Deportes Limache
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| Full name | Club de Deportes Limache | ||
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| Nicknames | Tomate Mecánico (Mechanical Tomato) Cerveceros (Brewers) | ||
| Founded | 1 November 2012 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Gustavo Ocaranza | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Manager | Víctor Rivero | ||
| League | Liga de Primera | ||
| 2025 | Liga de Primera, 11th of 16 | ||
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Club de Deportes Limache is a Chilean professional association football club based in Limache, Valparaíso Region. Founded in 2012, the club currently competes in the Primera División, the top tier of the Chilean football league system.[1]
Limache entered the Tercera División B in 2013 and won the competition in its first season.[2] It later won the Tercera División A in 2020 and the Segunda División Profesional in 2023, reaching Primera B for the first time.[3]
In its debut season in Primera B, Limache won the 2024 promotion play-offs and earned promotion to the Primera División for the first time.[4] During its first top-flight season, the club also reached the 2025 Copa Chile final, finishing runner-up to Huachipato after a penalty shoot-out.[5]
History
Foundation
Deportes Limache was founded in 2012 following the disappearance of Municipal Limache, which had previously represented the city in Chilean football. The new institution was established to restore a representative team for Limache and was admitted to the Tercera División B for the 2013 season.[3]
In its first competitive season, Limache advanced to the final stage of the 2013 Tercera División B. On the final matchday, a 1–1 draw with Deportivo Estación Central was sufficient for the club to win the championship and secure promotion to the Tercera División A.[6]
Rising
Limache competed in the Tercera División A from 2014. The club gradually moved into contention for promotion and, in 2019, reached a decisive match against Deportes Concepción for a place in the Segunda División Profesional. Limache lost 3–2 at the Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo and remained in the amateur divisions.[7]
The club achieved promotion the following season. In the 2020 Tercera División A, which concluded in early 2021 because of calendar disruptions, Limache advanced through the promotion phase after overcoming Provincial Ranco and Real San Joaquín. It then faced Rodelindo Román in the championship match on 6 February 2021. After a goalless draw, Limache won the penalty shoot-out 5–3 to claim the Tercera División A title. Both finalists were promoted to the Segunda División Profesional.[8]
Limache entered professional football in the Segunda División Profesional in 2021. The club finished third in its first season and ninth in 2022 before competing for the title in 2023.[7]
Under coach Víctor Rivero, Limache led the 2023 Segunda División for much of the season. On 8 September, a 3–0 away victory over Real San Joaquín gave the club an unassailable lead with several rounds remaining, securing both the championship and its first promotion to Primera B.[9] Limache completed the campaign with 18 victories and only one defeat.[3]
Limache made its Primera B debut in 2024. The club spent part of the season among the leading positions before finishing seventh, which qualified it for the promotion play-offs.[3]
In the play-offs, Limache eliminated Deportes Antofagasta and then Magallanes to reach the final against Rangers.[10] Limache won the first leg 3–1 at the Estadio Nicolás Chahuán Nazar.[11]
Rangers won the return match 3–1 after extra time at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca, leaving the tie level at 4–4 on aggregate. Limache then won the penalty shoot-out 4–3 to secure promotion to the Primera División for the first time in its history.[4] The achievement came in the club's first season in Primera B and twelve years after its foundation.[12]
Top tier and Copa Chile final
Limache made its Primera División debut in 2025. Its first victory in the top flight came on 15 April, when it defeated Deportes Iquique 2–0.[13] The club subsequently retained its place in the division for the 2026 season.[14]
The same season, Limache reached the 2025 Copa Chile final for the first time. In the knockout rounds, the club eliminated Cobreloa, Coquimbo Unido and Deportes La Serena, defeating the latter 8–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.[15] Limache faced Huachipato in the final at the Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua. The match finished 1–1, with Limache taking the lead through Facundo Pons before Huachipato equalised in stoppage time. Huachipato won the subsequent penalty shoot-out 4–3, leaving Limache as Copa Chile runner-up.[5]
Current squad
Current squad of Deportes Limache as of 15 July 2026
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Manager: Víctor Rivero
2026 Winter transfers
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Notable players
Yonathan Andía (2017)
Honours
| Nationals | ||
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| Competition | Champion | Runners-up |
| Tercera División A (1/0) | 2020 | |
| Tercera División B (1/0) | 2013-C | |
| Copa Chile (0/1) | 2025 | |
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
| Period | Brand | Sponsor |
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| 2013–14 | JCQ | Bosch |
| 2015–16 | Training | La Económica |
| 2016 | Penalty | |
| 2017 | JCQ | CVU |
| 2018 | Ocapa | |
| 2019 | Claus7 | Lada |
Managerial history
- Mauricio Riffo (2013–2015)
- Leonardo Vinés (2016)
- Ruperto Rivas (2016)
- Carlos Contreras (2016)
- Jorge Guzmán (2017)
- René Gatica (2017)
Jeremías Viale (2018)- Erwin Durán (2018)
- Jonathan Orellana (2019)
- Ramón Climent (2019)
- Ítalo Pinochet (2019–2021)
- Mauricio Riffo (2022)
- Marcelo Ramírez (2022)
- Víctor Rivero (2023–)
References
- ↑ "Deportes Limache" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Arturo Fernández Vial se proclamó campeón de Tercera División A". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 28 December 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "13 años de pasión tomatera: Aniversario de Deportes Limache". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- 1 2 "¡A Primera! Limache superó en una infartante final a Rangers y logró su ascenso". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 7 December 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Palmarés: Huachipato conquistó por primera vez el título de la Copa Chile". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 10 December 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Arturo Fernández Vial se proclamó campeón de Tercera División A". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 28 December 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Deportes Limache celebra 12 años de vida en el fútbol chileno". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFP. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Deportes Limache derrotó a Rodelindo Román y se coronó campeón en la Tercera División A". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Ortega, Claudio (8 September 2023). "Limache conquista el título de Segunda División y jugará por primera vez en la B". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Lagos B., Felipe (30 November 2024). "Limache y Rangers jugarán por el ascenso a Primera División: Revisa las fechas de la final". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Limache venció a Rangers en un partidazo y tomó ventaja hacia el ascenso". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 3 December 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ González, Christian (14 December 2024). "Tomate de primera: las claves que explican el milagro de Deportes Limache". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Primer triunfo de Deportes Limache en Primera División". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Dos equipos que se vuelven a encontrar en la Liga de Primera 2026". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Hoy se juega la final de la Copa Chile Coca-Cola Zero Azúcar". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFP. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2026.