Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean

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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 The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

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

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. As

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

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. As a club founded by immigrants, it has a special rivalry with the other immigrant clubs

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional association football, football club based in the Independencia, Chile, Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Chilean Primera Division, Primera D ...

(founded by Spaniards) and

Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium ...

(founded by Palestinian Arabs).

Honours

Domestic

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**Winners (4):

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

**''Runner-up (8): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 C'' *

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

**''Runner-Up (1): 1995'' *

**''Runner-up (3): 1981,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

'' * Campeonato de Apertura **Winners (1): 1941 * Campeonato de Campeones **''Runners-up (1):

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 3 appearances ::

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: Group stage ::

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Group stage ::

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

: Second stage *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...

: 4 appearances ::

: Second preliminary round ::

: First round ::

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

: Second round ::

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

: Knockout round play-offs *

Copa CONMEBOL The Copa CONMEBOL ( en, CONMEBOL Cup) was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football cont ...

: 1 appearance ::

: 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

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in 2007 *Largest margin of defeat: ::In Primera División matches: 1–7 vs.

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in 1939 & 0–6 vs.

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in 1993 ::In international matches: 1–4 vs.

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in 2008 *Longest win streak: 24 games in 2007 *Most goals scored in international play:

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& Carlos Villanueva (3 goals) *Most goals scored in Primera División: Carlos Tello (101 goals) *Most goals scored in one season in Primera División:

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(23 goals in 1999) *Most goals scored in two short tournaments: Carlos Villanueva (30 goals in 2007)

Players

Current squad

2024 Summer Transfers

In

Out

Notable players

* Claudio Borghi * Franco Di Santo * Félix Corte * Carlos Villanueva * * * Gino Iacoponi *

Salvador Cabañas Salvador Cabañas Ortega (born 5 August 1980) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Cabañas played for Club 12 de Octubre, Guaraní, Audax Italiano, Chiapas, Club América, General Caballero, Tanabi and Ind ...

Managers

Carlos Giudice Joaquín Carlos Giudice Ghío (3 June 1906 – 12 October 1979), known as Carlos Giudice, was a Chilean footballer. Career He is one of the greatest players in Audax Italiano history. At international level, he made 3 appearances for the Chi ...

(1936-1937, 1939) * Raúl Marchant (1938, 1941-1943) *

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(1944-1945) * Raúl Marchant (1945-1946) * Bruno Iacoponi (1946) *

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(1947-1948) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1951) * Mario Pretto (1953-1954) *

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(1955) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1956-1957) *

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(1959) *

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(1959-1960) * Janos Schwanner (1961) * Martín García (1962) * Hernán Carrasco (1963) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1964) * Sergio Cruzat (1965) * Salvador Biondi (1966) * Luis Álamos (1967-1969) *

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(1969) * Salvador Biondi (1970) * José Santos Arias (1971) * Claudio Ramírez (1971) * (1972) *

Jorge Venegas Jorge Arnaldo Venegas Vásquez (''unknown'' – 7 September 2010) was a Chilean football manager and player who played as a forward. Career As a football forward, Venegas played for Universidad de Chile, Audax Italiano and Coquimbo Unido in th ...

(1972) * Julio Menadier (1973) * José Cárdenas (1974) * Dante Pesce (1975) * Hernán Godoy (1975-1976) * (1976) * Hernán Godoy (1976-1977) *

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(1977) *

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(1978) * Néstor Isella (1978-1979) *

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(1979) * Aurelio Valenzuela (1979) * Salvador Biondi (1979) * Néstor Isella (1979-1980) * Hernán Godoy (1980-1981) *

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(1981-1982) *

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(1982) * Sasha Mitjaew (1983) * Caupolican Peña (1983) * Roque Mercury (1983) *

(1984) * Jaime Campos (1984) * Hernán Godoy (1985) *

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(1985-1986) * Isaac Carrasco (1986) * Rosauro Parra (1986) * Leonel Herrera (1987-1988) * Victoriano Álvarez (1988) * (1988) * Hernán Godoy (1988-1990) * Rosauro Parra (1990) * Sasha Mitjaew (1990-1991) * Victoriano Álvarez (1991) * José González V. (1992) *

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(1993) * Óscar Meneses (1993-1994) *

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(1995) * Roberto Hernández (1996-1997) *

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(1997-1999) *

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(2000-2001) * Hernán Godoy (2001-2002) * Claudio Borghi (2002-2003) * Roberto Hernández (2003-2005) *

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(2005) * Óscar Meneses (2005) * Eduardo Ahumada (interim) (2005) * Raúl Toro (2006-2008) *

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(2009-2010) *

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(2010) *

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(2010-2012) *

(2012-2013) * Jorge Ghiso (2013) * (interim) (2013-2014) *

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(2014-2016) * Hugo Vilches (2016-2018) *

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(2022) *

(2022) * Manuel Fernández (2023) * José Calderón (interim) (2023) * Luca Marcogiuseppe (2023) *

Francisco Arrué Francisco Esteban Arrué Pardo (born 7 August 1977) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Arrué is one of the six Chilean players who have played in his country's three giant clubs: Colo-Co ...

(2023) * Walter Erviti (2024) *

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(interim) (2024) *

(2024-)

References

External links

* {{Original Chilean Primera División clubs Audax Association football clubs established in 1910 Sport in Santiago 1910 establishments in Chile Italian association football clubs outside Italy