San Luis de Quillota

Foundation and amateur era

San Luis was founded on 8 December 1919 in a classroom of the Instituto Quillota, later renamed Instituto Rafael Ariztía. A group of students and former students of the school, assisted by its Marist director Louis André Tiron, established the club under the name Ex Alumnos del Instituto Quillota Football Club. On 4 January 1921, the institution adopted the name San Luis Football Club in honour of Tiron, who was being transferred by the Marist congregation to a school in Callao, Peru. The football section was reorganised later that year and entered the Liga de Football de Quillota in 1922. San Luis won the league's second division in its first season and was promoted to the local top division. During the following decades, the club competed primarily in the Quillota association. It won several local championships, including league titles during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, before seeking admission to the national professional structure.

Entry into professional football

San Luis entered the professional Segunda División in 1953. After finishing sixth in its first season and fourth in 1954, the club won the 1955 Segunda División, finishing ahead of local rivals Unión La Calera and earning promotion to the Primera División for the first time. San Luis made its top-flight debut in 1956. In the following season, it initially finished third in the standings, but was deducted 13 points because of an irregularity in the registration of…

National

Primera B Winners (5): 1955, 1958, 1980, 2013-A, 2014–15 Tercera División Winners (1): 2003