Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Universidad Católica | |||
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| Nickname(s) | UC Cato La Católica (The Catholic) Los Cruzados (The Crossed) Caballeros Cruzados (The Crusaders) |
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| Founded | April 21, 1937 | |||
| Ground | Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo Santiago (Capacity: 20,000) |
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| Chairman | Jaime Estévez | |||
| Manager |  Mario Lepe |
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| League | Primera División | |||
| 2011 Apertura | 2nd place | |||
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Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.
Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the four "big teams".
Its traditional rival is Universidad de Chile. They contest the "Clásico Universitario".
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[edit] 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 on 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 "Universities' Derby". The rivalry maintains itself until today, with each match between these teams being considered a must-see for every football fan in the country.
The Universidad Católica has attained fame as a favorite 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 10 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 recent years, the club has been reemerged in international competition, advancing to the 2005 Copa Sudamericana semifinal before being knocked out by the powerful Boca Juniors from Argentina, who would go on to win the tournament. In 2006 the team made a good presentation in the Copa Libertadores, but was eliminated at the last minute by Tigres de la UANL of Mexico and failed to advance beyond the group stage. Universidad Católica did not qualify for the 2007 Copa Libertadores.
Católica played again Copa Libertadores in 2008 with no luck, being eliminated in group stage by goal difference by River Plate and América. In 2010, their performance was no better, finishing third in group stage behind Universidad de Chile and Flamengo.
[edit] Club information
- Seasons on 1st Division : 66
- Seasons on 2nd Division: 3
- Best Position on 1st Division: 1st
- Worst Position on 1st Division: 18th
- Best IFFHS Position: 9th
- 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)
- Least beaten Goalkeeper: José María Buljubasich 1352 minutes (4th on IFFHS Ranking)
- Most matches played for Copa Libertadores de América: Mario Lepe (76 matches)
[edit] Rankings
[edit] IFFHS Ranking
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Top 25 South American Ranking 20th century 1:
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- 25th 2009[2]
- Top 20 South American Ranking Decade (1):
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- 18th 2010[3]
- Top 55 World Ranking History (3):
- Top 30 World Ranking (Year) 3:
- Top 30 Ranking Mundial (Month) 10:
27th 2000,[16] 27th 2006,[17] 28th 1999,[18] 29th 2011[19]
[edit] Copa Libertadores Ranking
- Top 10 Historical Table (4):
[edit] Honours
[edit] National honours
Copa Chile: 5
- Liguilla Pre-Libertadores: 8
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- 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998
- Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana: 1
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- 2003
- Pre-Liguilla: 1
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- 1992
- Apertura Consolation Tournament: 1
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- 1949
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- 1956, 1975
[edit] International honours
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- Runners-up (1): 1993
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- 1994
[edit] Players
The Chilean Football Federation rules allow a maximum of seven foreign players per team, but only five can be on the pitch at any one time. Currently Católica has six foreign players.
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] Out on Loan
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[edit] 2012 Transfers
[edit] In
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[edit] Out
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[edit] Individual honours
[edit] 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)
- Milovan Mirošević: 19 goals (2010)
[edit] International cups top scorers
- Juan Carlos Almada: 9 (Libertadores 1993)
- Alberto Acosta: 11 (Libertadores 1997)
- Jorge Quinteros: 5 (Libertadores 2006)
[edit] America's Ideal Team
- Patricio Toledo 1991
José Guillermo del Solar 1991- Gary Medel 2009
[edit] Notable players
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[edit] Notable coaches
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Catolica champions, Everton relegated – Primera Division de Chile 2010: Season Review
- ^ "El Club del Siglo de América del Sur". iffhs.de. http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6e36e52c00f23808f02. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ http://www.iffhs.de/?3d0a843ccf413ecf05ffcc8129dad5105fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedbc83d4d41b South America’s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010) web: iffhs.de November 30, 2010.
- ^ cooperativa.cl (2007). "clasificación histórica de clubes". cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/colo-colo-destaca-entre-los-40-mejores-equipos-de-la-clasificacion-historica-de-clubes/prontus_nots/2007-03-19/102548.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
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- ^ IFFHS (2009). "Clasificación histórica del Ranking Mundial de Clubs (1.1.1991–31.12.2009)". Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística de Fútbol. http://www.iffhs.de/?bd4d443d0b803e8b40384c00345fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edbe1d. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Clasificación Mundial de los Clubes: Los 'Primeros 25' de cada año (1991–2008)". www.iffhs.de. http://www.iffhs.de/?b002ec28d814f14d003d06. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "U. Católica se ubicó entre los 30 mejores equipos del mundo". cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/u--catolica-se-ubico-entre-los-30-mejores-equipos-del-mundo/prontus_nots/2006-01-10/091102.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "U. Católica comparte con Villarreal el 20º lugar mundial de clubes". cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/u--catolica-comparte-con-villarreal-el-20--lugar-mundial-de-clubes/prontus_nots/2006-07-03/083638.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "IFFHS: La UC iguala al Real Madrid en el ranking mundial de clubes". diario.elmercurio.cl. http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=215377. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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- ^ "Ranking IFFHS: UC es el mejor evaluado entre los equipos chilenos". Prensa.cl. 2011. http://www.prensa.cl/la-uc-es-el-mejor-evaluado-entre-los-equipos-chilenos/. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ "U. Católica se mantuvo entre los 25 mejores clubes del mundo". cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/u--catolica-se-mantuvo-entre-los-25-mejores-clubes-del-mundo/prontus_nots/2006-05-03/090505.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Inter de Pizarro es el mejor club del mundo y la UC sigue entre los 25 primeros". cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/inter-de-pizarro-es-el-mejor-club-del-mundo-y-la-uc-sigue-entre-los-25-primeros/prontus_nots/2006-08-03/081231.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Sumar de a tres (Sum of three)". futbol.com.uy. http://www.futbol.com.uy/notdeportes_142010_1.html. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ "La corona tiene nombre". diario.elmercurio.cl. http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={8b5c01f7-ebeb-448a-b496-07b74019574c}. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "U. Católica quedó como el 27º mejor equipo del mundo según la IFFHS". cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/u--catolica-quedo-como-el-27--mejor-equipo-del-mundo-segun-la-iffhs/prontus_nots/2006-03-02/135638.html. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "El mejor equipo de 1999". diario.elmercurio.cl. http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={5fc8b794-bfff-4088-82d3-800dfec17c47}. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "World Ranking Clubs". www.iffhs.de. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6f28f5350f. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2007/tabla_historica_libertadores_1960-2006.pdf Table 1960–2006 Source: img.conmebol.com date: dic 4 2010.
- ^ http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2008/tabla_historica_libertadores_1960-2007.pdf Table 1960–2007 Source: img.conmebol.com date: dic 4 2010.
- ^ http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2009/tabla_historica_libertadores_1960-2008.pdf Table 1960–2008 Source: img.conmebol.com date: dic 4 2010.
- ^ http://www.emol.com/especiales/2010/deportes/libertadores/tabla_historica.html Table 1960–2009 Source: emol.com date: dic 4 2010.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official site
- CDUCatolica.com
- Los Cruzados
- Ceatolei
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