Magallanes is a Chilean football club based in San Bernardo, Chile. They play in the Primera B de Chile, after being relegated from the Chilean Primera División in 2023.
History The club was on October 27, 1897, with the name Atlético Escuela Normal F.C. In 1933 they became the first 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.
In 2022 they won the Primera B championship and promotion to the top tier having not competed since 1986, they also won the Copa Chile for the first time in the same year which meant they qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
Magallanes, adopting their official name in 1904, is one of the oldest clubs in the country. Since the year 2000, after accepting the regulations of the Chilean law 20019, the team has been managed by a limited sports company.
It is one of the eight founding clubs of the Nation Chilean Football League, the first football league established in the country, which also instituted the Premier Division (Primera Division) of Chile.
In this league, Magallanes won their first championship in 1933. In addition, they were the first club to win three consecutive professional championships in Chile.
Colours The club adopted white and sky blue as their official colors in 1908. These colors are used in their sportswear as well as their logo, which depicts a Caravel on the ocean.
Stadium Since August 2015, Magallanes has practiced in their hometown of San Bernardo in the city stadium, which seats 3,500 spectators.
Rivalries They often compete in the Metropolitan Classic against their longtime rival, Santiago Morning. In addition, they have a rivalry against Colo-Colo, dubbed "Clásico de la Chilenidad".
Honours Magallanes is ranked sixth for national titles in the Premier Division, tying Everton de Viña del Mar and Audax Italiano, with four each.
They have been the runner up behind Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica, Cobreloa and Unión Española. They also have one title from the Third Division (Tercera Division), one title from the Campeonato de Apertura, one from the Campeonato Relámpago and one from the Campeonato Absoluto.
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. National Primera División Winners (4): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938 Copa Chile Winners (1): 2022 Supercopa de Chile Winners (1): 2023 Campeonato de Apertura Winners (1): 1937 Primera B Winners (1): 2022 Tercera División A Winners (2): 1995, 2010
Regional Copa Municipal de Santiago Winners (1): 1908 Copa Chile de la Asociación Arturo Prat Winners (1): 1909 Copa Unión de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago Winners (4): 1908, 1913, 1916, 1920 Copa República de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago Winners (2): 1920, 1921 Copa Independencia de la Segunda División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago Winners (2): Serie A 1919, 1921 Copa Miguel Blanco de la Tercera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago Winners (1): 1919 Copa de Campeones de Santiago Winners (2): 1920, 1921 División de Honor de la Liga Metropolitana de Deportes Winners (1): 1926 Primera División de la Liga Central de Football de Santiago Winners (1): Serie E 1928 Campeonato de Apertura de la Asociación de Football de Santiago Winners (1): 1931 Copa Félix Alegría Winners (1): 1920 Copa Alberto Downe Winners (1): 1920 Copa 12 de octubre Winners (1): 1920
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances 1985: First Round 2023: Third Round
Current squad
2021 Winter Transfers In
Out
Notable players Manuel Pichulman John Crawley
Managers
Luis Tirado (1931) Pedro Bahamondes (1933) Arturo Torres (1933–1935) Leoncio Veloso (1938) Máximo Garay (1941) Jorge Orth (1942–1943) Francisco Platko (1945) José Luis Boffi (1946–1947) Francisco Las Heras (1948) Francisco Villegas (1956) Carlos Orlandelli (1959) Sergio Cruzat (1961) Hugo Cheix (1962) Martín García (1963) Sergio Cruzat (1964–1966) Osvaldo Caldera (1966) Donato Hernández (1967–1968) Salvador Biondi (1969) Ramón Estay (1969–1972) Sergio Navarro (1973) Rosamel Miranda (1974–1975) Donato Hernández (1975) Sergio Cruzat (1978) Humberto Cruz (1978) Guillermo Duarte (1979) Eugenio Jara (1980–1982) Jorge Venegas (1983) Manuel Rodríguez Vega (1984) Eugenio Jara (1985) (1986) Jorge Venegas (1986) Roberto Spicto (1986) Ricardo Horta (1986) Francisco Graells (1986) Eugenio Jara (1988) Alfonso Lara (1988) Guillermo Páez (1989–1990) Alfonso Lara (1991) (1991) Carlos Valenzuela (1992) (1992) Ricardo Dabrowski (1993) (1993) Manuel Espinoza (1995-1996) Guillermo Yávar (1996) Francisco Valdés (1996) Luis Rojas (1997) Guillermo Yávar (1997) Alfredo Funes (1998) Juan Páez (1999) (1999–2000) Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (2000–2001) Guillermo Maureira (2001) Orlando Aravena (2002–2003) Osvaldo Hurtado (2003–2005) (2005) Juan Ubilla (2006) (2006) Guillermo Páez (2006) José Miguel Burgos (2006) Waldemar Méndez (2006) Fernando Vergara (2007) (2008) Osvaldo Hurtado (2008–2014) Claudio Úbeda (2014–2015) Pedro Rivera (2015) Pablo Abraham (2015–2016) Ariel Pereyra (2016) (2017–2018) Jaime Gutiérrez (2018) Óscar Correa (2018–2019) Patricio Ormazábal (2019) Ariel Pereyra (2019–2020) Fernando Vergara (2020–2021) Nicolás Núñez (2021–2023) Braulio Leal (2023) Mario Salas (2023) Ronald Fuentes (2024) Braulio Leal (2025) Iván Vásquez (2025) Ivo Basay (2025) Miguel Ponce (2025–Present)
See also Chilean football league system
References
External links Magallanes Unofficial site Magallanes Official site. . Magallanes Supporter's site