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Deportes Magallanes are a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an Football club based in Maipu, Santiago. They currently play at the second level of Chilean football, the Primera B

Primera B (Chile)

Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....

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The club were founded on October 27, 1897 with the name Atlético Escuela Normal F.C.. In 1933 they became the first ever 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.

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.

Current Squad 2011

Titles

Primera División: 4

1933, 1934, 1935, 1938

Campeonato de Apertura (Cup)
Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)
The Campeonato de Apertura was an annual competition for Chilean football teams at the beginning of the season. It was played from 1933 to 1950, but didn't have regularity through years, not being played in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1946 and 1948. The Campeonato de Apertura was sometimes disputed in a...

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1937

Tercera División A: 2

1995, 2010

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

1985: First Round

Notable players

José Borello

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Elson Beiruth

Elson Beiruth is a former Brazilian footballer. He played for clubs in Brazil and Chile.-Teams: Flamengo 1959-1961 Corinthians 1961-1962 Flamengo 1963-1964 Colo-Colo 1965-1974 Flamengo 1975...

Luis Hernán Álvarez David Arellano

David Arellano

David Alfonso Arellano Moraga was a Chilean footballer. He is credited as a founding member of the Colo Colo football club.- Career :...

Francisco Arellano Antonio Arias

Antonio Arias

Antonio Arias Mujica is a former Chilean football defender, who played for the Chile national team between 1968 and 1973, gaining 30 caps. He was part of the Chile squad for the 1974 World Cup....

Ivo Basay

Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic is a retired football striker from Chile, who played professional football for seventeen years...

Togo Bascuñán Luis Contreras Hugo González

Hugo González

Hugo Armando González Muñoz is a retired Chilean footballer. He played as a central defender during his career.González made his debut for the national senior squad on 25 June 1988, in a friendly against Peru....

Junior Fernandez Honorino Landa

Honorino Landa

Honorino Landa Vera was a Chilean football player.He was the youngest player of the Chilean team that won third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Once he received his high-school diploma in 1959, he went to play for the Unión Española team...

Leonardo Monje

Leonardo Esteban Monje Valenzuela , commonly known as Leo Monje or sometimes La Pulga Atomica, is a Chilean footballer who plays as striker for Unión Española in Chile's Primera División.-Career:...

Adolfo Nef

Adolfo Nef Sanhueza is a former Chilean football goalkeeper, who played for the Chile national team between 1969 and 1977, gaining 42 caps. He was part of the Chile squad for the 1974 World Cup....

Luis Núñez Juan Olivares

Juan Olivares

Juan Segundo Olivares Marambio is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. He played for the Chile national team between 1965 and 1974, gaining 33 caps. He was part of the Chile squad for the 1966 and 1974 world cups....

Alberto Quintano

Alberto Guillermo Quintano Ralph , commonly known as El Mariscal, is a former Chilean footballer. He has played as a defender for Universidad de Chile in Chile's Primera División.-Player career:...

Ariel Salas Patricio Salas

Patricio Salas

Patricio Salas is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Magallanes of the Primera B Chilena.-Teams: Palestino 2004-2008 Deportes Temuco 2008 Magallanes 2009-present-External links:* Profile at* Profile at...

Mario Soto Humberto Suazo

Humberto Suazo

Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....

Arturo Torres

Arturo Torres is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....

Francisco Valdés

Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, , nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league...

Eduardo Vilches

Eduardo Enrique Vilches Arriagada is a former Chilean footballer.-Club career:Vilches began his professional career with Magallanes, before moving to Universidad Católica and Colo-Colo...

Guillermo Yávar

Guillermo Yávar is a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cups. He also played for Club Universidad de Chile.-External links:*...

Segundo Castillo

Segundo Castillo Varela

Segundo Castillo Varela was a former Peruvian footballer who played for Peru, Chile, Argentina and Colombia and the Peru national football team....

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