Audax Italiano

Audax Club Sportivo Italiano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈawðaks 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.

Audax Italiano
Full nameAudax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP [1]
Nickname(s)Los Tanos, Los Itálicos, Audinos
Founded30 November 1910
GroundEstadio Bicentenario de La Florida
La Florida, Chile
Capacity12,000
ChairmanLorenzo Antillo
ManagerFrancisco Meneghini
LeagueCampeonato Nacional
20197th
WebsiteClub website

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
  • 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 13 December 2020 (edit)
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 DF Nicolás Fernández
8  CHI MF René Meléndez
9  ARG FW Rodrigo Holgado
10  CHI MF Ariel Martínez
11  CHI MF Jorge Henríquez
12  ARG GK José Devecchi
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 DF Bryan Figueroa
18  CHI MF Joaquín Montecinos
19  VEN FW Jesús Ramírez
20  URU MF Pablo Lavandeira
21  CHI MF Luis Cabrera
22  CHI FW Nicolás Orellana
23  CHI MF Cristóbal Marín
24  CHI DF Cristóbal Muñoz
25  CHI GK Tomás Ahumada
26  CHI MF Alfred Canales
28  CHI MF Oliver Rojas
32  CHI FW Gonzalo Álvarez

Manager: José Calderón

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
-- FW  CHI Nicolás Orellana (from Universidad de Concepción)
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- FW  VEN Jesús Ramírez (Loan from Coquimbo Unido)

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
8 MF  CHI Iván Vásquez (Released)
12 GK  CHI Eryin Sanhueza (Loan to Lautaro de Buin)
17 MF  CHI Ricardo Fuenzalida (to Deportes Melipilla)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  CHI Ignacio Jeraldino (to Atlas)
28 FW  VEN Jesús Hernández (to Deportes Iquique)
29 DF  CHI Juan Carlos Espinoza (back to Universidad Católica)

Managers

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2009-10-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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