Colo-Colo

For other uses, see Colo-Colo (disambiguation).

Colo-Colo
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo
Nickname(s)Los Albos (The White ones)
Eterno Campeón (The Eternal Champion)
El Cacique
Founded19 April 1925; 99 years ago (1925-04-19)
GroundEstadio Monumental David Arellano,
Macul, Greater Santiago
Capacity47,347
PresidentAlfredo Stöhwing (Blanco y Negro)
Matías Camacho (Corporation)
ManagerDaniel Morón
CoachJorge Almirón
LeagueChilean Primera División
2023Primera División, 3rd of 16
Websitehttps://www.colocolo.cl/

Colo-Colo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌkolo ˈkolo]), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano,[1] it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been relegated.[2] The team has played its home games at Estadio Monumental David Arellano since 1989.[3] Colo-Colo is regarded as the most successful club in Chilean football.

Colo-Colo has won 33 Primera División de Chile titles, more than any other Chilean club and a record thirteen Copa Chile titles. It was the first Chilean team to win a continental tournament, winning the 1991 Copa Libertadores[4] The following year, the club went on to win a further two international titles: the 1992 Recopa Sudamericana[5] and the 1992 Copa Interamericana,[6]

The club's all time top scorer is Carlos Caszely with 208 goals, and the player with most appearances is the former defender Lizardo Garrido with 560 games. Luis Mena, dubbed the "historic one", won eleven titles for the club, a Chilean league record.[7]

Colo-Colo is the most supported team in Chile.[8] According to CONMEBOL, it is considered the most popular sports club in Chile with more than 7 million fans as of April 2016.[9] Colo-Colo holds a long-standing rivalry with Universidad de Chile. The club also holds a traditional rivalry in matches against Cobreloa and Universidad Católica. The IFFHS ranked the team in 14th place in 2007.[10] In 2009, the IFFHS also named the team as the top club in Chile for the 20th century, and one of the top twenty clubs in South American football history.[11]

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  2. ^ "La selecta lista de los equipos sudamericanos que nunca han descendido". Elgrafico.cl (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ^ "¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Estadio Monumental!". Sitio Oficial de Colo-Colo (in Spanish). 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Colo Colo recuerda la gloriosa jornada en que conquistó la Copa Libertadores". Emol.com (in Spanish). Emol. 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Hace 20 años, Colo Colo trajo la Recopa Sudamericana a Chile". Charlatecnica.cl (in Spanish). Charla Técnica. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Colo Colo Campeón Copa Interamericana". Dalealbo.cl (in Spanish). Dale Albo. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Jugadores con mas Ganadores (Títulos)". Dalealbo.cl. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Colo-Colo es el equipo más popular". La Nación. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. ^ "¿Cuál es el equipo con más hinchada en Colombia?". 26 April 2016.
  10. ^ "IFFHS' 2007 Ranking". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. ^ "South America's Club of the Century". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2017.