"Deportes Iquique" Nuestro C.D.I

Wendsday May 9Th, 2007
By Marco A. Ahumada A.

Deportes Iquique or Iquique Municipal Iquique is a team that was created in our city and it was founded on May, 21st 1978. The most memorable participation in a local tournament was when our team won a Chilean tournament named Polla Gol Cup in 1981. But after 10 years in the first division the team went down to the second division and after that to third division in 2002. But now in 2006 Deportes Iquique showed us that Iquique is still a land of champions rising again to second division.

This year, Iquique has obtained a very good presentation in the official tournament of the second division, being in 5th place in rankings we hope we can win the championship and rise to the first division tournament, also called “Honor Division”, where there are a lot of famous teams like Colo- Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica.

Our team has one of the biggest stadiums of the regions, and is the official stadium for the soccer team. The name of the stadium is “Tierra de Campeones” (Land of Champions its name in English), which is very complete because it has all kinds of facilities especially for other sports.

Here in Iquique and like any city that has a soccer team, we have a mascot, the Dragon. This mascot is not exclusive to the soccer team; the dragon is the Municipal Iquique’s official mascot of our soccer team and our city.

This weekend, on Sunday May 13th, Municipal Iquique plays in the third region against Deportes Copiapó