Rangers de Talca

Rangers de Talca
Full name Club Social de Deportes Rangers
Nickname(s) Los piducanos, Los rojinegros
Founded September 2, 1902 (1902-09-02)
Ground Estadio Fiscal, Chile
Capacity 8,200
Owner Jorge Yunge
Manager Cristián Arán
League Primera B
2017 16th
Website Club website

Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the Fiscal stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 8,324 seats.

History

The name Rangers was chosen by a Scotsman, Juan Greenstret, who was one of the founding fathers of the Club.

The origin of the chosen team colours, red and black, are unknown, though one of the possibilities was that some of the first players were also members of the Second Company of Firemen of Talca, whose shield was red and black. Another possible reason is the use of red and black in the socks of Glasgow Rangers of Scotland (formed 1872) to represent the district colours of their local burgh of Govan. Glasgow Rangers fans returned to using red and black scarves in 2012 to help raise funds for the club.

In 1952 was accepted into the Segunda División, and won the runners-up spot after finishing second in the league tournament final, getting the promotion to Primera División.

Rangers qualified for the Copa Libertadores in 1970, being its only participation in a CONMEBOL international tournament.

Throughout their first century of existence, honours have been few and far between, with no Championship successes.

Rangers was relegated in 2009 after being assessed a three-point penalty for using too many non-Chilean players in a November 8 match. The club filed a lawsuit in a Chilean court, leading to a threat from FIFA to throw the Chilean national team out of the 2010 World Cup if the case continued.[1] Under pressure from creditors, Rangers dropped the lawsuit on November 27, shortly after FIFA's demand. The case delayed the start of the league's playoffs.[2]

In 2010, the club was auctioned and purchased by a business group called "Piduco SADP".[3]

On November 27, 2011, Rangers was promoted to Primera División after beating Everton de Viña del Mar in the final match. Manager Dalcio Giovagnoli was fired in 2013, and replaced by Fernando Gamboa, who was considered mainly responsible of the team's relegation in 2014. Gamboa was fired too, but current manager Jorge Garcés wasn't able to avoid the side's relegation after two and a half years in the first division of Chilean football to the second division, the Primera B after finishing in the last place of both the Clausura and the accumulated table. The club's new owners confirmed Garcés will remain as the club's manager for the 2014–15 season, with the goal of gaining promotion to the first division.

National honors

1988, 1993, Apertura 1997
Runner-up: 1969, Apertura 2002

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Best: First Round in 1970
1970: First Round

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Rangers de Talca as of 14 August 2018 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  ARG GK Yair Bonnín
2  CHI DF Brian Torrealba
3  URU DF Fabricio Silva
4  CHI DF Nicolás Mancilla
5  CHI MF Cristián Arrué
6  CHI MF José Barrera
7  CHI MF Adolfo Ovalle
8  CHI MF Jorge Romo
9  ARG FW José Pablo Soda
10  CHI MF Franco Ragusa
11  CHI FW Rodrigo Gattas
13  CHI GK Jaime Guzmán
14  CHI MF Luis Aguirre
15  CHI MF Diego Pezoa
16  CHI DF Felipe Jara
18  CHI MF Sebastián Villegas
No. Position Player
19  CHI FW Nicolás Canales
20  ARG DF Alejandro Delfino
21  CHI DF Henry Sanhueza
22  CHI GK Nicolás Peric
23  CHI GK Bastián Verdugo
24  CHI DF Guillermo Cubillos
26  CHI MF Nicolás Rivera
27  CHI DF Alberto Hernández
28  CHI FW Sebastián Pérez
29  CHI MF Sebastián Céspedes
34  CHI MF Manuel Reyes
35  CHI FW Roberto Saldías
36  URU FW José Pablo Varela
37  CHI DF Moisés Vásquez
38  CHI MF Christian Pavez
--  CHI FW Frank Fernández

Manager: Cristián Arán

2018 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
13 Chile GK Jaime Guzmán (back from Deportes Copiapó)
15 Chile MF Diego Pezoa (loaned from Curicó Unido)
No. Position Player
20 Argentina DF Alejandro Delfino (loaned from Deportes Antofagasta)
22 Chile GK Nicolás Peric (from Audax Italiano)

Out

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

No. Position Player
12 Chile GK Felipe Godoy (decided to study at a university in Miami)[4]
15 Chile MF Hernán Veras (loaned to General Velásquez)
No. Position Player
17 Chile MF Mauricio Iturra (loaned to Deportes Linares)
20 Chile DF Diego Bravo (to Provincial Ovalle)

Notable players

Managers

Official sponsors

References

  1. ↑ "Domestic case jeopardizes Chile's World Cup participation". ESPN Soccernet. 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Chile OK for World Cup after club backs down". ESPN Soccernet. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Piduco SADP, los nuevos dueños de Rangers de Talca" (in Spanish). Solamente Fútbol. 2010-08-26. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Decisión de futuro: Promesa del arco de Rangers deja el club para estudiar y jugar en Estados Unidos - PrimeraBChile.cl - El Portal del fútbol de ascenso de Chile". PrimeraBChile.cl - El Portal del fútbol de ascenso de Chile (in Spanish). 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
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