Full name | Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción |
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Founded | 8 August 1994 |
Ground | Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Biobio Region |
Capacity | 30,448 |
Chairman | Mariano Campos |
Manager | Francisco Bozán |
League | Campeonato Nacional |
2015–16 | Apertura: 3rd Liguilla Apertura: Qualified Clausura: 7th Liguilla Clausura: In dispute Overall: 4th |
Website | Club home page |
Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción also known as Universidad de Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in Concepción, that is a current member of the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Municipal de Concepción, that has a 30,480 spectators capacity.
A "Club Deportivo Universitario" amateur team played in the Regional Championship in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. They played along with sports teams like Naval de Talcahuano, Lord Cochrane and Arturo Fernández Vial and became champions in 1962. The current Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción was founded in 1994.
Universidad de Concepción participates in football as a member of the Tercera División, organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur (ANFA). The team played its first match against Deportes Talcahuano at Estadio El Morro on 10 April 1994. The club's coach was former Universitario footballer Luis Vera Avendaño. With 22 points that season, the club finished fourth in the South-central Zone in Tercera División and was nearly promoted to the Primera B (Premier B).
In the next season, Universidad de Concepción failed to duplicate the results of the last season, finishing seventh in the South Zone. However, the club won the relegation play-offs.
During the 1996 season, with former footballer Mario Osbén as the coach, the club was runner-up in the Tercera División, after finishing second behind Santiago Morning in the quadrangular play-offs. Universidad de Concepción had a record of sixteen victories and six defeats in 34 games.
In 1997, Universidad de Concepción won the Tercera División. The club was promoted to Premier B, the first professional tournament and the first title for the club following a 2–1 victory over Unión La Calera on 8 December 1997.