Provincial Osorno
| Full name | Club Deportes Provincial Osorno |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) |
Toros (Bulls) Lecheros (Milkmen) |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Ground |
Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta Osorno, Chile |
| Capacity | 10,500 |
| Chairman |
 Susana Albial |
| Manager |
Marco Millape
|
| League | Tercera División A |
| 2016 | 1st (Champion) (Promoted) |
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. In 2017 the club is going to play at the third tier of the Chilean football system, the Segunda División.
The club were founded on 5 June 1983 and then re-founded on 3 December 2012.
Between 1993 and 1998, a period of 6 years, they were continuously members of Chile's top division although they never finished higher than sixth.
Until 2009 the club also operated a basketball professional team, Provincial Osorno Basquetbol, They played in the Chilean Basketball Professional League.
Provincial Osorno were founded on 5 June 1983 by a group of amateur football and local authorities, who designed Sergio Toloza as the first Provincial Osorno's Chairman.
In July 1983, the club appointed Juan Soto as manager. Six local amateur players were included in the first squad. Later that year the club played their first official Primera B match against Lota Schwager, at the Estadio Bancario de Osorno (P. Osorno won 2–1).
Two years later the club became very popular, resulting in many home sell out crowds in the Estadio Parque Schott that season.
In their early campaigns Provincial Osorno struggles to show good results on the pitch.
Only in 1990, Provincial Osorno finally won the second division title to win promotion to the Primera Division for the first time, under the direction of manager Guillermo Yavar, but they finished near the bottom of the table and were relegated in 1991.
The return to the second division in 1992 owes a great deal to the appointment of manager Jorge Garcés, who brought new tactics and a new training regime resulting in an impressing campaign that year.
This time the club managed to stay in the top flight until 1998, with regular campaigns, with the exception of 1996, when, under the direction of manager Oscar "Cacho" Malbernat they finished 6th.
In 1999 they won promotion to the Primera Division in a playoff with Cobresal, returning immediately to the Primera B the next year.
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