2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season

Universidad Católica
2021 season
President	Juan Tagle
Head coach	Gustavo Poyet; (until 30 August); Cristian Paulucci; (interim, from 31 August, until 15 September); Cristian Paulucci; (from 15 September)
Stadium	San Carlos de Apoquindo
League	1st
Copa Chile	Round of 16
Supercopa	Winners
Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Fernando Zampedri (23); All: ; Fernando Zampedri (27)
Highest home attendance	9454 vs Santiago Wanderers; (20 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	1460 vs Everton; (22 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	5834
Biggest win	Universidad Católica 4–0 Deportes Melipilla; Universidad Católica 4–0 Antofagasta
Biggest defeat	Universidad Católica 0–3 Palestino
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The 2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season is the 81st season and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica are participating in this season's editions of the Copa Chile, the Supercopa de Chile, and the Copa Libertadores.

Squad

As of December 2021^[1]

No.	Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Year signed	Signed from
Goalkeepers
25	Sebastián Pérez	GK	(1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 33)	2021	Deportes Iquique
28	Vicente Bernedo	GK	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)	2020	Academy
Defenders
2	Germán Lanaro	CB	(1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38)	2015	Palestino
3	Cristóbal Finch	CB	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 22)	2020	Academy
4	Carlos Salomón	CB	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24)	2020	Academy
5	Valber Huerta	CB	(1993-08-26) August 26, 1993 (age 31)	2019	Huachipato
7	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	RB / CB	(1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 (age 28)	2020	Deportes Antofagasta
14	Juan Fuentes	CB / DM	(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)	2020	Estudiantes
17	Branco Ampuero	CB	(1993-07-19) 19 July 1993 (age 31)	2021	Deportes Antofagasta
19	José Pedro Fuenzalida (captain)^[2]	RB / RWB / RW	(1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39)	2016	Boca Juniors
21	Raimundo Rebolledo	RB / RWB	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27)	2015	Academy
23	Juan Cornejo	LB / RB	(1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34)	2019	León
24	Alfonso Parot	LB / RB	(1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 35)	2019	Rosario Central
32	Benjamín Gómez	CB	(2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23)	2021	Academy
Midfielders
8	Ignacio Saavedra	CM / DM	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)	2018	Academy
11	Luciano Aued	CM / DM	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)	2017	Racing
13	Felipe Gutiérrez	AM / CM	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34)	2021	Kansas City
18	Diego Buonanotte	AM	(1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36)	2016	AEK
22	Juan Leiva	AM / CM	(1993-11-11) November 11, 1993 (age 31)	2021	Unión La Calera
26	Marcelino Núñez	AM / CM	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24)	2020	Academy
Forwards
9	Fernando Zampedri	ST	(1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36)	2020	Rosario Central
10	Edson Puch	LW	(1986-04-09) 9 April 1986 (age 38)	2019	Querétaro
15	Gastón Lezcano	RW	(1986-11-21) 21 November 1986 (age 37)	2020	Morelia
16	Clemente Montes	LW	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23)	2020	Academy
20	Gonzalo Tapia	RW	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22)	2020	Academy
27	Alexander Aravena	ST	(2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22)	2020	Academy
30	Diego Valencia	ST / RW	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24)	2018	Academy
32	Fabián Orellana	RW / LW	(1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 (age 38)	2021	Real Valladolid
35	Nicolás Sepúlveda	RW	(2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 (age 22)	2021	Academy
Player(s) on transfers during this season
1	Matías Dituro	GK	(1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 37)	2018	Bolívar
Player(s) on retirated during this season
6	Francisco Silva	CM / DM	(1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38)	2019	Independiente

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Ref.
19 December 2020	FW	Fernando Zampedri	Rosario Central	€ 1,590,000	^[3]
1 January 2021	DF	Juan Cornejo	León	Free transfer	^[4]^[5]
28 February 2021	Coach	Gustavo Poyet	-	Free transfer	^[6]
2 March 2021	DF	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	Deportes Antofagasta	€ 409.000	^[7]
4 March 2021	MF	Juan Leiva	Unión La Calera	€ 455.000	^[8]
5 March 2021	GK	Sebastián Pérez	Deportes Iquique	€ 318.000	^[9]
18 March 2021	DF	Branco Ampuero	Deportes Antofagasta	€ 273.000	^[10]
19 March 2021	MF	Felipe Gutiérrez	Kansas City	Free transfer	^[11]
31 August 2021	Coach	Cristian Paulucci	-	Free transfer	^[12]
6 September 2021	FW	Fabián Orellana	Real Valladolid	Free transfer	^[13]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Ref.
22 December 2020	MF	Andrés Souper	Deportes Antofagasta	€ 250.000	^[14]
31 December 2020	DF	Benjamín Vidal	Coquimbo Unido	Contract terminated	^[15]
31 December 2020	FW	Diego Vallejos	Coquimbo Unido	Contract terminated	^[16]
1 January 2021	FW	Brian Leiva	Deportes Melipilla	Contract terminated	^[17]
18 February 2021	Coach	Ariel Holan	Santos	Contract terminated	^[18]
28 February 2021	DF	Vicente Fernández	Palestino	€ 250.000	^[19]
9 March 2021	MF	Jaime Carreño	Deportes La Serena	Contract terminated	^[20]
11 March 2021	MF	Kevin Medel	Universidad de Concepción	Contract terminated	^[21]
30 August 2021	Coach	Gustavo Poyet	-	Contract terminated	^[22]
3 September 2021	MF	Francisco Silva	-	Retired	^[23]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
18 February 2021	GK	Cristopher Toselli	Palestino	End of season	^[24]
21 February 2021	DF	Enzo Ferrario	Deportes La Serena	End of season	^[25]
21 February 2021	DF	Yerco Oyanedel	Unión La Calera	End of season	^[25]
4 March 2021	FW	César Munder	Deportes La Serena	End of season	^[26]
5 March 2021	DF	Aaron Astudillo	Deportes Melipilla	End of season	^[27]
11 March 2021	FW	Bruno Barticciotto	Palestino	End of season	^[28]
8 July 2021	GK	Matías Dituro	Celta de Vigo	30 June 2022	^[29]
1 May 2021	MF	Ian Toro	Deportes Copiapó	30 December 2022	^[30]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Name	Contract length	Contract ends	Ref.
19 December 2020	FW	Fernando Zampedri	3-year	2023	^[3]
26 December 2020	MF	Luciano Aued	1-year	2021	^[31]
	MF	Diego Buonanotte	1-year	2021	^[32]
	DF	Juan Cornejo	1-year	2021	^[4]
	FW	Gastón Lezcano	1-year	2021	^[4]
2 March 2021	DF	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	4-year	2021	^[7]
17 Juny 2021	DF	Juan Fuentes	1-year	2022	^[33]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League	28 March 2021	4 December 2021	Matchday 1	Winners	32	22	2	8	65	34	+31	068.75
Copa Chile	22 June 2021	3 July 2021	Second round	Round of 16	4	0	3	1	5	7	−2	000.00
Supercopa de Chile	18 November 2021	18 November 2021	-	Winners	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Copa Libertadores	22 April 2021	24 July 2021	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	0	5	6	8	−2	037.50
Total					45	25	6	14	77	50	+27	055.56

Last updated: December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Primera Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad Católica (C)	32	22	2	8	65	34	+31	68	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Colo-Colo	32	19	5	8	49	26	+23	62	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
3	Audax Italiano	32	14	12	6	39	31	+8	54	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Unión La Calera	32	15	6	11	41	40	+1	51	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Unión Española	32	15	3	14	48	50	−2	48	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage

Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Matches won, 5) Goals for, 6) Away goals for, 7) Red cards, 8) Yellow cards, 9) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	22	2	8	65	34	+31	68	14	2	0	39	12	+27	8	0	8	26	22	+4

Source: Primera Division

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	F	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	F	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	F	L	W	L	W	W	E	W	L	L	W	L	W	E	L	W	W	F	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	1	3	1	3	7	3	6	4	2	3	1	2	4	3	4	3	4	5	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

Source: Primera Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; F = Free round

Matches

28 March 2021 1	Ñublense	0:1	Universidad Católica	Chillán
		Report	27' (a.g.) Fontanini	Stadium: Nelson Oyarzún Attendance: 0 Referee: Rodrigo Carvajal

4 April 2021 2	Universidad Católica	2:1	Palestino	Las Condes
	Zampedri 28' (pen.) Valencia 50'	Report	81' (pen.) Jiménez	Stadium: San Carlos Referee: Fernando Véjar

10 April 2021 3	Audax Italiano	1:0	Universidad Católica	Rancagua
	Torres 67'	Report		Stadium: El Teniente Referee: Julio Bascuñán

16 April 2021 4	Universidad Católica	2:1	Curicó Unido	Las Condes
	Buonanotte 12' Zampedri 45+2'	Report	53' Benegas	Stadium: San Carlos Referee: José Cabero

Round 5 - Free

2 May 2021 6	Deportes Melipilla	2:0	Universidad Católica	La Calera
	Vidangossy 65' Sosa 75'	Report		Stadium: Nicolás Chahuán Referee: Julio Bascuñán

8 May 2021 7	Universidad Católica	3:0	Unión La Calera	Las Condes
	Huerta 1' Valencia 51'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Referee: Christian Rojas

23 May 2021 8	Unión Española	3:2	Universidad Católica	Independencia
	Farfán 24' Núñez 52' Palacios 63'	Report	47' Zampedri 76' Valencia	Stadium: Santa Laura Referee: Cristian Garay

30 May 2021 9	Universidad Católica	2:1	Cobresal	Las Condes
	Zampedri 73' (pen.), 90+5'	Report	9' Varas	Stadium: San Carlos Referee: César Deischler

5 June 2021 10	Santiago Wanderers	0:1	Universidad Católica	Valparaíso
		Report	49' Cornejo	Stadium: Elías Figueroa Referee: Christian Rojas

18 July 2021 11	Universidad Católica	0:0	Colo-Colo	Las Condes
		Report		Stadium: San Carlos Referee: José Cabero

25 July 2021 12	Universidad Católica	3:0	O'Higgins	Las Condes
	Lanaro 50' Cahais 78' (a.g.) Gutiérrez 86'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Referee: Cristian Droguett

29 July 2021 13	Deportes Antofagasta	3:2	Universidad Católica	Antofagasta
	Demartini 2' Flores 52' Figueroa 69'	Report	63' (pen.) Zampedri 79' Huerta	Stadium: Calvo y Bascuñán Referee: Julio Bascuñán

1 August 2021 14	Universidad de Chile	2:1	Universidad Católica	Rancagua
	Larrivey 62', 89'	Report	69' Zampedri	Stadium: El Teniente Referee: Roberto Tobar

7 August 2021 15	Universidad Católica	4:3	Deportes La Serena	Las Condes
	Valencia 31' Zampedri 33', 74' Núñez 39'	Report	11' Martínez 80' Paredes 88' Munder	Stadium: San Carlos Referee: Christian Rojas

15 August 2021 16	Huachipato	2:1	Universidad Católica	Talcahuano
	Gazzolo 17' Martínez 23'	Report	45+7' Huerta	Stadium: Huachipato-CAP Attendance: 971 Referee: Manuel Vergara

22 August 2021 17	Universidad Católica	2:0	Everton	Las Condes
	Núñez 45', 54'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 1.460 Referee: Nicolás Gamboa

25 August 2021 18	Universidad Católica	2:2	Ñublense	Las Condes
	Asta-Buruaga 80' Valencia 87'	Report	42' Cerezo 67' Mateos	Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 1.634 Referee: Héctor Jona

28 August 2021 19	Palestino	3:0	Universidad Católica	La Cisterna
	Carrasco 84' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Dávila 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 750 Referee: Piero Maza

7 September 2021 20	Universidad Católica	3:1	Audax Italiano	Las Condes
	Zampedri 28' (pen.) Leiva 47' Parot 90+1'		83' Palacios	Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 3.102 Referee: Francisco Gilabert

12 September 2021 21	Curicó Unido	2:4	Universidad Católica	Curicó
	Benegas 33' Fritz 45'	Report	23', 32' Zampedri 73' Valencia 87' Fuenzalida	Stadium: La Granja Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Round 22 - Free

29 September 2021 23	Universidad Católica	4:0	Deportes Melipilla	Las Condes
	40' Gutiérrez 71' Zampedri 90' Valencia 90+6' Buonanotte	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 3.211 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

2 October 2021 24	Unión La Calera	0:2	Universidad Católica	La Calera
		Report	45' Valencia 71' Zampedri	Stadium: Nicolás Chahuán Referee: Roberto Tobar

6 October 2021 25	Universidad Católica	2:1	Unión Española	Las Condes
	29' Fuenzalida 75' Zampedri	Report	90+3' Víctor Méndez	Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 8863 Referee: Ángelo Hermosilla

16 October 2021 26	Cobresal	1:3	Universidad Católica	El Salvador
	Pardo 14'	Report	21', 53' Núñez 87' Valencia	Stadium: El Cobre Referee: Cristian Garay

20 October 2021 27	Universidad Católica	3:2	Santiago Wanderers	Las Condes
	Zampedri 20' (pen.), 39' Puch 31'	Report	26' Soto 85' Arce	Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 9.454 Referee: Roberto Tobar

24 October 2021 28	Colo-Colo	2:1	Universidad Católica	Macul
	Solari 74' Parraguez 90+4'	Report	37' Valencia	Stadium: Monumental Attendance: 27.090 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

31 October 2021 29	O'Higgins	1:3	Universidad Católica	Rancagua
	Fernández 27'	Report	80' (pen.), 87' Zampedri 90+1' Valencia	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 5.370 Referee: Fernando Véjar

4 November 2021 30	Universidad Católica	4:0	Deportes Antofagasta	Las Condes
	Valencia 13' Zampedri 67', 90+1' Núñez 70'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 7.931 Referee: Cristian Garay

7 November 2021 31	Universidad Católica	1:0	Universidad de Chile	Las Condes
	Zampedri 47'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 8.506 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

13 November 2021 32	Deportes La Serena	0:2	Universidad Católica	La Serena
		Report	25' Montes 70' Parot	Stadium: La Portada Referee: José Cabero

28 November 2021 33	Universidad Católica	2:0	Huachipato	Las Condes
	Valencia 7' Zampedri 37'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos Attendance: 8.348 Referee: Felipe González

4 December 2021 34	Everton	0:3	Universidad Católica	Viña del Mar
		Report	37' (a.g.) Barroso 48' Parot 85' Gutiérrez	Stadium: Sausalito Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Supercopa de Chile

18 November 2021 (2021-11-18)	Universidad Católica	1–1 (7–6 p)	Ñublense	Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción
19:00 UTC−3	Zampedri 78' (pen.)	Report	Mateos 69'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Francisco Gilabert^[34]
	Penalties
	Buonanotte Núñez Parot Saavedra Zampedri Asta-Buruaga Huerta Valencia		Mateos Rivera Abrigo Guerra Vargas Pérez Cerezo Navarrete

Copa Chile

Second round

22 June 2021 (2021-06-22)	Deportes Iquique	1–1	Universidad Católica	Iquique
20:00	Fernández 79'	Report	Salomón 45+3'	Stadium: Tierra de Campeones Attendance: 0 Referee: Felipe González

26 June 2021 (2021-06-26)	Universidad Católica	4–4 (5–5 agg.) (9–8 p)	Deportes Iquique	Las Condes, Santiago
20:30	Parot 23' Buonanotte 58' Zampedri 64' Valencia 68'	Report	Ramos 2' Espinosa 5' Oroz 47', 79'	Stadium: San Carlos de Apoquindo Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco Gilabert
	Penalties
	Buonanotte Aued Valencia Asta-Buruaga Zampedri Silva Fuenzalida Cornejo Huerta Salomón		Santander Salinas Fernández Oroz Espinosa Mellado Hidalgo Contreras Soria Coronel

Round of 16

30 June 2021 (2021-06-30)	Everton	0–0	Universidad Católica	Viña del Mar
20:30		Report		Stadium: Sausalito Attendance: 0 Referee: José Cabero

3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)	Universidad Católica	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Everton	Las Condes, Santiago
15:00		Report	Cerato 5' Echeverría 32'	Stadium: San Carlos de Apoquindo Attendance: 0 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 15 April 2021.^[35]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARG	UCA	NAC	ATN
1	Argentinos Juniors	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	12	Round of 16	—	0–1	2–0	1–0
2	Universidad Católica	6	3	0	3	6	6	0	9	Round of 16	0–2	—	3–1	2–0
3	Nacional	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8	Copa Sudamericana	2–0	1–0	—	4–4
4	Atlético Nacional	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5		0–2	2–0	0–0	—

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.

22 April 2021 (2021-04-22) 1	Atlético Nacional	2–0	Universidad Católica	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira^{[note 1]}
19:00 UTC−5	Andrade 39' Duque 45'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

29 April 2021 (2021-04-29)^{[note 2]} 2	Universidad Católica	0–2	Argentinos Juniors	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Florentín 23' Hauche 51'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 3	Universidad Católica	3–1	Nacional	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
22:00 UTC−4	Zampedri 30' (pen.) Valencia 59' Montes 90+3'	Report	Fernández 45+1'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) 4	Argentinos Juniors	0–1	Universidad Católica	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Zampedri 74'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18) 5	Nacional	1–0	Universidad Católica	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
19:15 UTC−3	Ocampo 29'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

26 May 2021 (2021-05-26) 6	Universidad Católica	2–0	Atlético Nacional	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
22:00 UTC−4	Aued 9' Valencia 79'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021.^[39]

14 July 2021 (2021-07-14) First leg	Universidad Católica	0–1	Palmeiras	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 3]}
18:15 UTC−4		Report	Veiga 42' (pen.)	Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) Second leg	Palmeiras	1–0	Universidad Católica	Allianz Parque, São Paulo
19:15 UTC−3	Rocha 36'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Copa Chile		Supercopa de Chile		Copa Libertadores
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matías Dituro †	12	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF		Germán Lanaro	22	1	18	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Cristóbal Finch	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Carlos Salomón	8	1	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Valber Huerta	43	3	30	3	4	0	1	0	8	0
6	DF		Francisco Silva †	18	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
7	DF		Tomás Asta-Buruaga	33	1	24	1	3	0	1	0	5	0
8	MF		Ignacio Saavedra	39	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
9	FW		Fernando Zampedri	41	27	29	23	4	1	1	1	7	2
10	MF		Edson Puch	27	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
11	MF		Luciano Aued	27	1	16	0	4	0	1	0	6	1
13	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	31	3	21	3	4	0	0	0	6	0
14	FW		Juan Fuentes	11	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF		Gastón Lezcano	17	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	FW		Clemente Montes	17	2	12	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
17	DF		Branco Ampuero	12	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18	MF		Diego Buonanotte	27	3	19	2	4	1	1	0	3	0
19	DF		José Pedro Fuenzalida	34	3	24	3	4	0	0	0	6	0
20	FW		Gonzalo Tapia	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF		Raimundo Rebolledo	29	0	18	0	4	0	0	0	7	0
22	MF		Juan Leiva	39	1	26	1	4	0	1	0	8	0
23	MF		Juan Cornejo	18	1	10	1	3	0	0	0	5	0
24	DF		Alfonso Parot	38	4	29	3	2	1	1	0	6	0
25	GK		Sebastián Pérez	31	0	24	0	3	0	1	0	3	0
26	MF		Marcelino Núñez	36	6	28	6	0	0	1	0	7	0
27	FW		Alexander Aravena	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Vicente Bernedo	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Diego Valencia	42	17	31	14	2	1	1	0	8	2
32	FW		Fabián Orellana	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Benjamín Gómez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Nicolás Sepúlveda	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 February 2022
Source: Soccerway

^† Player left Universidad Católica during the season

Goals

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	C. Chile	Supercopa	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	9	FW	Fernando Zampedri	23	1	1	2	27
2	30	FW	Diego Valencia	14	1	0	2	17
3	26	MF	Marcelino Núñez	6	0	0	0	6
4	24	DF	Alfonso Parot	3	1	0	0	4
5	19	DF	José Pedro Fuenzalida	3	0	0	0	3
=	13	MF	Felipe Gutiérrez	3	0	0	0	3
=	18	MF	Diego Buonanotte	2	1	0	0	3
=	5	DF	Valber Huerta	3	0	0	0	3
6	16	FW	Clemente Montes	1	0	0	1	2
7	10	FW	Edson Puch	1	0	0	0	1
=	11	MF	Luciano Aued	0	0	0	1	1
=	7	DF	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	1	0	0	0	1
=	2	DF	Germán Lanaro	1	0	0	0	1
=	23	DF	Juan Cornejo	1	0	0	0	1
=	4	DF	Carlos Salomón	0	1	0	0	1
=	22	MF	Juan Leiva	1	0	0	0	1
=			Own goal	2	0	0	0	2
Total				65	5	1	6	77

Last updated: December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Copa Chile	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	19	DF	José Pedro Fuenzalida	9	1	0	10
2	26	MF	Marcelino Núñez	7	0	2	9
3	13	MF	Felipe Gutiérrez	5	1	0	6
4	30	FW	Diego Valencia	3	1	1	5
5	9	FW	Fernando Zampedri	4	0	0	4
	18	MF	Diego Buonanotte	4	0	0	4
	10	FW	Edson Puch	4	0	0	4
	11	MF	Luciano Aued	3	1	0	4
9	24	DF	Alfonso Parot	2	0	0	2
9	7	DF	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	1	1	0	2
11	16	DF	Clemente Montes	0	0	1	1
	13	DF	Germán Lanaro	1	0	0	1
	32	FW	Fabián Orellana	1	0	0	1
Total				44	5	4	53

Last updated: December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	League	C. Chile	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	25	GK	Sebastián Pérez	10	1	1	12
2	1	GK	Matías Dituro	3	0	1	4
Total				13	1	2	16

Last updated: December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Copa Chile		Supercopa		Copa Libertadores		Total
N	P	Nat.	Name
14	MF		Juan Fuentes	1				1			1		2		1
16	FW		Clemente Montes			1					1		1		1
2	DF		Germán Lanaro			1					1		1		1
9	FW		Fernando Zampedri	1	1		1		1		5		17	1
3	FW		Diego Valencia	4	1		1		1		1		7	1
22	MF		Juan Leiva	4			1		1	1	1		7	1
1	FW		Edson Puch	4							1	1	5	1
8	MF		Ignacio Saavedra	8			1				2		11
26	MF		Marcelino Núñez	7							3		10
6	DF		Valber Huerta	6							1		7
24	DF		Alfonso Parot	4			1				1		6
21	DF		Raimundo Rebolledo	3							2		5
7	DF		Tomás Asta-Buruaga	3							2		5
13	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	3									4
25	GK		Sebastián Pérez	3							1		4
19	DF		José Pedro Fuenzalida	2									2
6	MF		Francisco Silva	1							1		2
11	MF		Luciano Aued										1
18	MF		Diego Buonanotte	1			1						1
19	DF		Gonzalo Tapia	1									1
23	DF		Juan Cornejo	1									1
Total				54	2	2	7	1	3	1	22	1	86	4	3

Last updated: December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Notes

^ Atlético Nacional played their home matches at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira instead of their regular stadium Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín which temporarily underwent maintenance works ahead of the 2021 Copa América.^[36]
^ The Universidad Católica v Argentinos Juniors match, originally scheduled for 28 April 2021, 22:00 local time,^[37] was re-scheduled to 29 April 2021, 18:00 local time.^[38]
^ The Universidad Católica v Palmeiras match, originally scheduled at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago,^[40] was re-scheduled at Universidad Católica's regular stadium Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago.^[41]

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^ "Deportes Melipilla anunció el fichaje de Aarón Astudillo". TNT Sports (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
^ "Palestino confirma la incorporación de Bruno Barticciotto para la temporada 2021". RedGol (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
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^ "La UC logró acuerdo con Estudiantes para renovar préstamo de Juan Fuentes". La Nación (in Spanish). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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External links

Official website

[Atlético_Nacional-37] Atlético Nacional played their home matches at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira instead of their regular stadium Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín which temporarily underwent maintenance works ahead of the 2021 Copa América.^[36]

[Universidad_Católica_v_Argentinos_Juniors-40] The Universidad Católica v Argentinos Juniors match, originally scheduled for 28 April 2021, 22:00 local time,^[37] was re-scheduled to 29 April 2021, 18:00 local time.^[38]

[Universidad_Católica-44] The Universidad Católica v Palmeiras match, originally scheduled at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago,^[40] was re-scheduled at Universidad Católica's regular stadium Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago.^[41]

[1] "Primer equipo - Club Universidad Católica". Cruzados (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

[2] "El capitán no abandona: 'Chapa' Fuenzalida se queda en Católica". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 2021-12-29. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2021-12-31.

[:2-3] "Le echaron bencina a la Zampedrineta: Universidad Católica aseguró a su goleador por tres años más". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[:1-4] "Los dos nuevos jugadores que renovó la UC tras Buonanotte y Aued". AS Chile (in Spanish). 2020-12-26. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[5] "Universidad Católica oficializó la llegada de Juan Cornejo". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.

[6] "Gustavo Poyet nuevo entrenador de la UC". Cruzados. February 27, 2022. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

[:3-7] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Universidad Católica hizo uso de la opción de compra de Tomás Asta-Buruaga". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[8] "Universidad Católica anuncia principio de acuerdo por Juan Leiva". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 2021-03-04. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[9] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Universidad Católica oficializó al portero Sebastián Pérez como nueva incorporación". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[10] Digitalproserver; Agricultura, Radio. "Branco Ampuero y su vuelta a la UC: "Vengo más maduro, en mi paso anterior no me cuidé mucho"". Radio Agricultura (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[11] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Universidad Católica oficializó el regreso de Felipe Gutiérrez". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[12] "Cristian Paulucci fue nombrado entrenador interino de la UC". ESPN.cl (in Spanish). 2021-09-01. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[13] Barrera, Cristian (2021-09-06). "El tricampeón se potencia: Fabián Orellana es el nuevo refuerzo de la UC". La Tercera. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[14] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Antofagasta hizo efectiva la opción de compra por el volante Andrés Souper". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[15] "Coquimbo Unido, una visita con pasado cruzado". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-10.

[16] "Coquimbo Unido confirmó tres incorporaciones más". TNT Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-10.

[17] "MOVIDAS SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 2021 – En El Camarín" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-10.

[18] "Universidad Católica oficializa la salida de Ariel Holan". AS Chile (in Spanish). 2021-02-18. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[19] "Palestino hizo la compra de juvenil de la UC". ADN. February 27, 2022. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

[20] "Jaime Carreño rescindirá contrato con Universidad Católica y fichará en otro club de Primera División". Bolavip Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[21] "Universidad de Concepción confirmó el fichaje de Kevin Medel". TNT Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-10.

[22] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Gustavo Poyet dejó de ser entrenador de Universidad Católica". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[23] "No va más: Francisco Silva confirmó que se retira del fútbol profesional". TNT Sports (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[24] "Préstamo de Toselli a Palestino no está sellado pero sí cerca: la UC quiere que el portero siga ligado al club". RedGol (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[:0-25] "Los cuatro jugadores que seguirán lejos de la UC". Encancha. February 27, 2022. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

[26] "César Munder deja la UC y parte a préstamo a Deportes La Serena". Puranoticia.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[27] "Deportes Melipilla anunció el fichaje de Aarón Astudillo". TNT Sports (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[28] "Palestino confirma la incorporación de Bruno Barticciotto para la temporada 2021". RedGol (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[29] Press, Europa (2021-07-08). "El Celta logra la cesión del portero argentino Matías Dituro". www.europapress.es. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2022-02-26.

[30] "Ian Toro se une al León de Atacama". Pasiondehincha. 1 March 2022.

[31] Figueroa, Jaime (2020-12-27). "Aued extiende su vínculo con la UC por un año". La Tercera. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[32] "Los deseos y promesas de Aued y Buonanotte tras renovar con la UC". TNT Sports (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

[33] "La UC logró acuerdo con Estudiantes para renovar préstamo de Juan Fuentes". La Nación (in Spanish). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2022-03-08.

[Referees-34] "Designación de árbitros para la Supercopa Easy, la fecha 32 del Campeonato PlanVital, la fecha 30 del Ascenso Betsson, la fecha 21 del Segunda Pullman Bus y las semifinales del Ascenso Femenino" (in Spanish). Campeonato Chileno. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[35] "Se sorteó la Copa Libertadores 2021: así quedaron los grupos". Tycsports. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[36] "Quedó lista la sede de Atlético Nacional en la Copa Libertadores 2021" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 15 April 2021.

[fixture_pdf_1-38] "CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2021 PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS - FASE DE GRUPOS Versión 12/04/2021" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 12 April 2021.

[fixture_pdf-39] "CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2021 PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS - FASE DE GRUPOS" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[41] "Sorteo Octavos de Final de la Copa Libertadores 2021: fecha, hora y todos los clasificados". Ar.marca. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[R16_fixture_pdf-42] "PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS - OCTAVOS DE FINAL" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 2 June 2021.

[43] "Cambio de escenario en partido entre Universidad Católica vs. Palmeiras" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 3 July 2021.

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