Coquimbo Unido

Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, which has a capacity of approximately 18,750 seats.

History
The club was founded on 30 August 1958.

In 2005, the club was runner up of the Primera Division Apertura tournament, losing the final to Unión Española. However, the club had a dismal Clausura tournament, and were one spot away from being relegated.

Coquimbo won the 2018 Primera B and returned to the Primera Division for the 2019 season after 14 years of absence. The club has a great return in the 2019 season, finishing fifth in the league table and qualifying to continental competitions for the first time in 28 years.

In 2020, the club had a poor season in the Primera Division, and were eventually relegated. However they had an excellent Copa Sudamericana campaign, where they reached the semi-finals and were eliminated by the champions, Defensa y Justicia, but eliminated notable teams like Atlético Junior and Sport Huancayo on their way to this stage.

Statistics

 * Seasons in Primera División: 27 (1963–65), (1978–80), (1984), (1991–2007), (2019–2020), (2022–)
 * Seasons in Primera B: 36 (1959–62), (1966–74), (1976–77), (1981–83), (1985–90), (2008–2018), (2021)
 * Copa Libertadores Appearances: 1 (1992)
 * Copa Sudamericana Appearances: 1 (2020)
 * Largest Margin of Victory: 6–0 v. Cobresal in (1999)
 * Largest Margin of Defeat: 1–9 v. Cobreloa in (1999)
 * Highest home attendance: 14,935 v. Colo-Colo, Copa Libertadores, (17 March 1992)
 * Most goals scored (Primera División matches): 56, Marcelo Corrales (2004-2007)
 * Best Finish in Primera División: Runner-up (1991 & 2005–A)
 * Best Finish in Copa Chile: Semifinals (2021)

Stadium
The home stadium of Coquimbo Unido is Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, located in Coquimbo, Chile. The stadium has a running track but it is used mostly for football matches. The former stadium was inaugurated on 1 July 1970 and held 17,750 people.

In 2007 the stadium was selected as a venue for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In order to comply with FIFA standards, a completely new stadium was built. Its capacity was increased from 15,000 to 18,750. The new stadium has the shape of ship so as to homage Coquimbo's oceanic tradition. The city has been famous due to its port and pirate lore. The stadium was inaugurated on 9 November 2008.

Domestic

 * Primera División de Chile
 * Runner-up (2): 1991, 2005 Apertura
 * Segunda División de Chile/Primera B de Chile
 * Winners (4): 1962, 1977, 2018, 2021
 * Winners (no promotion to Primera División) (1): 2014 Clausura
 * Runner-up (2): 1966, 1990
 * Copa Apertura Segunda División
 * Runner-up (1): 1970 Copa Isidro Corbinos

Women's team

 * Primera B:
 * Winners (1): 2022

Notable players

 * 🇦🇷 Matías Cano
 * 🇦🇷 Jorge Cerino
 * 🇦🇷 Jorge Díaz
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Grabowski
 * 🇦🇷 Rodrigo Holgado
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Lenci
 * 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 Juan Manuel Lucero
 * 🇦🇷 Norberto Ortega Sánchez
 * 🇦🇷 Mario Pierani
 * 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 José Daniel Ponce
 * 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 Miguel Ángel Romero
 * 🇧🇷 Benê
 * 🇧🇷 Bozzo
 * 🇧🇷 Liminha
 * 🇧🇷 Ronaldo Moraes
 * 🇧🇷 Torino
 * 🇨🇱 Axel Ahumada
 * 🇨🇱 Francisco Arrué
 * 🇨🇱 Carlos Barraza
 * 🇨🇱 Juan Carlos Barraza
 * 🇨🇱 Jean Beausejour
 * 🇨🇱 Héctor Cabello
 * 🇨🇱 Carlos Carmona
 * 🇨🇱 Diego Carrasco
 * 🇨🇱 Juan Carreño
 * 🇨🇱 Marcelo Corrales
 * 🇨🇱 Nicolás Crovetto
 * 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 Javier di Gregorio
 * 🇨🇱 Arturo Díaz
 * 🇨🇱 Mauricio Donoso
 * 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 Óscar Fabbiani
 * 🇨🇱 Ismael Fuentes
 * 🇨🇱 Luis Fuentes
 * 🇨🇱 Gamadiel García
 * 🇨🇱 Pedro González
 * 🇨🇱 Gonzalo Jara
 * 🇨🇱 Eugenio Julio
 * 🇨🇱 Cristian Leiva
 * 🇨🇱 Daniel López
 * 🇨🇱 🇦🇹 Alí Manouchehri
 * 🇨🇱 Rodrigo Millar
 * 🇨🇱 🇪🇸 Paco Molina
 * 🇨🇱 Orlando Mondaca
 * 🇨🇱 Leonardo Monje
 * 🇨🇱 Alfonso Morales
 * 🇨🇱 Cristián Muñoz
 * 🇨🇱 Germán Navea
 * 🇨🇱 Cristián Olguín
 * 🇨🇱 Raúl Palacios
 * 🇨🇱 Esteban Paredes
 * 🇨🇱 Mauricio Pinilla
 * 🇨🇱 Héctor Robles
 * 🇨🇱 Juan Rodríguez Vega
 * 🇨🇱 Mario Rodríguez
 * 🇨🇱 José Sulantay
 * 🇨🇱 Carlos Tejas
 * 🇨🇱 Patricio Toledo
 * 🇨🇱 Jorge Vargas
 * 🇨🇱 Richard Zambrano
 * 🇵🇾 Derlis Soto

Managers

 * Óscar Olivares (1958)
 * Santiago Salfate (1959)
 * Gustavo Pizarro (1960-1961)
 * Lincoyán Neira (1961)
 * Fidel Cuiña (1962)
 * Óscar Olivares (1962)
 * Francisco Molina (1963-1964)
 * Raúl Pino (1965)
 * 🇦🇷 Ramón Guiñazu (1965)
 * Luis Santibáñez (1969)
 * Jorge Venegas (1971)
 * Enrique Hormazábal (1976)
 * Óscar Olivares (1976)
 * Pedro Cruces (1976)
 * Ramón Climent (1977)
 * Sasha Mitjaew (1978)
 * Luis Álamos (1978)
 * José Sulantay (1978)
 * Luis Ibarra (1978-1979)
 * Ramón Climent (1979)
 * 🇦🇷   Néstor Isella (1979)
 * José Sulantay (1980-1983)
 * Antonio Vargas (1984)
 * Víctor Seura (1984)
 * Juan Rodríguez (1984)
 * José Sulantay (1985)
 * Mauro Chirinos (1988)
 * Andrés prieto (1988)
 * Víctor Zelada (1988-1989)
 * Francisco Valdés (1989)
 * José Sulantay (1990-1991)
 * 🇺🇾 Jorge Luis Siviero (1992)
 * Hugo Valdivia (1992)
 * Víctor Seura (1993)
 * Luis Santibáñez (1993)
 * Sasha Mitjaew (1994)
 * Freddy Delgado (1994)
 * Dagoberto Olivares (1994)
 * José Sulantay (1994-1995)
 * Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (1995-1996)
 * 🇦🇷 Víctor Milanese comisso (1996-1997)
 * Miguel Hermosilla (1997-1998)
 * José Sulantay (1998)
 * 🇦🇷 Ángel Celoria (1999)
 * Sergio Cortés (1999)
 * Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (1999)
 * 🇦🇷 Fernando Cavalleri (1999-2000)
 * José Sulantay (2001-2003)
 * Raúl Toro (2004-2005)
 * Mario Chirino (2005)
 * 🇦🇷 Jorge Díaz (2006)
 * Francisco Varela (2006)
 * Sergio Cortés (2006-2007)
 * 🇦🇷 Óscar Malbernat (2007)
 * Dagoberto Olivares (2007)
 * Andrija Perčić (2007)
 * Nelson Cossío (2008)
 * Mario Chirino (2008)
 * 🇦🇷 Víctor milanese comisso (2008-2009)
 * Gustavo Huerta (2009)
 * Orlando Mondaca (2009-2010)
 * José Sulantay (2010)
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Torrente (2011)
 * Jaime Muñoz (2011)
 * 🇦🇷 Roberto Mariani (2011-2012)
 * Jaime Muñoz (2012)
 * Luis Mussri (2012-2013)
 * Dagoberto Olivares (2013)
 * Carlos Rojas Muñoz (2013-2014)
 * Jaime Muñoz (2014)
 * Víctor Hugo Castañeda (2014-2015)
 * 🇦🇷 Jorge Cerino (2015)
 * Juan José Ribera (2016-2017)
 * 🇦🇷 Patricio Graff (2017-2019)
 * 🇦🇷 Germán Corengia (2020)
 * Rafael Celedón (2020)
 * Juan José Ribera (2020-2021)
 * Héctor Tapia (2021)
 * 🇦🇷 Patricio Graff (2022)
 * Fernando Díaz (2022-Act.)