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Colo-Colo

Colo-Colo
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Full name Club Social y Deportivo Colo▪Colo
Nickname(s) "El Cacique"
"El Eterno Campeón"
Founded 19 April 1925; 91 years ago (1925-04-19)
Ground Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Macul, Santiago, Chile
Ground Capacity 47.347
President Fernando Monsalve (Corporación)
Aníbal Mosa (Blanco y Negro S.A.)
Manager Pablo Guede
League Chilean Primera División
2016 Apertura 5th
Website Club home page
Estadio Monumental
Pedreros
A semi-panoramic view of the stadium. The seats are white and black, and shows a the club badge in the seats. The roof of the stand is supported by a cantilever structure, in a "buried" construction.
Location Vicuña Mackenna Avenue,
Macul,
Santiago,
Chile
Owner Colo-Colo
Operator Colo-Colo
Capacity 47,347 seated
Construction
Broke ground 1975
Opened 30 September 1989
Construction cost US$1.5 million (1989)
Architect Mario Recordón (1975)
Tenants
Colo-Colo (1989–present)

Club Social y Deportivo Colo▪Colo (Spanish pronunciation: [colo colo]) is a Chilean football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925, they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team plays its home games at Estadio Monumental David Arellano since 1989. Colo-Colo is regarded as the most successful club of Chilean football.

Colo-Colo has won more Primera División de Chile (31) than any other Chilean club and a record eleven Copa Chile titles. It was the first Chilean team to win a continental tournament conquering the 1991 Copa Libertadores after beating Club Olimpia 3–0 on 5 June with Mirko Jozić as manager. Next year, the club went on to win two international titles that were 1992 Recopa Sudamericana and 1992 Copa Interamericana, completing the club's three international honours.

The club's most winning player is Luis Mena with eleven titles, the historic top scorer is Carlos Caszely with 208 goals, and the player with most appearances is the former goalkeeper Misael Escuti with 417 games.

Colo-Colo is the team with most supporters in Chile, and holds a long standing rivalry with Club Universidad de Chile. The club also holds a traditional rivalry in matches against C.D. Cobreloa and Club Deportivo Universidad Católica. The IFFHS placed the team into the top 30 club ranking in 2007. In 2009, that same institution named the team as the 20th century's top club of its country, and also within the top twenty clubs in South American football history.


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