Cobresal

Cobresal are Chilean football's great mining club, an orange-shirted outfit from the copper town of El Salvador high in the Atacama Desert whose very existence is a product of Chile's mineral industry. Founded on 5 May 1979, the club takes its name from the local copper mining operations and competes in conditions unique in world football: El Salvador sits at over 2,500 metres above sea level, making the El Cobre Stadium one of the highest professional football grounds on earth and a genuine fortress for the home side. A Copa Libertadores campaign in 1986 with a teenage Ivan Zamorano in the squad showed the club punching above its weight on the continental stage.

Founded on 5 May 1979, Cobresal compete in the Campeonato Nacional, Chile's top division. Their home is the El Cobre Stadium in El Salvador, Atacama Region, one of the highest altitude professional football grounds in the world. Key honours include 1 Campeonato Nacional title (2015 Clausura) and 1 Copa Chile (1987).

Cobresal's orange home kit reflects the copper heritage at the very heart of the club's identity. Cobre is the Spanish word for copper, and the amber-orange colours pay direct tribute to the mineral that built the town and gave the club its reason to exist. Playing home games more than 2,500 metres above sea level gives Cobresal a genuine home advantage unlike almost anything else in South American football, with visiting teams feeling the altitude from the first whistle. Those orange shirts on that high-altitude pitch represent one of football's most distinctive and unusual environments.