Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta,

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. They compete in the

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. Santiago Morning was one of

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founding members in 1933, being champion for the first time in 1942. The club was founded in 1903 when

established its own association of football thanks to the management of

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's students on 19 October, under the name of Santiago Football Club. Three days later, the club played its first game against the teachers' team. Years later, the club was one of

founder teams in 1933, being the first team on play a Chilean top-tier professional match against

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. In 1936, the club was renamed with its current name of Santiago Morning, after the merger between Santiago Football Club and

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. During the 1930s, the club was one of the most popular teams in

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. Santiago Morning's traditional rival is

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, disputing the 'Metropolitan Derby'. The major shareholder of the club is the former footballer Miguel Nasur, since Demetrio Marinakis left the club in 2005. Among other facts, the team play his home games at

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Estadio Municipal de La Pintana is a multi-use stadium in La Pintana, Santiago, Chile. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Santiago Morning and former home stadium for Deportes Pintana Club de Deportes Pintana ...

and is part of CONMEBOL's '"Club de los 100"' (Centerary's Club) alongside other Chilean clubs like

, Everton,

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Primera División de Chile. It has a branch of women's football, and compete ...

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and

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History

Foundation and amateur era

In 1903,

formed its own football association. This association had antecedents in the neighbors of Cousino Park (current

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) and some Santiago College students, led by a professor, Mister Vincent, who put on a demonstration at Mars Field, which allowed the club to begin to attract more participants. On 16 October 1903, the club was formed thanks to the management of the students the club was founded as Santiago Football Club. The team played its first match against the teacher's team, three days later on 19 October. In 1928, the club won the amateur league (Liga Central de Football). Four years later, in 1907, Morning Star was founded, based in the Independencia neighborhood. Its uniform was a blue kit and white shorts. In 1933, the team was one of eight that founded the

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and the first team in play a professional match, in 3–1 loss against

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. In its first professional season (1933), the team finished in sixth place. In 1935, the club was relegated to the Serie B, after finishing in 12th place.

The rise and fall

Santiago Morning, Estadio, 1942-11-06 (30)

In March 1936, after the merger of Santiago FC and Morning Star founded Santiago Morning. The first professional game of the team was in the same year, in a 2–1 win against his rival

. In the same, the club played his first season and finished 4th of six teams, making a similar tournament in the next season. Of six teams participants, Santiago Morning finished once in the 4th place, same place that the team achieved in 1936 and 1937. The success and the illusion were announced in the 1939 season, when that Morning achieved the second place in the positions table with notable victories to Green Cross for 7–5, to his rival Magallanes for 6–5, to Metropolitano 7–1 and a most remembered victory to Universidad Católica for 8–2, where the famous goalkeeper

Sergio Livingstone Serjio Robert Livingstone Pohlhammer (26 March 1920 – 11 September 2012), later simply known as Sergio Livingstone, was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well-regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("the toad") for his typica ...

played. In 1941, the club makes a similar season, but with lower goal difference. The club win its first title in 1942, finishing in the first place of the table with 29 points over his rival Magallanes with 28 points. In the same tournament, Santiago Morning had highlighted players in his squad as Raúl Toro, best player of Morning's history and Domingo Romo goalscorer of the team and the tournament with 16 goals. In this tournament, also highlighted the victories 5–1 to

, to Santiago Badminton for 4–0, 5–1 to Magallanes and

, 7–3 to Santiago National and 3 goals scored to the universities. In the tournament of 1943, Morning can't repeat the title of the last season, achieving the sixth place in the table with 17 points. In the next season, the club finish in the third place with Magallanes (both teams with 29 points) was only two points of the champion

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

, who had 31 points. After many irregular seasons, in early 1950s, the club qualified to the championship play-off. In 1956 season the club struggled, finishing in bottom of the table (12th place) with 14 points under Ferrobadminton, being relegated to the

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for the first time ever. Morning remained in the second tier only three years, until 1959. The second spell in the top flight lasted 11 seasons, before another relegation in 1970. In the 1970s, the club only played three seasons in Primera, suffering one relegation and before of the club's promotion in 1974, Morning remaining this four years. In 1981, the club gained promotion to Primera for the next season, but the club wasn't able to maintain top flight status and bounced back to the second level. In 1983, Morning struggled again and were relegated to

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, and made history as the first Primera División Champion to play in the third tier of Chilean Football, by the time a semi-professional league. The club remained as amateur, facing financial difficulties, until 1996. In 1994, the team had a golden chance for return to the professional football, but the team loss with

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at the final, after a dramatic definition. Two years later, the club was crowned champions of Tercera División, being promoting to

, thus regaining professional status. After two seasons in Primera B, with the former footballer

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as coach, the club achieved promotes to the first level after 14 years of absence in this category, after of won to

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in the promotion play-offs.

2000s

In his re-inaugural season in 2000, the club made good performance, qualifying to the Copa Libertadores playoffs and being runner-up of the

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after of loss with

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in the final, also highlighted the participation of

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, the goalscorer of the cup. In this season, the club had players as the self Martel,

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and Manuel Ibarra. In the next season, Morning nearly relegates to

, but in 2002, the team were not saved from relegation, returning to the second level. In 2005, under the coach

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and with players as

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and Rodrigo Goldberg, 'The Bohemians' achieved the promotion to the

. In the next season, the team once relegated to the second tier. Once winning the Second Division, he returned to the First Division, where they remain until today. In the season 2008, the bohemian team realized an unexpected season, despite defeat 8–2 to Universidad Católica in the first week of the Torneo de Apertura, the club had a very good style of play, including, this that led them to nearly qualify for the playoffs. The club made a similar season in the Torneo de Clausura, nearly qualifying for the play-offs, finishing in the third place with 26 points of his group under O'Higgins with 27 points in the second place. In the next season, Morning qualified for first time in its history to play-offs, but the team immediately was eliminated by Católica by a global result of 8–1. For the Torneo de Clausura, the team made big signs as

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and

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. In this tournament, Morning also qualified to the play-offs, winning the first match to

for an aggregate result of 5–4, thanks to a 90th-minute goal of the goalkeeper

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, but shortly after once the team was eliminated by Católica, now in the semi-finals for an aggregate result of 8–3. In the 2010 season, the club completed an irregular season finishing in the 16th place, being only two points of the direct relegation, in where was the team Everton. In the Promotion play-offs, the club nearly relegated to the Second Division, after of win to

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with a last minute goal of

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at extra-time.

Honours

League

(first tier) ** Winners (1):

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

** Runners-up (2):

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidde ...

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

* Segunda División de Chile/

(second tier) ** Winners (3):

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

** Runners-up (3):

1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, 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, t ...

, 1958,

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

Tercera División de Chile Tercera División de Chile (Third Division of Chile), is the fourth tier of Chilean football (soccer). It is organized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur de Chile. It is both the fourth level o ...

(third tier) ** Winners (2):

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

** Runners-up (1):

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

Cup

** Runners-up (1):

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

* Campeonato de Apertura ** Winners (4): 1934, 1944, 1949, 1950 * Campeonato de Campeones ** Winners (2):

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 – ...

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...

Players

Current squad

2021 Winter Transfers

In

Out

Individual honours

Primera División goalscorers

* Domingo Romo: 16, 1942 * Rubén Aguilera: 21, 1951 *

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: 27, 1975 *

: 17, Apertura 2009 *

Diego Rivarola Diego Gabriel Rivarola Popón (born July 14, 1976) is a Chilean-Argentine former professional footballer who played as striker. Career Rivarola was born in Mendoza, Argentina. As a child, he was with Club Leonardo Murialdo in Mendoza, next he w ...

: 13, Clausura 2009

Copa Chile goalscorers

: 8, 2000

Managers

Pedro Cubilla Pedro Ramón Cubilla Almeida (25 August 1933 in Paysandú, Uruguay – 16 March 2007 in Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Uruguayan professional footballer and manager. Player career Pedro Cubilla started his career as a professional playing for Uru ...

Francisco Hormazábal Francisco Hormazábal Castillo (born 4 July 1920 — 13 January 1990) was a Chilean footballer and manager. Career As a youth player, Hormazábal was with club Escuela 57 from San Eugenio and the Colo-Colo youth system from 1936 to 1940. From 19 ...

(1963) * Aurelio Valenzuela ''(interim)'' (1976) *

Sasha Mitjaew Alexander Mitjaew Panasewitsch (born 18 March 1946), sportingly known as Sasha Mitjaew or Sacha Mitjaew, is a Soviet-born Chilean former Association football, football manager. Career With an extensive career in Chile, Mitjaew began his career wi ...

(1997) *

(1998-99), (2001-2002) *

(2005-2006) *

Orlando Aravena Orlando Enrique Aravena Vergara (born 21 October 1942) is a former Chilean footballer and manager. Aravena coached the Chile national team during the 1987 Copa América, where the team reached the tournament final. He ended his international ...

(2006) *

José Basualdo José Horacio Basualdo (born 20 June 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career Basualdo won several Argentine and international titles with both Vélez Sársfield and Boca Juniors. Inter ...

(2008) * Mauricio Pozo ''(interim)'' (2009) *

Juan Antonio Pizzi Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja (, ; born 7 June 1968) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker, currently manager of UAE Pro League club Al-Wasl. He spent the bulk of his club career in Spain, mainly at Tenerife, helping to the ...

(2009-2010) *

Hernán Godoy Hernán Humberto Godoy Véliz (born 14 May 1941), better known by his nickname ''Clavito'' Godoy, is a Chilean people, Chilean Manager (association football), football manager and former footballer. Career A product of Deportes La Serena youth ...

(2010) *

Fernando Díaz Fernando Díaz ('' floruit'' 1071–1106) was a Spanish nobleman and military leader in the Kingdom of León, the most powerful Asturian magnate of the period. He held the highest rank in the kingdom, that of count (Latin ''comes''), from at least ...

(2010-2013) *

Ricardo Lunari Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico (born 6 February 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player. Playing career Lunari started his career in 1991 with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, he was a young member of two championship win ...

(2012) *

Mauricio Giganti Mauricio Giganti (born 6 November 1976) is an Argentine football manager and former player. A forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (assoc ...

(2013) * Mauricio Pozo (2015) * Justo Farrán ''(interim)'' (2015) *

Miguel Ángel Arrué Miguel Ángel Arrué Padilla (born 13 August 1952) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer. Career Born in Iquique, as a football player, he played in Chile and abroad for three years. He has had a prolific career as a football ...

(2015-2016) * Justo Farrán ''(interim)'' (2016) *

(2016-2017) * Jaime García (2018) * René Curaz (2018-2019) * Agustín Almarza ''(interim)'' (2019) * (2019-2020) * Agustín Almarza ''(interim)'' (2020) * (2020-2022) * Cristián Muñoz (2022-2023) * (2023) *

Luis Marcoleta Luis Antonio Marcoleta Yáñez (born 2 February 1959) is a Chilean former footballer and manager. He is the current manager of Santiago Morning. Honours Club Player ;América de Cali * Primera División de Colombia: 1984 Manager ;Naval * Terce ...

(2023-)

References

External links

Santiago Morning Official Webstite
{{Original Chilean Primera División clubs Football clubs in Chile 1903 establishments in Chile Association football clubs established in 1903 Sport in Santiago