Audax Italiano

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 three Copa Chile runner-up finishes in 1981, 1998 and 2018.

Audax Italiano

Full name	Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP
Nickname(s)	Los Tanos Los Itálicos Audinos
Founded	November 30, 1910; 113 years ago (1910-11-30)
Ground	Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida La Florida, Chile
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Gonzalo Cilley
Manager	Francisco Arrué
League	Campeonato Nacional
2023	Primera División, 13th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The club had their first major success in 1936, when they won the league title. During the 1940s, Audax won two further titles in 1946 and 1948, and a fourth in 1957.

The club was founded by Italian residents in Santiago, on November 30, 1910, as Audax Club Ciclista Italiano in Alberto Caffi's hat store, and was originally focused on cycling. As football developed quickly in Santiago, in 1917 the club began 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).

Domestic

• Primera División de Chile
  • Winners (4): 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957
  • Runner-up (8): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 C
• Primera B de Chile
  • Runner-Up (1): 1995
• Copa Chile
  • Runner-up (3): 1981, 1998, 2018
• Campeonato de Apertura
  • Winners (1): 1941
• Campeonato de Campeones
  • Runners-up (1): 1943

• Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances

2007: Group stage
2008: Group stage
2022: Second stage

• Copa Sudamericana: 4 appearances

2007: Second preliminary round
2018: First round
2020: Second round
2023: Knockout round play-offs

• Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1998: First round

• 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)

Current squad

Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 29 May 2022 (edit)
Sources: Audax Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1   CHI GK Tomás Ahumada 2   CHI MF Óliver Rojas 3   CHI DF Cristóbal Muñoz 4   CHI DF Daniel Piña 5   CHI DF Fabián Torres 6   ARG DF Germán Guiffrey 7   CHI DF Nicolás Fernández 8   CHI MF Marco Collao 9   ARG FW Lautaro Palacios 10   CHI MF Carlos Villanueva 11   ARG MF Gonzalo Ríos 12   CHI GK Cristobal Piña 14   CHI FW Gonzalo Álvarez 15   ARG MF Emanuel Cecchini

No. Position Player 17   CHI FW Paolo Guajardo 18   CHI MF Nicolas Aedo 19   CHI MF Santiago Dittborn 20   CHI FW Ignacio Jeraldino 21   CHI FW Thomas Rodríguez 22   CHI MF Alessandro Riep 23   ARG GK Oscar Ustari 24   CHI FW Nicolás Orellana 25   CHI GK Gonzalo Collao 26   ARG DF Guillermo Ortiz 27   CHI DF Diego Monreal 28   CHI FW Javier Quiñones 31   CHI MF Luckas Carreño 32   CHI FW Luciano Arriagada

Manager: Francisco Arrué

2024 Summer Transfers

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player -- DF   ARG Germán Guiffrey (from Gimnasia LP) -- MF   CHI Nicolas Aedo (back from Unión La Calera) -- MF   CHI Carlos Villanueva (from Magallanes) -- MF   ARG Emanuel Cecchini (from Unión Española)

No. Pos. Nation Player -- FW   CHI Thomas Rodríguez (from Unión Española) -- FW   CHI Ignacio Jeraldino (from Sporting Gijón) -- FW   CHI Nicolás Orellana (from Unión La Calera)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CHI Joaquín Muñoz (to Deportes Concepción) 2 DF   CHI Carlos Labrín (to Ñublense) 4 DF   CHI Osvaldo Bosso (to Ñublense) 8 MF   CHI Matías Sepúlveda (to Universidad de Chile) 9 FW   ARG Gonzalo Sosa (to Palestino) 10 FW   CHI Michael Fuentes (Loan to Palestino)

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW   URU Jhonatan Candia (to Rosario Central) 15 MF   ARG Fernando Juárez (to Platense) 17 FW   CHI Esteban Matus (Loan to Unión La Calera) 21 MF   CHI Marcelo Díaz (to Universidad de Chile) 28 DF   CHI Roberto Cereceda (to San Antonio Unido) 32 FW   ARG Gabriel Hachen (to Platense)

•   Claudio Borghi
•   Franco Di Santo
•     Félix Corte
•   Carlos Villanueva
•   Marcelo Zunino [es]
•   Bruno Iacoponi [es]
•     Gino Iacoponi
•   Salvador Cabañas

• Carlos Giudice (1936-1937, 1939)
• Raúl Marchant (1938, 1941-1943)
• José Luis Boffi (1944-1945)
• Raúl Marchant (1945-1946)
• Bruno Iacoponi (1946)
• Salvador Nocetti (1947-1948)
• Ladislao Pakozdi (1951)
• Mario Pretto (1953-1954)
• Roberto Scarone (1955)
• Ladislao Pakozdi (1956-1957)
• Luis Tirado (1959)
• Enrique Sorrel (1959-1960)
• Janos Schwanner (1961)
• Martín García (1962)
• Hernán Carrasco (1963)
• Ladislao Pakozdi (1964)
• Sergio Cruzat (1965)
• Salvador Biondi (1966)
• Luis Álamos (1967-1969)
• Ramiro Cortés (1969)
• Salvador Biondi (1970)
• José Santos Arias (1971)
• Claudio Ramírez (1971)
• Donato Hernández ^[es] (1972)
• Jorge Venegas (1972)
• Julio Menadier (1973)
• José Cárdenas (1974)
• Dante Pesce (1975)
• Hernán Godoy (1975-1976)
• Adolfo Rodríguez ^[es] (1976)
• Hernán Godoy (1976-1977)
• Orlando Aravena (1977)
• Armando Tobar (1978)
• Néstor Isella (1978-1979)
• Vicente Cantatore (1979)
• Aurelio Valenzuela (1979)
• Salvador Biondi (1979)
• Néstor Isella (1979-1980)
• Hernán Godoy (1980-1981)
• Hugo Berly (1981-1982)
• Pedro Morales (1982)
• Sasha Mitjaew (1983)
• Caupolican Peña (1983)
• Roque Mercury (1983)
• Jaime Campos (1984)
• Hernán Godoy (1985)
• Francisco Hormazábal (1985-1986)
• Isaac Carrasco (1986)
• Rosauro Parra (1986)
• Leonel Herrera (1987-1988)
• Victoriano Álvarez (1988)
• Ramón Climent (1988)
• Hernán Godoy (1988-1990)
• Rosauro Parra (1990)
• Sasha Mitjaew (1990-1991)
• Victoriano Álvarez (1991)
• José González V. (1992)
• Miguel Hermosilla (1993)
• Óscar Meneses (1993-1994)
• Jorge Aravena (1995)
• Roberto Hernández (1996-1997)
• Oscar Malbernat (1997-1999)
• Óscar del Solar (2000-2001)
• Hernán Godoy (2001-2002)
• Claudio Borghi (2003)
• Roberto Hernández (2003-2005)
• Jaime Pizarro (2005)
• Óscar Meneses (2005)
• Eduardo Ahumada (2005)
• Raúl Toro (2006-2008)
• Pablo Marini (2009-2010)
• Marcelo Barticciotto (2010)
• Omar Labruna (2010-2012)
• Pablo Marini (2012-2013)
• Jorge Luis Ghiso (2013)
• Jaime Rubilar ^[es] (2013-2014)
• Jorge Pellicer (2014-2016)
• Hugo Vilches (2016-2018)
• Juan José Ribera (2018-2019)
• Francisco Meneghini (2020)
• José Calderón (2020)
• Pablo Sánchez (2020-2021)
• Ronald Fuentes (2022)
• Juan José Ribera (2022)
• Manuel Fernández (2023)
• José Calderón (2023)
• Luca Marcogiuseppe (2023)
• Francisco Arrué (2023)
• Walter Erviti (2024)
• Nelson tapia (2024)
• Francisco Arrué (2024-Act.)