Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌkolo ˈkolo]) is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera Division, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played its home games at Estadio Monumental David Arellano since 1989. Colo-Colo is regarded as the most successful club of Chilean football.
Colo-Colo has won more Primera Division de Chile (32) than any other Chilean club and a record thirteen Copa Chile titles. It was the first Chilean team to win a continental tournament conquering the 1991 Copa Libertadores Next year, the club went on to win two international titles that were 1992 Recopa Sudamericana and 1992 Copa Interamericana,
The club's most successful player is Luis Mena with eleven titles, the historic top scorer is Esteban Paredes with 216 goals, and the player with most appearances is the former goalkeeper Misael Escuti with 417 games.
Colo-Colo is the team with most supporters in Chile, and holds a long-standing rivalry with Universidad de Chile. The club also holds a traditional rivalry in matches against Cobreloa and Universidad Catolica. The IFFHS ranked the team in 14th place in 2007. In 2009, that same institution named the team as the 20th century's top club of its country, and also within the top twenty clubs in South American football history.
History
1925–1933: Foundation and early years
The team was founded in early 1925 by Magallanes' footballer David Arellano, who led a group of young players leaving that club after institutional problems. Finally, on 19 April, Arellano and the other youths officially established the institutions after meetings and negotiations, where Luis Contreras chose the name Colo-Colo for the club, which refers to the eponymous Mapuche cacique Colo Colo.
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