Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
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clubname = Universidad Católica |
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fullname = Club Deportivo Universidad Católica |
nickname = ''La Católica'' (the Catholic) <br> ''Los Cruzados'' (the Crusaders) <br> ''La Cato'' <br> ''UC'' |
founded = [[April 21]], [[1937]] |
ground = [[Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo]]<br> [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] |
capacity = 20,000|
chairman = {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge O'Ryan|
manager = {{flagicon|Chile}} Fernando Carvallo|
league = [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División Chilena]] |
season = [[Torneo de Apertura 2008 (Chile)|2008 Apertura]]|
position = 2nd, Qualified for Play-Offs and for [[Copa Sudamericana 2008]]<br />Eliminated in Play-Offs Quarterfinals|
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'''Club Deportivo Universidad Católica''' is one of [[Chile]]'s most popular [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs, based in the country's capital, [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. It is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams". Apart from having a team on the first division, the club has a third division team, called Universidad Católica "B" team in which under-20 players compete.
==Overview==
While the club was born as one of the many sport branches of the [[Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile|Universidad Católica de Chile]], officially founded in 1937, it began, strictly speaking, around 1910, when students of the University would reunite to play football matches, frequently facing historical rival [[Universidad de Chile (football club)|Universidad de Chile]]. In time, the idea of creating a professional club emerged, and in [[April 21]], [[1937]], the club officially and legally began existing. It made its professional debut, in the second division, against the Universidad de Chile. Rivalry, both in sports and in academic issues, made these matches between the Universities become more and more important, eventually reaching the national status of "Universities' Derby". The rivalry maintains itself until today, with each match between these teams being considered a must-see for every football fan in the country.
Although football is a very popular sport, and most teams have a multi-class fan base, the Universidad Católica has attained fame as a favourite of the higher classes, because of many factors, which range from the location of the club's Stadium (in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of the capital) and Headquarters, although there are "UC" fans all around the country, including popular regions or towns. For this reason, is planned to build a new stadium in a more popular place of Santiago.
The club has reached notoriety, both in a national and South American level, as owner of one of the best infrastructures and training centers in the continent. As such, it is a good source of young talents, which occasionally rise to stardom in the club.
The club has won 9 national tournaments, and one international cup: Inter-American cup. Also, in 1993, Universidad Católica was the runner-up in the most important international tournament in South America: the [[Copa Libertadores de América]], losing in the finals against the powerful Brazilian team, [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]].
In the last years, the club has been reinserted in the international camp, acceding to [[Copa Sudamericana]] semi-final and losing it against the powerful Argentinian team [[Boca Juniors]], this was on 2005 age in which the team will also win the League, in 2006 the team made a good presentation in [[Copa Libertadores]], but it was eliminated at the last minute by [[UANL Tigres|Tigres]] of Mexico.
For 2007 season of Copa Libertadores, Universidad Católica didn't qualify.
Católica played the 2008 edition of Copa Libertadores again with no luck, being eliminate in the group stage by goal difference by [[River Plate]] and [[Club América|América]].
===Club information===
*'''Seasons on 1º Division''' : 66
*'''Seasons on 2º Division''': 3
*'''Best Position on 1º Division''': 1º
*'''Worst Position on 1º Division''': 18º
*'''Best IFFHS Position''': 18º
*'''Maximum amount of games won in 1 league season''': 27 (1999)
*'''Maximum amount of games won in short tournaments''': 18 (Clausura 2005)
*'''Maximum amount of goals scored in 1 league season''': 102 (1999)
*'''Maximum amount of goals scored in short tournaments''': 56 (Apertura 2002)
*'''Less beaten Goalkeeper''': [[José María Buljubasich]] 1352 minutes (4º on IFFHS Ranking)
*'''Most matches played for [[Copa Libertadores de América]]''': [[Mario Lepe]] (76 matches)
==Honours==
===National honours===
*'''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División]]'''
**'''Winners (9)''': 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997, 2002 (Apertura), 2005 (Clausura)
*'''[[Copa Chile]]'''
**'''Winners (4)''': 1983 (Copa Polla Gol), 1983 (Copa República), 1991, 1995
*'''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Segunda División]]'''
**'''Winners (2)''': 1956, 1975
===International honours===
*'''[[Copa Libertadores de América]]'''
**'''Runners-up (1):''' 1993
*'''[[Copa Interamericana]]''' (See Note)
**'''Winners (1):''' 1994<ref>The Copa Libertadores champion of 1993, [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo FC]], declined to play the Copa Interamericana final so Universidad Católica gained the right to play the final as runner-up of the Copa Libertadores of the same year.</ref>
**
==Players==
The [[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chilean Football Federation]] rules allow a maximum of seven foreign players per team , but only five can be on the [[Football pitch|pitch]] at any one time. Currently Católica has five foreign players.
===Current squad===
{{Football squad start}}
{{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Argentina|name=[[José María Buljubasich]]|pos=GK|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Chile|name=[[Boris González]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Chile|name=[[Marcos González]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=5|nat=Chile|name=[[Eros Pérez]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=6|nat=Chile|name=[[Hans Martínez]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Chile|name=[[Rodrigo Valenzuela]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Chile|name=[[Jorge Ormeño]]|pos=MF|other=[[Vice-captain (football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Paraguay|name=[[Jaison Ibarrola]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Chile|name=[[Luis Núñez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Chile|name=[[Rodrigo Toloza]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=12|nat=Chile|name=[[Carlos Andrés Arias|Carlos Arias]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=13|nat=Argentina|name=[[Facundo Imboden]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=Chile|name=[[Sebastián Barrientos]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Chile|name=[[Albert Acevedo]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Chile|name=[[Milovan Mirosevic]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=17|nat=Chile|name=[[Gary Medel]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Chile|name=[[Julio Gutiérrez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Chile|name=[[Diego Rosende]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Chile|name=[[Iván Vásquez]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Chile|name=[[Francisco Silva]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=23|nat=Chile|name=[[Cristopher Toselli]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=24|nat=Chile|name=[[Alexis Gutiérrez]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=25|nat=Chile|name=[[Matías Rubio]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=26|nat=Chile|name=[[Pablo González]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=27|nat=Argentina|name=[[Nicolás Gianni]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=28|nat=Chile|name=[[Alfonso Parot]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Chile|name=[[Luis Jara]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Chile|name=[[Francisco Pizarro]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Argentina|name=[[Jeremías Caggiano]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad end}}
'''Coach:''' {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Fernando Carvallo]]
=== Squad Changes for Clausura 2008 ===
'''In'''
* {{flagicon|ARG}} ''' [[Nicolas Gianni]] ''' on loan from ''' ''' {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentinos Juniors]]
* {{flagicon|PAR}} ''' [[Jaison Ibarrola]] ''' on loan from ''' ''' {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Cerro Porteño]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' [[Milovan Mirosevic]] ''' comes from ''' ''' {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentinos Juniors]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} ''' [[Jeremías Caggiano]] ''' comes from ''' ''' {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albacete Balompié]]
'''Out'''
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Héctor Tapia]] ''' ''' ''' ''Retired''
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Roberto Gutiérrez]] ''' Back to ''' '''{{flagicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara|UAG Tecos]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Nicolás Núñez]] ''' Back to ''' '''{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albacete Balompié|Albacete]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Patricio Ormazábal]] ''' Out to ''' '''{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Club Deportivo Huachipato|Huachipato]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Mauricio Zenteno]] ''' on loan to ''' '''{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Club Deportivo Huachipato|Huachipato]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} ''' '''[[José Aílton da Silva|Aílton]] ''' Back to ''' ''' {{flagicon|MEX}} [[San Luis FC]]
* {{flagicon|PAR}} ''' '''[[Braulio Brizuela]] ''' on loan to ''' '''{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers|Santiago Wanderers]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} ''' '''[[Darío Bottinelli]] ''' Out to ''' '''{{flagicon|MEX}} [[F.C. Atlas A.C.|Atlas]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Gonzalo Sepulveda]] ''' on loan to ''' '''{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Kitchee|Kitchee SC]]
===Individual honours===
====1º Division top scorers====
*[[Victor Mancilla]]: 17 goals (1943)
*[[Osvaldo Hurtado|Osvaldo "Arica" Hurtado]]: 21 goals (1987)
*[[Alberto Acosta]] : 33 goals (1994)
*[[David Bisconti]] : 15 goals (Apertura 1997)
====International cups top scorers====
*[[Juan Carlos Almada]]: 9 (Libertadores 1993)
*[[Alberto Acosta]]: 11 (Libertadores 1997)
*[[Jorge Quinteros]]: 5 (Libertadores 2006)
====America's Ideal Team====
*[[Patricio Toledo]] 1991
*[[José del Solar|José Guillermo del Solar]] 1991
===Notable players===
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{{col-2}}
;Argentina
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Alberto Acosta]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[David Bisconti]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José María Buljubasich]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Darío Leonardo Conca|Darío Conca]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Néstor Raúl Gorosito]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Facundo Imboden]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Sergio Vázquez|Sergio Fabián Vázquez]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Manuel Moreno]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Néstor Isella]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Jorge Quinteros]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ricardo Lunari]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Carlos Almada]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gerardo Reinoso]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Carlos Sarnari]]
;Chile
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Cristian Álvarez]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Aravena]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marco Antonio Cornez]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Livingstone]]
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Mario Lepe]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Alberto Foullioux]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Mark González]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juvenal Olmos]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Miguel Angel Neira]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Miguel Ponce]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Alejandro Osorio]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jose Luis Villanueva]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Javier Margas]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Milovan Mirosevic]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Gustavo Moscoso]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ignacio Prieto]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Fernando Riera]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nelson Tapia]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Patricio Toledo]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Willy Topp]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Raimundo Tupper]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Osvaldo Hurtado (soccer)|Osvaldo Hurtado]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Norambuena]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nelson Parraguez]]
;Guatemala
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Pablo Melgar]]
;Paraguay
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[José Saturnino Cardozo]]
;Peru
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[José del Solar|José Guillermo del Solar]]
{{col-end}}
==Notable coaches==
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{{col-2}}
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Ignacio Prieto]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Juvenal Olmos]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Manuel Pellegrini]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jorge Pellicer]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Fernando Carvallo]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}}{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Néstor Isella]]
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[José del Solar]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Gustavo Moscoso]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Fernando Riera]]
{{col-end}}
==See also==
* [[Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile|Universidad Católica de Chile]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{es icon}} [http://www.lacatolica.cl/ Official site]
* [http://www.cducatolica.com/ CDUCatolica.com]
* [http://www.barraloscruzados.com/ Los Cruzados]
* [http://www.ceatolei.cl/ Ceatolei]
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