Club de Fútbol Universidad de Chile
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{{Infobox Football club |
clubname = Universidad de Chile |
image = [[Image:universidad de chile football.png|120px|Logo]]|
fullname = Club de Fútbol <br>Universidad de Chile |
nickname = ''La U'' (the U), <br /> ''Los azules'' (the blues), <br /> ''El Bulla'' (the Noise), <br /> ''El Chuncho'' (the Owl), <br /> ''El León'' (the Lion), <br /> ''El Romántico Viajero'' (the Romantic Traveler) <br /> |
founded = [[May 24]], [[1927]] |
ground = [[Estadio Nacional (Chile)|Estadio Nacional]] de<br> [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] |
capacity = 67,000|
chairman = Federico Valdés |
manager = {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Salah]]|
league = [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División]] |
season = [[Torneo de Clausura de Chile 2007|2007 Clausura]]|
position = 2th|
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{{Otheruses4|the football club|the university|Universidad de Chile (university)}}
'''Club de Fútbol Profesional de la Universidad de Chile''' is one of the most popular [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs in [[Chile]]. The club is best known by their nickname "La U" (The U).
==History==
The club was founded on [[May 24]] [[1927]] as ''Club Deportivo Universitario'' by the merger of ''Club Náutico'' and ''Federación Universitaria''. Initially the club was formed by students of the [[Universidad de Chile]] and was the sport brand of the university, that was until [[1980]] when the university's rector and president of the club at the time (both of them appointed by the [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] regime) decided to separate the club from the university and created the CORFUCH to manage the football team. This move was a part of the [[Universidad de Chile (university)#Major Reforms during Military Regime of 1973-1989|atomization]] of the Universidad de Chile that was made by the military dictatorship in order to strength the private universities that were born in that time and reduce the state power. This was a major blow to the club, because it was left with nothing but a loyal fan base. From then the club started to decline in the results and the economy as the other major clubs were helped by main powers as the government, the [[Roman Catholicism in Chile|catholic church]] and [[Codelco]]. This led to the team's relegation to [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B|second division]] in [[1988]] and the threats of dissolve the club by the university if the team didn't come back to the first division in one year, but La "U" get the 2nd division championship of 1989 and then started a return to the greatness that suppressed all the previous penuries.
Some ties to the university remain: the club logo is the same as the university's sport logo, an owl, used in the university as a symbol of wisdom. The uniform colors are, like the university's colors, the same. And instead of the logo, the shirt has a big red U. Administratively, there were minor ties, for example, the previous university's rector said that the club must change the name if the directive want to make it a private property, also the best students to enter to the university receive a member card of the club.
In [[2006]] the club was declared in [[bankruptcy]] and received an imposed administration that was very criticized by the supporters, as the new chairman immediately fired club symbols, and tried to transform the club into a private company of public stocks, being opposed to the decision of the club members in a previous assembly. The team finished the year with the worst campaign in the club history and the almost-sure transformation into private company due to the ties between the appointed chairman and several businessman.
The new university's rector make a turn in the relationship with the club after the bankruptcy and allowed the use of the university's name and symbols in a private club in exchange of a [[Royalties|royalty]]. During [[2007]] the imposed administration sold the club to a private group (Azul Azul).
[[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]] is the traditional rival, as the teams inherited the universities rivalry in their origins. Since the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 military coup]] the club engaged in a fan-rivalry with [[Colo-Colo]] as Universidad de Chile supporters were more related to [[left-wing]] ideas and Colo-Colo was favored by the dictatorship and even named Pinochet their honorary president. Also during this time, the two teams emerged as the most populars Chilean clubs. These days the rivalry with Colo Colo is the greatest in Chile, while that with Catolica is significantly less important.
==Popularity==
[[Image:Los_de_Abajo.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Universidad de Chile supporters]]
The club has made a name for itself, not only through its victories (it is one of two teams in Chile with 12 national cups), but also from the enthusiasm of its fans, an enthusiasm carried ever since the team's professional debut, when the daily news posted that "the fans of Universidad de Chile were all the game chanting and supporting their team, from the bus that brought them to the stadium until the end of the game". That enthusiasm has never failed and when the team were relegated to the second division the fans were still there for every game. The fans usually refer to their love for the team with the phrase "More than a passion, a feeling".
The biggest supporters group of the club is [[Los de Abajo|"Los de Abajo"]], a [[barra brava]] ([[ultras]], but South American style), it was the official group until the club was transformed into a public stock company.
==Achievements==
The team has achievements to match the adoration they receive and they won their first title in [[1940]], just 3 years after their professional debut. The team won six (59, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69) between 1959 and 1969 and the became known as the [[Ballet Azul|''Blue Ballet'']] in reference the beautiful style of football they played. Nine members of that team were part of the national team that reached 3rd place in the 1962 World Cup, the best result ever achieved by Chile.
After the golden age of the Blue Ballet, the club did not win another cup for 25 years, and in 1988 were relegated to the second division (they won that division and returned to the first division the following year). The team finally won another cup in [[1994]] after a spectacular final match for which 20,000 fans of "La U" arrived in El Salvador, a mining town populated by 5,000 people.
The following year "La U" won the cup again in the last match, this time in front of 80.000 people in the [[Estadio Nacional (Chile)|National Stadium]]. After that the team won back-to-back titles in [[1999]] and [[2000]] and then won the [[Apertura]] in 2004.
On the international stage "La U" have had a pair of good runs in [[Copa Libertadores]], most notably in 1996 when they reached the semifinals (the referee of the match was widely criticised for his bad performance that favored their opponents, [[Club Atletico River Plate|River Plate]]).
==Honours==
*'''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División]]'''
**'''Winners (12):''' 1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004 (Apertura)
*'''[[Copa Chile]]'''
**'''Winners (3)''': 1979, 1998, 2000
*'''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B|Primera B]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 1989
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*'''14''' ''Participation'' in ''[[Copa Libertadores]]''
*'''2''' ''Participation'' in ''[[Copa Conmebol]]''
*'''1''' ''Participation'' in ''[[Copa Sudamericana]]''
*'''70''' ''seasons'' in ''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División]]''
*'''1''' ''seasons'' in ''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B|Primera B]]''
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==Records==
*'''Record Primera División victory''' — 9-1 ''v.'' [[Club Deportivo Magallanes|Magallanes]] (1962)
*'''Record Primera División defeat''' — 0-6 ''v.'' [[Colo Colo]] (1938)
*'''Most Primera División appearances''' — 386 [[Leonel Sanchez]] (1953-1969)
*'''Most appearances overall''' — 539 [[Luis Musrri]] (1988-2004)
*'''Record Unbeaten Matches in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') — 33 (1999)
*'''Record Straight Wins in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') — 16 (1963-1964)
*'''Highest attendance in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') — 85,268 ''v.'' [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Catolica]] (December 29, 1962)
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==All time top-10 scorers==
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Carlos Campos]] 184 Goals
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Leonel Sanchez]] 160 Goals
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro González Vera]] 109 Goals
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ruben Marcos]] 102 Goals
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Socias]] 88 Goals
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marcelo Salas]] 76 Goals *
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Braulio Musso]] 76 Goals
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ernesto Alvarez]] 68 Goals
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Jorge Spedaletti]] 64 Goals
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sandrino Castec]] 58 Goals
|}
* (*) Still active
==Current squad==
''As of January 23, 2008''
{{Football squad start}}
{{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Chile|name=[[Miguel Pinto]]|pos=GK|other=[[vice-captain (football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Chile|name=[[Marco Estrada (footballer)|Marco Estrada]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Chile|name=[[Nicolás Larrondo]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Chile|name=[[Rodrigo Rivera]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=5|nat=Chile|name=[[Osvaldo González]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=6|nat=Chile|name=[[Gonzalo Novoa]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Argentina|name=[[Raúl Enrique Estévez|Raúl Estévez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Chile|name=[[Manuel Villalobos]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Argentina|name=[[José Luis Salmerón]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Chile|name=[[Sebastián Pardo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Chile|name=[[Marcelo Salas]]|pos=FW|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=12|nat=Argentina|name=[[Hernán Caputto]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=13|nat=Chile|name=[[José Manuel Rojas]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=Chile|name=[[Emilio Hernández]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Chile|name=[[Mauricio Gómez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Chile|name=[[Manuel Iturra]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Chile|name=[[Rafael Olarra]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Argentina|name=[[Leonardo Mas]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Chile|name=[[Marcelo Díaz]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Chile|name=[[José Contreras (footballer)|José Contreras]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=23|nat=Chile|name=[[Rodrigo Jara]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=26|nat=Chile|name=[[Christian Martínez (Chilean footballer)|Christian Martínez]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=27|nat=Chile|name=[[Felipe Seymour]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=29|nat=Chile|name=[[Nelson Pinto]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=30|nat=Argentina|name=[[Walter Montillo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=32|nat=Chile|name=[[José Luis Silva]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Bolivia|name=[[Ronald Suárez]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad end}}
== Transfers Clausura 2008 ==
'''In:'''
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Luis Salmerón]] from [[Ferrocarril Oeste]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Osvaldo González]] from [[Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción|U. de Concepción]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sebastián Pardo]] from [[SBV Excelsior]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nelson Pinto]] from [[UAG Tecos]]
'''Out:'''
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Emmanuel Vargas]] to [[Club Deportivo Iberia]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan González (Chilean footballer)|Juan González]] to [[Audax Italiano]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Cristóbal López]] to [[Santiago Wanderers]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro Morales Flores|Pedro Morales]] to [[NK Dinamo Zagreb]]
==Notable players==
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Clarence Acuña]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Victor Alonso]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ernesto Alvarez]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro Araya]]
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Faustino Asprilla]]
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Richart Baez]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Vladimir Bigorra]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eduardo Bonvallet]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Hugo Carballo]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Carlos Campos]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Cristián Castañeda]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sandrino Castec]]
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Ubaldo Cruche]]
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Rogelio Delgado]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Eyzaguirre]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ronald Fuentes]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro González Vera|Pedro González]]
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Flavio Maestri]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Rubén Marcos]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Patricio Mardones]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Musrri]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Braulio Musso]]
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Navarro]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Adolfo Nef]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[David Pizarro]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Alberto Quintano]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jaime Ramirez]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Diego Rivarola]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Leonardo Rodríguez]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Alfonso Sepulveda]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Salah]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marcelo Salas]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Leonel Sánchez]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eduardo Simián]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Socías]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Spedaletti]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Rodrigo Tello]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Cristian Traverso]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Sergio Vargas(football player)|Sergio Vargas]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marcelo Vega]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Hector Veira]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Guillermo Yávar]]
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Eladio Zárate]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro Morales Flores|Pedro Morales]]
|}
==Notable Coaches==
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Tirado]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Alamos]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Alejandro Scopelli]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ulises Ramos]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Fernando Riera]]
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* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Manuel Pellegrini]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Salah]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Socías]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Miguel Angel Russo]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Cesar Vaccia]]
|}
==Official sponsors==
*[[Adidas]]
*[[Telmex]]
==See also==
*[[Universidad de Chile]]
*[[Los de Abajo]]
*[[Ballet Azul]]
==External links==
*[http://www.udechile.cl/ Official site]
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