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Coquimbo Unido

Club · Chile · Primera División

«The Pirates»

283 Matches

124 wins

79 draws

79 losses

358–292 Goals

+66 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form D D D L W L

Coquimbo Unido enter this season as champions of Chile for the first time, the 2025 Primera División title now backed by a Supercopa triumph and the club's first Copa Libertadores campaign.

The club was formed in 1958 in the port city of Coquimbo, and its nickname, Los Piratas, comes straight from that history — the city's past with corsairs along the coast gave the crest its pirate figure, worn now in the club's yellow and black.

The championship took decades to arrive. Coquimbo Unido reached the top flight in 1963. It spent long spells outside it after that, returning through Primera B titles that came again in 2018 and 2021. The wait ended in 2025, when the club beat Unión La Calera 2-0 in the final. The title arrived 67 years after Coquimbo Unido was founded. The Supercopa de Chile followed in 2026, won on penalties against Universidad Católica after a goalless draw. A Copa Sudamericana semi-final in 2020 had already shown the club could compete at that level.

Home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, rebuilt for the 2008 World Cup. Capacity rose to 18,750, up from 15,000, in the process.

Marcelo Corrales remains the club's leading scorer in the Primera División, with 56 goals in the mid-2000s. Arturo Díaz is remembered for the goal that won the 1962 title, and the Brazilian trio of Liminha, Bené and Torinho for their spell in 1979. The 2025 squad's most recognisable name was Jean Beausejour, the Chile international who played that season.

Deportes La Serena provide the fiercest test of the calendar. Matches between the two are known as the Clásico de la Región de Coquimbo, played out between neighbouring cities on Chile's north-central coast.

Latest results

All matches

12 Sep	Primera División	Cobresal A
6 Sep	Primera División	Universidad de Chile A	2:4	L
2 Sep	Primera División	Universidad de Concepción H	1:0	W
31 Aug	Primera División	Huachipato H	0:1	L
26 Aug	Primera División	Universidad Católica H	1:2	L
23 Aug	Primera División	Concepción A	1:1	D

Standing

CONMEBOL Libertadores

Group stage · Group B

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Coquimbo Unido	6	3	1	2	8:6	10
2	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	7:6	8
3	Club Nacional	6	2	2	2	7:9	8
4	Universitario	6	1	3	2	5:6	6

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 283

283 Matches

124 wins

79 draws

79 losses

358–292 Goals

+66 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 283

124 79 79

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	283	143	140
Scored	358	189	169
Conceded	292	124	168
Scored per game	1.3	1.3	1.2
Conceded per game	1.0	0.9	1.2
Difference	+66	+65	+1

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Salvador Cordero Midfielder 20 Matches

Alejandro Maximiliano Camargo Osses Midfielder 20 Matches

Gonzalo Flores Goalkeeper 19 Matches

Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma Defender 19 Matches

Nicolás Johansen Forward 19 Matches

Benjamín Chandía Forward 19 Matches

Diego Sánchez Goalkeeper 19 Matches

Benjamín Gazzolo Defender 19 Matches

Squad of Coquimbo Unido

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
14	Salvador Cordero	Midfielder	30	20
8	Alejandro Maximiliano Camargo Osses	Midfielder	37	20
1	Gonzalo Flores	Goalkeeper	26	19
16	Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma	Defender	36	19
9	Nicolás Johansen	Forward	27	19
30	Benjamín Chandía	Forward	23	19
13	Diego Sánchez	Goalkeeper	39	19
2	Benjamín Gazzolo	Defender	29	19
28	Sebastian Cabrera	Defender	28	19
11	Alejandro Esteban Azócar Machuca	Forward	25	19
17	Francisco Salinas	Defender	26	18
26	Lukas Gustavo Soza Rodríguez	Midfielder	28	17
10	Guido Nahuel Vadalá	Midfielder	29	17
7	Sebastián Paolo Galani Villega	Midfielder	29	16
27	Luis Enrique Riveros Valenzuela	Midfielder		16
12	Lucas Pratto	Forward	38	16
18	P. Rodriguez	Forward	19	15
15	Cristián Alexander Zavala Briones	Midfielder	27	15
3	Manuel Elías Fernández Guzmán	Defender	37	15
4	Elvis Hernández Huenten	Defender	26	14
20	Martin Mundaka	Forward		13
6	Dylan Emanuel Glaby	Midfielder	30	12
5	Dylan Alejandro Escobar Álvarez	Defender	25	12
29	Facundo Pons	Forward	30	8
21	Cristobal Dorador	Goalkeeper		8
23	Matias Sepeda	Midfielder		6
19	Joshua Arancibia	Defender		5
31	Dixon Pereira	Forward		3
29	Rodrigo Julián Holgado	Forward		3
35	G. Alfaro	Forward		1
25	V. Villegas	Goalkeeper		1