Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano
Full name Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP [1]
Nickname(s) Los Tanos, Los Itálicos, Audinos
Founded 30 November 1910
Ground Estadio Municipal de La Florida
La Florida, Chile
Ground Capacity 12,000
Chairman Ernesto Corona
Manager Jorge Pellicer
League Campeonato Nacional
2015 11th
Website Club home page

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

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

Domestic Competitions

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2007: Group Stage
2008: Group Stage
2007: Second Preliminary Round
1998: First Round

Records

In Primera División matches: 9–2 vs. Universidad Católica in 1945 & 7–1 vs. Santiago Wanderers
In international matches: 3–1 Alianza Lima in 2007
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

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 5 May 2016 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  CHI GK Joaquín Muñoz
2  CHI DF Carlos Labrín
3  CHI MF Matías Campos
4  CHI MF Osvaldo Bosso
5  CHI DF Sebastián Silva
6  CHI DF Sebastián Vegas
7  ARG MF David Drocco
8  CHI MF Iván Vásquez
9  CHI FW Felipe Mora
11  CHI MF Bryan Carrasco
13  BRA FW Sergio Santos
No. Position Player
14  ARG MF Juan Pablo Miño
15  COL MF Bryan Camilo Reyes
17  CHI MF Jorge Henriquez
18  CHI FW Diego Vallejos
20  CHI MF Diego Valdés
22  CHI GK Nicolás Peric
23  CHI DF Juan Cornejo
26  CHI MF René Meléndez
 CHI DF Hans Martínez
 CHI MF César Cortés

Manager: Jorge Pellicer

20116 Winter Transfers

In

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

No. Position Player
Chile DF Hans Martínez (Free agent)
No. Position Player
Chile MF César Cortés (from Palestino)

Out

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

No. Position Player
10 Argentina MF Pablo López (Released)
12 Chile MF Rodrigo Tello (Retired)
19 Chile DF Rafael Olarra (Retired)
No. Position Player
16 Chile DF José Contreras (Released)
17 Argentina FW Javier Elizondo (Released)
27 Argentina FW Leandro Benegas (back to Universidad de Chile)

Managers

References

External links

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