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'''Club Universidad de Chile''' ({{IPA|es|kluβ uniβeɾsiˈðað ðe ˈtʃile}}) is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, that plays in the Primera División.
Founded on 24 May 1927, Universidad de Chile is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile, having won the league title 18 times.<ref>{{Cite news|author1=Juan Pablo Andrés |author2=Eric Boesenberg |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chilechamp.html |title=Chile – List of Champions and Runners Up |edition=Rec.Sport.Football Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |access-date=2009-10-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113113439/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/chilechamp.html |archive-date=2010-01-13 }}</ref> In the last 10 years, the team has been crowned champion six times, including their undefeated run to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana title. The team has been associated with the colour blue throughout its history, blue is present on the logo, which was officially adopted in 1943. The club rivalries are with Colo-Colo and Universidad Católica, with whom they regularly contest the Santiago derbies known as ''Superclásicos''.
Despite not owning its stadium, the club usually rents and plays its home games at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, in the commune of Ñuñoa in Santiago.
Universidad de Chile was the champion of the Copa Sudamericana 2011. In this tournament, the club had an excellent performance: wasn't defeated, won all their matches in Chile and had the top scorer of the tournament's history (Eduardo Vargas). Universidad de Chile has reached semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores four times (years 1970, 1996, 2010 and 2012).
==History== {{Multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 250 | title = '''Universidad de Chile Supporters''' | image1 = Eatadio Nacional de Chile en Súper Clásico 181.jpg | width1 = 300 | image2 = Supporters of Universidad de Chile.jpg | width2 = 300 | image3 = Universidad de Chile - Colo-Colo, 2018-04-15 - Hinchada Universidad de Chile - 04.jpg | width3 = 300 | image4 = Bomboslda.jpg | width4 = 300 | image5 = Universidad de Chile - Colo-Colo, 2018-04-15 - Hinchada Universidad de Chile - 03.jpg | width5 = 300 }} The club was founded on 24 May 1927,<ref>{{Cite web | title = Chile's university challenge | publisher = FIFA | date = 29 October 2009 | access-date = 10 May 2018 | url = https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=10/news=chile-university-challenge-1125459.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150911025914/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=10/news=chile-university-challenge-1125459.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 11 September 2015}}</ref> as ''Club Deportivo Universitario'' by the merger of ''Internado FC'' and ''Club Universitario de Deportes''.<ref name="90años">{{cite book |last1=Azul Azul S.A. |title=90 AÑOS 1927 – 2017 MÁS QUE UNA PASIÓN |date=April 2017 |publisher=Ediciones Babieca |location=Santiago, Chile |edition=1 |url=https://pdfcoffee.com/libro-u-90-anos-1pdf-pdf-free.html |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref> Initially, the club was formed by students of the Universidad de Chile and was the sport brand of the university until 1980 when the university's rector and president of the club at the time (both of them appointed by the Pinochet dictatorship) decided to separate the club from the university and created the CORFUCH to manage the football team. This move was a part of the atomization of the Universidad de Chile made by the military dictatorship to strengthen the private universities that were founded during that time and also to reduce state power. This was seen as a major blow to the club, as it was left with nothing but a loyal fan base. From then on, the club started to decline in terms of results on the field and lack of support from various sectors of the economy when other major clubs in Chile were helped by main powers such as the government, the catholic church, and Codelco. Eventually, the team's poor performances led to a relegation to second division in 1988, and threats to dissolve the club were made by the university if the team did not manage to return to the first division within a year. In 1989, Universidad de Chile were able to earn the 2nd division's championship, thus bringing them back to the first division, where they have remained since then.
===Bankruptcy and Azul Azul=== In 2006, the club declared bankruptcy and received an imposed administration that was criticized by the supporters, as the new chairman immediately fired many club workers<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valenzuela Espinoza |first1=Carolina |title=Corte de Apelaciones declara la quiebra de Universidad de Chile |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2006/05/26/220267/corte-de-apelaciones-declara-la-quiebra-de-universidad-de-chile.html |access-date=22 March 2024 |work=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |date=26 May 2006 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Universidad de Chile en quiebra y al borde del colapso |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/universidad-de-chile-en-quiebra-y-al-borde-del-colapso |access-date=22 March 2024 |work=Mediotiempo |date=19 July 2006 |language=es}}</ref> and tried to transform the club into a private company of public stocks, being opposed to the decision of the club members in a previous assembly. The team finished the year with the worst campaign in the club history and the almost-sure transformation into private company due to the ties between the appointed chairman and several businessmen.<ref name="espinozachacoff">{{cite book |last1=Espinoza Chacoff |first1=Diego |title=La era de las Sociedades Anónimas en la "U": ¿Una época que reencantó al pueblo azul? |date=2014 |publisher=University of Chile |location=Santiago, Chile |edition=1 |url=https://repositorio.uchile.cl/bitstream/handle/2250/132779/TESIS%20FINAL%20FINAL%20FINAL%20FINAL%20FINAL.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref>
During 2007, the imposed administration gave the club into concession to a private group (Azul Azul).<ref name="90años"/> In 2008, the new university's rector agreed to enter a contract with the now private club, in which he allowed the use of the university's name and symbols in exchange for a royalty and the right to appoint two out of the eleven directors of the board.<ref name="espinozachacoff"/>
==Colours and logo==
===Home kit and away kit=== The team's home kit from 1943 to 1958 consisted of a blue jersey, a white short and blue socks. In 1959, the home kit was changed to an all royal blue kit. In 1992 a darker tone of blue was used for the home kit and in 1996 a red stripe was added to the sleeves. The team's home kit saw its most drastic change in 2001–02 when red sleeves were included on the jersey; this kit retained the blue shorts and blue socks. In 2006, the team returned to the 1959 variation of its uniform and has not changed it since then. The current home kit features the classic red letter U on the front of the jersey.
From 1934 until 2001–02, Universidad de Chile's away kit consisted of a white jersey, shorts and socks, occasionally using blue shorts during the 1990s. In 2001–02, for the first time in the club's history a red kit was introduced; this kit consisted of a red jersey with dark blue sleeves, red shorts and red socks. In 2005, the club introduced a new all-red away kit, thereby dropping the blue sleeves in favor of red ones. The current away kit in a similar fashion to the home kit also features the red letter U on the front of the jersey.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Switch Image |url=http://www.switchimageproject.com/2009/10/universidad-de-chile-200910-team-kits.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918033006/http://www.switchimageproject.com/2009/10/universidad-de-chile-200910-team-kits.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-09-18 |title=Universidad de Chile 2009/10 team kits |date=17 October 2009 |access-date=2009-10-19 }}</ref> Universidad de Chile wore a kit that featured the regular royal blue jersey, white shorts and royal blue socks for a game against Chivas during the 2010 Copa Libertadores. At the end of 2010 the historical all-white combination made a return as the club's alternate kit.
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===The chuncho logo=== The team's logo, a red and white chuncho (Austral pygmy owl), has its origins in the days of the Club Náutico Universitario which gave its emblem to the Club Universitario de Deportes (CUD), when was founded in 1927.<ref name="90años"/> The logo was taken from Germany by Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez, who turned into a Minister of Exchequer in 1945. The chuncho was chosen for its association with wisdom, mutual knowledge, harmony of the body and soul.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scaff|first1=Patricio|title=Sports' origin in Universidad de Chile and the "chuncho" in the club's history|url=http://www.uchile.cl/acerca/aprofesionales/boletin/boletin8/04.html|publisher=Universidad de Chile|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-date=6 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606050442/http://www.uchile.cl/acerca/aprofesionales/boletin/boletin8/04.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The team's logo is not usually found on the team's uniform, being favored in turn by a red letter U with a white trim. The chuncho logo was absent from the team's jersey starting in 1979, but made a return during the 1996–97 season. Since 2006–07, a small chuncho logo could be found on the jersey along with the red U.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Romántico Viajero|title=Camisetas años 2000|url=http://www.romanticoviajero.cl/HTML/camisetas2009.html|website=Romántico Viajero|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref>
==Achievements== {{Multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 250 | title = '''2011 Copa Sudamericana''' | image1 = U._de_Chile_2011.JPG | width1 = 300 | image2 = Universidad_de_Chile,_campeón_Copa_Sudamericana_2011,_en_La_Moneda.jpg | width2 = 300 | footer = In 2011, the team managed to win the Copa Sudamericana unbeaten, the club's first international trophy.}}
Universidad de Chile's first title was won in 1940, just 3 years after their professional debut. The team won six titles (1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969) between 1959 and 1969 and they became known as the ''Blue Ballet'' in reference the beautiful style of football they played. Nine members of that squad were part of the Chilean national team that reached 3rd place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the best result ever achieved by Chile in a World Cup.<ref name="90años"/>
In 1995, Universidad de Chile won the cup once more, this time at home in front of almost 78,000 people in the Estadio Nacional. The team would then win back-to-back titles in 1999 and 2000.<ref name="90años"/>
More recently Universidad de Chile has won the Apertura in 2004, 2009, 2011 and 2014/2015, and Clausura in 2011 and 2016/2017. The 2011, the title was won at the hands of defending champions Universidad Católica, by a global score of 4–3, having lost the first leg of the final 2–0 and needing to win by a 3-goal margin, the team managed to win the second leg by a 4–1 score.<ref name="90años"/>
On the international stage Universidad de Chile have had a few of good runs in Copa Libertadores, reaching the semi-finals in 1970, 1996, 2010, and 2012.<ref name="90años"/>
{{football squad on pitch|align=right | GK_nat = CHI | GK = Herrera | RCM_nat = CHI | RCM = Aránguiz | RB_nat = CHI | RB = O. González | LB_nat = CHI | LB = Rojas (C) | LCM_nat = CHI | LCM = Díaz | LM_nat = CHI | LM = Mena | CB_nat = CHI | CB = M. González | LF_nat = CHI | LF = Vargas | RM_nat = ARG | RM = Rodríguez | SS_nat = CHI | SS = Canales | RF_nat = CHI | RF = Castro | caption = Starting lineup that contested and won the 2011 Copa Sudamericana final (undefeated champions).}}
On 14 December 2011, they defeated Liga de Quito from Ecuador 3–0 (4–0 on aggregate) to win the Copa Sudamericana, becoming the third Chilean team to win a South American tournament, behind Colo-Colo's 1991 Copa Libertadores and Universidad Catolica's 1994 Copa Interamericana. In the tournament, the club had an excellent performance (undefeated, and winning all their matches in Chile), and was nicknamed the "South America's FC Barcelona".<ref>{{Cite news| last = Francis Fields |url = http://footballanchor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3177:brazilian-media-praise-visiting-universidad-de-chile-as-qsouth-americas-barcelona-teamq&catid=57:latest-news&Itemid=168 |title= Brazilian media praise visiting Universidad de Chile as "South America's Barcelona team" | edition = Footballanchor | access-date =2011-11-23}}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>
Also, the team was named the most successful Chilean club of the 2010s, by winning a total of 9 titles in the whole decade. The achievement included 5 Primera División titles (2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2014 Apertura and 2017 Clausura), 2 Copa Chile titles (2012–13 and 2015), the 2015 Supercopa and the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.<ref>{{cite news |title=Completamente azul: Nos consagramos como el equipo chileno con más títulos de la década |trans-title=Completely blue: We were crowned as the chilean team with most titles in the decade |url=https://www.udechile.cl/completamente-azul-nos-consagramos-como-el-equipo-chileno-con-mas-titulos-de-la-decada/ |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=Club Universidad de Chile |date=31 December 2019 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Universidad de Chile se consagró como el equipo nacional más ganador de la década |trans-title=Universidad de Chile is crowned as the biggest national team of the decade |url=https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/universidad-de-chile-se-consagro-como-el-equipo-nacional-mas/j6sia2ozee9b1odxgwbaak7r3 |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=DAZN |date=1 January 2020 |language=es}}</ref> Universidad de Chile also went on to win the 2024 Copa Chile and the 2025 Supercopa de Chile.
==Records== *'''Record Primera División victory''' — 9–1 ''v.'' Magallanes (1962) *'''Record Primera División defeat''' — 0–6 ''v.'' Colo-Colo (1938) *'''Record Copa Chile victory''' — 10-0 ''v.'' Chimbarongo FC (2023) *'''Most goals scored in Primera División''' — 184 Carlos Campos (1956–69) *'''Most Primera División appearances''' — 386 Leonel Sánchez (1953–69) *'''Most appearances overall''' — 539 Luis Musrri (1988–04) *'''Record Unbeaten Matches in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') — 33 (1999) *'''Record Straight Wins in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') — 16 (1963–64) *'''Record Best Start in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') 9 straight wins (2011) *'''Highest attendance in Primera Division''' (''National Record'') — 85,268 ''v.'' Universidad Catolica (29 December 1962)
==Honours==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" |+Club Universidad de Chile honours !style="width: 1%;"|Type !style="width: 5%;"|Competition !style="width: 1%;"|Titles !style="width: 21%;"|Seasons |- | rowspan="5" |'''National''' ! scope=col|Primera División |'''18''' |align="left"|1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004-A, 2009-A, 2011-A, 2011-C, 2012-A, 2014-A, 2017-C |- ! scope="col" |Segunda División |'''1''' | align="left" |1989 |- ! scope="col" |Copa Chile |'''6''' | align="left" |1979, 1998, 2000, 2012–13, 2015, 2024 |- ! scope="col" |Supercopa de Chile |'''2''' | align="left" |2015, 2025 |- ! scope="col" |Copa Francisco Candelori | bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''{{sup|S}} | align="left" |1969 |- |'''International''' ! scope=col|Copa Sudamericana | '''1''' |align="left"|2011 |} * {{legend|gold|record}} * {{sup|S}} shared record
===Regional=== * '''Copa Unión de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1923 * '''Copa Chile de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (3):''' 1918, 1921, 1923 * '''Sección Uruguay de la Copa Chile de la Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1923 * '''Serie B de la Copa Unión de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (2):''' 1916, 1917 * '''Copa Independencia de la Segunda División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (2):''' Serie B 1916, Serie B 1917 * '''Copa El Diario Ilustrado del Campeonato Atlético de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1916 * '''División de Honor de la Sección Amateur de la Asociación de Football de Santiago''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1934 * '''Torneo Metropolitano de Chile''' ** '''Winners (2):''' 1968, 1969
== Supporters and rivalries == {{Main|Los de Abajo}} Universidad de Chile is the second largest following club in the country, with appromiximately 21% of the total Chilean football fans according to research and surveys from 2018, published in September 2021 by Spanish newspaper agency AS.com.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=U. de Chile - Colo Colo: ¿Qué equipo tiene más hinchas en Chile? |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2021/09/24/futbol/1632496090_795130.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Diario AS |language=es-cl}}</ref>
Created on March 24, 1988 from the split and subsequent re-foundation of the Imperio Azul ''barra'', it occupies the south gallery of the Estadio Nacional where the team plays its home games. Its name is inspired by the initial location (below) of the young members of the former barra. It is considered one of the biggest ''barras'' in football, in Chile it is known as "La Número Uno" (Number One), as well as having great recognition in Latin-America. They feud with other barra brava groups, most notably ''Garra Blanca'' of Colo-Colo and ''Los Cruzados'' of Universidad Católica.
=== Chilean Superclásico === {{Main|Chilean Superclásico}} Universidad de Chile's traditional rival is Colo-Colo, against which it plays the so-called Chilean Classic or ''Chilean Superclásico''. Although the first confrontation between the two clubs dates back to 1935, the rivalry began to develop in the 1940s and 1950s, with the match played on 11 November 1959 being the climax of a series of disagreements between the two institutions. That match, valid for the definition of that year's title, ended with a 2-1 victory for Universidad de Chile, which was the first of a series of good results for the "Azules" over Colo-Colo. This, added to the dominance of Universidad de Chile in the national championship, only increased the rivalry. In recent years the rivalry between these teams has diminished, leaving Colo-Colo as superior to Universidad de Chile, and because of that, it has been considered as the "most unequal rivalry in the world."
=== Clásico Universitario === {{Main|Clásico Universitario}} There is often a rivalry between the two clubs from academic roots, where the game between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica is known as "Clásico Universitario". It is the oldest confrontation between two clubs from academic roots, as the first confrontation goes back to the University Classic of 1909. Rivalry, both in sports and in academic issues, made these matches between the universities become more and more important, eventually reaching the national status of "Universities' Derby".
This clásico has been recognized by FIFA as the most traditional of Chile. They met for the first time on 13 June 1937 in matchday three of the first Serie B at the Estadio Militar. These two teams have played 21 head-to-head definitions against each other, Universidad Católica has won 14 and Universidad de Chile 7.
==Players== {{For|a list of all former and current Universidad de Chile players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Club Universidad de Chile footballers}}
===Current Squad=== {{updated|24 January 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=CHI|name=Cristopher Toselli|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=ARG|name=Franco Calderón|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=CHI|name=Agustín Korn|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=CHI|name=Diego Vargas|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=CHI|name=Nicolás Ramírez|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=CHI|name=Nicolás Fernández|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=CHI|name=Maximiliano Guerrero|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=CHI|name=Israel Poblete|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=URU|name=Octavio Rivero|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=CHI|name=Lucas Assadi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=CHI|name=Eduardo Vargas|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=CHI|name=Jhon Cortés|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=CHI|name=Marcelo Morales|pos=DF|other=<small>loan from New York Red Bulls</small>}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ARG|name=Felipe Salomoni|pos=DF|other=<small>loan from Guaraní</small>}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=CHI|name=Elías Rojas|pos=MF}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=CHI|name=Fabián Hormazábal|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ARG|name=Juan Martín Lucero|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=CHI|name=Javier Altamirano|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=CHI|name=Charles Aránguiz|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=CHI|name=Marcelo Díaz|pos=MF|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=CHI|name=Matías Zaldivia|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=CHI|name=Ignacio Vásquez|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=PAR|name=Lucas Romero|pos=MF|other=<small>loan from Recoleta</small>}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=CHI|name=Gabriel Castellón|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=CHI|name=Matías Riquelme|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=CHI|name=Agustín Arce|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=ARG|name=Lucas Barrera|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=CHI|name=Ignacio Sáez|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=VEN|name=Bianneider Tamayo|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=CHI|name=Martín Espinoza|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}
===Youth Academy=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Agustín Korn}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Jhon Cortés}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Elías Rojas}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Matías Riquelme}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=VEN|pos=FW|name=Andrés Bolaño}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Lucas Barrera}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Martín Espinoza}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Benjamín Garcés}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Héctor Canelo}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Sergio Rozas}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Vicente Ramírez}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=Matías Oteíza}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Benjamín Salas}} {{Fs player|no=40|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Andrés Torres}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=José Alburquenque|other=at Lota Schwager}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PLE|pos=DF|name=Zacarías Abuhadba|other=at Deportes Antofagasta}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=José Castro|other=at Huachipato}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Antonio Díaz|other=at Universidad de Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Mateo González|other=at Deportes Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=David Retamal|other=at Universidad de Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Yahir Salazar|other=at Deportes La Serena}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Bastián Tapia|other=at Deportes Antofagasta}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Alonso Villegas|other=at San Luis}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Franco Cáceres|other=at Deportes Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Renato Cordero|other=at Unión Española}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Jeison Fuentealba|other=at Universidad de Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Gonzalo Montes|other=at Montevideo City Torque}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Flavio Moya|other=at Deportes Limache}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Fernando Sanguinetti|other=at Provincial Osorno}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Julián Alfaro|other=at Everton}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Benjamín Aravena|other=at Unión San Felipe}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Benjamín Cortés|other=at Provincial Osorno}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Renato Huerta|other=at Cobresal}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Cristóbal Muñoz|other=at Rangers}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Salvador Negrete|other=at Deportes Puerto Montt}} {{Fs end}}
===2026 Summer transfers===
====In==== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Octavio Rivero|other=from Barcelona SC}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Eduardo Vargas|other=from Audax Italiano}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Marcelo Morales|other=loan from New York Red Bulls}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Juan Martín Lucero|other=from Fortaleza}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Lucas Romero|other=loan from Recoleta}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Agustín Arce|other=back from Deportes Limache}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=Ignacio Sáez|other=back from Deportes Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=VEN|pos=DF|name=Bianneider Tamayo|other=back from Unión Española}} {{Fs end}}
====Out==== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Ignacio Tapia|other=to Atlético Grau}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Leandro Fernández|other=to Argentinos Juniors}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Nicolás Guerra|other=to Instituto}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=José Alburquenque|other=loan to Lota Schwager}} <!--number 12 in 2026, loaned in April 2026--> {{Fs player|no=12|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=Pedro Garrido|other=to Audax Italiano}} <!--number 12 in 2025--> {{Fs player|no=13|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=David Retamal|other=loan to Universidad de Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Sebastián Rodríguez|other=to Danubio}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Matías Sepúlveda|other=to Lanús}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Lucas Di Yorio|other=back to Athletico Parananense}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Antonio Díaz|other=loan to Universidad de Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Rodrigo Contreras|other=back to Deportes Antofagasta}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Benjamín Aravena|other=loan to Unión San Felipe}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Flavio Moya|other=loan to Deportes Limache}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Fernando Sanguinetti|other=loan to Unión San Felipe}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=Milovan Arredondo|other=to Santiago Morning}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=GK|name=Branko Gezan|other=to Deportes Linares}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Mateo González|other=loan to Deportes Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Daniel Navarrete|other=to Real san Joaquín}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Franco Cáceres|other=loan to Deportes Concepción}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Federico Mateos|other=to Audax Italiano}} <!--transfer--> {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=MF|name=Mauricio Morales|other=free}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Emmanuel Ojeda|other=to Huracán}} <!--definitive transfer--> {{Fs player|no=|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Cristian Pardo|other=to Deportes Santa Cruz}} <!--definitive transfer--> {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Luciano Pons|other=to Atlético Bucaramanga}} <!--definitive transfer--> {{Fs end}}
==Player records== [[File:Leonelwiki.jpg|thumb|Leonel Sánchez is still popular among the fans.]]
===Individual honours===
====Primera Division top scorers==== *{{flagicon|Chile}} Víctor Alonso: 20 goals (1940) *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Ubaldo Cruche: 17 goals (1945), 25 goals (1946) *{{flagicon|Chile}} Carlos Campos: 24 goals (1961), 34 goals (1962), 21 goals (1966) *{{flagicon|Paraguay}} Eladio Zárate: 25 goals (1971) *{{flagicon|Paraguay}} Richart Báez: 10 goals (Clausura 1997) *{{flagicon|Chile}} Pedro González: 23 goals (1998), 26 goals (2000) *{{flagicon|Chile}} Felipe Mora: 13 goals (Clausura 2017)
====Copa Chile top scorers==== *{{flagicon|Argentina}} Luis Alberto Ramos: 12 goals (1979) *{{flagicon|Chile}} Marcelo Salas: 12 goals (1994)
====Copa Sudamericana top scorers==== *{{flagicon|Chile}} Eduardo Vargas: 11 goals (2011)
====Chilean Footballer of the Year==== *{{flagicon|Chile}} Sergio Navarro: 1961 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Pedro Araya: 1966 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Alberto Quintano: 1967 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Adolfo Nef: 1969 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Héctor Hoffens: 1989 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Patricio Mardones: 1994 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Pedro González: 1999 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Sergio Vargas: 2000 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Eduardo Vargas: 2011 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Charles Aránguiz: 2012
====Primera División Footballer of the Year==== *{{flagicon|Chile}} Juan Rodríguez: 1969 *{{flagicon|Argentina}} Cristian Traverso: 1995 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Pedro González: 1999 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Sergio Vargas: 2000 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Miguel Pinto: 2009 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Eduardo Vargas: 2011 *{{flagicon|Chile}} José Rojas: 2012
====America's ideal team====
*{{flagicon|Chile}} Marcelo Salas: 1996 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Miguel Pinto: 2009 *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Mauricio Victorino: 2010 *{{flagicon|Chile}} Eduardo Vargas, Johnny Herrera & Marcos González: 2011 *{{flagicon|Argentina}} Matías Rodríguez & {{flagicon|Chile}} Charles Aránguiz: 2012
=== Most appearances === {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|# ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|Name ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|Matches |- | '''1''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Luis Musrri || 539 |- | '''2''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Johnny Herrera || 497 |- | '''3''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} José Rojas || 471 |- | '''4''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Vladimir Bigorra || 468 |- | '''5''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Héctor Hoffens || 451 |- | '''6''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Manuel Pellegrini || 435 |- | '''7''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge Socías || 429 |- | '''8''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Sergio Vargas || 428 |- | '''9''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Leonel Sánchez || 412 |- | '''10''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Braulio Musso || 390 |}
=== Top scorers === {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|# ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|Name ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|Goals |- | '''1''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Carlos Campos || 199 |- | '''2''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Leonel Sánchez || 167 |- | '''3''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Pedro González || 121 |- | '''4''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Marcelo Salas || 113 |- | '''5''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Rubén Marcos || 110 |- | '''6''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge Socías || 102 |- | '''7''' || {{flagicon|Argentina}} Diego Rivarola || 101 |- | '''8''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Pedro Araya || 90 |- | '''9''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Braulio Musso || 83 |- | '''10''' || {{flagicon|Chile}} Ernesto Álvarez || 83 |}
==Managers== [[File:Jorge_Sampaoli_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Jorge Sampaoli, the most successful coach in the club’s history. During his two years in charge, he won three consecutive domestic titles and the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.]]
===Current coaching staff=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|Position ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#00266E;"|Name |- |Manager || {{flagicon|Chile}} Gustavo Álvarez |- |Assistant Manager || {{flagicon|Chile}} Nilton Sepúlveda |- |Fitness Coach || {{flagicon|Chile}} Ignacio Fabres |- |Goalkeeping Coach || {{flagicon|Chile}} Carlos Arias |}
===List of managers=== *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Tirado (1938-1941) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro Scopelli (1941-1945) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Tirado (1946-1949) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Salvador Nocetti (1950) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro Scopelli (1950-1952) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Miguel Busquets (1952) *{{flagicon|Hungary}} Jorge Ormos (1953-1954) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Álamos (1954) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Tirado (1955) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Álamos (1956-1966) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Washington Urrutia (1966) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro Scopelli (1967-1968) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Washington Urrutia (1968) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Ulises Ramos (1969-1974) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Braulio Musso (1974) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Hugo Tassara (1975) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Ibarra (1975-1977) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Nelson Oyarzún (1978) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Ulises Ramos (1978) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Fernando Riera (1978-1980) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Rodríguez Vega (1981) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Ulises Ramos (1981) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Fernando Riera (1981-1982) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Santibáñez (1983) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Ulises Ramos (1983-1984) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Hernán Carrasco (1984) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Ibarra (1985) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Leonel Sánchez (1985-1986) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Fernando Riera (1987) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Leonel Sánchez (1987) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Alberto Quintano (1987) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Pellegrini (1988-1989) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Luis Ibarra (1989) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Rodríguez Vega (1990) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Pedro Morales (1990-1991) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Alberto Quintano (1991) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Arturo Salah (1992-1994) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Jorge Socias (1994-1995) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Ángel Russo (1996) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Roberto Hernández (1997-1998) *{{flagicon|CHI}} César Vaccia (1999-2001) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Víctor Hugo Castañeda (2002-2003) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Héctor Pinto (2004-2005) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Gustavo Huerta (2006) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Salvador Capitano (2007) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Jorge Socias (2007) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Arturo Salah (2007-2008) *{{flagicon|URU}} Sergio Markarián (2009) *{{flagicon|ARG}} José Basualdo (2009) *{{flagicon|URU}} Gerardo Pelusso (2010) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Jorge Sampaoli (2011-2012) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Darío Franco (2013) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Marco Antonio Figueroa (2013-2014) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Cristián Romero (2014) *{{flagicon|URU}} Martín Lasarte (2014-2015) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastian Beccacece (2016) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Víctor Hugo Castañeda (2016) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Ángel Guillermo Hoyos (2017-2018) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Esteban Valencia (2018) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Frank Darío Kudelka (2018-2019) *{{flagicon|URU}} Alfredo Arias (2019) *{{flagicon|ARG}} {{flagicon|CHI}} Hernán Caputto (2019-2020) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Marcelo Jara (2020) *{{flagicon|Venezuela}} Rafael Dudamel (2020-2021) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Esteban Valencia (2021) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Cristián Romero (2021) *{{flagicon|Colombia}} Santiago Escobar (2022) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Sebastián Miranda (2022) *{{flagicon|URU}} Diego López (2022) *{{flagicon|CHI}} Sebastián Miranda (2022) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Pellegrino (2023) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Gustavo Álvarez (2024-2025) *{{flagicon|ARG}} Francisco Meneghini (2026-)
==Average home attendances of Universidad de Chile==
:2016–17 Clausura: 33,466 :2016–17 Apertura: 30,041 :2015–16 Clausura: 19,641 :2015–16 Apertura: 12,901 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co98/se23062/attendance/|title = Primera División 2016/2017 Clausura – Attendance| date=22 December 2018 }}</ref>
==See also== *Universidad de Chile *Los de Abajo *Ballet Azul
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111022211144/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44185/index.html Universidad de Chile] on FIFA.com (archived 22 October 2011)
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