Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano
Full name	Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP
Nickname(s)	Los Tanos; Los Itálicos; Audinos
Founded	November 30, 1910; 113 years ago
Ground	Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida; La Florida, Chile
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Lorenzo Antillo
Manager	Juan José Ribera
League	Campeonato Nacional
2022	CPD, 7th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Audax Club Sportivo Italiano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈawðaks itaˈljano]) is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four times, joint sixth alongside Magallanes. The club also achieved two Copa Chile runners-up in 1981 and 1988.

The club had their first major success in 1936, when they won the league tournament. During the 1940s, Audax won two leagues in 1946 and 1948, reaching a fourth in 1957.

History

The club was founded by Italian residents in Santiago, on November 30, 1910, as Audax Club Ciclista Italiano in the Alberto Caffi's hat store, and was originally focused in cycling. As football developed quickly in Santiago, in 1917 the club begun participating in that sport, and in 1922, when the popularity of football increased within Audax's supporters, the club changed its name to Audax Club Sportivo Italiano.

In January 2007, the club was transformed into a limited liability corporation, and changed its name to Audax Italiano La Florida, adding the name of the comuna in which it's always been located.

The club has always been a regular protagonist in Chilean football, but had never been able to participate in any major international competition until 2007, when they played in the Copa Libertadores. As a club founded by immigrants, it has a special rivalry with the other immigrant clubs Unión Española (founded by Spaniards) and Palestino (founded by Palestinian Arabs).

Honours

Domestic Competitions

Primera División de Chile
- Winners (4): 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957
- Runner-up (8): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 C
Primera B de Chile
- Runner-Up (1): 1995
Copa Chile
- Runner-up (2): 1981, 1998
Campeonato de Apertura:
- Winners (1): 1941

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2007: Group Stage

2008: Group Stage

Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2007: Second Preliminary Round

Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1998: First Round

Records

Largest margin of victory:

In Primera División matches: 9–2 vs. Universidad Católica in 1945

In Copa Chile matches: 13–0 vs. Juventud Varsovia in 2010

In international matches: 3–1 Alianza Lima in 2007

Largest margin of defeat:

In Primera División matches: 1–7 vs. Colo-Colo in 1939 & 0–6 vs. Santiago Wanderers in 1993

In international matches: 1–4 vs. Sportivo Luqueño in 2008

Longest win streak: 24 games in 2007
Most goals scored in international play: Rodolfo Moya & Carlos Villanueva (3 goals)
Most goals scored in Primera División: Carlos Tello (101 goals)
Most goals scored in one season in Primera División: José Luis Díaz (23 goals in 1999)
Most goals scored in two short tournaments: Carlos Villanueva (30 goals in 2007)

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 29 May 2022 (edit)
Sources: Audax Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Tomás Ahumada
2	CHI	MF	Óliver Rojas
3	CHI	DF	Cristóbal Muñoz
4	CHI	DF	Daniel Piña
5	CHI	DF	Fabián Torres
6	ARG	DF	Germán Guiffrey
7	CHI	DF	Nicolás Fernández
8	CHI	MF	Marco Collao
9	ARG	FW	Lautaro Palacios
10	CHI	MF	Carlos Villanueva
11	ARG	MF	Gonzalo Ríos
12	CHI	GK	Cristobal Piña
14	CHI	FW	Gonzalo Álvarez
15	ARG	MF	Emanuel Cecchini

No.		Position	Player
17	CHI	FW	Paolo Guajardo
18	CHI	MF	Nicolas Aedo
19	CHI	MF	Santiago Dittborn
20	CHI	FW	Ignacio Jeraldino
21	CHI	FW	Thomas Rodríguez
22	CHI	MF	Alessandro Riep
23	ARG	GK	Oscar Ustari
24	CHI	FW	Nicolás Orellana
25	CHI	GK	Gonzalo Collao
26	ARG	DF	Guillermo Ortiz
27	CHI	DF	Diego Monreal
28	CHI	FW	Javier Quiñones
31	CHI	MF	Luckas Carreño
32	CHI	FW	Luciano Arriagada

Manager: Francisco Arrué

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CHI	Raúl Osorio (from O'Higgins)
—	DF	CHI	Diego Torres (back from Deportes Antofagasta)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	PAR	Luis Riveros (from Universidad de Concepción)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	URU	Manuel Fernández (to Unión Española)
6	MF	MEX	Iván Ochoa (back to León)
9	FW	ARG	Federico González (Released)
15	DF	CHI	Nicolás Corvetto (Released)
16	FW	CHI	Álvaro Delgado (Released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	CHI	Joaquín Montecinos (to Club Tijuana)
20	MF	CHI	Fabián Carmona (to Coquimbo Unido)
21	MF	CHI	Luis Cabrera (to Coquimbo Unido)
24	FW	ARG	Gabriel Esparza (Released)
28	MF	CHI	Diego Aravena (Released)