Deportes Iquique

Deportes Iquique
Full nameClub de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)Los Dragones Celestes (The Sky Blue Dragons)
Founded21 May 1978; 46 years ago (21 May 1978)
GroundEstadio Tierra de Campeones,
Iquique
Capacity13,171
ChairmanCésare Rossi
CoachMiguel Ponce
LeaguePrimera División
2024Primera División, 3rd of 16
Websitehttp://www.clubdeportesiquique.com/
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Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P.[1] is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity.

Iquique has spent 19 seasons in the Primera División, its longest spell lasting ten years (1980–90). The team has spent 13 seasons in Primera B and four in the third-tier Tercera División. Among its titles, Iquique has won three Copa Chile titles (1980, 2010 and 2013–14).[2]

They have a local rivalry with San Marcos de Arica, disputing the derby since early 1980s.[3]

  1. ^ "UNÁNIME: Desde ahora es Club de Deportes Iquique". Deportes Iquique.cl. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Deportes Iquique se coronó campeón de la Copa Chile MTS 2013–2014". ANFP. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Clásicos del recuerdo: San Marcos vs. Deportes Iquique". CDF. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.