Colo-Colo

Club Social y Deportivo Colo -Colo is a football club based in the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile. With 30 national championships, he is the most successful club sports in the country. Highlight of the club's history was winning the South American club championship, the Copa Libertadores 1991.

History

Colo -Colo went from a spin-off of Magallanes, the third oldest football club in Chile, produced and was formally established on 19 April 1925. The colors of the club are black and white. The name of the club comes from the Mapuche chief Colo -Colo. Whether the generally white play clothes often refer to the club as Los Albos.

The club plays since the establishment of the first Chilean league in 1933 continuously in the highest league. Colo -Colo won in 1937 under player-manager Arturo Torres, who previously with Magallanes won three league titles, undefeated his first championship. In 1941, under the Hungarian coach Ferenc Plattkó, under whose direction Colo -Colo in several tenures 1939-1953 a total of four titles won another championship without defeat. Since then, the club established, now with around 30 titles as record champion of the country. 1991 won Colo-Colo as so far the only club from Chile Copa Libertadores. In the finals against Club Olimpia of the Paraguayan capital Asunción Colo -Colo kept with 0-0 and 3-0 the upper hand. In 1973 came Colo-Colo before the finals, but lost after two draws in the playoff in Montevideo beaten against the record winner CA Independiente in Buenos Aires 1-2.

Many famous Chilean footballers played for Colo -Colo before they were sold abroad. Former players found and are found mainly in the leagues of Spain, England, Italy and Portugal, including Iván Zamorano, who played for Real Madrid and Inter Milan, and currently for Sporting Lisbon accruing Matias Fernandez and " Mago " Valdivia at the São Paulo FC. At Bayer 04 Leverkusen played since 2007 until the summer of 2011, the midfielder Arturo Vidal, who is also sometimes called the Cacique, the chief, as the Colo -Colo, has been through all youth teams. Also in the Bundesliga plays the striker Lucas Barrios, who moved in 2009 from Colo -Colo to Borussia Dortmund. One of the most important players in club history might have been Carlos Caszely: the two-time World Cup participant one of the outstanding phenomena of the Chilean football history and was intermittently from 1967 to 1985 with the club. He was three times the national top scorer in 1973 and also in the Libertadores competition. In the 1950s, had the Anglo - Chilean George Robledo big impact on the game of Colo- Colo. Colo -Colo plays its home games in the Estadio Monumental out in Macul, a neighborhood of Santiago. By tradition and achievements, the club has many followers throughout Chile. Among them are the Ultras of the north curve, called the Garra Blanca, "white claw" (similar to the "black talon " called Ultras Corinthians São Paulo), particularly known. They provide a special atmosphere at the Games of the association, individual members but also passes through violence in the headlines and before meals.

A special event for football fans in Chile is the Clásico, the Derby at the Colo -Colo meets the CF Universidad de Chile. It is not only on the pitch but also in the stands often heatedly. The Garra Blanca and the Ultras from Universidad, Los de Abajo, thereby providing not only peaceful confrontations in the form of songs and spectacular pyro- actions, but also heavy fights and violent confrontations with the police. Historically the Clasico was the game against Magallanes, but lost its importance because of the sporting decline this association.

Achievements

  • Copa Libertadores: 1991
  • Copa Interamericana: 1992
  • Recopa Sudamericana: 1992
  • Chilean Championship: ( 29x) 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 C, 1998, 2002 C, 2006 A, 2006 C, 2007 A, 2007 C, 2008 C, 2009 C
  • Chilean Cup: (10x ) 1958, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
  • Campeonato de Apertura: 1933, 1938, 1940, 1945

Former Players

  • David Arellano
  • Lucas Barrios
  • Carlos Caszely
  • Nicolás Andrés Córdova
  • Matías Fernández
  • Elías Figueroa
  • Javier Marga
  • José Manuel Rey
  • Roberto Rojas
  • Alexis Sánchez
  • Leonel Sánchez
  • Humberto Andrés Suazo
  • Héctor Santiago Tapia
  • Arturo Vidal
  • Iván Zamorano
Estadio Monumental David Arellano 1991 Copa Libertadores Deportes Magallanes Colocolo (tribal chief) Player-coach Arturo Torres Carrasco Club Atlético Independiente Club Universidad de Chile Andes Copa Chile Campeonato de Apertura (Chile) Deportes Antofagasta Cobreloa Cobresal Club Deportivo Palestino Santiago Wanderers
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