football
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club based in
Temuco
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,
Araucanía Region
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Estadio Municipal Germán Becker
The Estadio Municipal Bicentenario Germán Becker Baechler is a stadium located in Temuco, Chile and owned by the Temuco municipality. It is the home ground of Deportes Temuco and also, the former ground of the defunct Unión Temuco football clu ...
''.
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
Club Deportivo Unión Temuco was a Chilean professional football club based in Temuco, La Araucanía Region. The club played at the Chilean Primera División B, Primera B, the second tier of the Chilean football, until 2013 when it was folded. The ...
, 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
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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
The Estadio Municipal Bicentenario Germán Becker Baechler is a stadium located in Temuco, Chile and owned by the Temuco municipality. It is the home ground of Deportes Temuco and also, the former ground of the defunct Unión Temuco football clu ...
, a renovated 18,500 football stadium located at the "Pablo Neruda" street in
Temuco
Temuco () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune, capital (political), capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The city is located south of Santiago de Chile, Santiago. The cit ...
, 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.
The club had also played their official home games at the ''Estadio Municipal de Gorbea'' & ''Estadio Municipal de
Lautaro
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'' 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
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'', 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''.
Copa Sudamericana
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2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
)
*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
^ 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
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1969
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*Record Primera División defeat — 0–9 ''v.''
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1998
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1993
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)
*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
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
)
*Highest home attendance — 32,551 ''v.''
Colo-Colo
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1969
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Copa Chile
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Best Season — Semifinals (
1984
Events
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,
1998
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Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
* Miguel Mocciola (1965-1966)
* Martín García Díaz (1967-1968)
*
Caupolicán Peña
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Roque Mercury
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(1984)
* Juan Poblete (1985-1986)
*
Roque Mercury
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(1987)
* alice Belmar (1988)
* Luciano Mora (1989)
* Gastón Guevara (1989)
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(1991-1992)
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Cayetano Ré
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(1992)
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Guillermo Páez
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(1992-1994)
* Eduardo Cortázar (1994-1996)
*
Roque Mercury
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(1997)
* Roberto Álamos (1997)
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Roque Mercury
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Reinaldo Merlo
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(1998)
* Gastón Guevara (1998)
* Carlos Durán (2000)
*
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(2001-2002)
* Osvaldo Villegas (2003-2004)
* 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)
* Nelson Soto (2009)
* John Greig (2009)
* Christian Muñoz (2009)
* Osvaldo Hidalgo (2010)
* Gastón Aravena (2010)
* Daniel Zelaya (2010)
* Sergio Vargas (2011)
* Eduardo Cortázar (2011)
* Carlos Girardengo (2012)
* Víctor Barria (2012)
* Carlos Girardengo (2012)
* Francisco Huerta (2013)
*
Fernando Astengo
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Miguel Ponce
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Juan José Ribera
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Kappa
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Kappa
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Joma
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Warrior Sports
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Joma
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Temuco
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Temuco
Temuco () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune, capital (political), capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The city is located south of Santiago de Chile, Santiago. The cit ...