Colo-Colo B

Colo-Colo B
Full name Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo B
Nickname(s) La Filial
Founded 1999 (1999)
Ground Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Macul, Santiago, Chile
Ground Capacity 45,953
Owner Carlos Tapia
Manager Rodolfo Madrid
League Chilean Segunda División
Website Club home page

Club Deportivo y Social Colo-Colo B, usually called Colo-Colo B, is a Chilean football team from Santiago. They are the reserve team of Colo-Colo, and are currently competing in the third tier of Chilean football, the Segunda División.

Founded in January 1999, the club played its first season in the Chilean Third Division, via an under–23 team of the club called Colo-Colo Junior, in where players like Sebastián González and Luis Ignacio Quinteros, become to stars. After the bankruptcy of Colo-Colo in 2001, the club was dissolved because the financial requirements that the team needed, despite of the sport success.

In January 2007, thanks to the success of the coach Claudio Borghi in the bench of Colo-Colo, the reserve team again was founded thanks to Gabriel Ruíz–Tagle's management, playing again in the third level of the Chilean football league system, but after another problem that affected in the reserve's team existence was the ANFA's controversial that established the rule that prevented to the filial teams in play at the Third division.

In December 2011, after the approval of the Asociación de Fútbol Profesional de Chile in create a new Segunda División, the club was re-established for play in that tournament,[1][2] debuting the next season with a 1–0 defeat with the reserve team of Rangers at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca.

Club History

Amateur era

Colo-Colo Junior

Originally founded in 1937, with the reserve team of Colo-Colo, playing in the Serie B, the former Chilean second division, was immediately dissolved due to financial problems of that level, but however, was re-established in 1999, under the name of Colo-Colo Junior, in where players like Sebastián González, Luis Ignacio Quinteros become in stars with the pass of time, being champions after with the club. Despite of the sport success, the club again was dissolved, now due to the financial problems of Colo-Colo, that led to the team to the bankruptcy.

Professional era

Inaugural season

After of the approval of the Segunda División on 23 November 2011,[1] and the confirmation on 21 February of the next year,[3] the club debuted against Rangers B at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca, in a 1–0 defeat with a goal of Eduardo Saldaña in the 83rd minute. During that game, also the club played with some players of the first team like, winning the next week 5–0 to Fernández Vial at the Estadio Monumental David Arellano, only with the presence of Osmar Molinas and Miguel Ángel González, players of the first team, on difference of the last game in where the club used to five players of the first team.

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Colo-Colo B as of 11 July 2016 (edit)
Sources: Colo-Colo U19 squad

No. Position Player
2  CHI DF Henry Sanhueza
17  CHI MF Gabriel Suazo
21  CHI DF Camilo Rodríguez
24  CHI MF Jorge Araya
25  CHI GK Pablo Soto
27  CHI DF Cristián Gutiérrez
31  CHI MF Jorge Lagües
32  CHI FW Luis Salas
33  CHI FW Maikol González
 CHI GK Javier Flores
 CHI GK Samuel Antilén
 CHI GK Gustavo Muñoz
 ECU GK Omar Carabalí
 CHI DF Alberto Hernández
 CHI DF Vicente Herrero
 CHI DF Víctor Araya
 CHI DF Ángel Rojas
No. Position Player
 CHI DF Celín Valdés
 CHI DF Diego Cayupil
 CHI DF Ariel Tapia
 CHI DF Óscar Peña
 CHI MF Nazareno Fernández
 CHI MF Gonzalo Miranda
 CHI MF Juan Carlos Vargas
 CHI MF Juan Araya
 CHI MF Luciano Díaz
 CHI MF Benjamín Berríos
 CHI FW Sebastián Orellana
 CHI FW Nicolás Orrego
 CHI FW Benjamín Briones
 CHI FW Iván Morales
 CHI FW Roberto Riveros
 CHI FW Isaac Maturana

Manager: Rodolfo Madrid

Stadium

Colo-Colo's stadium

Colo-Colo's stadium, Estadio Monumental David Arellano, is located in Macul, Santiago and has a 45,953 capacity. Colo-Colo inaugurated the stadium on September 30, 1989 with a match against Peñarol. The home team went on to win by a final score of 2–1.

Facilities

The entrance to Colo-Colo's museum.

Construction began in early 2007 of the Casa Alba (White House) to house Colo-Colo's youth players. Casa Alba has an area of 1156.24 square meters and a carrying capacity of 64 youth cadets. The facility includes gyms, dormitories, recreation rooms, and study.

Inaugurated in June 2009, The Colo-Colo museum houses the national championship trophies won by the club, the replica of the Copa Libertadores achieved in 1991, the shirts worn by the club, and a model of the stadium. The museum also features special sections dedicated to events such as when Colo-Colo went unbeaten in 1937 and 1941, the Colo-Colo of 1973, the three peat winning championship team between 1989 and 1991, and the 4 time in a row winning championship teams between 2006 and 2007.[4]

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