Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean

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club based in La Florida playing in the Campeonato Nacional, having has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football.

History

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

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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

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Rivalries

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

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(founded by Spaniards) and Palestino (founded by Palestinian Arabs). These games are known as the "Diaspora Derby" ().

Honours

Audax has been national champions four times, joint sixth alongside Magallanes. The club also achieved three

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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.

National

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** Winners (4):

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

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1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

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

Regional

* Primera División (Asociación de Football de Santiago) ** Winners (3): 1922, 1931, 1932 * Primera División (Liga Metropolitana) ** Winners (1): 1924 * Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1922 * Copa Joaquín Prieto Concha ** Winners (1): 1924 * Campeonato de Apertura de la Liga Metropolitana de Deportes ** Winners (1): 1925 * Campeonato de Apertura de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1932 * Sección Argentina de la Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1922 * Copa Luis A. Poblete ** Winners (1): 1922

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 3 appearances ::

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: Group stage ::

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: Group stage ::

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: Second stage *

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: 4 appearances ::

: Second preliminary round ::

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

: First round ::

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: Second round ::

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: Knockout round play-offs * Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance ::

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 Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: 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. 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

Current squad

2024 Summer Transfers

In

Out

Notable players

* Claudio Borghi * Franco Di Santo * Félix Corte * Carlos Villanueva * * Bruno Iacoponi * Gino Iacoponi * Salvador Cabañas

Managers

Interim coaches appear in italics. * Carlos Giudice (1936-1937, 1939) * Raúl Marchant (1938, 1941-1943) * José Luis Boffi (1944-1945) * Raúl Marchant (1945-1946) * Bruno Iacoponi (1946) * Salvador Nocetti (1947-1948) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1951) * Mario Pretto (1953-1954) * Roberto Scarone (1955) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1956-1957) * Luis Tirado (1959) * Enrique Sorrel (1959-1960) * Janos Schwanner (1960-1961) * Martín García (1962) * Hernán Carrasco (1963) * Ladislao Pakozdi (1964) * Sergio Cruzat (1965) * Salvador Biondi (1965–1966) * Luis Álamos (1967-1969) * Ramiro Cortés (1969) * Salvador Biondi (1969–1970) * José Santos Arias (1971) * Claudio Ramírez (1971) * Donato Hernández (1972) * Jorge Venegas (1972) * Julio Menadier (1973) * José Cárdenas (1974) * Dante Pesce (1975) * Hernán Godoy (1975-1976) * Adolfo Rodríguez (1976) * Hernán Godoy (1976-1977) * Orlando Aravena (1977) * Armando Tobar (1978) * Néstor Isella (1978-1979) * Vicente Cantatore (1979) * Aurelio Valenzuela (1979) * Salvador Biondi (1979) * Néstor Isella (1979-1980) * Hernán Godoy (1980-1981) * Hugo Berly (1981-1982) * Pedro Morales (1982) * Sasha Mitjaew (1983) * Caupolican Peña (1983) * Roque Mercury (1983) * Jorge Venegas (1984) * Jaime Campos (1984) * Hernán Godoy (1985) * Francisco Hormazábal (1985-1986) * Isaac Carrasco (1986) * Rosauro Parra (1986) * Leonel Herrera (1987-1988) * Victoriano Álvarez (1988) * Ramón Climent (1988) * Hernán Godoy (1988-1990) * Rosauro Parra (1990) * Sasha Mitjaew (1990-1991) * Victoriano Álvarez (1991) * José González V. (1992) * Miguel Hermosilla (1993) * Óscar Meneses (1993-1994) *

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References

External links

* {{Original Chilean Primera División clubs Audax Association football clubs established in 1910 Sport in Santiago, Chile 1910 establishments in Chile Italian association football clubs outside Italy