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{{Short description|Chilean football club based in Macul, Santiago}}
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| fullname = Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1925|4|19}}
| nickname = ''El Cacique''<br/> ''Eterno Campeón'' (The Eternal Champion)<br/> ''Los Albos'' (The White ones)
| ground = [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]], <br> [[Macul]], [[Santiago Province, Chile|Greater Santiago]]
| capacity = 47,347
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = [[Aníbal Mosa]] (Blanco y Negro)<br/>[[Matías Camacho]] (Corporation)
| manager = [[Daniel Morón]]
| coach = [[Jorge Almirón]]
| league = [[Chilean Primera División]]
| season = [[2024 Chilean Primera División|2024]]
| position = Primera División, 1st of 16
| website = {{URL|https://www.colocolo.cl/}}
| current = 2025 Colo-Colo season
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'''Colo-Colo''' ({{IPA|es|ˌkolo ˈkolo|pronunciation}}), officially '''Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo''', is a [[Chile]]an professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Macul]], [[Santiago]]. Founded in 1925 by [[David Arellano]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/historia/fundacion/la-fundacion-del-club-1920-1930/ |publisher = Colo Colo |work = colocolo.cl |language = es |date = 13 December 2015 |access-date = 19 December 2018 |title = La Fundación del Club (1920-1930) |archive-date = 22 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181222234357/http://www.colocolo.cl/historia/fundacion/la-fundacion-del-club-1920-1930/ |url-status = live }}</ref> it competes in the [[Chilean Primera División]], from which the club has [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|never been relegated]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.elgraficochile.cl/la-selecta-lista-de-los-equipos-sudamericanos-que-nunca-han-descendido/prontus_elgrafico/2012-08-29/124315.html |title = La selecta lista de los equipos sudamericanos que nunca han descendido |publisher = El Gráfico |work = Elgrafico.cl |language = es |date = 29 August 2012 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054810/http://www.elgraficochile.cl/la-selecta-lista-de-los-equipos-sudamericanos-que-nunca-han-descendido/prontus_elgrafico/2012-08-29/124315.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The team has played its home games at [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]] since 1989.<ref name="ianu">{{cite web |year = 2009 |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/2009/09/una-jornada-monumental/ |title = ¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Estadio Monumental! |work = Sitio Oficial de Colo-Colo |language = es |access-date = 17 June 2011 |archive-date = 16 November 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116223248/http://www.colocolo.cl/2009/09/una-jornada-monumental/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Colo-Colo is regarded as the most successful club in Chilean football.

Colo-Colo has won 34 [[Primera División de Chile]] titles, more than any other Chilean club and a record fourteen [[Copa Chile]] titles. It was the first Chilean team to win a continental tournament, winning the [[1991 Copa Libertadores]]<ref name="Colo-Colo 91'">{{cite web |url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/colo-colo-recuerda-la-gloriosa-jornada-en-que-conquisto-la-copa-libertadores/2011-06-04/214400.html |title = Colo Colo recuerda la gloriosa jornada en que conquistó la Copa Libertadores |publisher = Emol |work = Emol.com |date = 5 June 2011 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |language = es |archive-date = 21 January 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121002427/http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/colo-colo-recuerda-la-gloriosa-jornada-en-que-conquisto-la-copa-libertadores/2011-06-04/214400.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The following year, the club went on to win a further two international titles: the [[1992 Recopa Sudamericana]]<ref name="Recopa">{{cite web |url = http://charlatecnica.cl/2012/08/hace-20-anos-colo-colo-trajo-la-recopa-sudamericana-a-chile/ |title = Hace 20 años, Colo Colo trajo la Recopa Sudamericana a Chile |publisher = Charla Técnica |work = Charlatecnica.cl |date = 21 August 2012 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120823150507/http://charlatecnica.cl/2012/08/hace-20-anos-colo-colo-trajo-la-recopa-sudamericana-a-chile/ |archive-date = 23 August 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and the [[1992 Copa Interamericana]],<ref name="Interamericana">{{cite web |url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/93315-23-de-septiembre-de-1992-colo-colo-campeon-copa-interamericana.html |title = Colo Colo Campeón Copa Interamericana |publisher = Dale Albo |work = Dalealbo.cl |date = 23 September 2011 |access-date = 22 September 2014 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150713120144/http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/93315-23-de-septiembre-de-1992-colo-colo-campeon-copa-interamericana.html |archive-date = 13 July 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The club's all time top scorer is [[Carlos Caszely]] with 208 goals, and the player with most appearances is the former defender [[Lizardo Garrido]] with 560 games. [[Luis Mena Irarrázabal|Luis Mena]], dubbed the "historic one", won eleven titles for the club, a Chilean league record.<ref>{{cite web | title = Jugadores con mas Ganadores (Títulos) | url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/71648-jugadores-mas-ganadores-con-mas-titulos.html | work = Dalealbo.cl | access-date = 23 March 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142533/http://www.dalealbo.cl/foro/historia-del-club-social-y-deportivo-colo-colo/71648-jugadores-mas-ganadores-con-mas-titulos.html | archive-date = 22 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Colo-Colo is the most supported team in Chile.<ref>{{cite web | title = Colo-Colo es el equipo más popular | url = http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090130/pags/20090130201049.html | newspaper = La Nación | access-date = 6 February 2013 | archive-date = 29 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034224/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090130/pags/20090130201049.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> According to [[CONMEBOL]], it is considered the most popular sports club in Chile with more than 7 million fans as of April 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://caracol.com.co/radio/2016/04/27/deportes/1461708496_404096.html | title=¿Cuál es el equipo con más hinchada en Colombia? | date=26 April 2016 }}</ref> Colo-Colo holds a long-standing rivalry with [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]. The club also holds a traditional rivalry in matches against [[C.D. Cobreloa|Cobreloa]] and [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]]. The [[IFFHS]] ranked the team in 14th place in [[2007 Colo-Colo season|2007]].<ref>{{cite web | title = IFFHS' 2007 Ranking | url = http://iffhs.de:80/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a10e | archive-date = 26 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090126215836/http://iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a10e | publisher = [[IFFHS]] | access-date = 11 August 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> In [[2009 Colo-Colo season|2009]], the IFFHS also named the team as the top club in Chile for the 20th century, and one of the top twenty clubs in South American football history.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = IFFHS |url = http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20e52c00f23808f15 |title = South America's Club of the Century | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001005452/http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20e52c00f23808f15 | archive-date=1 October 2009 | access-date = 11 August 2017 }}</ref>