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 two

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 ...

runners-up in 1981 and 1988. 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

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. As

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

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

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(founded by Spaniards) and

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(founded by Palestinian Arabs).

Honours

Domestic Competitions

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**Winners (4):

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1946 Events January * January 6 - The 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 four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The ...

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 year ...

**''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 The Chilean football league system, called the Campeonatos Nacionales de Fútbol en Chile or Liga Chilena de Fútbol in Spanish, is a ser ...

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

**''Runner-up (2): 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 s ...

'' * Campeonato de Apertura: **Winners (1): 1941

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 2 appearances ::

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: 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 *

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: 1 appearance ::

: Second Preliminary Round *

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: 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

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Out

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 Chil ...

(1936) * José Luis Boffi (1944–45) * Raúl Estevez (1946) *

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(July 1, 1947 – June 30, 1948) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1951–57) * Luis Álamos (1967–68) *

Hernán Godoy Hernán Humberto Godoy Véliz (born 14 May 1941), better known by his nickname ''Clavito'' Godoy, is a Chilean football manager and former footballer. Career A product of Deportes La Serena youth system, he made his debut at the age of 16. Th ...

(1974–77) *

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(1979) * Vicente Cantatore (1979) *

(1980–81) * Hugo Berly (1983) *

(1985) * Rosauro Parra (1986) *

(1988) * Óscar Meneses (1993–94) *

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(1995) * Roberto Hernández (1996–97) *

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(1997–99) *

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(2000–01) *

(2001–02) * Claudio Borghi (Jan 1, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003) * Roberto Hernández (2003–05) *

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(2005) * Óscar Meneses (2005) * Raúl Toro (Feb 2, 2006 – Aug 21, 2009) *

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(Jan 1, 2009 – Jan 31, 2010) *

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(Feb 23, 2010 – May 16, 2010) * Omar Labruna (May 18, 2010 – June 30, 2012) *

(July 4, 2012 – June 6, 2013) *

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(June 6, 2013 – Oct 20, 2013)

References

External links

Official website
{{Liga Chilena de Fútbol Audax Association football clubs established in 1910 Sport in Santiago 1910 establishments in Chile Italian association football clubs outside Italy