Club Deportivo Arturo Fernández Vial
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Corporación Arturo Fernandez Vial |
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| Nickname(s) | La maquina aurinegra, vialinos, aurinegros |
| Founded | June 3, 1903 |
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Estadio Municipal de Concepción Concepción, Chile |
| Capacity | 30,448 |
| Chairman |
 Claudio Vargas |
| Manager |
 Edgardo Abdala
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| League | Tercera División A |
| 2016 | 4th |
Club Deportivo Corporación Arturo Fernandez Vial is a football club in Chile, from the Concepción area, in the Bio-Bio Region. The team was founded on June 3, 1903, and they currently play in the fourth level of Chilean football, the Tercera División.
Arturo Fernandez Vial identifies itself since its beginning with the national corporation of railroad workers, and it was the most popular team in southern Chile. Its traditional rival is Deportes Concepcion. Also, the team's "hinchada" (die-hard supporters) are known as La Furia Guerrera.
In the year 1897, the football club Internacional de Concepción was founded. This predecessor institution reunited the local residents that worked for the State Railway at the time.
In May 1903, a strike was declared by the harbor workers in the city of Valparaíso which unchained violent scenes in the city, even bringing it to a state of street curfew. In the midst of the deliberations, admiral Arturo Fernandez Vial, ex director of Territorio Marítimo (Maritime Territory) and survivor of the Battle of Iquique, decided to intervene before court, trying to settle the problem, and achieving such goal.
Such an act generated admiration, and because of his work, the football club Internacional decided on June 15 of 1903, change its name to Club Deportivo Ferroviario Almirante Arturo Fernandez Vial.
The team Vial stood out since its beginning by its high degree of organization. It had its own field right next to the Bio-Bio riverbank, in the area known as Chepe. Its statutes accepted members from all nationalities, but Chileans were preferred. The membership fee was of two Chilean pesos at the time and a monthly fee of one peso. As for its clothing, it had yellow soccer cleats, black short socks, special shin guards, white pants, a sealing wax belt, a striped black and white jersey, and a cap of the same color. In the beginning, Internacional was like a miniature Colo-Colo, a great diffuser of football between the years 1897 and 1903, promoting this sport mainly in the towns near Concepción,.
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