# 2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season

The 2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season is the 81st season and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica are participating in this season's editions of the Copa Chile, the Supercopa de Chile, and the Copa Libertadores.

## Squad

    As of December 2021
| No. | Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Year signed | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 25 | Sebastián Pérez | GK | (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 34) | 2021 | Deportes Iquique |
| 28 | Vicente Bernedo | GK | (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) | 2020 | Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Germán Lanaro | CB | (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) | 2015 | Palestino |
| 3 | Cristóbal Finch | CB | (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | Academy |
| 4 | Carlos Salomón | CB | (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | Academy |
| 5 | Valber Huerta | CB | (1993-08-26) August 26, 1993 (age 31) | 2019 | Huachipato |
| 7 | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | RB / CB | (1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | Deportes Antofagasta |
| 14 | Juan Fuentes | CB / DM | (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | Estudiantes |
| 17 | Branco Ampuero | CB | (1993-07-19) 19 July 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | Deportes Antofagasta |
| 19 | José Pedro Fuenzalida (captain) | RB / RWB / RW | (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39) | 2016 | Boca Juniors |
| 21 | Raimundo Rebolledo | RB / RWB | (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27) | 2015 | Academy |
| 23 | Juan Cornejo | LB / RB | (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34) | 2019 | León |
| 24 | Alfonso Parot | LB / RB | (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 35) | 2019 | Rosario Central |
| 32 | Benjamín Gómez | CB | (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23) | 2021 | Academy |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Ignacio Saavedra | CM / DM | (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | Academy |
| 11 | Luciano Aued | CM / DM | (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37) | 2017 | Racing |
| 13 | Felipe Gutiérrez | AM / CM | (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34) | 2021 | Kansas City |
| 18 | Diego Buonanotte | AM | (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | AEK |
| 22 | Juan Leiva | AM / CM | (1993-11-11) November 11, 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | Unión La Calera |
| 26 | Marcelino Núñez | AM / CM | (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | Academy |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Fernando Zampedri | ST | (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36) | 2020 | Rosario Central |
| 10 | Edson Puch | LW | (1986-04-09) 9 April 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | Querétaro |
| 15 | Gastón Lezcano | RW | (1986-11-21) 21 November 1986 (age 38) | 2020 | Morelia |
| 16 | Clemente Montes | LW | (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23) | 2020 | Academy |
| 20 | Gonzalo Tapia | RW | (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | Academy |
| 27 | Alexander Aravena | ST | (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | Academy |
| 30 | Diego Valencia | ST / RW | (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | Academy |
| 32 | Fabián Orellana | RW / LW | (1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 (age 38) | 2021 | Real Valladolid |
| 35 | Nicolás Sepúlveda | RW | (2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 (age 22) | 2021 | Academy |
| Player(s) on transfers during this season |||||||
| 1 | Matías Dituro | GK | (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Bolívar |
| Player(s) on retirated during this season |||||||
| 6 | Francisco Silva | CM / DM | (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | Independiente |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 19 December 2020 | FW | Fernando Zampedri | Rosario Central | €1,590,000 |
| 1 January 2021 | DF | Juan Cornejo | León | Free transfer |
| 28 February 2021 | Coach | Gustavo Poyet | - | Free transfer |
| 2 March 2021 | DF | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | Deportes Antofagasta | €409.000 |
| 4 March 2021 | MF | Juan Leiva | Unión La Calera | €455.000 |
| 5 March 2021 | GK | Sebastián Pérez | Deportes Iquique | €318.000 |
| 18 March 2021 | DF | Branco Ampuero | Deportes Antofagasta | €273.000 |
| 19 March 2021 | MF | Felipe Gutiérrez | Kansas City | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2021 | Coach | Cristian Paulucci | - | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2021 | FW | Fabián Orellana | Real Valladolid | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 22 December 2020 | MF | Andrés Souper | Deportes Antofagasta | €250.000 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Benjamín Vidal | Coquimbo Unido | Contract terminated |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Diego Vallejos | Coquimbo Unido | Contract terminated |
| 1 January 2021 | FW | Brian Leiva | Deportes Melipilla | Contract terminated |
| 18 February 2021 | Coach | Ariel Holan | Santos | Contract terminated |
| 28 February 2021 | DF | Vicente Fernández | Palestino | €250.000 |
| 9 March 2021 | MF | Jaime Carreño | Deportes La Serena | Contract terminated |
| 11 March 2021 | MF | Kevin Medel | Universidad de Concepción | Contract terminated |
| 30 August 2021 | Coach | Gustavo Poyet | - | Contract terminated |
| 3 September 2021 | MF | Francisco Silva | - | Retired |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 18 February 2021 | GK | Cristopher Toselli | Palestino | End of season |
| 21 February 2021 | DF | Enzo Ferrario | Deportes La Serena | End of season |
| 21 February 2021 | DF | Yerco Oyanedel | Unión La Calera | End of season |
| 4 March 2021 | FW | César Munder | Deportes La Serena | End of season |
| 5 March 2021 | DF | Aaron Astudillo | Deportes Melipilla | End of season |
| 11 March 2021 | FW | Bruno Barticciotto | Palestino | End of season |
| 8 July 2021 | GK | Matías Dituro | Celta de Vigo | 30 June 2022 |
| 1 May 2021 | MF | Ian Toro | Deportes Copiapó | 30 December 2022 |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Name | Contract length | Contract ends |
| 19 December 2020 | FW | Fernando Zampedri | 3-year | 2023 |
| 26 December 2020 | MF | Luciano Aued | 1-year | 2021 |
| 26 December 2020 | MF | Diego Buonanotte | 1-year | 2021 |
| 26 December 2020 | DF | Juan Cornejo | 1-year | 2021 |
| 26 December 2020 | FW | Gastón Lezcano | 1-year | 2021 |
| 2 March 2021 | DF | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 4-year | 2024 |
| 17 Juny 2021 | DF | Juan Fuentes | 1-year | 2022 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League | 28 March 2021 | 4 December 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 068.75 |
| Copa Chile | 22 June 2021 | 3 July 2021 | Second round | Round of 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Supercopa de Chile | 18 November 2021 | 18 November 2021 | - | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 22 April 2021 | 24 July 2021 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 77 | 50 | +27 | 055.56 |
Last updated: December 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Primera Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 32 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 68 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 62 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Audax Italiano | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Unión La Calera | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Unión Española | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Primera Division

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | F | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | F | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | F | L | W | L | W | W | E | W | L | L | W | L | W | E | L | W | W | F | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 15 April 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARG | UCA | NAC | ATN |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | Round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Round of 16 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Copa Sudamericana | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–4 |
| 4 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Copa Chile | Copa Chile | Supercopa de Chile | Supercopa de Chile | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro † | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cristóbal Finch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Carlos Salomón | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 43 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Francisco Silva † | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 33 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ignacio Saavedra | 39 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 41 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Edson Puch | 27 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 27 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Felipe Gutiérrez | 31 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Juan Fuentes | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Gastón Lezcano | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Clemente Montes | 17 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Branco Ampuero | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 27 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 34 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Gonzalo Tapia | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Raimundo Rebolledo | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Juan Leiva | 39 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Juan Cornejo | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 38 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Sebastián Pérez | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 36 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Alexander Aravena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Vicente Bernedo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 42 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | | Fabián Orellana | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Benjamín Gómez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Nicolás Sepúlveda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 February 2022 Source: Soccerway
$^†$ Player left Universidad Católica during the season

### Goals

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | C. Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 2 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 13 | MF | | Felipe Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 5 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 16 | FW | | Clemente Montes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 23 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 4 | DF | | Carlos Salomón | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 22 | MF | | Juan Leiva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 77 |
* Last updated: December 2021
* Source: Soccerway

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Felipe Gutiérrez | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 16 | DF | | Clemente Montes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 32 | FW | | Fabián Orellana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
* Last updated: December 2021
* Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | C. Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | 25 | GK | | Sebastián Pérez | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
* Last updated: December 2021
* Source: Soccerway

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Nat. | Name | League | League | League | Copa Chile | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Total | Total | Total |
| 14 | MF | | Juan Fuentes | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | Clemente Montes | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 5 | | 17 | 1 | |
| 3 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 7 | 1 | |
| 22 | MF | | Juan Leiva | 4 | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 7 | 1 | |
| 1 | FW | | Edson Puch | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | | Ignacio Saavedra | 8 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 11 | | |
| 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | | 10 | | |
| 6 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | | 7 | | |
| 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 4 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 21 | DF | | Raimundo Rebolledo | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | | 5 | | |
| 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | | 5 | | |
| 13 | MF | | Felipe Gutiérrez | 3 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 25 | GK | | Sebastián Pérez | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | 4 | | |
| 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 6 | MF | | Francisco Silva | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 19 | DF | | Gonzalo Tapia | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 23 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 86 | 4 | 3 |
* Last updated: December 2021
* Source: Soccerway