CLUB DEPORTIVO UNIVERSIDAD CATóLICA

'Club Deportivo Universidad Católica' is one of Chile's most popular football clubs, based in the country's capital, Santiago, is one of the most successful and popular team in Chile. UC is considered one of the three "big teams" of Chile. Apart of having a team on the first division, the club has a third division team, called Universidad Católica "B" team in which U-20 players play.

Contents

Overview

Club information

Honours

National honours

International honours

Players

Current squad

Players out on loan

Individual honours

1º Division top scorers

International cups top scorers

America's Ideal Team

Notable players

Notable coaches

See also

References

External links

Overview

While the club was born as one of the many sport branches of the 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. 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 "Classic of the Universities". 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.
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 Tigres of Mexico.
For 2007 season of Copa Libertadores, Universidad Católica didn't qualify.

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

★ ''

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★ 'Winners (9)': 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997, 2002 (Apertura), 2005 (Clausura)

★ 'Copa Chile'

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★ 'Winners (4)': 1983 (Copa Polla Gol), 1983 (Copa República), 1991, 1995

★ ''

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★ 'Winners (2)': 1956, 1975

★ 'Copa Polla Gol'

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★ 'Winners (1)': 1983

★ 'Copa Republica'

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★ 'Winners (1)': 1983

International honours

★ 'Copa Libertadores de América'

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★ 'Runners-up (1):' 1993

★ 'Copa Interamericana' (See Note)

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★ 'Winners (1):' 1994^[1]

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Players

Current squad

'Coach:' Fernando Carvallo

Players out on loan

Individual honours

1º Division top scorers

★ Victor Mancilla: 17 goals (1943)

★ 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)

America's Ideal Team

★ Patricio Toledo 1991

★ José Guillermo del Solar 1991

Notable players

;Argentina

★ Alberto Acosta

★ Gerardo Manuel Reinoso

★ David Bisconti

★ José María Buljubasich

★ Rubén Capria

★ Darío Leonardo Conca

★ Néstor Raúl Gorosito

★ Facundo Imboden

★ Pablo Lenci

★ Sergio Fabián Vázquez

★ José Manuel Moreno

★ Néstor Isella

★ Jorge Quinteros

★ Ricardo Lunari

★ Juan Carlos Almada

★ Darío Husaín

★ Gerardo Reinoso
;Chile

★ Cristian Álvarez

★ Jorge Aravena

★ Marco Antonio Cornez

★ Sergio Livingstone

★ Mario Lepe

★ Alberto Foullioux

★ Mark González

★ Juvenal Olmos

★ Miguel Angel Neira

★ Eduardo Bonvallet

★ Fabián Estay

★ Miguel Ponce

★ Sebastian Rozental

★ Alejandro Osorio

★ Jose Luis Villanueva

★ Javier Margas

★ Milovan Mirosevic

★ Gustavo Moscoso

★ Eduardo Rubio

★ Ignacio Prieto

★ Fernando Riera

★ Nelson Tapia

★ Patricio Toledo

★ Raimundo Tupper

★ Osvaldo Hurtado

★ Arturo Norambuena

★ Nélson Parraguez

★ Jorge Vargas

★ Rafael Olarra

★ Ricardo Rojas

★ Luis Nuñez

★ Roberto Gutierrez

★ Luis Ignacio Quinteros

★ Dante Poli
;Peru

★ José Guillermo del Solar
;Paraguay

★ José Saturnino Cardozo

★ Hugo Brizuela

★ Jorge Campos

★ Pablo Caballero
;Costa Rica

★ Alonso Solís
;United States

★ Jonathan Walker

Notable coaches

★ Ignacio Prieto

★ Juvenal Olmos

★ Manuel Pellegrini

★ Jorge Pellicer

★ Fernando Carvallo

★ Néstor Isella

★ José del Solar

★ Gustavo Moscoso

★ Fernando Riera

See also

★ Universidad Católica de Chile

References

1. The Copa Libertadores champion of 1993, 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.

External links

★ Official site

★ CDUCatolica.com

★ Los Cruzados

★ Ceatolei