Audax Italiano
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| Full name | Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP [1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Tanos, Los Itálicos, Audinos | ||
| Founded | 30 November 1910 | ||
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Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida La Florida, Chile | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Chairman | Lorenzo Antillo | ||
| Manager | Juan José Ribera | ||
| League | Campeonato Nacional | ||
| 2017 Transición | 5th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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
- Primera División de Chile
- Primera B de Chile
- Runner-Up (1): 1995
- Ligulla Pre-Sudamericana
- Winners (1): 2007
- Copa Chile
- Runner-up (2): 1981, 1998
- Campeonato de Apertura:
- Winners (1): 1941
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances
- Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
- 2007: Second Preliminary Round
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
- 1998: First Round
Records
- 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
- Longest win streak: 24 games in 2007
- Most goals scored in international play: Rodolfo Moya & Carlos Villanueva (3 goals)
- Most goals scored in Primera División: Carlos Tello (101 goals)
- Most goals scored in one season in Primera División: José Luis Díaz (23 goals in 1999)
- Most goals scored in two short tournaments: Carlos Villanueva (30 goals in 2007)
Players
Current squad
Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 12 January 2018
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Sources: ANFP Official Web Site
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Manager: Juan José Ribera
2018 Winter Transfers
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References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
External links
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