Audax Italiano
Full nameAudax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP [1]
Nickname(s)Los Tanos
Los Itálicos
Audinos
FoundedNovember 30, 1910 (1910-11-30)
GroundEstadio Bicentenario de La Florida
La Florida, Chile
Capacity12,000
ChairmanGonzalo Cilley
ManagerWalter Erviti
LeagueCampeonato Nacional
2023Primera División, 13th of 16
WebsiteClub website

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.

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

No. Position Player
3  CHI DF Cristóbal Muñoz
5  CHI DF Fabián Torres
7  CHI DF Nicolás Fernández
10  CHI FW Michael Fuentes
12  CHI GK Tomás Ahumada
13  CHI GK Joaquín García
14  CHI FW Gonzalo Álvarez
15  ARG MF Fernando Juárez
16  CHI MF Óliver Rojas
17  CHI MF Esteban Matus
18  CHI MF Marco Collao
No. Position Player
19  ARG MF Gonzalo Ríos
20  CHI FW Javier Quiñones
22  CHI MF Alessandro Riep
23  CHI MF Marlon Carrasco
26  CHI DF Daniel Piña
27  CHI DF Diego Monreal
32  ARG FW Gabriel Hachen
39  CHI GK Ángel Marval
–  ARG DF Germán Guiffrey
–  ARG FW Lautaro Palacios

Manager: Walter Erviti

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 Argentina ARG Germán Guiffrey (from Gimnasia LP)
No. Pos. Nation Player

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 Chile CHI Joaquín Muñoz (to Deportes Concepción)
2 DF Chile CHI Carlos Labrín (to Ñublense)
4 DF Chile CHI Osvaldo Bosso (to Ñublense)
8 MF Chile CHI Matías Sepúlveda (Released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Sosa (to Palestino)
11 FW Uruguay URU Jhonatan Candia (to Rosario Central)
21 MF Chile CHI Marcelo Díaz (to Universidad de Chile)
28 DF Chile CHI Roberto Cereceda (Released)

Managers

References

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