Green Cross was a Chilean sports club that was based in the city of Santiago until 1965, when it moved to Temuco.

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Green Cross

Full name	Club de Deportes Green Cross
Nickname(s)	Los pijes
Founded	27 June 1916
Dissolved	20 March 1965 (48 years)
Ground	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Capacity	70,000
League	Primera División
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The club was founded on 27 June 1916, and its first chairman was Francisco Tapia. It was one of the eight teams that founded the professional Chilean football league in 1933.

The club had other sports branches besides football; these were basketball, cycling, and water polo.

The club won its first and only Chilean league title in 1945.

In April 1961 a number of players were killed in a plane crash in the Chilean Andes.^[1] The remains of the plane were found ten days after the accident. The wreckage was rediscovered in February 2015 by a climbing party.^[2]

In 1965 the club moved to Temuco where it merged with the local football team Deportes Temuco. Known for the first two decades as Green Cross Temuco, in 1985 the club reverted to the name Deportes Temuco.

• Seasons in Primera División: 25 (1933–1934; 1939–1958; 1961–1962; 1964).
• Seasons in Segunda División: 3 (1959–1960; 1963).
• Bigger victory achieved:
  • In Primera División: 6–1 against Santiago National on 23 August 1942 and 6 October 1946; against O'Higgins on 11 June 1955.
• Bigger defeat received:.
  • In Primera División: 1–10 against Unión Española on 8 July 1934.
• Best position in Primera División: 1º (1945)
• Worst position in Primera División: 18º (1962)
• Best scorer: Juan Morcillo (75 goals)