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Universidad Católica
Club · Chile · Primera División
«Los Cruzados»
The club itself broke away from Club Universitario de Deportes in 1936 amid a falling-out, before students formalised the modern entity on 21 April 1937.
The old San Carlos stadium closed for a rebuild that ran close to three years and reopened in August 2025 as Claro Arena.
Sixteen Primera División titles sit in the club's history, four of them coming in successive years from 2016 to 2019, a run built under Ariel Holan and finished under Daniel Garnero, who added the 2021 championship. Further back, Carlos Bianchi took the 2000 title and is remembered as one of the sharper coaching appointments the club made. Juan Carlos Osorio came closer than anyone to the club's one gap: he took Católica to the Copa Libertadores semi-finals in 2011, but the trophy has never been won. A run to the 1993 Libertadores final, lost to São Paulo over two legs, remains the closest the club came.
On the pitch, few wore the shirt longer than Mario Lepe, who captained the side from 1982 to 2000 across 639 appearances, still the club record. Fernando Sampedri holds the scoring record with 119 goals.
The fixture against Colo-Colo, the Clásico Albo-Cruzado, draws the city's attention more than any other; the derby with Universidad de Chile runs a close second. The Copa Libertadores remains the trophy that has kept knocking on the door without coming through.
Latest results
All matches| 13 Sep | Primera División |
Palestino
A
|
3:2 | W |
| 5 Sep | Primera División |
Everton de Vina
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 1 Sep | Primera División |
O'Higgins
H
|
3:2 | W |
| 26 Aug | Primera División |
Coquimbo Unido
A
|
2:1 | W |
| 23 Aug | Primera División |
Ñublense
H
|
1:2 | L |
| 19 Aug | CONMEBOL Libertadores |
Estudiantes de La Plata
H
|
0:3 | L |
Standing
CONMEBOL LibertadoresGroup stage · Group D
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Universidad Católica
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8:4 | 13 |
| 2 |
 Cruzeiro
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8:3 | 11 |
| 3 |
 Boca Juniors
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6:5 | 7 |
| 4 |
 Barcelona SC
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2:12 | 3 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 293| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 293 | 148 | 145 |
| Scored | 459 | 258 | 201 |
| Conceded | 357 | 166 | 191 |
| Scored per game | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Difference | +102 | +92 | +10 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Jhojan Manuel Valencia Jiménez
Midfielder
21 Matches
Justo Giani
Midfielder
21 Matches
Fernando Matías Zampedri
Forward
21 Matches
Jimmy Antonio Martínez Ruiz
Midfielder
21 Matches
Matías Tomás Palavecino
Midfielder
20 Matches
Erwin Branco Ampuero Vera
Defender
20 Matches
Cristian Alejandro Cuevas Jara
Defender
20 Matches
Bernardo Humberto Cerezo Rojas
Defender
20 Matches
Squad of Universidad Católica
by appearances over the last year
Vicente Bernedo
D. Corral
Eugenio Esteban Mena Reveco
Carlos Agustín Farías
Alfred Canales
Dario Esteban Melo Pulgar
Martin Gomez
Fernando Rubén Zuqui
Daniel Enrique Gónzalez Orellana
Clemente José Montes Barroilhet
Juan Ignacio Díaz
Nikolas L'Huillier
Juan Francisco Rossell
Gary Medel
Sebastian Arancibia
Francisco Valdes
Vicente Carcamo
Diego Valencia
Amaro Perez
Agustín Eugenio García Basso
Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya
D. Gonzalez
M. Gómez
Nicolas Pino
Nicolás L'Huillier
S. Arancibia
F. Valdes
F. Dasa
José SalasFixtures of Universidad Católica
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24 Sep · 00:30
Union La Calera
A
Copa Chile
-
13 Sep
Palestino
A
3:2
W
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5 Sep
Everton de Vina
A
1:0
W
-
1 Sep
O'Higgins
H
3:2
W
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26 Aug
Coquimbo Unido
A
2:1
W
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23 Aug
Ñublense
H
1:2
L
-
19 Aug
Estudiantes de La Plata
H
0:3
L
-
12 Aug
Estudiantes de La Plata
A
1:1
D
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8 Aug
Cobresal
H
2:0
W
Honours of Universidad Católica
- Primera División 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 16
- Copa Chile 1983, 1991, 1995, 2011 4
- Supercopa de Chile 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 4
- Segunda División 1956, 1975 2
- Copa de la República 1983 1
- Copa Interamericana 1994 1