- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (fútbol)
The club Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a sporting organization from
chile representing thePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile that puts together 14 sport branches, being the most famous theSoccer branch.Since its fundation, the colors that identify the team are the white and the blue. While in their club's logo you can see these same colors with red, besides representing it with a cross, showing the club's
catholic character.History
The Club fundation was in 1908. Even though the sports activities in the university began years before, the idea from
Raúl Agüero in 1925 to gather sport activities from the university under the same name was the beginning of the formation of what became the Club Deportivo Universidad Católica. This way, it began to act as an organized identity and totally dependent from the university onAugust 30 of 1927, when the then director, MonseñorCarlos Casanueva obtained the permits to useCampos Sport de Ñuñoa for the sporting activities of the university.It began its participation in the University Confederation of sports in (1928), participating together with the
Universidad de Concepción , theUniversidad Católica de Valparaíso and theUniversidad de Chile .On
april 19 of 1937 the university gets to join the Central Association of Soccer. Because of this, a group of students from the university, got together in a house of studies inSantiago de Chile onApril 21 of 1937 to discuss the organization of the club. This would become the official date of foundation.The soccer branch made its official debut on
june 13 of 1937 in the then Segunda División of Chilean professional soccer, in a game against Universidad de Chile, the long time rival of the club, in the military stadium.In the beginning part of the 1980s, it began the migration of some sporting branches to the Sporting complex named
San Carlos de Apoquindo .Presidents of the Club
* 1937-1938: Augusto Gómez Soto
* 1939-1946: Jimmy Rasmusen Bowden
* 1947-1949: Óscar Álvarez Lon
* 1950-1951: Enrique Casorzo Federici
* 1952-1953: Alejandro Duque Lagos
* 1953-1954: Carlos Dittborn Pinto
* 1954-1955: Sergio Urrejola Rozas
* 1955-1956: Enrique Casorzo Federici
* 1957-1965: Eduardo Cuevas Valdés
* 1966-1967: Enrique Casorzo Federici
* 1968-1974: Manuel Vélez Samaniego
* 1975-1976: Raúl Devés Jullian
* 1976-1977: José Martínez Guichou
* 1978-1982: Germán Mayo Correa
* 1982-1993: Alfonso Swett Saavedra
* 1994-1996: Jorge Claro Mimica
* 1996-1998: Manuel Vélez Samaniego
* 1999-: Jorge O´Ryan SchützBranches
Soccer
The branch of
soccer of the Sports Club Universidad Católica is the most important one of the institution, becoming one of the most successful and popular teams inChile . The team is considered one of the three "great ones" fromchile , together wihColo-Colo and Universidad de Chile. [ [http://www.conmebol.com/ranking_pais_index.jsp?pais=chi&slangab=S Ranking de equipos chilenos en conmebol.com] ]Basketball
The
basketball branch of the club, has been champions 5 times of the professional league inchile , Dimayor, where it competes in the called first division. The historic performance in the middle of the 1980s where they won a record 4 titles in a row, made the team "catolico" as the team with most wins in the league history. They also won the title in 2005, behind the leadership of Miguel Ureta.Rugby
It is one of the most important teams of Rugby in
chile , having won the national tournament 18 times. For the rugby sports branch, their pants are black in both the official uniform and the alternative.Ski
The branch of
ski of the sports club Universidad Católica was founded in 1942] because of the initiative of a group of students from thePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile .Anthem
Its lyrics were written by
Pedro Fornazzari ,Charles Bown andAlberto Buccicardi , the two last were ex players from the club and directors of the magazinerevista Estadio .Emulating the melody utilized by the supporters of the British club
Manchester United , they gave birth to the Anthem of the institution, immortalizing the phrase "Por la Patria, Dios y la Universidad", which translates to "For the country, God and the University".Sports Accommodations
The first stadium that belonged to the university was the Independence Stadium, founded on
October 14 of 1945.Years later, the municipality of
Las Condes gave, for 99 years, some land located in Santa Rosa, that later on became known as the Santa Rosa de Las Condes Sport complex.In 1971 the club lost its stadium due to the poor economic situation of the university.
In 1972 it was introduced the first project for a new stadium, that ended up in the inauguration on
September 4 of 1988 as theEstadio San Carlos de Apoquindo .Records
Baskeball
;National Tournaments
* Campeonato Nacional (5): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2005
*Campioni del Domani (6): 1976, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2007, 2008Soccer
;National Tournaments
*
Primera división chilena (9): 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997-A, 2002-A, 2005-C
*Copa Chile (3): 1983, 1991, 1995
*Primera división B chilena (2): 1956, 1975;International Tournaments
*Copa Interamericana (1): 1994Hockey
*Liga Nacional de Hockey (hombres) (1): Apertura 2006
Rugby
;National Tournaments
* Campeonato Central de Rugby (18): 1949, 1964, 1965, 1975, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006.
* Torneo de Apertura: 2004, 2005Volleyball
;National Tournaments
*Liga Nacional de Voleibol (hombres) (1): 2004
*Liga Nacional de Voleibol (mujeres) (3): 2004, 2005, 2006
*SuperVolei (Avolco -Federación de Vóleibol de Chile ) (mujeres) (1): 2008
*Copa Providencia (mujeres) (1): 2008External References
* [http://www.lacatolica.cl/ Página Web Oficial]
* [http://www.barraloscruzados.com/ Web Oficial Barra Los Cruzados]
* [http://www.cducatolica.com/ Web dedicada al Club y de Contenido Multimedia]
* [http://www.ceatolei.cl/ Web de Hinchas e Información]
* [http://www.loscruzados.es.tl/ Web dedicada al Club e Información]
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