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This is a list of football (soccer) clubs in Chile.

Liga de Primera

There are 16 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2026 season.[1]

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Club City Stadium
Audax Italiano Santiago (La Florida) Bicentenario de La Florida
Cobresal El Salvador El Cobre
Colo-Colo Santiago (Macul) Monumental David Arellano
Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Deportes Concepción Concepción Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo
Deportes La Serena La Serena La Portada
Deportes Limache Limache Nicolás Chahuán Nazar Municipal
Everton Viña del Mar Sausalito
Huachipato Talcahuano CAP
Ñublense[a] Chillán Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
O'Higgins Rancagua El Teniente
Palestino Santiago (La Cisterna) Municipal de La Cisterna
Unión La Calera[b] La Calera Nicolás Chahuán Nazar Municipal
Universidad Católica Santiago (Las Condes) Claro Arena
Universidad de Chile[c] Santiago (Ñuñoa) Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo
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Liga de Ascenso

There are 16 teams playing in the Primera B, as of the 2026 season.[2]

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Club City Stadium
Cobreloa Calama Zorros del Desierto
Curicó Unido Curicó La Granja
Deportes Antofagasta[d] Antofagasta Regional Calvo y Bascuñán
Deportes Copiapó Copiapó Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
Deportes Iquique[e] Iquique Tierra de Campeones
Deportes Puerto Montt Puerto Montt Regional de Chinquihue
Deportes Recoleta Santiago (Recoleta) Municipal Leonel Sánchez Lineros [es]
Deportes Santa Cruz[f] Santa Cruz Municipal Joaquín Muñoz García
Deportes Temuco[g] Temuco Municipal Germán Becker
Magallanes Santiago (San Bernardo) Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés
Rangers Talca Fiscal de Talca
San Luis Quillota Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández
San Marcos[h] Arica Carlos Dittborn
Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso Elías Figueroa Brander
Unión Española[i] Santiago (Independencia) Santa Laura-Universidad SEK
Unión San Felipe San Felipe Municipal Javier Muñoz Delgado
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Liga Segunda División

There are 14 teams playing in the Segunda División Profesional, as of the 2026 season.[3][4][5]

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Club City Stadium
Atlético Colina[j] Santiago (Colina) Municipal Manuel Rojas del Río [es]
Brujas de Salamanca Salamanca Municipal de Salamanca [es]
Colchagua[k] San Fernando Municipal Jorge Silva Valenzuela [es]
Concón National Concón Atlético Municipal de Concón
Deportes Linares[l] Linares Fiscal Tucapel Bustamante Lastra
Deportes Rengo[m] Rengo Municipal Guillermo Guzmán Díaz [es]
General Velásquez[n] San Vicente de Tagua Tagua Municipal Augusto Rodríguez [es]
Lota Schwager Coronel Municipal Federico Schwager
Provincial Osorno[o] Osorno Rubén Marcos Peralta
Provincial Ovalle Ovalle Diaguita [es]
Real San Joaquín Santiago (San Joaquín) Municipal Guillermo Guzmán Díaz
Santiago City Santiago (Las Condes) Municipal de Lo Barnechea
Santiago Morning Santiago (La Pintana) Municipal de La Pintana
Trasandino[p] Los Andes Regional de Los Andes
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Tercera A de Chile

There are 14 teams playing in the Tercera División A, as of the 2026 season [es].[6][7][4][5][8]

Clubs in bold were ever in a professional division

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Club City
Aguará Santiago (La Reina)
Atlético Oriente Santiago (Lo Barnechea)
Chimbarongo FC Chimbarongo
Comunal Cabrero Cabrero
Constitución Unido Constitución
Deportes Rancagua Rancagua
Futuro FC Santiago (Peñalolén)
Imperial Unido Nueva Imperial
Lautaro de Buin Buin
Malleco Unido Angol
Municipal Puente Alto [es] Santiago (Puente Alto)
Naval[q][r] Talcahuano
Quintero Unido Quintero
Rodelindo Román Santiago (San Joaquín)
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Tercera B de Chile

There are 28 teams playing in the Tercera División B, as of the 2026 season [es].[9][10]

Clubs in bold were ever in a professional division

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Club City
Audax Italiano de Paipote Copiapó
Buenos Aires Parral
CEFF Copiapó Copiapó
Cultural Maipú Santiago (Maipú)
Curacaví FC Curacaví
Deportes Hualpén Hualpén
Deportes Laja Histórico [es][s] Laja
Deportes Ovalle[t] Ovalle
Deportes Valdivia Valdivia
Deportes Vallenar[u] Vallenar
Deportivo Pumanque Pumanque
EFC Conchalí Santiago (Conchalí)
Fernández Vial Concepción
Gasparín Santiago (El Bosque)
Iberia[v] Los Ángeles
Inter Concepción Concepción
Jardín del Edén Santiago (La Florida)
Julio Covarrubias Padre Hurtado
Municipal Mejillones Mejillones
Municipal Ovalle[w] Ovalle
Municipal Paillaco Paillaco
Nacimiento Nacimiento
Provincial Talagante Talagante
República Independiente de Hualqui Hualqui
Tricolor Municipal[x] Paine
Unión Compañías La Serena
Unión Glorias Navales Viña del Mar
Vicente Pérez Rosales Puerto Montt
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Other clubs

At professional divisions (1933–2025)

Santiago and National

This is a list of clubs that have been in any professional division at Metropolitan or National level:[11][12]

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Club City Last season[z]
Alianza [es][aa] Santiago (Ñuñoa) 1935 [es]
Alianza de Curicó [es] Curicó 1960
América de Rancagua Rancagua 1954
Aviación Santiago 1981
Bádminton[ab] Santiago 1949
Bádminton Curicó Curicó 1971
Barnechea[ac] Santiago (Lo Barnechea) 2024
Bernardo O'Higgins Santiago 1945
Carlos Walker [es] Santiago 1936 [es]
Comercio Atlético Santiago 1945
Deportes Gasco [es][ad] Santiago (Estación Central) 1993 [es]
Deportes Melipilla Melipilla 2025
Deportes Pintana[ae] Santiago (La Pintana) 2017 [es]
Deportes Santiago [es] Santiago (Recoleta) 1935
Deportes Victoria [es] Victoria 1990 [es]
Deportivo Alemán [es] Santiago 1934
Deportivo Flecha Santiago 1945
Estrella de Bulnes Santiago 1935 [es]
Estrella Lo Franco Santiago 1945
Ferrobádminton [es] Santiago 1968
Ferroviarios[af] Santiago (Estación Central) 2025 [es]
Florida Loma Blanca Santiago 1940
Fortín Mapocho Santiago 1945
Gimnástico Arturo Prat [es] Santiago 1945
Green Cross Santiago 1964
Iberia[ag][ah] Santiago 1968
Independiente de Cauquenes Cauquenes 2024 [es]
Instituto O'Higgins [es] Rancagua 1953
Iván Mayo [es] Villa Alemana 1996 [es]
Juventus Santiago 1943
La Cruz [es] Valparaíso 1954
Lautaro Juniors Santiago 1945
Los Guindos Santiago 1940
Lozapenco [es] Penco 1993 [es]
Luis Cruz Martínez Curicó 1966
Maestranza Central [es] Santiago (San Bernardo) 1955
Maipo Quilicura [es] Buin 2014-15 [es]
Malloco Atlético Peñaflor 1945
Metropolitano [es] Santiago 1945
Minas Melón Nogales 1952
Morning Star [es] Santiago (Independencia) 1935 [es]
Municipal de Santiago [es] Santiago 1970
Naval de Talcahuano[ai] Talcahuano 1990
O'Higgins Braden Rancagua 1954
Regional Atacama Copiapó 1998
San Antonio Unido San Antonio 2025
San Bernardo Central [es] Santiago (San Bernardo) 1966
Santiago National[aj] Santiago 1955
Sirio Santiago 1945
Soinca Bata [es] Melipilla 1991
Súper Lo Miranda [es] Lo Miranda 1985
Thomas Bata Peñaflor 1990 [es]
Unión Temuco Temuco 2013
Universidad Técnica[ak] Santiago 1969
Valparaíso Ferroviarios [es] Valparaíso 1963
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B-teams

The following B-teams took part in the Serie B Profesional/División de Ascenso between 1935 and 1943:

  • Audax Italiano B (1935–1942)
  • Bádminton B (1935–1942)
  • Colo-Colo B (1937–1943)
  • Green Cross B (1940–1942)
  • Magallanes B (1937–1942)
  • Santiago Morning B (1937–1942)
  • Unión Española B (1937–1942)
  • Universidad Católica B (1940–1942)
  • Universidad de Chile B (1938–1942)

The following B-teams took part in the Segunda División Profesional from 2012 to 2014:

  • Audax Italiano B (2012–2014)
  • Colo-Colo B (2012–2014)
  • Ñublense B (2013–2014)
  • Rangers B (2012)
  • Unión Española B (2012–2014)
  • Unión San Felipe B (2012)

Valparaíso Region (1940–1945)

This is a list of clubs that have been in any professional division at the Valparaíso Region: Asociación Porteña de Fútbol Profesional [es] (1940–1945) and/or Asociación de Fútbol de Viña del Mar [es] (1943–1945).[11][13]

  • Arcoíris (Viña del Mar)
  • Atlético Italiano (Viña del Mar)
  • Carmelo y Praga (Viña del Mar)
  • Centro América (Viña del Mar)
  • Deportes Viña del Mar (Viña del Mar)
  • Deportivo Monterrey (Viña del Mar)
  • Everton Royal (Viña del Mar)[al]
  • Forestal (Viña del Mar)
  • Fosfatos Cemento Melón (La Calera)
  • Ecuador Municipal (Concón)[am]
  • Gimnástico-Administración del Puerto [es] (Valparaíso)
  • Las Zorras (Valparaíso)
  • República (Viña del Mar)
  • Unión Española de Deportes (Valparaíso)
  • Universitario Santa María (Valparaíso)
  • Wanderers Royal (Valparaíso)[an]

At semi-professional divisions (1981–2024)

This is a list of clubs that have just been in any semi-professional division: Tercera División/Tercera División A (1981–2011/2012–Present), Cuarta División/Tercera División B (1983–2003/2009–Present)

B-Teams

The following B-teams took part in the Tercera División A from 1999 to 2007:

  • Cobreloa B (2006)
  • Colo-Colo B (1999–2007)[bp]
  • Deportes Concepción B (2006–2007)
  • Deportes La Serena B (2002)
  • Huachipato B (1999–2007)
  • O'Higgins B (2001)
  • Santiago Wanderers B (1999–2001)
  • Universidad Católica B (1999–2006)
  • Universidad de Chile B (2004–2006)

The following B-teams took part in the Tercera División B from 2002 to 2003:

  • Hosanna B (2003)
  • San Luis B (2002)

At Copa Chile

This is a list of teams that have only made appearances in the Copa Chile.

Amateur clubs

City and regional teams

In the Chile national team

This is a list of another clubs with at least one player who has represented the Chile national team.[14]

  • Artillero de Costa (Talcahuano)
  • Audax Deportivo (Santiago)
  • Badminton [es] (Valparaíso)
  • Boca Juniors (Antofagasta)
  • Camilo Henríquez (Santiago)
  • Centro de Torneros (Talcahuano)
  • Chilex (Chuquicamata)
  • CD Naval (Valparaíso)[bu]
  • Cinco de Abril [es] (Santiago)
  • Concepción United (Concepción)
  • Deportivo Viña del Mar [es] (Viña del Mar)
  • Diez de Julio (Concepción)
  • Eleuterio Ramírez [es] (Santiago)
  • English FC (Santiago)
  • Escuela Normal [es] (Santiago)
  • Fábrica de Vidrios (Santiago)
  • Gold Cross (Santiago)
  • Gold Cross (Talcahuano)
  • Gold Cross (Valparaíso)
  • Jorge V (Santiago)
  • Liceo de Concepción [es] (Concepción)
  • Linares FC (Linares)
  • Loma Blanca [es] (Santiago)[bv]
  • Maestranza (Santiago)[bw]
  • Magallanes (Quillota)[bx]
  • National Star (Santiago)
  • Norteamérica (Iquique)
  • Primero de Mayo (Santiago)
  • Rancagua FC (Rancagua)
  • Rangers (Osorno)[by]
  • River Plate (Pedro de Valdivia [es])
  • Talca FC (Talca)
  • The Commercial (Talcahuano)
  • Thunder (Coquimbo)
  • Unión Atlético (Talcahuano)
  • Unión Coquimbo (Coquimbo)
  • Unión FC (Valparaíso)
  • Unión Marítimo (Taltal)
  • Valparaíso FC (Valparaíso)

Notes

  1. [a]
    Ñuble Unido (1984–1986)
  2. [b]
    Deportes La Calera (1954–1955)
  3. [c]
    Universidad (1935–1937)
  4. [d]
    Antofagasta Portuario (1966–1974), Regional Antofagasta (1974–1978)
  5. [e]
    Municipal Iquique (2003–2010)
  6. [f]
    Unión Comercio (1981–1982), Unión Santa Cruz (1983–1997)
  7. [g]
    Green Cross-Temuco (1965–1984), Deportivo Temuco (2007)
  8. [h]
    Deportes Arica (1979–2005)
  9. [i]
    Unión Deportiva Española (1933–1934), Central (1939)
  10. [j]
    AC Colina (2015–2018), Deportes Colina (2019–2024)
  11. [k]
    Deportes San Fernando (1957–1959)
  12. [l]
    Lister Rossel (1957–1973), Provincial Linares (1962), Frutilinares (1993), Linares Unido (2006–2010)
  13. [m]
    Rengo Unido (2002–2010)
  14. [n]
    not to be confused with General Velásquez from Puchuncaví, who took part in the 2010 Copa Chile
  15. [o]
    Deportes Osorno (2017)
  16. [p]
    Transandino (1952–1975), Cobreandino (1986–1992)
  17. [q]
    not to be confused with Naval de Talcahuano, defuncted in 1991
  18. [r]
    Los Náuticos (1991), Deportes Talcahuano (1992-2003)
  19. [s]
    Deportes Laja (1981–2004)
  20. [t]
    Ovalle Ferroviarios (1963–1964)
  21. [u]
    Estrella del Huasco (2013)
  22. [v]
    Iberia de Los Ángeles (1969–1974), Iberia-Bío Bío (1974–1994)
  23. [w]
    a.k.a. CSD Ovalle
  24. [x]
    Tricolor Nacional (1943–1981)
  25. [y]
    considered as professional in this stint
  26. [z]
    in the Chilean football league system
  27. [aa]
    Deportivo Alemán merged with CD Irarrázaval and they became Club Deportivo Alianza
  28. [ab]
    Santiago Bádminton (1933)
  29. [ac]
    Deportivo Lo Barnechea (1983–1993)
  30. [ad]
    Walter Müller (1943–1965)
  31. [ae]
    Municipal La Pintana (2009–2013), Deportes La Pintana (2013–2014)
  32. [af]
    Talagante Ferro (1980–1983)
  33. [ag]
    The current club Iberia is based in Los Ángeles
  34. [ah]
    Iberia-Puente Alto (1964–1968)
  35. [ai]
    not to be confused with the current Naval, founded in 1972 as Los Náuticos
  36. [aj]
    Santiago National Juventus (1940–1941)
  37. [ak]
    a.k.a. UTE
  38. [al]
    B-team of Everton
  39. [am]
    a.k.a. Municipal Concón
  40. [an]
    B-team of Santiago Wanderers
  41. [ao]
    a.k.a. C.T.C.
  42. [ap]
    a.k.a. C.T.I.
  43. [aq]
    Corporación Lota and Nuevo Lota Schwager merged after the 2019 season and turned into Lota Schwager
  44. [ar]
    a club made up of Catholic players
  45. [as]
    not to be confused with Lota Schwager
  46. [at]
    a.k.a. Colegio Quillón
  47. [au]
    competed in the Tercera A (2006–2008)
  48. [av]
    competed in the Tercera B (2013 Clausura) [es]
  49. [aw]
    competed in the Tercera B (2013 Apertura) [es]
  50. [ax]
    not to be confused with Deportes Valdivia
  51. [ay]
    a.k.a. Municipal Monte Patria
  52. [az]
    Grand Prix (1981–1984)
  53. [ba]
    not to be confused with Gol y Gol from Vivanco, Río Bueno, who took part in the 2023 Copa Chile
  54. [bb]
    Chiprodal (1983–2002)
  55. [bc]
    not to be confused with Green Cross, defuncted in 1965, neither with Green Cross-Temuco, currently Deportes Temuco
  56. [bd]
    Unión Deportiva Española de Temuco (1999)
  57. [be]
    a club made up of Evangelical Christians and Protestants
  58. [bf]
    a club made up of Peruvian immigrants and descendants
  59. [bg]
    a club made up of Evangelical Christian players
  60. [bh]
    Deportes Puente Alto (1983–1984)
  61. [bi]
    not to be confused with Municipal de Santiago [es], founded in 1961 and current member of Zambrano Association from Lo Prado
  62. [bj]
    Nuevo Lota Schwager and Corporación Lota merged after the 2019 season and turned into Lota Schwager
  63. [bk]
    not to be confused with the current Curicó Unido, since Provincial Curicó defuncted in 2001
  64. [bl]
    Casa Anny (1989–1990)
  65. [bm]
    a club made up of Palestinian descendants
  66. [bn]
    not to be confused with Unión Bellavista from Coquimbo, who took part in the Copa Chile in 2022 and 2023
  67. [bo]
    Vicuña Elqui (1995–1996)
  68. [bp]
    Colo-Colo Juniors (1999–2000)
  69. [bq]
    not to be confused with General Velásquez from San Vicente de Tagua Tagua
  70. [br]
    not to be confused with Gol y Gol from Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Santiago
  71. [bs]
    not to be confused with San Antonio Unido from San Antonio
  72. [bt]
    not to be confused with Unión Bellavista from Antofagasta, who took part in the 2008 Tercera División [es]
  73. [bu]
    not to be confused with the current Naval or Naval de Talcahuano, defuncted in 1991
  74. [bv]
    not to be confused with Florida Loma Blanca
  75. [bw]
    not to be confused with Maestranza Central [es]
  76. [bx]
    not to be confused with Magallanes from Santiago
  77. [by]
    not to be confused with Rangers from Talca

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