Full name | Corporacion de Deportes Melipilla | ||
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Nickname(s) | Potros Caballos | ||
Founded | January 24, 1992 | ||
Ground | Estadio Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez Melipilla, Chile | ||
Capacity | 6,000 | ||
Chairman | Leonardo Zúñiga | ||
Manager | Cristián Arán | ||
League | Primera B de Chile | ||
2021 | 16th (Relegated) | ||
Website | http://www.deportesmelipilla.co.cl/ Website | ||
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Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of Club Deportivo Soinca Bata. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Unido match known as "Clásico del Maipo" or "The Maipo Derbi".
Deportes Melipilla has its own stadium called Estadio Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez situated in its city with a capacity of 6,000.
Deportes Melipilla were expelled from the ANFP on 27 December 2021 due to irregularities with the contracts of footballers.[1]