Magallanes is a Chilean football club based in

San Bernardo, Chile San Bernardo () is a city in Chile, located within the Greater Santiago metropolitan area. It is both a Communes of Chile, commune and the capital of Maipo Province, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. San Bernardo also serves as the seat of the ...

. They play in the

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B () is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renamed in 1996 to the current n ...

, after being relegated from the

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in 2023.

History

The club was on October 27, 1897, with the name Atlético Escuela Normal F.C. In 1933 they became the first national champions of Chile. They won a hat trick of titles in the formative years of Chilean football (1933, 1934 and 1935) but their last major title came in 1938. In 2022 they won the Primera B championship and promotion to the top tier having not competed since 1986, they also won the Copa Chile for the first time in the same year which meant they qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores. Magallanes, adopting their official name in 1904, is one of the oldest clubs in the country. Since the year 2000, after accepting the regulations of the Chilean law 20019, the team has been managed by a limited sports company. It is one of the eight founding clubs of the Nation Chilean Football League, the first football league established in the country, which also instituted the Premier Division (Primera Division) of Chile. In this league, Magallanes won their first championship in 1933. In addition, they were the first club to win three consecutive professional championships in Chile.

Colours

The club adopted white and

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as their official colors in 1908. These colors are used in their sportswear as well as their

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, which depicts a

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on the ocean.

Stadium

Since August 2015, Magallanes has practiced in their hometown of San Bernardo in the city stadium, which seats 3,500 spectators.

Rivalries

They often compete in the Metropolitan Classic against their longtime rival,

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. In addition, they have a rivalry against

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, dubbed "Clásico de la Chilenidad".

Honours

Magallanes is ranked sixth for national titles in the Premier Division, tying

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and

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, with four each. They have been the runner up behind Colo-Colo,

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, Universidad Católica,

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and

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. They also have one title from the Third Division (Tercera Division), one title from the Campeonato de Apertura, one from the Campeonato Relámpago and one from the Campeonato Absoluto. Despite their lack of titles in the last 70 years the club are still ranked as the seventh most successful team in the history of Chilean football.

National

* Primera División ** Winners (4): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938 *

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** Winners (1):

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** Winners (1):

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* Campeonato de Apertura ** Winners (1): 1937 *

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** Winners (1):

* Tercera División A ** Winners (2): 1995, 2010

Regional

* Copa Municipal de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1908 * Copa Chile de la Asociación Arturo Prat ** Winners (1): 1909 * Copa Unión de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (5): 1908, 1913, 1916, 1920, 1921 * Copa República de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (2): 1920, 1921 * Copa Independencia de la Segunda División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (2): Serie A 1919, 1921 * Copa Miguel Blanco de la Tercera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1919 * Copa de Campeones de Santiago ** Winners (2): 1920, 1921 * División de Honor de la Liga Metropolitana de Deportes ** Winners (1): 1926 * Primera División de la Liga Central de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): Serie E 1928 * Campeonato de Apertura de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1931 * Copa Félix Alegría ** Winners (1): 1920 * Copa Alberto Downe ** Winners (1): 1920 * Copa 12 de octubre ** Winners (1): 1920

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 2 appearances ::

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: First Round ::

: Third Round

Current squad

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Out

Notable players

* Manuel Pichulman *

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Managers

* Luis Tirado (1931) * Pedro Bahamondes (1933) * Arturo Torres (1933-1935) * Leoncio Veloso (1938) * Máximo Garay (1941) * Jorge Orth (1942-1943) * Francisco Platko (1945) * José Luis Boffi (1946-1947) * Francisco Las Heras (1948) * Carlos Orlandelli (1959) * Sergio Cruzat (1961) * Hugo Cheix (1962) * Martín García (1963) * Sergio Cruzat (1964-1966) * Osvaldo Caldera (1966) * Donato Hernández (1967-1968) * Salvador Biondi (1969) *

Ramón Estay Luis Ramón Estay Saavedra (22 July 1938 – 3 November 2013), known as Ramón Estay, was a Chilean football player and manager. Career Born in Iquique, as a football forward, he played for Club Deportivo Cavancha and the team of Iquique. At pr ...

(1969-1972) * Sergio Navarro (1973) * Rosamel Miranda (1974-1975) * Donato Hernández (1975) * Sergio Cruzat (1978) *

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(1978) * Guillermo Duarte (1979) * Eugenio Jara (1980-1982) * Jorge Venegas (1983) *

Manuel Rodríguez Vega Manuel Rodríguez Vega (born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean former football player and manager. Coaching career In addition to coach various clubs in the Chilean football, at the beginning Rodríguez Vega worked in the Universidad de Chile youth ...

(1984) * Eugenio Jara (1985) * Hernán Castro (1986) * Jorge Venegas (1986) * Roberto Spicto (1986) * Ricardo Horta (1986) * Francisco Graells (1986) * Eugenio Jara (1988) *

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(1988) *

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(1989-1990) *

(1991) * Hugo Solís (1991) * Carlos Valenzuela (1992) * Arturo Jáuregui (1992) * Ricardo Dabrowsky (1993) * Arturo Jáuregui (1993) * Manuel Espinoza (1995-1996) * Guillermo Yavar (1996) *

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(1996) * Luis Rojas Álvarez (1997) * Guillermo Yavar (1997) * Alfredo Funes (1998) *

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(1999) * Ronald Yavar (1999-2000) * Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (2000-2001) * Guillermo Maureira (2001) *

Orlando Aravena Orlando Enrique Aravena Vergara (21 October 1942 – 21 March 2024) was a Chilean football player and manager. Career As a player, Aravena played for Magallanes, Deportes La Serena, Palestino, Colo-Colo and Ñublense. With Deportes La Serena, ...

(2002-2003) *

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(2003-2005) * Horacio Rivas (2005) * Juan Ubilla (2006) * Horacio Rivas (2006) *

(2006) * José Miguel Burgos (2006) * Waldemar Méndez (2006) *

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(2007) * Mauricio Riffo (2008) *

(2008-2014) *

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(2014-2015) * Pedro Rivera (2015) * Pablo abraham (2015-2016) * Ariel Pereyra (2016) * Hugo Balladares (2017-2018) * Jaime Gutiérrez (2018) * Óscar Correa (2018-2019) * Patricio Hormazábal (2019) * Ariel Pereyra (2019-2020) *

(2020-2021) *

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(2021-2023) * '' Braulio Leal'' (2023) * Mario Salas (2023) *

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(2024) * Braulio Leal (2025-Act.)

References

External links

Magallanes Unofficial site

Magallanes Official site
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Magallanes Supporter's site
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History

Colours

Stadium

Rivalries

Honours

National

Regional

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Current squad

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Out

Notable players

Managers

See also

References

External links