

No. Pos. Nation Player -- FW  CHI Ariel Uribe (Loan from Monarcas Morelia) -- FW  CHI Gary Tello (from Unión Española) -- FW  CHI Carlos Muñoz (from Cobresal)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHI Paulo Garcés (to Curicó Unido) 3 DF  CHI Bruno Romo (to FC Juárez) 6 DF  CHI Tomás Astaburuaga (Loan to Universidad Catolica) 11 DF  CHI Gonzalo Fierro (Released) 14 DF  CHI Franz Schultz (to Deportes Iquique)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ARG Alejandro Delfino (Released) 16 MF  ARG Nery Leyes (to Banfield) 18 FW  ARG Francisco Fydriszewski (back to Newell's Old Boys) 19 MF  ARG Ricardo Darío Blanco (to Deportes Iquique) 24 FW  VEN José Bández (to Rangers)

• Primera B: 2

1968, 2011

• Copa Apertura Segunda División: 1

1990

• 30 seasons in Campeonato Nacional: (1969-1977; 1983-1984; 1991-1997; 2006-2008; 2012-)
• 25 seasons in Primera B: (1966-1968; 1978-1982; 1985-1990; 1998-2005; 2009-2011)
• 1 appearance in Copa Sudamericana: (2019)
• Highest home attendance  — 32,663 v. Colo-Colo (22 July 1973)
• Primera División Best Position  — 4th (2018)
• Copa Chile Best Season  — Semifinals (1992, 1994, 1996, 2014-15, 2017)

• (in Spanish) Official Website
• (in Spanish) Antofagasta Supporter's Website