# 2019 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season

The 2019 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 79th season and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's editions of the Copa Chile, the Supercopa de Chile, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana

## Squad

| No. | Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Year signed | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Matías Dituro | GK | (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Bolívar |
| 12 | Marcelo Suárez | GK | (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | Academy |
| 17 | Cristopher Toselli | GK | (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36) | 2007 | Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Germán Lanaro | CB | (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) | 2015 | Palestino |
| 5 | Valber Huerta | CB | (1993-08-26) August 26, 1993 (age 31) | 2019 | Huachipato |
| 13 | Benjamín Kuscevic | CB | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | Academy |
| 15 | Yerco Oyanedel | LB / RB | (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | Academy |
| 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 |
| 29 | Stefano Magnasco | RB / RWB | (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 32) | 2014 | FC Groningen |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | César Fuentes | CM / DM | (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31) | 2015 | O'Higgins |
| 8 | Jaime Carreño | CM / DM | (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) | 2015 | Academy |
| 11 | Luciano Aued | AM / CM | (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37) | 2017 | Racing |
| 14 | César Pinares | AM / CM | (1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | Colo-Colo |
| 18 | Diego Buonanotte | AM | (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | AEK |
| 20 | Carlos Lobos | CM / DM | (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | Academy |
| 24 | Ignacio Saavedra | CM / DM | (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | Academy |
| 33 | Francisco Silva | CM / DM | (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | Independiente |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Sebastián Sáez | ST | (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | Emirates |
| 9 | Duvier Riascos | ST | (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | Dalian Yifang |
| 10 | Edson Puch | LW / RW | (1986-04-09) 9 April 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | Querétaro |
| 16 | Jeisson Vargas | LW / RW | (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | Montreal Impact |
| 19 | José Pedro Fuenzalida (captain) | RB / RWB / RW | (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39) | 2016 | Boca Juniors |
| 27 | César Munder | RW | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | Academy |
| 30 | Diego Valencia | ST / RW | (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | Academy |
| 33 | David Henríquez | ST | (1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 25) | 2017 | Academy |
| Player(s) on transfers/loan during this season |||||||
| 4 | Vicente Fernández | LB / RB | (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | Academy |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 1 January 2019 | GK | Matías Dituro | Bolivar | €875.000 |
| 1 January 2019 | GK | Cristopher Toselli | Everton | End of loan |
| 15 January 2019 | MF | César Pinares | Colo-Colo | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Valber Huerta | Huachipato | €440.000 |
| 27 February 2019 | FW | Duvier Riascos | Dalian Yifang | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | DF | Alfonso Parot | Rosario Central | €405.000 |
| 2 August 2019 | MF | Francisco Silva | Independiente | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 29 December 2018 | MF | Fabián Manzano | Unión La Calera | Contract terminated |
| 3 December 2018 | DF | Cristián Álvarez | - | Retirated |
| 31 December 2018 | DF | Branco Ampuero | Deportes Antofagasta | End of loan |
| 31 December 2018 | FW | Marcos Bolados | Colo-Colo | End of loan |
| 31 December 2018 | FW | Andrés Vilches | Colo-Colo | End of loan |
| 14 February 2018 | MF | Lukas Soza | Deportes Copiapó | Contract terminated |
| 22 February 2018 | MF | Gonzalo Jara | Magallanes | Contract terminated |
| 3 January 2019 | FW | David Llanos | Unión Española | Contract terminated |
| 10 January 2019 | FW | José Luis Muñoz | O'Higgins | Contract terminated |
| 11 February 2019 | DF | Germán Voboril | Universidad de Concepción | Contract terminated |
| 1 March 2019 | GK | Álvaro Ogalde | Lautaro de Buin | Contract terminated |
| 7 March 2019 | MF | Manuel Reyes | Lautaro de Buin | Contract terminated |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | Juan Cornejo | León | End of season |
| 11 January 2019 | FW | Edson Puch | Querétaro | End of season |
| 8 February 2019 | FW | Jeisson Vargas | Montreal Impact | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 January 2019 | FW | Matías Rosas | Deportes Puerto Montt | End of season |
| 4 January 2019 | MF | Andrés Souper | Deportes Puerto Montt | End of season |
| 11 January 2019 | GK | Miguel Vargas | Cobresal | End of season |
| 15 January 2019 | FW | Sebastián Pérez | Ñublense | End of season |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Diego Vallejos | Curicó Unido | End of season |
| 14 March 2019 | MF | Kevin Medel | Deportes La Serena | End of season |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Benjamin Vidal | Coquimbo Unido | End of season |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Diego Rojas | Unión La Calera | End of season |
| 26 August 2019 | DF | Vicente Fernández | Santiago Morning | End of season |
| 3 September 2019 | MF | Juan Carlos Espinoza | Audax Italiano | End of season |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Name | Contract length | Contract ends |
| 1 January 2019 | GK | Matías Dituro | 3-year | 2022 |
| 8 October 2019 | GK | Vicente Bernedo | 3-year | 2022 |
| 8 October 2019 | DF | Cristóbal Finch | 3-year | 2022 |
| 8 October 2019 | DF | Patricio Flores | 3-year | 2022 |
| 8 October 2019 | DF | Marcelino Núñez | 3-year | 2022 |
| 8 October 2019 | FW | Gonzalo Tapia | 3-year | 2022 |
| 8 October 2019 | FW | Clemente Montes | 3-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 | 15 February 2019 | 2 December 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 066.67 |
| Copa Chile | 8 June 2019 | 18 January 2019 | Semifinals | Second round | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 057.14 |
| Supercopa de Chile | 23 March 2019 | 23 March 2019 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 5 March 2019 | 8 May 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 23 May 2019 | 30 May 2019 | Second round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 060.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primera Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Palestino | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 38 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Unión La Calera | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 37 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Coquimbo Unido | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 34 | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Copa Chile
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
##### Semifinals

With the ANFP's Council of Presidents voting to conclude the 2019 season on 29 November 2019, it was decided that both the semifinals and final would be single-legged series to be played in January 2020.

### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2018, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIB | GRE | UCA | ROS |
| 1 | Libertad | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Round of 16 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Grêmio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Rosario Central | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Second stage
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | National cups | National cups | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 29 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | Vicente Fernández † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 33 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | César Fuentes | 30 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Francisco Silva | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Sebastián Sáez | 26 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jaime Carreño | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ignacio Saavedra | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Duvier Riascos | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 38 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Benjamín Kuscevic | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | César Pinares | 34 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Yerco Oyanedel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Gastón Lezcano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Jeisson Vargas | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | | Cristopher Toselli | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 31 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 33 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | César Munder | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Carlos Lobos | 23 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Raimundo Rebolledo | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 27 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Stefano Magnasco | 26 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 25 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | David Henríquez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: December 2019 Source: Soccerway
$^†$ Player left Universidad Católica during the season

### Goals

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Sebastián Sáez | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | César Pinares | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Duvier Riascos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 20 | FW | | Carlos Lobos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | | Benjamín Kuscevic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 14 | FW | | Jeisson Vargas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | | César Fuentes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | FW | | César Munder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | DF | | Jaime Carreño | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | MF | | Juan Cornejo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 70 |
* Last updated: December 2019
* Source: Soccerway

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | total |
| 1 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 19 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 16 | MF | | César Pinares | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | Sebastián Sáez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Carlos Lobos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 29 | DF | | Stefano Magnasco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | | Duvier Riascos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | FW | | Jeisson Vargas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | | César Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
* Last updated: December 2019
* Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 17 | GK | | Cristopher Toselli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
* Source: Soccerway