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Cobresal
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Also known as Club Deportes Cobresal

Club de Deportes Cobresal, or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the local copper mine establishment. Since its inception, the club has played its home games at the El Cobre Stadium. With a capacity of approximately 12,000, the stadium is able to seat more than the entire population of the town (7,000).

Key facts

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Cobresal
Football club.fullname
Club de Deportes Cobresal
Football club.nickname
Mineros (Miners) LegionariosEl Milagro del Desierto (The Desert's Miracle)
Football club.ground
Estadio El CobreEl Salvador, Chile
Football club.capacity
12,000
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President
Football club.chairman
David Agüero Martinez
Football club.manager
Gustavo Huerta
Football club.league
Liga de Primera
Football club.season
2025
Football club.position
Liga de Primera, 7th of 16
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Official website
www.cdcobresal.cl
Image
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inception
1979-01-01
Commons category
Club de Deportes Cobresal
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18 sections
Contents
  • Club history
  • First seasons
  • The complicated 1990s
  • Successful seasons in the Primera División
  • Stadium
  • Honours
  • National
  • Club facts
  • South American cups history
  • Players
  • Current squad
  • 2024 Summer Transfers
  • In
  • Out
  • Notable players
  • Managers
  • Footnotes
  • External links

Club de Deportes Cobresal, or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the local copper mine establishment. Since its inception, the club has played its home games at the El Cobre Stadium. With a capacity of approximately 12,000, the stadium is able to seat more than the entire population of the town (7,000).

During the history of Cobresal, the club has been champion once (2015 Clausura) and achieved one Copa Chile title in 1987, with players like the Chilean legend Iván Zamorano, Rubén Martínez and the club's historic top-scorer Sergio Salgado, footballers that also played in the 1986 Copa Libertadores, in the first international tournament for the club.

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