Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano
Full name	Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, SADP
Nickname(s)	Los Tanos; Los Itálicos; Audinos
Founded	November 30, 1910; 113 years ago
Ground	Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida; La Florida, Chile
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Gonzalo Cilley
Manager	Francisco Arrué
League	Campeonato Nacional
2023	Primera División, 13th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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[edit]

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[edit]

Domestic[edit]

Primera División de Chile
- Winners (4): 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957
- Runner-up (8): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 C
Primera B de Chile
- Runner-Up (1): 1995
Copa Chile
- Runner-up (3): 1981, 1998, 2018
Campeonato de Apertura
- Winners (1): 1941
Campeonato de Campeones
- Runners-up (1): 1943

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[edit]

Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances

2007: Group stage

2008: Group stage

2022: Second stage

Copa Sudamericana: 4 appearances

2007: Second preliminary round

2018: First round

2020: Second round

2023: Knockout round play-offs

Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1998: First round

Records[edit]

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[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 29 May 2022 (edit)
Sources: Audax Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Tomás Ahumada
2	CHI	MF	Óliver Rojas
3	CHI	DF	Cristóbal Muñoz
4	CHI	DF	Daniel Piña
5	CHI	DF	Fabián Torres
6	ARG	DF	Germán Guiffrey
7	CHI	DF	Nicolás Fernández
8	CHI	MF	Marco Collao
9	ARG	FW	Lautaro Palacios
10	CHI	MF	Carlos Villanueva
11	ARG	MF	Gonzalo Ríos
12	CHI	GK	Cristobal Piña
14	CHI	FW	Gonzalo Álvarez
15	ARG	MF	Emanuel Cecchini

No.		Position	Player
17	CHI	FW	Paolo Guajardo
18	CHI	MF	Nicolas Aedo
19	CHI	MF	Santiago Dittborn
20	CHI	FW	Ignacio Jeraldino
21	CHI	FW	Thomas Rodríguez
22	CHI	MF	Alessandro Riep
23	ARG	GK	Oscar Ustari
24	CHI	FW	Nicolás Orellana
25	CHI	GK	Gonzalo Collao
26	ARG	DF	Guillermo Ortiz
27	CHI	DF	Diego Monreal
28	CHI	FW	Javier Quiñones
31	CHI	MF	Luckas Carreño
32	CHI	FW	Luciano Arriagada

Manager: Francisco Arrué

2024 Summer Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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	ARG	Germán Guiffrey (from Gimnasia LP)
--	MF	CHI	Nicolas Aedo (back from Unión La Calera)
--	MF	CHI	Carlos Villanueva (from Magallanes)
--	MF	ARG	Emanuel Cecchini (from Unión Española)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	FW	CHI	Thomas Rodríguez (from Unión Española)
--	FW	CHI	Ignacio Jeraldino (from Sporting Gijón)
--	FW	CHI	Nicolás Orellana (from Unión La Calera)

Out[edit]

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	CHI	Joaquín Muñoz (to Deportes Concepción)
2	DF	CHI	Carlos Labrín (to Ñublense)
4	DF	CHI	Osvaldo Bosso (to Ñublense)
8	MF	CHI	Matías Sepúlveda (to Universidad de Chile)
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Sosa (to Palestino)
10	FW	CHI	Michael Fuentes (Loan to Palestino)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	URU	Jhonatan Candia (to Rosario Central)
15	MF	ARG	Fernando Juárez (to Platense)
17	FW	CHI	Esteban Matus (Loan to Unión La Calera)
21	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz (to Universidad de Chile)
28	DF	CHI	Roberto Cereceda (to San Antonio Unido)
32	FW	ARG	Gabriel Hachen (to Platense)