Instituto O'Higgins is a private
Catholic school
Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...
located in the center of
Rancagua,
Chile. It is administered by the
Marist Brothers.
It was founded in 1915 by four
Marist Brothers, Andrés, Donato, Cristobal and Salvador María. Originally the institute was exclusively for boys, but since year 2000, girls have been allowed as well.
In 1925 the school created his own
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
team, the ''Club de Deportes Instituto O'Higgins'', that was merged in 1954 with the
Braden Copper Company team, creating the
O'Higgins Braden club. One year later, in 1955, O'Higgins Braden merged with
América de Rancagua football club, forming the current
Club Deportivo O'Higgins
O'Higgins Fútbol Club (), also known as O'Higgins de Rancagua, is a Chilean professional football club based in Rancagua, that currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is Estadio El Teniente, opened in 1945 and re ...
.
This school has a sports park called ''Estadio Marista'' (''Marist Stadium''), located in the town of
Machalí, near Rancagua.
Rectors
The
rectors of the school had been:
See also
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List of Marist Brothers schools
References
External links
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Chilean Marist Brothers
O'Higgins F.C.
Schools in Cachapoal Province
Marist Brothers schools
Catholic schools in Chile
Educational institutions established in 1915
Rancagua
1915 establishments in Chile
Private schools in Chile
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