Deportes Concepción

The team joined the second level of the Chilean professional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later gaining promotion to the Primera División de Chile.

In 1991 the team joined in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against América de Cali.

In 1993 the club was relegated after finishing 15th of 16 teams, but the club bounced straight back by winning the second division title in 1994.

Concepción played their next big international tournament in 1999, they participated in the Copa CONMEBOL and made it all the way to the semifinals but lost against Talleres de Córdoba from Argentina. A real disappointment to the fans.

In the year 2001, they once again played the Copa Libertadores and beat rivals such as San Lorenzo from Argentina and Jorge Wilstermann from Bolivia. Once again they made it into the round of sixteen but lost this time to Vasco da Gama from Brazil who had top class players like Romário in their team.

In 2002 the club were again relegated by finishing 15th of 16 teams in the aggregated table, they returned to the top flight in 2004.

In the year 2006 the team was suspended and could not play professionally in the whole year due to debts and unpaid salaries. The club was going to be relegated, but after a legal battle, they were readmitted in the Chilean first division, where they play in 2007. An alternative team (Deportes Concepción B) played that season at the Third level, as well.

In 2016 the club was expelled of the Chilean National League system due to economic problems. And returned in 2018 at last level of the league system, the fifth tier, Tercera B, gaining promotion in their debut season on the category to the next level, the fourth tier Tercera División, for 2019, in which they get a consecutive promotion to the next level, the third tier Segunda División, for 2020.

• Seasons in Primera División (I): 33 (1968–81), (1985–93), (1995–02), (2005), (2007–08)
• Seasons in Primera B (II): 11 (1966–67), (1982–84), (1994), (2003–04), (2009–2016)
• Seasons in Segunda División (III): 1 (2020–)
• Seasons in Tercera División (IV): 1 (2019)
• Seasons in Tercera B (V): 1 (2018)
• Copa Libertadores appearances: 2 (1991, 2001)
• Copa CONMEBOL appearances: 1 (1999)
• Largest Margin of Victory: 7–1 vs. Santiago Morning (1976)
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 0–7 vs Universidad de Chile (1987)
• Best Finish in Primera División: 2nd (1975)
• Best Finish in Copa Chile: Runner-up (2010)
• Highest home attendance  — 37,423 v. Colo-Colo (1 October 1972)
• Most Goals in Primera División matches: Víctor Estay (77 goals)
• All-time Goalscorer: Víctor Estay (88 goals)
• All-time Appearances: Patricio Almendra (269 games)

• Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
  • Winners (2): 1990, 2000
• Primera B
  • Winners (2): 1967, 1994

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  1998 to 2017

Current squad of Deportes Concepción as of 2020 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1  CHI GK Sebastián Contreras 3  CHI DF Diego Calderón 4  CHI DF Matías Manríquez 5  ARG MF Cristian Gaitán 6  CHI DF José Antonio Rojas 7  CHI FW Ignacio Sepúlveda 8  CHI MF Brian Fuentes 9  CHI FW Felipe Albornoz 10  CHI FW Daúd Gazale 11  CHI MF Alex Díaz 12  CHI GK Ricardo Cárcamo 13  CHI DF Sebastián Sepúlveda 14  CHI DF Matías Lagos 15  CHI MF Patricio Leiva

No. Position Player 16  CHI MF Rodrigo Toloza 17  CHI DF Pedro Gatica 18  CHI MF Benjamín Cruces 19  CHI DF Bastián Henríquez 20  CHI DF Fabián Ramírez 21  CHI DF Diego Díaz 22  CHI GK Angelo Giolito 23  CHI FW Gabriel Vargas 24  CHI MF Pablo Sanhueza 25  CHI DF Felipe Rivas 26  CHI FW Sebastián Garretón 27  CHI FW Matías Reyes 28  CHI FW Ángelo Novoa

Manager: Esteban González

• (in Spanish) Official Website

• Chilean football league system