Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional

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club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of

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, Chile currently participating in the

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History

Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons

The team was founded as Centro Español de Instrucción y Recreación on 18 May 1897 by a group of Spanish immigrants resident in Chile. In 1918 two other teams were founded: Club Ciclista Ibérico and the Club Ibérico Balompié. Both clubs merged in 1922, becoming the club, Unión Deportiva Española. The club operated as titular team in the Estadio Santa Laura. In the first seasons of the club, Unión Deportiva Española participated in the championship of the Asociación de Fútbol de Santiago. In this tournament the club won his first two consecutive titles in the Copa Chile, in the seasons of 1924 and 1925. The team was led by his

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, the Spanish defender Juan Legarreta. In 1927, following the merger of the National Football Federation occurred the year before, the championship was called Liga Central de Football. Because of the participation of too many clubs, league was divided into two categories in 1927 and 1928: the Serie A and Serie B. The club also was in the Serie A. In 1928, Unión Deportiva Española was awarded its second title, after winning the Liga Central de Fútbol. In May 1933, Unión Deportiva Española with

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, Santiago Badminton, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Magallanes and Santiago National, were the clubs that founded the Professional League of Chile, part of the Asociación de Fútbol de Santiago. In the Apertura Championship of the same year, Unión achieved the runner-up, after lossing the final against Colo-Colo, in a 2–1 loss. In the Official Championship, the club finished in the fourth place of eight teams. In the next year, with the final fusion of Centro Español de Instrucción y Recreación and Unión Deportiva Española, in 1934, the club take definitely the name of Unión Española (being re–founded symbolically on 9 December 1935). In 1939, Unión only played one match in the Primera División 1939 (against Colo-Colo), under the name of Central, in the first week of the tournament. Because the

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of this year, the club's leadership entered in recess for one year. In the next season, Unión had a youth squad during the Primera División tournament of 1940, but the team finished in the tenth place. In 1943, Unión won his first professional title in the Primera División. After the runner-up achieved in 1945, 1948, in 1950, the team once was runner-up, after lossing the Championship play-offs against Everton for 1–0, with a goal of René Meléndez. Unión once win the Primera División title in 1951 under the Spanish coach Isidro Lángara. This title was the second in Unión Española's history.

Golden Age

Under the Argentine Nestor Isella as coach, Unión Española was the runner-up of the Primera División Chilena in 1970, after a loss in the final match against

in January 1971. However, being the runner-up allowed to Unión to participate for the first time in the

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. In the Copa Libertadores 1971, the club finished first in the group stage, qualifying for the semi-finals, but Unión was eliminated in the group in the last position. Whilst in the local tournament, Unión finished in the third place. In the next season, the club once again was runner-up against Colo-Colo and qualified to Copa Libertadores. In the season of 1973, with the arrival of the coach Luis Santibáñez to the club, Unión was proclaimed champion of Primera División for the second time, and the team had also the highest goalscorer of the tournament, Guillermo Yávar. In the international tournaments, Unión had a poor performance during the Copa Libertadores 1973, finishing in the last position of the group stage. On the next season, the coach Luis Santibáñez went to Deportes Ovalle, but he returned to the club in June 1974. In the tournaments Unión had a regular season, finished in the fourth place of the Primera División of 1974 and finishing in the last position of the group stage of Copa Libertadores. However, Unión won the Copa Libertadores play-offs and qualified to the Copa Libertadores of the next year. One of the most successful seasons of Union Española's history was the 1975 season, winning the national tournament and the runner-up achieved in the

against Independiente of

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. In the season of 1976, the squad of Unión Española was totally dismantled, because of offers for their players by other clubs. On the Primera División tournament, Unión finished in the first place with Everton, and both clubs had to play a Championship play-off, that Unión lost. In the Libertadores play-offs, Unión did not qualify to the tournament, after a finish in the third position. However, in 1977, Unión was champion of the tournament.

Irregular years

The years 1980s were irregular season for the Hispanic club. In 1983, Unión made a poor season finishing in the 20th place of 22 teams, meaning the relegation to the Second Division. Finally, the club not relegated because a decree of the directive of the Asociación Central de Fútbol (AFC). In the next season, Unión integrated the South Group, qualifying with Universidad Católica. In the Championship play-off, Unión played a quadrangular, finishing in the third place behind Cobresal. After an irregular season in 1987, one of maximum idols of the club Honorino Landa died. Because his dead, was performed a cup in his honor, called "Copa Honorino Landa". The cup was played against Universidad Católica, and the club was defeated by Católica for 3–0. In the same year, the club finished in the twelfth place of 16 teams. In 1988, Unión achieved the runner-up of the Copa Chile, after lossing against

. In 1989, the club disputed the Winter Cup, tournament designed by the ANFP, for keep active the club during the development of the Copa América 1989. In the contest, The Hispanics integrated the Group 3. Unión qualified to the quarter-finals. After winning the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, the club finally disputed the final against Huachipato, however, Unión won the game by 2–0, crowning champion of the contest. In 1992, arrived Nelson Acosta to the bench, former coach of O'Higgins. In the first season of Acosta in Unión, he proclaimed to Unión champion of the Copa Chile 1992, with Marcelo Vega as top-scorer of the team and the contest with 13 goals. However, the club was crowned for second consecutive time of the tournament in

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, beating to

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by 3–1 at Estadio Nacional. In 1997, Unión Española completed a century of history. In this season, Unión was relegated for first time in its history to the Second Division, now called

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and the coach Acosta leave the club, because the relegation. For the season 1999, the directive hired to the coach Juvenal Olmos.

2000s

Unión Española returned to the Primera División in 2000 with a then-record 70 points. In the Primera División, Unión finished in the fourth place. Because the departure of Juvenal Olmos to Universidad Católica, the former player Leonardo Véliz arrived as coach in 2001. The team was under the coach,

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during two seasons (2003–04). In the second season of Carvallo in Unión, the club was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the play-offs by

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, during the Torneo de Apertura, and in the Torneo de Clausura of the same year, Unión was runner-up of the tournament, after lossing the final against

. Because the departure of the coach Fernando Carvallo to

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, he was replaced by

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, with Díaz Seguel as the coach, Unión Española was champion of the Torneo Apertura 2005, winning the sixth title in Primera División in its history. Because the title obtained in the Apertura 2005, Unión played the

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. In this international tournament, Unión failed to qualify to the second stage. The club was ubicated in the third position with 8 points alongside Argentine club

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, but Newells had more goal difference making that Unión was eliminated of the tournament. However, in the national tournament, Unión made a poor season, finishing in the thirteenth place of the Annual Table. In the next season, Unión Española made a regular season on Torneo de Apertura 2007, finishing in the eight place. But on the Torneo de Clausura, the team worse totally his performance finishing in the eighteenth place of the Clausura and nearly going to the promotion play–offs after finishing sixteenth place in the Annual Table. In 2008, under the Argentine

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as coach, Unión won his first three games of Torneo de Apertura 2008 against

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, Audax Italiano and Universidad Católica, but on the next weeks the team worse his performance. On July of the same year, the club was purchased by the Spanish employer Jorge Segovia for a fee of 2.500 million

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. The first changes after arrival of Segovia to the club, was the hiring of

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as coach, because the departure of Espina. However, Jorge Garcés had a worse performance of Espina, and he was dismissed. The coach Luis Hernán Carvallo arrived in his replace. Shortly after, the club went to the Promotion playoffs against

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, and the club nearly relegated to

, after an aggregate result of 5–4. In the next season, the club made a notable season in the Torneo de Apertura 2009, finishing in the first season at regular phase, qualifying to the play-offs and the

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, but in the play-offs the team was runner–up of the tournament against

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, on a 2–1 aggregate result. Because the first place obtained in the Apertura, Unión qualified to the Copa Sudamericana 2009, the club defeat to

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on 3–2 aggregate, qualifying to the Round of 16 against Vélez Sársfield, but the team nearly qualified to the quarter-finals, after a loss of 5–4 on the aggregate.

2010s

In the Primera División Chilena 2010, Unión finished in the fifth place with 52 points over

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with 48 points in the sixth place, qualifying to the Libertadores play-offs. In this play-offs, Unión won the tournament against Audax Italiano in the final, and the team qualficated to the

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against Bolívar. In the first stage of the tournament, Unión won 1–0 on aggregate, qualifying to the second stage. In the group stage, Unión finished in the last place with 4 points under

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in the third position with 7 points. Unión won the Apertura Tournament of 2013, after defeating

1–0 on the final match. Although they tied with Universidad Católica, they won the tournament by

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Stadium

Home games have been played at the Estadio Santa Laura since their 1922 opening. After Segovia's arrival in May 2008, the stadium was remodeled at a cost of 4 billion pesos. In 2009, the stadium was renamed as ''Estadio Santa Laura–Universidad SEK''.

Rivals

The club's traditional rivals are

, a team founded by members of the Palestinian diaspora living in Chile and Audax Italiano, which originated from their local Italian counterpart. With Palestino and Audax, the team plays the so-called ''Clásico de Colonias'' ("Diaspora Derby").

Club facts

*85 ''Seasons'' in '' Primera División'': (1933–1938, 1940–1997, 2000–) *2 ''Seasons'' in ''

'': (1998–1999) *13 ''Participations'' in ''

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) *4 ''Participations'' in ''

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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 ...

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) *1 ''Participation'' in ''

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) *Record Primera División victory — 14–1 ''v.''

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) *Record Primera División defeat — 0–6 ''v.''

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) *Record Copa Chile victory — 7–0 ''v.'' Municipal La Pintana (

) *Most goals scored (Primera División matches) — 132, Honorino Landa (1960–1965, 1969, 1973) *Highest home attendance — 76,118 ''v.''

(7 January 1990) (at Estadio Nacional) * Primera División Best Position — Champions (

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Players

Current squad

*The teams of the

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are limited to seven players without Chilean nationality and also are limited to five foreign players in the field. The squads with more of seven players in the squad or five foreign players are sanctioned by the ANFP. The squad of the club now have all places of foreign players, two

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players, one

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, and one

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an player.

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Managers

Current staff

Historical Managers

* Alfredo Plá (1918-1919) * Juan Legarreta (1920-1929) * Gerardo Mediavilla (1930) * Raimundo Caballero (1931-1932) * Gerardo Mediavilla y Juan Bautista Lapiedra (1933) * Enrique Teuche (1934-1935) * Luis Tirado (1936-1938) * Atanasio Pardo (1938−1939) * Manuel Casals (1940-1943) * Atanasio Pardo (1943−1944) * Carlos Schneeberger (1945) * Isidro Lángara (1950−1951) * Hernán Fernández (1954) * Martín García (1955−1958) *

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(1959−1960) * Francisco Villegas (1961) * Voltaire Carvajal (1961) * Luis Tirado (1962) * ''Domingo González'' (1962-1963) * Isaac Fernández (1964) * Dante Pesce (1965) * Domingo González (1965-1966) * Francisco Molina (1966-1967) * Andrés Prieto (1968) * Sergio Navarro (1969) * ''Pedro Areso'' (1969) * Miguel Mocciola y Pedro Areso (1969-1970) * Federico Vairo (1970) * Pedro Areso (1970) *

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(1971-1972) * Luis Santibáñez (1973-1974) * Jaime Ramírez (1974) * Manuel Rodríguez (1974) * Luis Santibáñez (1974-1977) * Pedro García (1978) * Luis Álamos (1978) * Germán Cornejo (1978-1979) * José María Silvero (1979) *

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(1980) * Nicolás Novello (1981) * Honorino Landa (1982-1983) *

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(1983) *

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(1983) *

(1984-1985) * ''

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'' (1986) *

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(1986-1988) * '' Juan Machuca'' (1988) * Luis Santibáñez (1988) * Manuel Rodríguez (1989-1991) * ''Juan Rodríguez'' (1991) * Pedro García (1991) * Nelson Acosta (1992) * ''Ricardo Contreras'' (1992) *

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(1992) * '' Miguel Ángel Neira'' (1992) * Nelson Acosta (1992-1996) * Julio Comesaña (1996) * Jorge Américo Spedaletti (1996) *

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(1996-1997) * ''Luis Ahumada'' (1997) * Rogelio Delgado (1997) *

(1998) * Juvenal Olmos (1999-2000) *

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(2001-2002) * Roberto Hernández (2002-2003) *

(2003-2004) *

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(2005) *

(2006) * '' Manuel Rodríguez'' (2006) *

(2007) *

(2007-2008) *

(2008) * Luis Hernán Carvallo (2008-2009) * '' José Luis Sierra'' (2009) * Rubén Israel (2009-2010) * José Luis Sierra (2010-2015) *

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Honours

Unión Española has won Primera División seven times, behind

(31),

(18), Universidad Católica (14) and

(8), as well as winning two Copa Chile titles. On the South American stage Unión has participated nine times in

, one time in

and one time in the

. Unión also was runner-up in the

National

** Winners (7):

, 2005–A, 2013–T * Copa Chile ** Winners (2):

* Copa Invierno ** Winners (1):

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* Campeonato de Apertura ** Winners (1): 1947 *

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International

** Runners-up (1):

Regional

* Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (3): 1920, 1924, 1925 * Copa Unión de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1920 * Campeonato de Apertura de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): 1925 * Primera División de la Liga Central de Football de Santiago ** Winners (1): Serie A 1928 * Torneo Metropolitano de Chile ** Winners (1): 1970 * Copa Arauco de la Segunda División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago ** Winners (3): 1919, 1922, 1923

Legacy

Acclaimed as one of the ''four great'' of Chilean football, it is one of the longest-lived teams in the country. Unión Española is also the second oldest club of the Primera División Chilena behind

that was founded in 1892.

Women's football

It has a branch of women's football, and competes in national tournaments with its lower categories.

References

External links

;Official website * ;News sites
Unión Española news
at Goal
Unión Española news
at Anfp.cl
ESPN profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Union Espanola Football clubs in Chile Diaspora sports clubs Association football clubs established in 1897 Sport in Santiago, Chile 1897 establishments in Chile