Club Deportivo Universidad Católica

For the Ecuadorian football club, see Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (Ecuador).

Universidad Católica

Full name	Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Nickname(s)	UC Cato La Católica (The Catholic) Los Cruzados (The Crossed) Caballeros Cruzados (The Crusaders)
Founded	April 21, 1937
Ground	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo Santiago (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Jaime Estévez
Manager	Mario Lepe
League	Primera División
2011 Apertura	2nd place
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 three "big teams". Católica won the last Chilean football's international cup: Interamerican Cup 1994.^[1]

Its traditional rival is Universidad de Chile. They contest the "Clásico Universitario".

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.

Universidad Católica was the first winner of the trophy "Huemul de Plata" (2010).^[2]

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.

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: 18th
• 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)

Rankings

IFFHS Ranking

• Top 25 South American Ranking 20th century 1:

25th 2009^[3]

• Top 20 South American Ranking Decade (1):

18th 2010^[4]

• Top 55 World Ranking History (3):

47th 2007,^[5] 51st 2008,^[6] 52nd 2009^[7]

• Top 30 World Ranking (Year) 3:

18th 1993, 21st 1995,^[8] 27th 2005^[9]

• Top 30 Ranking Mundial (Month) 10:

20th 2006,^[10] 21st 2006,^[11][12] 23rd 2011,^[13] 24th 2006,^[14] 24th 2006,^[15] 26th 2011^[16]

27th 2000,^[17] 27th 2006,^[18] 28th 1999,^[19] 29th 2011^[20]

Copa Libertadores Ranking

• Top 10 Historical Table (4):

10th 2006,^[21] 10th 2007,^[22] 10th 2008,^[23] 10th 2009^[24]

Honours

National honours

Universidad Católica 1939.

Universidad Católica 1949.

• Primera División de Chile: 10

1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997-A, 2002-A, 2005-C, 2010

• Copa Chile: 5

1983-PG, 1983-R, 1991, 1995, 2011

• Liguilla Pre-Libertadores: 8

1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998

• Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana: 1

2003

• Pre-Liguilla: 1

1992

• Apertura Consolation Tournament: 1

1949

• Segunda División de Chile: 2

1956, 1975

International honours

• Copa Libertadores de América: 0

Runners-up (1): 1993

• Copa Interamericana: 1

1994

Players

For a list of all former and current Universidad Católica players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Universidad Católica footballers.

For a list of all Universidad Católica season 2011 with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Universidad Católica season 2011.

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.

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 Christopher Toselli 2 DF Marko Biskupovic 3 DF Enzo Andía 4 DF Cristián Álvarez 5 DF David Henríquez 6 MF Francisco Silva 7 MF Rodrigo Valenzuela (vice-captain) 8 MF Jorge Ormeño 9 MF Fernando Meneses 10 MF Milovan Mirosevic (captain) 11 MF Rodrigo Toloza 12 GK Fabián Cerda 13 FW Cesar Carignano 14 MF Juan Pablo Gómez 15 DF Roberto Cereceda 16 DF Hans Martínez 17 FW José Luis Villanueva 18 FW Pablo Calandria

No. Position Player 19 FW Francisco Pizarro 20 MF Kevin Harbottle 21 MF Felipe Gutiérrez 22 MF Matías Mier 23 MF Gonzalo Sepulveda 24 DF Alfonso Parot 25 GK Claudio Santis 26 DF José Martinez 28 MF Pablo Corral 29 DF Estefano Magnasco 30 DF Pedro Salgado 32 MF Camilo Peña 33 MF Allan Luttecke 34 MF Camilo Gaínza 35 MF Santiago Dittborn 36 DF Diego Opazo 37 FW Daúd Gazale

Out on Loan

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 — DF Eduardo Villagra (at Deportes Puerto Montt) — MF Pablo González (at Ñublense) — MF Elias Sepulveda (at Rangers) — MF Eduardo Leal (at Lota Schwager)

No. Position Player — FW Matías Rubio (at Rangers) — FW Bernardo Campos (at Deportes Puerto Montt) — FW Braulio Brizuela (at Curicó Unido)

Individual honours

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 Mirosevic: 19 goals (2010)

International cups top scorers

• Juan Carlos Almada: 9 (Libertadores 1993)
• Alberto Acosta: 11 (Libertadores 1997)
• Jorge Quinteros: 5 (Libertadores 2006)

America's Ideal Team

• Patricio Toledo 1991
• José Guillermo del Solar 1991
• Gary Medel 2009

Notable players

Alberto Acosta Matias Acuña Juan Carlos Almada Darío Bottinelli José María Buljubasich César Carignano Darío Conca Esteban Fuertes Néstor Raúl Gorosito Facundo Imboden Néstor Isella Ricardo Lunari Juan José Morales José Manuel Moreno José Alberto Percudani Lucas Pratto Jorge Quinteros José Manuel Reino Gerardo Reinoso Juan Carlos Sarnari Ricardo Trigilli Sergio Fabián Vázquez Caté Delém Jorge Acuña Cristián Álvarez Jorge Aravena Miguel Ardiman

Francisco Arrué Jean Beausejour Eduardo Bonvallet Fernando Carvallo Roberto Cereceda Jorge Contreras Fernando Cornejo Marco Cornez Alberto Buccicardi Rubén Espinoza Fabián Estay Marco Antonio Figueroa Alberto Fouilloux José Pedro Fuenzalida Paulo Garcés Rodrigo Goldberg Mark González Felipe Gutiérrez Roberto Gutiérrez Kevin Harbottle David Henríquez Osvaldo Hurtado Mauricio Isla (Former) Mario Lepe Sergio Livingstone Patricio Mardones Javier Margas Hans Martínez

Gary Medel Fernando Meneses Milovan Mirosevic Gustavo Moscoso Adolfo Nef Miguel Angel Neira Arturo Norambuena Luis Núñez Rafael Olarra Juvenal Olmos Patricio Ormazábal Jorge Ormeño Alejandro Osorio Nelson Parraguez Eros Pérez Luis Pérez Francisco Pizarro Jaime Pizarro Dante Poli Miguel Ponce Andrés Prieto Ignacio Prieto Miguel Ramírez Fernando Riera Rodrigo Ríos Ricardo Rojas Andrés Romero Sebastián Rozental

Eduardo Rubio Héctor Tapia Nelson Tapia Patricio Toledo Rodrigo Toloza Cristopher Toselli Lukas Tudor Raimundo Tupper René Valenzuela Rodrigo Valenzuela Alex Varas Jorge Vargas Eduardo Vilches José Luis Villanueva Oscar Wirth Miguel Montuori Hugo Brizuela Jorge Luis Campos José Saturnino Cardozo Juan Ramón Isasi José Guillermo del Solar Juan Carlos Masnik Romualdo Moro Juan Nakwacki Sebastián Taborda Jonny Walker

Notable coaches

William Burnickel Ignacio Prieto Juvenal Olmos Manuel Pellegrini Jorge Pellicer Fernando Carvallo Luis Vidal

Juan Antonio Pizzi Néstor Isella José Guillermo del Solar Gustavo Moscoso Fernando Riera Juvenal Olmos Miguel Mocciola

See also

• Universidad Católica (sports club)
• Universidad Católica de Chile

References

1. ^ CD Universidad Católica 2010 Recurse footballfashion.org
2. ^ Catolica champions, Everton relegated – Primera Division de Chile 2010: Season Review
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15. ^ "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. 
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17. ^ "La corona tiene nombre". diario.elmercurio.cl. http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={8b5c01f7-ebeb-448a-b496-07b74019574c}. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
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19. ^ "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. 
20. ^ "World Ranking Clubs". www.iffhs.de. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6f28f5350f. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
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22. ^ 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.
23. ^ 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.
24. ^ http://www.emol.com/especiales/2010/deportes/libertadores/tabla_historica.html Table 1960–2009 Source: emol.com date: dic 4 2010.

External links

• (Spanish) Official site
• CDUCatolica.com
• Los Cruzados
• Ceatolei