Colo Colo is the most successful and most important team in Chili, but not before that could he avoid living a nightmare in the current tournament, since next Wednesday with a single goal from Pablo Solari he was saved from losing the category, send to University of Concepcion to B.
With the 1-0, Colo Colo remains in the select group of teams that once made it to the top circuit in their league.
Founded in 1925, Los Albos has built a great history, with track records of 32 leagues, 12 cups, 2 Super Cups, a Copa Libertadores, a Recopa and an Inter-American Cup, one of his most important achievements.
Their history is very rich in terms of successes and today, after suffering on the brink of decline, they can boast that they are still part of the world elite because they never lost the category.
– Big ones that haven’t left
In Spain Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Club they never fell into a lower division. The blaugranas almost took off in 1941-42, but in the rescue game they beat Murcia 5-1 and stayed; The merengue team experienced the same in 1947-48 and also, in a late game they were saved by beating Oviedo 2-0; while Athletic defeated Levante 2-0 on the last day in 2006-07, they stayed in first.
In Italy, only the Inter de Milan it has the merit of being recognized; the Juventus it did not deteriorate in football, but the club was relegated in 2006-07 due to the Calciopoli case; the largest remains in Germany Bayern Munich.
PSG, in France, is the one who takes these reflectors, although it wasn’t made until 1970. In England all of them have already fallen into category at least once, although when the Eredivisie, They stayed Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton and Tottenham.
In Russia It’s similar to England, there is none; but if you count from the Prime Minister’s inception in 1992, they are Spartak of Moscow, CSKA and Lokomotiv Feyernoord, Ajax, Utrecht y PSV in Holland Benfica, Porto and Sports club in Portugal
Aberdeen and Celtic in ScotlandIn Greece, the historical Olympiacos never descended, as good as Panathinaikos and PAOK Besiktas, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce in Turkey
– In Mexico and America
We also find several cases in football on the American continent. In Mexico America, Chivas, Santos, Toluca, Cruz Azul and Pumas They never said goodbye to the maximum circuit.
In Argentina highlights Boca JuniorsIn Brazil Flamengo, Santos, Sao Paulo and Internacional de PortoalegreIn Uruguay, Nacional and PeñarolIn Paraguay Olimpia, Guaraní and Cerro PorteñoIn Colombia Millionaires, Atlético Nacional, Independiente Santa FeIn Venezuela is the club Caracas academic in Peru
Big ones have disappeared
The being one of the so-called big teams does not save from relegation, and it is known to many important teams who have tasted that bitter taste.
cruise dropped to second place Brazil in 2019; River Plate from Argentina fell to National B in 2011; in the same year it happened Monaco
Way back in 2000 Atlético de Madrid fell out of category; further back in its history it happened in 1930.
The Milan lost the category Italy in the 1979-1980 campaign, this time as punishment for corruption, and after his return in 1981-82 he fell again for lack of results.
A big like Manchester United it has also declined, this in the 1920s and 1930s; it rose, and fell again in 1974.