Audax_Italiano

Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano

Chilean football club

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

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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.

History

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).

Honours

Domestic

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2007: Group stage
2008: Group stage
2022: Second stage
2007: Second preliminary round
2018: First round
2020: Second round
2023: Knockout round play-offs
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 29 May 2022 (edit)
Sources: Audax Official Web Site

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Manager: Francisco Arrué

2024 Summer Transfers

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Notable players

Managers

References

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    "Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional - Chile". Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
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