Audax Italiano

Full name	Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP [1]
Nickname(s)	Los Tanos, Los Itálicos, Audinos
Founded	30 November 1910
Ground	Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida La Florida, Chile
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Lorenzo Antillo
Manager	Juan José Ribera
League	Campeonato Nacional
2018	10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Audax Club Sportivo Italiano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈauðaks 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[edit]

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[edit]

Domestic Competitions[edit]

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  Primera División de Chile
  
  
  
  • Winners (4): 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957
  
  
  • Runner-up (8): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 C
  
  
  
  


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  Primera B de Chile
  
  • Runner-Up (1): 1995
  
  


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  Ligulla Pre-Sudamericana
  
  • Winners (1): 2007
  
  


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  Copa Chile
  
  • Runner-up (2): 1981, 1998
  
  


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  Campeonato de Apertura:
  
  • Winners (1): 1941
  
  

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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

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  Longest win streak: 24 games in 2007


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  Most goals scored in international play: Rodolfo Moya & Carlos Villanueva (3 goals)


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  Most goals scored in Primera División: Carlos Tello (101 goals)


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  Most goals scored in one season in Primera División: José Luis Díaz (23 goals in 1999)


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  Most goals scored in two short tournaments: Carlos Villanueva (30 goals in 2007)

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 9 February 2019
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Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1  CHI GK Joaquín Muñoz 2  CHI DF Carlos Labrín 3  URU DF Manuel Fernández 4  CHI MF Osvaldo Bosso 5  CHI DF Fabián Torres 6  CHI MF Diego Torres 7  CHI MF René Meléndez 8  CHI MF Iván Vásquez 9  ARG FW Rodrigo Holgado 10  CHI MF Ariel Martínez 11  CHI MF Jorge Henríquez 12  CHI GK Eryin Sanhueza 13  CHI GK Joaquín García 14  CHI MF Iván Ledezma

No. Position Player 15  CHI MF Nicolás Crovetto 16  CHI FW Álvaro Delgado 17  CHI MF Ricardo Fuenzalida 18  CHI DF Nicolás Fernández 19  CHI DF Ricardo Escobar 20  CHI FW Ignacio Jeraldino 21  CHI MF Luis Cabrera 22  ARG MF Leonardo Rolón 23  CHI MF Cristóbal Marín 24  CHI MF Oliver Rojas 25  CHI GK Tomás Ahumada 26  CHI DF Cristóbal Muñoz 31  CHI MF Roberto Romero

Manager: Juan José Ribera

2019 Summer Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

No. Position Player 6 MF Diego Torres (from Palestino) 9 FW Rodrigo Holgado (from Coquimbo Unido) 11 MF Jorge Henríquez (back from Barnechea) 16 FW Álvaro Delgado (from Coquimbo Unido)

No. Position Player 17 MF Ricardo Fuenzalida (from Deportes Melipilla) 22 MF Leonardo Rolón (from Deportes Iquique) 23 MF Cristóbal Marín (from Deportes La Serena)

Out[edit]

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

No. Position Player 6 MF Sebastián Díaz (back to Deportes Temuco) 8 MF Fernando Cornejo (to Coquimbo Unido) 9 FW Jonathan Herrera (back to Deportivo Riestra) 11 FW Cristian Bogado (to River Plate) 16 FW Juan Leiva (to Unión La Calera)

No. Position Player 17 FW Sergio Santos (to Philadelphia Union) 18 MF Darío Bottinelli (to Unión de Santa Fe) 22 MF Matías Campos (to Universidad de Chile) 23 FW Renato Tarifeño (to Palestino)

Managers[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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