Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional

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club based in the city of

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, Chile and plays in the

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History

The club was founded on 8 August 1920, when they participated in a colonial competition in Osorno. It was founded by a group of

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; the name of the club reflects the origin in Chile's Palestinian community. According to American historian Brenda Elsey,

"Leaders of the Arab immigrant community who hoped to find a niche within popular culture for their organizations decided to participate in football once again in 1940s".

Beginnings in professional football

In 1952, the

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set up the first professional leagues. Palestino was accepted into the Second Division, which they won to attain promotion to the Primera División.

1955 title

In 1955, the club won their first national championship under the coaching of Argentine captain Roberto Coll. In that era, the club became known by the nickname ''millonario'' (Millionaire) because of their ability to attract top class footballers.

1978−present

In 1978, the club won their second league title, this time the team was led by Chilean captain Elías Figueroa. In this campaign they set a new record in the domestic tournament, for the number of games unbeaten and soon won the

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to claim the league and cup double. In 2004, the club became a registered company, but the change of status did not bring the expected improvement in results. In 2006 they finished in 18th place out of 20 teams, forcing them to face a play-off against Fernandez Vial to keep their place in the top flight. Ultimately the club would triumph thus preserving their spot within the Chilean first division. The club made a surprising run to the final of the Clausura 2008 tournament, where they lost to champions

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. Following this success, the club intends to float on the Chilean and Palestinian stock exchanges.

Club image

Motto

"More than a team, it is an entire people." ()

Colours

Mimicking the

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, the club's traditional colors have been red, green and black.

Support

Not only from Palestinians in Chile, Palestino has also attracted the support from Gaza sympathisers in the country and are considered as the "second national team" of Palestine.

Rivalries

Palestino have rivalries with other immigrant-founded Santiago clubs in the

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, mainly

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(founded by Spanish immigrants) and

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(founded by Italian immigrants). These games are known as the "Diaspora Derby" ().

Incident

2014 jersey ban

In January 2014, Palestino was fined the equivalent of $1,300 for using a new team jersey in the club's traditional colors, but with the number one in the squad numbers on the back shaped as the map of

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prior to the creation of

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in 1948. Jewish communities in Chile and the Israeli government complained about the political significance of this, with a formal complaint to their national Federation being made by Patrick Kiblisky, owner of first-division club

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. The jerseys were said to have been first used in December 2013, although the club said they were used in the prior season. The federation banned the club from using the map on the back of the shirts and imposed a fine on the club on the grounds that the Federation is opposed to "any form of political, religious, sexual, ethnic, social or racial discrimination". On its Facebook page, the club stated:

"For us, free Palestine will always be historical Palestine, nothing less."

Honours

National

* Primera División ** Winners (2):

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

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 ...

** Winners (3):

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

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 ...

* Primera B ** Winners (2):

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 7 appearances ::

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

: Group Stage ::

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

: Semi-finals ::

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: Group Stage ::

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: Group Stage ::

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: Third Qualifying Stage ::

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: Group Stage *

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: 7 appearances ::

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: Quarter-finals ::

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: Second Stage ::

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: Group Stage ::

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: Group Stage ::

: Round of 16 ::

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

: ''TBD''

Current squad

First Team squad

Former coaches

* Luis Tirado (1952) * Antonio Ciraolo (1953) * Miodrag Stefanović (1955–57) * Antonio de Mare (1958–59) * Alejandro Scopelli (1960) * Hugo Tassara (1961–62) * José Della Torre (1963) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1963) * (1964) * José Valdebenito (1964) * Zezé Moreira (1964) * Enrique Fernández (1965) * Alejandro Scopelli (1966) * Óscar Andrade (1967) * Julio Baldovinos (1967) * (1968–69) * Sergio Lecea (1969) * Isaac Carrasco (1970) * Héctor Ortega (1970) * Dante Pesce (1971) * Alejandro Scopelli (1971) * (1972) * Humberto Díaz (1972) * Néstor Isella (1973) * Humberto Díaz (1973) * Caupolicán Peña (1974–76) * Fernando Riera (1977) * Caupolicán Peña (1977–80) * (1980) * Mario Tuane (1980–81) * (1981–83) * Sasha Mitjaew (1984) * Elson Beiruth (1984) * (1984–85) * Víctor Manuel Castañeda (1986) * Orlando Aravena (1986–87) * Víctor Manuel Castañeda (1988) * Luis Ibarra (1988) * Eugenio Jara (1988–89) * Orlando Aravena (1989) * Víctor Manuel Castañeda (1989) * Guillermo Duarte (1990) *

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(1990) * Jorge Zelada (1991) *

(1991–92) * Fernando Cavalleri (1992) * (1992–93) * Ricardo Dabrowski (1993) * José Sulantay (1994) * Elías Figueroa (1994–95) * Germán Cornejo (1995–96) * Orlando Aravena (1996) *

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(1996–97) *

(1998) * (1998) * Ricardo Dabrowski (1998–01) * Fernando Carvallo (2002) * Daniel Salvador (2003) * Nicola Hadwa (2004) * Ricardo Toro ''(interim)'' (2004) * (2004–05) * Fernando Carvallo (2005) * Daniel Salvador (2006) * Jaime Pizarro (2006–07) *

(2007) * Luis Musrri (2007–09) *

(2009–10) * Jaime Escobar ''(interim)'' (2010) * Gustavo Benítez (2010–11) * José Daniel Carreño (2012) * Emiliano Astorga (2012–14) * Jaime Escobar ''(interim)'' (2014) * Pablo Guede (2014–16) * Nicolás Córdova (2016–2017) * Omar Toloza ''(interim)'' (2017) * (2017–18) * Sebastián Méndez (2018) * Ivo Basay (2018–2020) * José Luis Sierra (2020-2021) *

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(2021) * Gustavo Costas (2022) * Vitamina Sánchez (2023-2024) * Jorge Schwager ''(interim)'' (2024)

Women's team

The Palestino women's team plays in the Campeonato Nacional Primera División de Fútbol Femenino, the top women's football competition in Chile. In 2015 they won the Clausura tournament, thus ending a ten-season title streak by Colo-Colo. The captain, Ashraf Khatib, lifted the title. She was quoted as saying it was a pleasure to be the first actual Palestinian woman to lift the title in Chile. Former Palestino forward María José Urrutia was a member of the Chile women's national football team for the

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. With a header against Thailand in Chile's 2–0 win in the group stage, she became the first Chilean player to score a goal in the

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. Former Palestino defender Javiera Toro was also a member of the Chilean team at the 2019 tournament.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino Chilean Primera División teams Diaspora sports clubs Football clubs in Chile Association football clubs established in 1920 Club Deportivo Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino

History

Beginnings in professional football

1955 title

1978−present

Club image

Motto

Colours

Support

Rivalries

Incident

2014 jersey ban

Honours

National

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Current squad

First Team squad

Sponsors

Former coaches

Women's team

See also

References

External links