Deportes Temuco

Deportes Temuco is a Chilean football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new Estadio Municipal Germán Becker.

Deportes Temuco

Full name	Club de Deportes Temuco S.A.D.P
Nickname(s)	Araucanos, Albiverdes, Pijes
Founded	1960
Ground	Estadio Municipal Germán Becker
Capacity	18,100
Chairman	Marcelo Salas
Manager	Juan José Ribera
League	Primera B
2021	4th
Home colours Away colours

The club was founded on February 22, 1960, as Deportes Temuco and again on March 20, 1965, after a merger with Green Cross. Until 1984, the club was known as Green Cross – Temuco, and, in 2007, changed its name to Deportivo Temuco, only on that season.

In 2013, the club merged with Unión Temuco, but the name of Deportes Temuco was kept, along with the logo and traditional white and green colors, making it seem as Deportes Temuco absorbing Unión rather than a fusion. Thanks to the fusion though, Deportes Temuco left the Segunda División and returned to Primera B for season 2013–14, using Unión Temuco's place in that league.

Stadium

Deportes Temuco's current stadium is the Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, a renovated 18,500 football stadium located at the "Pablo Neruda" street in Temuco, leased from Temuco City Municipality since 1965.

Deportes Temuco have also used other grounds during their history;

The Estadio Liceo de Hombres de Temuco, was Deportes Temuco's home from 1963 until the end of the 1964 season.^{[citation needed]}

The club had also played their official home games at the Estadio Municipal de Gorbea & Estadio Municipal de Lautaro when the G. Becker Stadium was re-built, in 2008.

In 2011 due to the poor condition of the G. Becker Stadium, the club had look again for an alternative stadium to play their home matches; this time D. Temuco played at the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo de Temuco

In 2015 the G. Becker Stadium went on to repairs again, in this occasion, in order to receive the Copa America's games in perfect condition. This time the Estadio Municipal de Villarrica and the Estadio Municipal de Victoria, were the "albi-verdes" choice to play their home matches. They also played one Copa Chile 2015 home game at the Estadio Alberto Larraguibel de Angol.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• Primera B: 3

1991, 2001, 2015–16

• Copa Apertura Segunda División: 1

1987

Seasons

• 1 Participation in Copa Sudamericana (2018)
• 31 seasons in First Level (Primera División) (1965–1980, 1983–1984, 1992–1998, 2002–2005, 2016/17–2018)
• 18 seasons in Second Level (Primera B) (1963–1964, 1981–1982, 1986–1991, 2000–2001, 2006–2007, 2013/14-2015/16, 2019–)
• 6 seasons in Third Level (Segunda & Tercera) (2008–2011) & (2012–2013)

South American cups history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Away	Home	Aggregate
2018	Copa Sudamericana	First	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	2–0	3–1
		Second	San Lorenzo	0–3^	1–0	1–3

^ CONMEBOL awarded San Lorenzo a 3–0 win as a result of D. Temuco fielding an ineligible player. Originally, D. Temuco won the match 1–2.

Records

• Record Primera División victory — 8–0 v. Santiago Morning (1969)
• Record Primera División defeat — 0–9 v. Palestino (1998)
• Record Copa Chile victory — 9–1 v. Fernández Vial (1993)
• Most goals scored (Primera División matches) — 50, Víctor González (1969–72, 1974–78)
• Most goals scored in a league season (Primera División matches) — 25, Luis Ramos (1978)
• Highest home attendance  — 32,551 v. Colo-Colo (3 December 1972)
• Primera División Best Position  — 3rd (1969)
• Copa Chile Best Season  — Semifinals (1984, 1998)

Current squad

Current squad of Deportes Temuco as of 1 March 2023 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Site

No. Position Player 1   CHI GK Juan José Garrido 2   CHI MF Benjamín Rivera 3   ARG DF Alan Alegre 4   CHI DF José Navarrete 5   CHI DF Vicente Concha 6   CHI MF Claudio Zamorano 7   CHI FW Damián García 8   CHI MF Alejandro Márquez 9   URU FW Luis Acevedo 10   ARG MF Santiago Camacho 11   ARG FW Germán Estigarribia 12   SPA GK Elias Hartard 13   CHI GK Yerko Urra 14   CHI DF Matías Andrades 15   CHI DF Raúl Osorio 16   CHI MF Nelson Peñaloza 17   CHI MF Diego Torres

No. Position Player 19   CHI FW Emilio Moreno 20   CHI FW Vicente Lavín 21   CHI MF Joaquín López 23   CHI DF Víctor González 24   CHI FW Julio César Velásquez 27   ARG DF Lukas Neculhueque 28   CHI FW Bastián Escobar 29   CHI FW Óscar Salinas 30   CHI MF Fabián Núñez 32   ARG DF Agustín Peñailillo 33   ARG MF Mauro González 34   CHI DF Maximiliano Aravena 35   CHI MF Cristóbal García 36   CHI MF Paulo Contreras --   CHI MF Hugo Labrín --   CHI FW Sebastián Salazar

Manager: Román Cuello

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 DF   ARG Fernando Ponce (loan from Cobresal)

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 MF   CHI Byron Bustamante (loan from Santiago Wanderers)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   CHI Fernando Quiroz (to San Antonio Unido)

Managers

Miguel Mocciola (1965-1966)   Martín García (1967-1968)   Caupolicán Peña (1969-1970)   Gastón Guevara (1970-1981)   Juan Ortiz (1982)   Gastón Guevara (1983-1984)   Roque Mercury (1984)   Juan Poblete (1985-1986)   Roque Mercury (1987)   Alicel Belmar (1988)   Óscar Luciano Mora (1989)   Gastón Guevara (1989)     Roque Mercury (1990)   Leonel Herrera (1991)   Luis Santibáñez (1991-1992)   Cayetano Ré (1992)   Guillermo Páez (1992–1994)   Eduardo Cortázar (1994–1996)     Roque Mercury (1996)   Jorge Garcés (1996)     Roque Mercury (1997)   Roberto Álamos (1997)     Roque Mercury (1997)   Reinaldo Merlo (1998)   Gastón Guevara (1998)   Carlos Durán (2000)     Roque Mercury (2001–2002)   Osvaldo Villegas (2003)   Carlos González (2004)

Claudio Nigretti (2005)   Osvaldo Villegas (2005)   Juan Carlos Gangas (2006)   Gastón Guevara (2006)   Carlos González (2006–2007)   Gastón Guevara (2007)   Eduardo Bonvallet (2007)   Nelson Soto (2008)   Daniel Zelaya (2009)   John Greig (2009)   Nelson Soto (2009)   Christian Muñoz (2009)   Osvaldo Hidalgo (2010)   Daniel Zelaya (2010)     Sergio Vargas (2011)   Eduardo Cortázar (2011)   Carlos Girardengo (2012)   Francisco Huerta (2013)   Fernando Astengo (2013)   Miguel Latín (2013)   Fernando Vergara (2014)   Pablo Abraham (2014–15)   Luis Landeros (2015–2017)   Dalcio Giovagnoli (2017–2018)   Miguel Ponce (2018)   Hugo Vilches (2019)   Patricio Lira (2019-2021)   Cristián Arán (2022)   Jorge Aravena (2022)   Juan José Ribera (2023-)

Shirt sponsors

List of Kit Manufacturers

• Kappa (1987)
• Adidas (1990–96)
• Diadora (1996–97)
• Le Coq Sportif (1998)
• Adidas (2000–03)
• Training (2004–06)
• Kappa (2007)
• Lotto (2007–09)
• Training (2010)
• Joma (2011)
• Penalty (2012–13)
• Warrior Sports (2013–14)
• M11 Sports (2014–16)
• Joma (2016–19)
• Capelli Sport (2019-20)
• KS7 (2020-22)
• M11 Sports (2023-)

List of Shirt Sponsors

• Herman Gastellu (1978)
• Igi-Llaima (1979–80)
• El Diario Austral (1981–82)
• UFRO (1985)
• Doble ZZ (1985–87)
• Feria Bernedo (1987)
• Ripley (1990)
• Cerveza Cristal (1991)
• Rosen (1992–94)
• Cerveza Cristal (1994–08)
• Gejman (2009–10)
• Frigorífico Temuco (2011–2013)
• Rosen (2013–)

See also

Green Cross

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)