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Audax Italiano La Florida is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Chilean Primera División and has spent most of their history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four times, being the sixth chilean team with more title alongside Magallanes. The club also achieved two Copa Chile

Copa Chile

The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...

runner-ups in the 1980s, specifically in 1981 and 1988.

The club had their first major success in 1936, when they won the league tournament. During the 1940s

1940s

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, Audax won two leagues in 1946 and 1948. In the 1950s

1950s

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, specifially 1957, the team won his last league championship, being his fourth league title in Audax's history, being very close to winning in the season 2006 and 2007, reached two Copa Libertadores appearances for first time in its history, during 2007 and 2008.

History

The club was founded by Italian residents in Santiago, on November 30, 1910 as Audax Club Ciclista Italiano in the Alberto Caffi's hat store, and was originally focused in cycling

Cycling

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. As football developed quickly in Santiago, in 1917 the club begun 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

Unión Española

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(founded by Spaniards) and Palestino (founded by Palestinian Arabs).

National honours

Seasons in Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
The Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the top level of Chilean football, and main component of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional and is currently ranked 9th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking...

: 62

(1933-71), (1977-86), (1996-)

Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
The Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the top level of Chilean football, and main component of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional and is currently ranked 9th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking...

Championships: 4

(1936), (1946), (1948), (1957)

Seasons in Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B: 14

(1972-76), (1987-95)

Campeonato de Apertura
Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)
The Campeonato de Apertura was an annual competition for Chilean football teams at the beginning of the season. It was played from 1933 to 1950, but didn't have regularity through years, not being played in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1946 and 1948. The Campeonato de Apertura was sometimes disputed in a...

: 1

(1941)

Performance in conmebol competitions

Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2007

Copa Libertadores 2007

The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007...

: Group Stage

2008

Copa Libertadores 2008

The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

: Group Stage

Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

: 1 appearance

2007

Copa Sudamericana 2007

The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the...

: Second Preliminary Round

Copa CONMEBOL
Copa CONMEBOL
The Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...

: 1 appearance

1998: First Round

Records

Largest margin of victory:

In Primera División matches: 9-2 vs. Universidad Católica

Universidad Católica

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in 1945 & 7-1 vs. Santiago Wanderers

In international matches: 3-1 Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima

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in 2007

Largest margin of defeat:

In Primera División matches: 1-7 vs. Colo-Colo

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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
Rodolfo Moya
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& Carlos Villanueva
Carlos Villanueva (footballer)
Carlos Andrés Villanueva Roland is a Chilean football player who is currently playing for Al Shabab.-Audax Italiano:In the Copa Libertadores 2007, the left-footed playmaker was the hub of Audax Italiano...

(3 goals)
Most goals scored in one season in Primera División: José Luis Díaz
José Luis Díaz
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(23 goals in 1999)
Most goals scored in two short tournaments: Carlos Villanueva
Carlos Villanueva (footballer)
Carlos Andrés Villanueva Roland is a Chilean football player who is currently playing for Al Shabab.-Audax Italiano:In the Copa Libertadores 2007, the left-footed playmaker was the hub of Audax Italiano...

(30 goals in 2007)

Current squad

Out on Loan

Notable players

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