Deportes Melipilla

Deportes Melipilla
Full nameCorporacion de Deportes Melipilla
Nickname(s)Potros
Caballos
FoundedJanuary 24, 1992
GroundEstadio Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez
Melipilla, Chile
Capacity6,000
ChairmanLeonardo Zúñiga
ManagerCristián Arán
LeaguePrimera B de Chile
202116th (Relegated)
Websitehttp://www.deportesmelipilla.co.cl/ Website

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]

  1. ^ "Tribunal decreta la expulsión de Melipilla del fútbol profesional chileno y salva a Huachipato del descenso" (in Spanish). RedGol. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.