Everton de Viña del Mar

Everton

Full name	Everton de Viña del Mar S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)	Los oro y cielo (The gold and sky) Ruleteros (Roulette players) Los del Cerro
Founded	June 24, 1909
Ground	Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar, Chile (Capacity: 22,000)
Chairman	Antonio Bloise
Manager	Marco Antonio Figueroa
League	Primera División B
2010	Primera División, 17th
Home colours Away colours

Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.

The club was founded June 24, 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton that had just made a pioneering visit to South America.

The club are nicknamed "Ruleteros" or the roulette players in English, after Viña del Mar's status as a gambling resort.

Everton is Chile's sixth most successful team, having won the national title 4 times, an achievement shared with both Audax Italiano and Magallanes. Additionally, it is the second most successful team, outside Santiago de Chile, behind Cobreloa of Calama.

The club's home stadium is the 18,037 capacity Estadio Sausalito, while its biggest rival is Santiago Wanderers. In the meetings between the two clubs, Everton won 55 times and lost 45 times.

History

Foundation and Amateur Era

On 24 June 1909, a group of immigrants of England led by David Foxley decided to founded in Cerro Alegre of Valparaíso and sports club giving the name of Everton Football Club. The choice of this name is still to this day a mystery, although there are various theories. Among them, the commonly accepted is that this was chosen in honor of the namesake club in the city of Liverpool, which was, by then, making a tour of Argentina. Another version says the name of a toffee at the time. The first president was Francisco Boundy, while David Foxley was appointed honorary chairman. In 1950 the club was renamed to Everton de Viña del Mar.

The first match played was against Graphie F.C. and the starting lineup was compossed by Arturo Foxley as the goalkeeper, Percy Holmes and Francisco Boundy as the defenders; Alberto González, Hugo Boundy and Carlos González as the midfielders and finally J. Escobar, A. Aravena, David Foxley, V. Estay and Malcolm Frazer as the strikers.

Originally the club, was a compendium of different sports, the most importants are track and field, human swimming, badminton, rugby, gymnastics, basketball and football.

Everton first championship participation was the 1912 amateur championship of the Liga de Valparaíso.

The Golden age

Squad of Everton in the year of his first national championship.

Everton's first championship won was in 1950 with the Argentine coach Martín García, the club was disputed tie-breaker play-off or a final play-off on January 14 of 1951, this match was against Unión Española in a 1-0 away win with the goal scored by René Meléndez in the Estadio Nacional de Chile with 45.000 espectators.

In 1951, Everton finished in the fourth position of the tournement behind Audax Italiano with 5 points. In the Next Year, Everton was champion of the Chilean First Division with the coach Martín García, winning to Audax Italiano in a 4-0 home win, with the absence of two weeks. In the champion squad the most prominent players were José María Lourido, Elías Cid and René Meléndez, top-scorer of the tournament with 30 goals. In this period the club also won against important clubs of South America, the most recorded match was against the Argentine club Independiente de Avellaneda, in a 5-0 home win at Estadio El Tranque with 12.000 spectators.

The performance of the club began to decline, for instance in 1953 when Everton finished fourth position in the table or in 1954 when Everton finished in twelfth position in the table. Before a brief rebound in 1955, Everton only occupied a secondary finish in the 1950s in a discrete eighth position.

1970-present

After many years of revolving between the Primera División and the 2nd tier the club finally clinched their third Primera División championship in the 1976 Primera División under the guidance of manager Pedro Morales.

They have won the 2nd division championship on two occasions, the first in 1974 and the most recent in 2003.

The club has played in 2 Copa Libertadores tournaments, the first came in 1977 after their Primera División 1976 championship.

In Torneo Apertura 2007 the club ended in the 12th position, but in Torneo Clausura of this year the club made his worse campaign in his history ended in the last position (21st).

In Torneo Apertura 2008 Everton procloaimed champion of the tournement, in the global result of 3-2 against Colo-Colo in Estadio Sausalito, in the first leg Everton was loss in 2-0 away loss at Estadio Monumental David Arellano with the goals of Lucas Barrios and Gonzalo Fierro and in the second leg Everton at Estadio Sausalito was win in 3-0 home win with two goals of Ezequiel Miralles and one of Jaime Riveros. In 2009 thanks to the tournement won Everton qualified to Copa Libertadotes for his second opportunity in his history.

On August 4, 2010 at Goodison Park in Liverpool Everton de Viña del Mar played their namesakes Everton F.C. in a friendly match for the Copa Hermandad (known in English as the Brotherhood Trophy). The match, aimed at promoting closer ties between the two Evertons, was won 2-0 by the Merseysiders with the goals of Jermaine Beckford and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. It was the first time the two teams had ever played each other. That year, were relegated to Primera B.

Classic Rival

Everton's main rivals are Santiago Wanderers from the nearby city of Valparaíso. Valparaíso is seen as a historical city with rich culture, home of worldwide known poet Pablo Neruda, whilst Viña del Mar is renowned for being a glamorous and luxurious place full of resorts. The local derby has been dubbed the "Clásico del Puerto" or "The Seaport Derby" in English.

Stadium

Their home games are played at the Estadio Sausalito, which has a capacity of approximately 22,000 seats and was built in 1929. The name comes from the near lagoon "Sausalito". The stadium was used as one of the venues for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The semi-final between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia was played at the ground. It was also one of four venues to host matches during the Copa América 1991.

Honours

• Primera División: 4

1950, 1952, 1976, 2008 Apertura

• Copa Chile: 1

1984

• Primera B: 2

1974, 2003

• Primera B Apertura (Cup): 1

1982

Club Facts

• 2 Participations in Copa Libertadores
• 57 Seasons in Primera División de Chile
• 11 Seasons in Primera B
• Record League victory: 7-0 v Badminton in 1946 and Iberia in 1954.
• Record League defeat: 1-8 v Universidad de Chile in 1962 and Universidad Católica in 1994.

Other sports

Originally the club, was a compendium of various sport disciplines, emphasizing athletics, swimming, badminton, rugby, gymnastics and basketball, which gave way to football. In the 1920s, future iconic Chilean President Salvador Allende - a democratically elected Marxist who was ousted from office in a 1973 coup by General Augusto Pinochet - was a member of the club and was particularly noted as a long jumper. [1]

Everton also field a women's football team, which has won numerous national championships. They represented Chile at the inaugural Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in 2009, and also in 2010. In 2009, Everton finished in fourth place behind champions Santos of Brazil; in 2010 they advanced to the final, also against Santos, but lost 1-0.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Gustavo Dalsasso 2 DF Matías Blásquez 3 DF Alex von Schwedler 4 FW Franco Ragusa 5 DF Adrián Rojas 6 MF Francisco Silva 7 FW Maximiliano Ceratto 8 MF José Luis Silva 9 FW Diego González 10 FW Luis Alberto Perea 11 FW José Luis Muñoz 12 GK Sebastián Pérez 13 MF Douglas Estay 14 DF Mirko Opazo 16 MF Roberto Reyes 17 FW Javier Parraguez 18 FW Marco Lazaga

No. Position Player 19 FW Raul Gutiérrez 20 GK Luis Velásquez 21 MF Nicolás Peñailillo 22 DF Marco Velásquez 23 DF Fernando Saavedra 24 MF Jorge Romo 26 MF Lucas Ruzin 27 MF José Barrera 29 MF Diego Orellana 30 FW Camilo Ponce 31 MF Eduardo Pizarro 32 DF Braulio Bustos 33 MF Christian Pizarro 34 MF Diego Borquez - DF Camilo Rencoret - MF Gabriel Cárcamo

Notable players

Nicolás Diez Darío Gigena Guillermo Hoyos Gonzalo Ludueña Ezequiel Miralles Patricio Pérez Ariel Pereyra José Daniel Ponce Horacio Simaldone Matías Urbano Ramiro Castillo José Milton Melgar Fernando Alves Machado Sergio Ahumada Ivo Basay Mario Cáceres Cristián Castañeda Roberto Cid Marco Cornez

Juan Covarrubias Gustavo Dalsasso Mauricio Donoso Alejandro Escalona Marco Estrada Mario Galindo Roberto Gutiérrez Jhonny Herrera Belisario Leiva René Meléndez Rodolfo Moya Rodrigo Naranjo Manuel Neira Claudio Núñez Nicolás Núñez Álvaro Ormeño Renato Ramos Rodrigo Ríos Jaime Riveros Eladio Rojas

Arturo Sanhueza César Santis Jorge Spedaletti Carlos Toro Casimiro Torres Cristián Uribe Alex Von Schwedler Oscar Wirth Erwin Carrillo Luis Alberto Perea José Gavica Pablo Caballero Marco Lazaga Nelson Acosta Mauro Guevgeozián Carlos María Morales Héctor Rodríguez Peña Francisco Silva

External links

• Official website