Universidad de Concepcion

Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepcion also known as Universidad de Concepcion, are a Chilean football club based in Concepcion, that is a current member of the Primera B. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Ester Roa de Concepcion, that has a 30,480 spectators capacity.

History

A "Club Deportivo Universitario" amateur team played in the Regional Championship in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. They played with teams like Naval de Talcahuano, Lord Cochrane and Fernandez Vial and became champions in 1962. The current Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepcion was founded in 1994.

Tercera Division: 1994–1997

Universidad de Concepcion participates in football as a member of the Tercera Division, organized by the Asociacion Nacional de Futbol Amateur (ANFA). The team played its first match against Deportes Talcahuano at Estadio El Morro on 10 April 1994. The club's coach was former Universitario footballer Luis Vera Avendano. With 22 points that season, the club finished fourth in the South-central Zone in Tercera Division and was nearly promoted to the Primera B (Premier B).

In the next season, Universidad de Concepcion failed to duplicate the results of the last season, finishing seventh in the South Zone. However, the club won the relegation play-offs.

During the 1996 season, with former footballer Mario Osben as the coach, the club was runner-up in the Tercera Division, after finishing second behind Santiago Morning in the quadrangular play-offs. Universidad de Concepcion had a record of sixteen victories and six defeats in 34 games.

In 1997, Universidad de Concepcion won the Tercera Division. The club was promoted to Premier B, the first professional tournament and the first title for the club following a 2–1 victory over Union La Calera on 8 December 1997.

Professional era

In its first professional season, the club had success in Premier B 1998 and nearly qualified for the promotion play-offs to Prime

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