Huachipato FC
| Full name | Huachipato FC | ||
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| Nicknames | Los Acereros (Steelers) Campeón del Sur (Champion of the South) Los de la usina (Steelmillers) Siderúrgicos (Steelworkers) Negriazules (Black and blues) | ||
| Founded | 7 June 1947 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Huachipato-CAP Acero, Talcahuano | ||
| Capacity | 10,500 | ||
| Chairman | Hernán Rosenblum | ||
| Manager | Jaime García | ||
| League | Liga de Primera | ||
| 2025 | Liga de Primera, 9th of 16 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home games at the Estadio Huachipato-CAP Acero which it owns, being one of only five Chilean professional football clubs to own their own ground.
Huachipato have been Chilean champions three times and it is the only team from Southern Chile to ever win the Chilean top flight title. Huachipato is known in Chile from its academy and youth talent production that makes up the bulk of their squad, qualifying for the U-20 Copa Libertadores twice, both times as reigning youth Chilean champions.