Nickname(s):Los Delfines(The Dolphins),Albiverdes (The Green and Whites),
Founded:1983
Stadium:Estadio Regional de Chinquihue
Capacity:10,000
1983-2002
2003-2016
2016-Present
CD Puerto Montt Crest History
The crest history of Club de Deportes Puerto Montt reflects the geography and maritime character of its home city in southern Chile. Founded in 1983, the club has traditionally used green, white and blue, while its badges have incorporated symbols connected with Puerto Montt, the sea and the natural landscape of the Los Lagos Region.
The original 1983–2002 crest was a traditional rectangular shield with a predominantly red border. The words CLUB DE DEPORTES PUERTO MONTT surrounded the central design, while the club's foundation date, 6 DE MAYO 1983, appeared along the bottom.
The centre of the shield was divided into four separate panels, each containing imagery representing Puerto Montt and its surroundings. Rather than relying on a simple monogram or football symbol, the club used a collection of local emblems to establish a strong connection with the city it represented.
One panel depicted a green mountainous landscape, reflecting the dramatic geography of southern Chile. Another contained imagery associated with the region's snow-covered mountains and volcanic landscape.
The lower sections continued this regional theme. A sailing boat represented Puerto Montt's close relationship with the sea and maritime activity, while a tree symbolised the forests and abundant natural environment of the Los Lagos Region.
This first badge therefore functioned almost like a municipal coat of arms. Its detailed imagery emphasised the club's identity as the football representative of Puerto Montt and southern Chile rather than creating a purely sporting emblem.
In 2003, Deportes Puerto Montt introduced a completely different visual identity. The elaborate shield was replaced by a modern circular crest, creating a much simpler and more recognisable football badge.
The 2003–2016 crest featured a white outer ring bordered in dark blue. DEPORTES PUERTO MONTT appeared around the upper part of the circle, while CHILE was positioned prominently at the bottom.
Inside the badge was a dynamic swirling composition dominated by green, blue and orange, with a traditional black-and-white football placed at the centre. The curved shapes created a sense of movement and gave the crest a much more contemporary appearance than its predecessor.
Green became particularly prominent in this period and reinforced the club's established green-and-white sporting identity, from which the nickname Albiverdes — The Green and Whites originates.
Another major redesign followed in 2016. The club retained the circular format but replaced the abstract swirling pattern with imagery more directly connected to Puerto Montt's identity.
The 2016–present crest again features DEPORTES PUERTO MONTT around the upper section of a white outer ring and CHILE at the bottom. Blue and green remain the dominant colours, preserving continuity with the previous badge.
At the centre is a black-and-white football, but behind it appears the large blue silhouette of a dolphin. The dolphin directly represents one of the club's best-known nicknames, Los Delfines,The Dolphins, and gives the modern crest a clear maritime character.
The surrounding green circular field maintains the connection with the landscapes of southern Chile, while the blue dolphin reinforces Puerto Montt's close relationship with the Pacific coast and the waters surrounding the Los Lagos Region.
The modern badge is therefore considerably simpler than the original 1983 crest, but the underlying theme has remained remarkably consistent. The earliest emblem represented the city through mountains, forests and a sailing boat, while the current design expresses the same regional identity through the green landscape colours and the dolphin.
CD Puerto Montt Club History
Club de Deportes Puerto Montt was founded on 6 May 1983 in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Montt, capital of the Los Lagos Region. The club was created to give the city its own representative in Chilean professional football and quickly developed a strong identity connected with the distinctive maritime culture and landscape of southern Chile.
Puerto Montt entered the professional game directly in the Segunda División, the country's second tier. Unlike many older Chilean clubs that developed through decades of amateur competition, Deportes Puerto Montt was therefore created specifically within the modern professional football structure.
The club's geographical location helped shape its identity from the beginning. Puerto Montt lies more than 1,000 kilometres south of Santiago, overlooking the Reloncaví Sound and surrounded by islands, mountains and volcanoes. This environment inspired much of the imagery used by the club, including the maritime references behind the nicknames Los Delfines — The Dolphins and Velero — The Sailboat.
Puerto Montt spent its early years attempting to establish itself in the second division. Gradually, the club became an important football institution in southern Chile, developing a loyal regional following despite operating far from the country's principal football centres.
The first major breakthrough arrived in 1996. After more than a decade in the second tier, Puerto Montt achieved promotion to the Primera División for the first time, taking the club into the highest level of Chilean football.
The promotion represented a major sporting achievement for both the club and the city. Puerto Montt was now competing against established national powers such as Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica, bringing top-flight football to one of Chile's most important southern cities.
The club remained in the Primera División for several seasons before suffering relegation. Rather than disappearing from the national stage, however, Puerto Montt quickly became one of the stronger clubs in the second tier and began working towards another promotion.
That return came in 2002, when Deportes Puerto Montt won the Primera B championship. The title represented one of the most important trophies in the club's history and secured another period in the Primera División.
Puerto Montt enjoyed one of its strongest top-flight periods during the following years. The club demonstrated that a relatively modest regional team could compete successfully against considerably larger and wealthier opponents from central Chile.
The 2006 season became particularly memorable. Puerto Montt produced an impressive campaign and reached the semi-finals of the Clausura play-offs, one of the strongest Primera División performances in the club's history.
The club's second extended stay in the top division ended with relegation in 2007. From that point, Puerto Montt entered a much more difficult period as sporting and financial challenges made a return to the Primera División increasingly difficult.
Further decline eventually took the club into the third tier, a significant setback for an institution that had spent several seasons competing at the highest level. Nevertheless, Puerto Montt retained strong support in the city and remained one of the most recognisable football clubs in southern Chile.
A recovery followed when the club won the Segunda División Profesional in 2015, earning promotion back to Primera B. The championship restored Puerto Montt to the second level and represented an important step in rebuilding the club after its years outside the country's two highest divisions.
During the following seasons, Los Delfines again became regular competitors in Primera B. Although attempts to return to the Primera División ultimately fell short, the club remained an important presence in the promotion race during parts of this period.
Puerto Montt's fortunes deteriorated again in the early 2020s, culminating in relegation from Primera B in 2023. The result returned the club to the third level of Chilean football and began another rebuilding phase in its history.
The club's home is the distinctive Estadio Regional de Chinquihue, situated on the coast west of central Puerto Montt. Its setting overlooking the water and surrounding landscape makes it one of the more geographically distinctive football grounds in Chile and reinforces the club's strong maritime identity.
The stadium has undergone significant redevelopment during the club's history, but it remains closely associated with Deportes Puerto Montt. For supporters, Chinquihue represents much more than a home ground: it is one of the principal symbols connecting the football club with the city and the wider Los Lagos Region.
Puerto Montt's most meaningful rivalries are primarily regional. Matches against other southern Chilean clubs carry particular significance because of the considerable distances separating the region from Santiago and the traditional centres of Chilean football.
Encounters with Provincial Osorno have historically been among the most important of these fixtures, creating a southern regional rivalry between neighbouring cities. Matches involving clubs such as Deportes Valdivia have also carried additional regional importance.
