Colo Colo is the most successful and important team in Chile, but that’s not why he could avoid living a nightmare in the current tournament, from this Wednesday with a single goal from Pablo Solari, he was saved from losing the category, sending to University of Concepcion the B.
With 1-0, Colo Colo remains in the select group of teams that once reached the highest circuit in their league, did not fall.
Founded in 1925, Los Albos has built a great history with a track record of 32 leagues, 12 cups, 2 supercups, a Copa Libertadores, a Recopa and an Inter-American Cup, among his most important achievements.
Their history is very rich in terms of success and today, after suffering from decline, they can boast that they are still part of the world elite because they have never lost their category.
– The big ones who didn’t leave
In the Spain, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Club they never fell into an inferior division. The Blaugranas left almost in 1941-42, but in the rescue game they beat Murcia 5-1 and remained; The meringue team experienced the same thing in 1947-48 and also in a late duel, they were saved, defeating Oviedo 2-0; while Athletic in 2006-07 on the last day defeating Levante 2-0, they remained in first place.
In the Italy, just Inter de Milano it has that merit of being recognized; Juventus did not decline in football, but the club was demoted in 2006-07 by the Calciopoli case; In Germany, the largest remains: Bayern Munich.
PSG, in the France, is the one who takes these spotlights, although it was created only in 1970. In England all at least once have already entered the category, although when First leagueRemained Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton and Tottenham.
In the Russia It is similar to that in England, it does not exist; but if numbers from the prime minister’s inception in 1992, they are Spartak in Moscow, CSKA and Lokomotiv. Feyernoord, Ajax, Utrecht and PSV in the Netherlands; Benfica, Porto and Sporting Club in the Portugal.
Aberdeen and Celtic in the Scotland; in the Greece, the historian Olympiakos never went down as well Panathinaikos and PAOK. Besiktas, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce in the Turkey.
“In Mexico and America.”
In football on the American continent we also find some cases. In the Mexico, America, Chivas, Santos, Toluca, Cruz Azul and Pumas They never said goodbye to the top circuit.
In the Argentine highlights Boca Juniors; in the Brazil, Flamengo, Santos, Sao Paulo and Internacional de Portoalegre; in the Uruguay, Nand Peñarol; in the Paraguay, Olimpia, Guaraní and Cerro Porteño; in the Colombia, Millionaire, Atlético Nacional, Independiente Santa Fe; in the Venezuela is the club Caracas; academic in the Peru.
The big ones that are gone
being one of the so-called big teams does not save you from relegation, and this is known by many important teams that have tasted that bitter taste.
cruise dropped to second place Brazil in 2019; River Plate of Argentine fell to National B in 2011; in the same year it happened with monaco.
Back in 2000 Atletico Madrid dropped out of the category; later in its history, it happened in 1930.
Milan lost the category in Italy in the 1979-80 campaign, this time as a punishment for corruption and, after returning in 1981-82, fell again due to lack of results.
A big like Manchester United also declined in the 1920s and 1930s; it rose and fell again in 1974.
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