Editing Colo-Colo (section)

==History==

===1925–1933: Foundation and early years===
[[File:David Arellano.PNG|thumb|160px|left|[[David Arellano]], the founder of the club]]
[[File:Colo-Colo 1925.jpg|thumb|right|250px|One of the first Colo-Colo line-ups, 1925]]

The team was founded in early 1925 by [[C.D. Magallanes|Magallanes]]' footballer [[David Arellano]], who led a group of young players leaving that club after institutional problems.<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 37.</ref><ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 52.</ref> Finally, after meetings and negotiations, on 19 April 1925 Arellano and the other youths officially established the club, with Luis Contreras choosing the name "Colo-Colo" for the club, in reference to the legendary ''[[cacique]]'' (chieftain) [[Colocolo (tribal chief)|Colo Colo]] of the [[Mapuche]] people, who fought against the colonial Spaniards in the 16th-century [[Arauco War]].<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 44.</ref>

Initially the team played friendly games, but in 1926 Colo-Colo took part in their first competition, the [[Primera División de Chile|Metropolitan League of Honour]], where they were proclaimed champions (unbeaten) and earned the nickname of "invincible".<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 53.</ref> The following year, Colo-Colo became the first Chilean football team to participate in a tour across Europe. However, on 2 May, during an exhibition match against [[Real Valladolid|Real Unión Deportiva]] at [[Valladolid]], the team founder and captain David Arellano was critically injured after suffering a collision with an opposing player, which caused him [[peritonitis]].<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 70.</ref> The inflammation led him to his death the next day.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Los Sports |date = 1925–1927 |url = http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0006536.pdf |title = Los domingos footballísticos |work = Zig-Zag |access-date = 17 March 2013 |archive-date = 3 October 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131003062905/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0006536.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> Despite the great impact caused by Arellano's death, the club won the [[Chilean Primera División|Central League of football]] tournament – then renamed [[Asociación de Fútbol de Santiago|Asociación de Football de Santiago]] – in the 1928,<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 184.</ref> 1929<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 215.</ref> and 1930<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 245.</ref> seasons.

In the 1931–32 season, Colo-Colo suffered its first institutional crisis due to financial problems, which led to a salary reduction for first team footballers and board members, with their consequent resistance.<ref>Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 309.</ref> That season the team played another tournament final against [[Audax Italiano]]. However, due to a platform collapse at Estadio Italiano and the subsequent fracas between the fans, it was decided that the game would be suspended. In that moment, Colo-Colo were winning 2–1. That day's tragedy resulted in 130 injuries and three deaths.<ref name="Tragedy"/> The match was cancelled and the champion position for that year remained vacant.<ref name="Tragedy">Salinas, Sebastián (2005), pp. 299–300.</ref> Other authors however declared that both [[Audax Italiano]] and Colo-Colo were declared champions.<ref>Larraín, Fernando (1940), p. 38.</ref><ref>La Nación (1985), pp. 12 and 32.</ref>

===1933–1973: Beginnings in professional football===
In 1933, Colo-Colo alongside six clubs from [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] decided to create the [[Chilean Primera División|Chilean professional football league]].<ref name="Salinas, Sebastián 2005">Salinas, Sebastián (2005), p. 327.</ref> On 23 July, the team won the [[Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)|Campeonato de Apertura]] ([[Copa Chile]] precursor), after defeating 2–1 to [[Unión Española]].<ref name="Salinas, Sebastián 2005"/> However, in the first [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] official tournament, Colo-Colo finished first alongside [[C.D. Magallanes|Magallanes]], which forced the "Cacique" to play a tie-breaker match. That match was lost 2–1 by Colo-Colo.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile33.html |title = Chile 1933 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205035417/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile33.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In 1937 the team was undefeated,<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 33.</ref> and reached its first league title.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile37.html |title = Chile 1937 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 3 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203093916/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile37.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Two seasons later, in 1939, Colo-Colo won the league title for a second time, now under the guidance of the Hungarian coach [[Francisco Platko]],<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 43.</ref> and with [[Alfonso Domínguez]] as goalscorer with 20 goals in 24 matches.<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 42.</ref> After another title in 1941 with Platko as coach,<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile41.html |title = Chile 1941 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 3 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203104724/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile41.html |url-status = live }}</ref> the club went on to win the titles of 1944<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile44.html |title = Chile 1944 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 3 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203094857/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile44.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1947.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile47.html |title = Chile 1947 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204061113/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile47.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The following year Colo-Colo organized the [[South American Club Championship (football)|South American Club Championship]] – [[Copa Libertadores]] background – in Santiago,<ref>{{cite web |first = Esteban |last = Bekerman |year = 2008 |url = http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2008/03/13/noticia_0054.html |title = Hace 60 años, River perdía la gran chance de ser el primer club campeón de América |work = Perfil.com |access-date = 10 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130521034425/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2008/03/13/noticia_0054.html |archive-date = 21 May 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> which brought together the 1947 continent's champions. In 1945, the club had the worst season in its history, finishing penultimate in eleventh place only ahead of weak [[Badminton F.C.|Badminton]].<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile45.html |title = Chile 1945 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204061215/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile45.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

In the early 1950s, club's president Antonio Labán hired [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] striker [[George Robledo]], paying [[£]]25,000 for its signing.<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 105.</ref> Robledo's performances led the team to the titles of 1953<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile53.html |title = Chile 1953 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205040559/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile53.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1956.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile56.html |title = Chile 1956 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205045913/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile56.html |url-status = live }}</ref> During that age, the club acquired a terrain at [[Macul]], where began the construction of [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano|Estadio Monumental]].<ref name="Marín 1975">Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 119.</ref> Besides the acquisition, the directive invested in a headquarters located at [[Santiago Centro]] (located at Cienfuegos 41) in 1953. The next decade Colo-Colo win the titles of 1960<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile60.html |title = Chile 1960 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204052720/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile60.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1963.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile63.html |title = Chile 1963 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204062111/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile63.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The 1963 team broke two top-tier records: [[Luis Hernán Álvarez]] scored 37 goals in a single season<ref name="Goleador">Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 130.</ref> (the highest number of goals scored by a Colo-Colo footballer during a season)<ref name="Goleador"/> and the netting of the highest number of goals scored by a club in a season (130).<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 131.</ref> The team won its tenth honour in 1970.<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 160.</ref>

=== Colo-Colo 1973 and 1980s dominance ===
In 1972, under the orders of coach [[Luis Álamos]]<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 188.</ref> and boasting star players in play maker [[Francisco Valdés]] and goal scorer [[Carlos Caszely]],<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 250.</ref> the club won another championship.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |title = Chile 1972 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204062614/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |url-status = live }}</ref> It also obtained the country's highest average attendance record of 45,929 people for a single league season.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |title = Especial Colo Colo 1972 |work = Minuto 90 |access-date = |archive-date = 4 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204062614/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile72.html |url-status = live }}</ref> That team was the spine of the aptly-named "Colo-Colo 73" side that captured the nation's heart becoming the first Chilean side to reach a Copa Libertadores final, where it lost to [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] of Argentina.<ref>Marín, Edgardo y Salviat, Julio (1975), p. 193.</ref> After Colo-Colo's brilliant Copa campaign, the club fell into an institutional crisis unable to replicate its success on the pitch failing to win another league title until 1979.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile79.html |title = Chile 1979 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230205040759/https://rsssf.org/tablesc/chile79.html |url-status = live }}</ref> That team featured the talented Brazilian midfielder [[Severino Vasconcelos]] alongside Carlos Caszely returning from his stint in Spanish football.<ref>Marín, Edgardo (1988), p. 298.</ref> Nevertheless, in 1975, the construction of Estadio Monumental was completed and the stadium was inaugurated in a league match against [[Deportes Aviación]], but due to problems with infrastructure and other basic services the stadium was closed indefinitely.

In the 1980s, the club obtained the league titles of 1981 and 1983<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile81.html |title = Chile 1981 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 21 March 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230321200413/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile81.html |url-status = live }}</ref> with coach [[Pedro García Barros|Pedro García]], and the 1986<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile86.html |title = Chile 1986 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = }}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and 1989<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile89.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191224045750/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile89.html |url-status = live |archive-date = 2019-12-24 |title = Chile 1989 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = }}</ref> honours under [[Arturo Salah]]. The 1987 [[Alianza Lima air disaster]] claimed the lives of sixteen players and Colo-Colo was the first to help the Peruvian giants, loaning 4 players.<ref>{{cite web | title = En Perú conmemoran 25 años de la tragedia área que enlutó a Alianza Lima | url = http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/12/656-497527-9-en-peru-conmemoran-25-anos-de-la-tragedia-aerea-que-enluto-a-alianza-lima.shtml | publisher = La Tercera | date = 8 December 2012 | access-date = 23 March 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111701/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/12/656-497527-9-en-peru-conmemoran-25-anos-de-la-tragedia-aerea-que-enluto-a-alianza-lima.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> Nonetheless, the team won four Copa Chile titles in that decade. During that period, the greatest disappointment was at continental level with the team only reaching the group stage in the [[1988 Copa Libertadores]]. On 30 September 1989, the Estadio Monumental was re-inaugurated with an exhibition match against [[CA Peñarol|Peñarol]], which Colo-Colo won 2–1<ref name="ianu"/> with goals by [[Marcelo Barticciotto]] and [[Leonel Herrera Silva|Leonel Herrera]], the son of a legendary 1970s former defender of the same name.

=== 1991–1999: International success ===
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The 1990s was the most successful decade in the club's history gaining both domestic and international titles. [[Eduardo Menichetti]] was president of the club between 1990–1995<ref>{{cite news |last1=Comunicaciones |first1=Compañia Chilena de |title=Ex presidente de Colo Colo Eduardo Menichetti falleció a los 56 años |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/ex-presidente-de-colo-colo-eduardo-menichetti-fallecio-a-los-56-anos/2007-07-08/094809.html |work=alairelibre.cl |language=Spanish}}</ref> and Croatian [[Mirko Jozić]] arrived as coach, leading the team towards its first ''Bicampeonato'' for winning two national championship league titles in a row.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile90.html |title = Chile 1990 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 5 October 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221005215719/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile90.html |url-status = live }}</ref> On 5 June 1991, after beating [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]] 3–0 at the Monumental with two goals scored by [[Luis Pérez (Chilean footballer)|Luis Pérez]] and one by [[Leonel Herrera Silva|Leonel Herrera]], Colo-Colo became the first Chilean team to win a [[Copa Libertadores 1991|Copa Libertadores]]. That same season, the "Albos" lost the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] final 3-0 against Yugoslav giants [[Red Star Belgrade]], in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |date = 23 October 2008 |url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/copa-intercontinental-1991-estrella-roja-3-0-colo- |title = Copa Intercontinental 1991: Estrella Roja 3–0 Colo Colo |work = Dalealbo.cl |access-date = 23 March 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130406031844/http://www.dalealbo.cl/copa-intercontinental-1991-estrella-roja-3-0-colo-/ |archive-date = 6 April 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> At local level, the club won the 1991 league season, its third-consecutive title thus achieving its first ''Tricampeonato''.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile91.html |title = Chile 1991 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130314170905/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile91.html |archive-date = 14 March 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> The following season, the club won the [[1992 Recopa Sudamericana|Recopa Sudamericana]], after beating Brazil's [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] in a penalty shootout, and also obtained the [[1992 Copa Interamericana|Copa Interamericana]], after winning 3–1 against [[Puebla FC|Puebla]] in Mexico. The last title won by Jozić in Colo-Colo was the 1993 league title, thus closing a successful spell in South America.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile93.html |title = Chile 1993 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 20 March 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230320194347/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile93.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

After Jozić's departure came a brief drought in national league titles, but the team managed to achieve an unforgettable 3–0 win over arch rivals Universidad de Chile in the 1995 season. Colo-Colo lifted the 1994 [[Copa Chile 1994|Copa Chile]] title and reached the [[1994 Copa Libertadores]] quarterfinals. The following season saw the arrival of Paraguayan coach [[Gustavo Benítez (footballer, born 1953)|Gustavo Benítez]], who obtained the 1996,<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile96.html |title = Chile 1996 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 11 November 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221111135605/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile96.html |url-status = live }}</ref> 1997-C<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile97.html |title = Chile 1997 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130315001401/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile97.html |archive-date = 15 March 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> and 1998<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile98.html |title = Chile 1998 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-date = 11 November 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221111135719/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile98.html |url-status = live }}</ref> league titles. The team advanced to the semifinals of the [[Supercopa Libertadores]] in [[1996 Supercopa Libertadores|1996]], and of the Copa Libertadores in [[1997 Copa Libertadores|1997]], eliminated on both occasions by Cruzeiro. In 1999, Colo-Colo relived its fortunes like in the 1994 season, finishing fourth in the Chilean league and going through three coaches in the same season: Brazilian [[Nelsinho Baptista]], caretaker coach Carlos Durán and then [[Fernando Morena]] of Uruguay, who remained until 2001.

=== 1999–present: Bankruptcy and recovery ===
In 1999, after Benítez's departure, the club entered a serious financial crisis. On 23 January 2002, after years of economic mismanagement under the leadership of Peter Dragicevic as president,<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra">{{cite web |first = Pedro Pablo |last = Vivanco del Río |url = http://www.todoalbo.cl/el-club/historia/ |title = Historia de Colo-Colo en Internet |work = Todoalbo.cl |access-date = 23 March 2013 |archive-date = 6 March 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130306102944/http://www.todoalbo.cl/el-club/historia/ |url-status = live }}</ref> the club was declared bankrupt. A court judge named Juan Carlos Saffie as bankruptcy trustee and administrator responsible for the institution not lose its legal status.<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra"/> Despite the bankruptcy, under [[Jaime Pizarro]] as coach – key player in the obtaining of the [[1991 Copa Libertadores]] – "Los Albos" won the [[2002 Chilean Primera División season|Torneo de Clausura]], with a playing squad composed almost completely of youth players.<ref>{{cite web |first = Eduardo |last = Espina |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile02.html |title = Chile 2002 |work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ([[RSSSF]]) |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130315030041/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chile02.html |archive-date = 15 March 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> Three years later, in 2005, the joint-stock company Blanco y Negro<ref name = "salah">{{cite web |author = Sitio Oficial de Colo-Colo |year = 2013 |url = http://www.colocolo.cl/arturo-salah-asumio-como-nuevo-presidente-de-colo-colo/ |title = Información Corporativa Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo 2013 |access-date = 25 April 2013 |archive-date = 3 November 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231103131150/https://www.colocolo.cl/arturo-salah-asumio-como-nuevo-presidente-de-colo-colo/ |url-status = live }}</ref> took over the administration, acquiring all club assets for thirty years in exchange for paying all outstanding debts through a concessionaire and undergoing an opening process enlisting at the [[Santiago Stock Exchange]].<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra"/> In the first half of 2006, the judiciary court lifted its bankruptcy.<ref name="Levanta de Quiebra"/>

[[File:Colo Colo Campeón 2006.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Colo-Colo squad celebrating the [[Chilean Primera División|2006 Torneo de Clausura]] obtaining.]]
With the Argentine [[Claudio Borghi (football manager)|Claudio Borghi]] appointed coach in 2006, and with players like [[Matías Fernández (footballer, born 1986)|Matías Fernández]] and [[Humberto Suazo]], Colo-Colo played scintillating football and obtained the ''Bicampeonato'' winning the [[Chilean Apertura Tournament|Apertura]]<ref>{{cite web | date= 21 February 2008 | url= http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20060703010022 | title= Bravo por el eterno campeón | work= Papel Digital | access-date= 24 March 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090111164721/http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20060703010022 | archive-date= 11 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref> and [[Chilean Primera División|Clausura]] tournaments.<ref>{{cite web | date= 20 February 2008 | url= http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20061225010022 | title= Festejo entre copas | work= Papel Digital | access-date= 24 March 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090112001430/http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20061225010022 | archive-date= 12 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref> The squad reached another international final, the [[2006 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]], losing 2–1 to Mexico's [[CF Pachuca|Pachuca]]. That season, ''El Cacique'' was recognized in the month of October by the [[IFFHS]] as the world's club of the month.<ref>{{cite web | date= 20 October 2006 | url= http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedbc08 | title= The world's club of the month | publisher= [[IFFHS]] | access-date= 24 March 2013 | archive-date= 3 February 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120203130029/http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedbc08 | url-status= live }}</ref> The following season Colo-Colo won two more consecutive tournaments, winning a ''Tetracampeonato'' for winning four back-to-back championships, being the first Chilean team to achieve the feat.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20071224010022 |title = Blanca Navidad |publisher = La Tercera |access-date = 20 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111161310/http://papeldigital.info/ltdep/edicion.html?20071224010022 |archive-date = 11 January 2009 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

After Borghi's departure, the club obtained its 28th title defeating [[CD Palestino|Palestino]] in the [[Torneo de Clausura de Chile 2008|2008 Torneo de Clausura]] finals under the coaching of [[Marcelo Barticciotto]], and with [[Lucas Barrios]] as its top goal scorer, who equaled the goal tally record of Luis Hernán Álvarez scored by a Colo-Colo footballer during a single season with 37 goals.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.cfm?accion=futbolnacional&id_reg=1090066&XjWpZ=PqZ23&titulo_url=%A1Colo_Colo_campeon!_Logro_su_estrella_28_con_historico_goleador |title = ¡Colo Colo campeón! Logró su estrella 28 con histórico goleador |publisher = La Tercera |date = 20 December 2008 |access-date = 24 March 2013 |archive-date = 17 December 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081217011259/http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.cfm?accion=futbolnacional |url-status = dead }}</ref> The following season, the club became the first professional team to play in Rapa Nui [[Easter Island]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://es.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1086835.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090807025016/http://es.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1086835.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 7 August 2009 |title = Juego del siglo en Rapa Nui | publisher = [[FIFA.com]] |date = 6 August 2009}}</ref> After a poor [[Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2009|Torneo de Apertura 2009]] – not reaching the play-offs for the first time – "Los Albos" started the Clausura or Closing Championship very poorly and languishing in the table standings in the relegation spots. The team however reached the tournament play-off finals against Universidad Católica, beating them 4–2 at the [[Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK|Santa Laura]], with players like [[Esteban Paredes]], [[Macnelly Torres]] and [[Ezequiel Miralles]], coached by [[Hugo Tocalli]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=387952 |title = No hay caso con Colo-Colo de amenazado con el descenso a campeón |publisher = Emol.com |date = 9 December 2009 |access-date = 24 March 2013 |archive-date = 2 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170702022345/http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=387952 |url-status = live }}</ref> Colo-Colo's following championship was in [[2013–14 Colo-Colo season|2014]] after winning the [[2013–14 Campeonato Nacional season|Torneo de Clausura]]. It was the team's 30th Chilean League title.