Unión Española
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/* Current squad */
{{Infobox Football club
| clubname = Unión Española
| image = [[Image:Union_espanola.GIF|100px|logo]]
| fullname = Unión Española S.A.D.P.
| nickname = Los Rojos de Santa Laura
| shortname =
| founded = [[May 18]] [[1897]]
| dissolved =
| ground = [[Estadio Santa Laura]]<br> [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
| capacity = 25,000
| chairman = Jorge Segovia
| ceo =
| mgrtitle =
| manager = [[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Jorge Garces]]
| league = [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División]]
| season = [[Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2007|2007 Apertura]]
| position = 8th
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'''Unión Española''' is a [[Chile]]an [[ football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. They currently play in the [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División]], the highest tier of the Chilean football system. They had won six national league championships, the last one in 2005.
==History==
Union Española was founded on [[May 18]]th [[1897]], by a group of Spanish immigrants in Chile. A memorable year in Union Española's history was 1975, when it lost the [[Copa Libertadores]] final against [[Independiente]] de Avellaneda.
The club's stadium is Santa Laura, the oldest stadium in Chile which was founded in 1922.
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==Honours==
===National honours===
*'''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División]]'''
**'''Winners (6)''': 1943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005''(Apertura)''
*'''[[Copa Chile]]'''
**'''Winners (4)''': 1947, 1989(''I''), 1992, 1993
*'''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B]]'''
**'''Winners (1)''': 1999
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===International honours===
*'''[[Copa Libertadores de América]]'''
**'''Runners-up (1):''' [[1975]]
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*'''8''' ''Participations'' in ''[[Copa Libertadores]]''
*'''1''' ''Participation'' in ''[[Copa Ganadores de Copa]]''
*'''73''' ''seasons'' in ''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División]]''
*'''2''' ''seasons'' in ''[[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B|Primera B]]''
==Notable managers==
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Luis Santibañez]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Juvenal Olmos]]
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==Notable players==
{| width=90% align=top
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*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Clarence Acuña]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Héctor Aldea]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Antonio Arias]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Fernando Astengo]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José María Buljubasich]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Venezuela}}[[Guillermo Beraza]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Carreño]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Atilio Cremaschi]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro González Vera]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Honorino Landa]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Machuca]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Manuel Neira]]
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Héctor Morán]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Mario Osbén]]
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*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Pedro Reyes]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ricardo Francisco Rojas]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Héctor Rial]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Rodrigo Ruiz]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Sanz]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Luis Sierra]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Spedaletti]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nelson Tapia]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Toro]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Rodrigo Valenzuela]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marcelo Vega]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eduardo Véliz]]
*{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Jorge Dely Valdes]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Mathias Vidangossy]]
|}
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==Current squad==
{{Football squad start}}
{{Football squad player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=Chile|name=[[Gregory Saavedra]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=Argentina|name=[[Nelson López]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=Chile|name=[[Cesar Vergara]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=4|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Gonzalo Villagra]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=Chile|name=[[Rodrigo Pérez]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Isaías Peralta]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Johan Fuentes]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Gerardo Cortes]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[José Luis Sierra]]|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Felipe Flores]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=Paraguay|name=[[Cristián Limenza]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=13|pos=FW|nat=Chile|name=[[Manuel Neira]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Mauricio Rojas]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=15|pos=FW|nat=Argentina|name=[[Anibal Domeneghini]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Clarence Acuña]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=Chile|name=[[Jorge Ampuero]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[José Salcedo]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|pos=DF|nat=Chile|name=[[Sebastián Miranda]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Fernando Cordero]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=24|pos=MF|nat=Paraguay|name=[[Joel Pérez]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=25|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Mario Aravena]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=Chile|name=[[Jaime Rubilar]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=27|pos=FW|nat=Chile|name=[[Nicolás Canales]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=25|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Francisco Castillo]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=30|pos=GK|nat=Chile|name=[[Ángel Vildozo]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=31|pos=MF|nat=Chile|name=[[Luis Marin]]}}
{{Football squad end}}
=== Squad Changes for Clausura 2008 ===
'''In'''
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Jorge Garces]]''' ''' DT ''' '''
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Mario Aravena]]''' ''' ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Coquimbo Unido]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Cesar Vergara]]''' ''' Transfered ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Deportes Concepcion]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} ''' '''[[Anibal Domeneghini]]''' ''' comes ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Union San Felipe|San Felipe]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Gerardo Cortes]]''' ''' on loan ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Colo Colo]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} ''' '''[[Angel Vildozo]]''' ''' comes ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Club Comunicaciones]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Jaime Rubilar]]''' ''' Signed ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Deportes Concepcion]]
* {{flagicon|PAR}} ''' '''[[Joel Perez]]''' ''' Transfered ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Silvio Pettirossi]]
* {{flagicon|PAR}} ''' '''[[Nelson Lopez]]''' ''' Transfered ''' ''' from ''' ''' {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club Silvio Pettirossi]]
'''Out'''
* {{flagicon|ARG}} ''' '''[[Marcelo Espina]]''' ''' DT ''' '''
* {{flagicon|CHI}} ''' '''[[Mario Caceres]]''' ''' relased ''' '''
==Official sponsors==
*[[Diadora]]
*[http://www.cristal.cl Beer Cristal Chile]
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