# Audax Italiano

Audax Club Sportivo Italiano (Spanish pronunciation:) is a Chilean football club based in La Florida playing in the Campeonato Nacional, having has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football.

## History

The club was founded by Italian residents in Santiago, on November 30, 1910, as Audax Club Ciclista Italiano in Alberto Caffi's hat store, and was originally focused on cycling.
As football developed quickly in Santiago, in 1917 the club began 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.

## Rivalries

As a club founded by immigrants, it has a special rivalry with the other immigrant clubs Unión Española (founded by Spaniards) and Palestino (founded by Palestinian Arabs).
These games are known as the "Diaspora Derby" (Spanish: Clásico de Colonias).

## Honours

Audax has been national champions four times, joint sixth alongside Magallanes. The club also achieved three Copa Chile runner-up finishes in 1981, 1998 and 2018.
The club had their first major success in 1936, when they won the league title. During the 1940s, Audax won two further titles in 1946 and 1948, and a fourth in 1957.

### National

* Primera División de Chile
** Winners (4): 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957
* Campeonato de Apertura
** Winners (1): 1941

### Regional

* Primera División (Asociación de Football de Santiago)
** Winners (3): 1922,​ 1931, 1932
* Primera División (Liga Metropolitana)
** Winners (1): 1924
* Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago
** Winners (1): 1922
* Copa Joaquín Prieto Concha
** Winners (1): 1924
* Campeonato de Apertura de la Liga Metropolitana de Deportes
** Winners (1): 1925
* Campeonato de Apertura de la Asociación de Football de Santiago
** Winners (1): 1932
* Sección Argentina de la Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago
** Winners (1): 1922
* Copa Luis A. Poblete
** Winners (1): 1922

## Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

* Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances
       2007: Group stage
       2008: Group stage
       2022: Second stage
* Copa Sudamericana: 4 appearances
       2007: Second preliminary round
       2018: First round
       2020: Second round
       2023: Knockout round play-offs
* Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
       1998: First round

## Records

* Largest margin of victory:
       In Primera División matches: 9–2 vs. Universidad Católica in 1945
       In Copa Chile matches: 13–0 vs. Juventud Varsovia in 2010
       In international matches: 3–1 Alianza Lima in 2007
* Largest margin of defeat:
       In Primera División matches: 1–7 vs. Colo-Colo 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 & Carlos Villanueva (3 goals)
* Most goals scored in Primera División: Carlos Tello (101 goals)
* Most goals scored in one season in Primera División: José Luis Díaz (23 goals in 1999)
* Most goals scored in two short tournaments: Carlos Villanueva (30 goals in 2007)

## Players
### Current squad

Current squad of Audax Italiano as of 29 May 2022 Sources: Audax Official Web Site
| No. | | Position | Player |
| 1 | CHI | GK | Tomás Ahumada |
| 2 | CHI | MF | Óliver Rojas |
| 3 | CHI | DF | Cristóbal Muñoz |
| 4 | CHI | DF | Daniel Piña |
| 5 | ARG | MF | Gastón Gil Romero |
| 6 | ARG | DF | Germán Guiffrey |
| 7 | CHI | FW | Paolo Guajardo |
| 8 | CHI | MF | Marco Collao |
| 9 | ARG | FW | Lautaro Palacios |
| 10 | CHI | MF | Leonardo Valencia |
| 11 | CHI | MF | Alessandro Riep |
| 12 | CHI | GK | Cristobal Piña |
| 13 | CHI | DF | Enzo Ferrario |
| No. | | Position | Player |
| 15 | CHI | DF | Martín Jiménez |
| 16 | CHI | MF | Mario Sandoval |
| 17 | PAR | FW | Luis Riveros |
| 18 | CHI | MF | Nicolas Aedo |
| 19 | ARG | FW | Franco Troyansky |
| 22 | CHI | DF | Jorge Espejo |
| 23 | CHI | DF | Esteban Matus |
| 24 | CHI | FW | Nicolás Orellana |
| 25 | CHI | GK | Milovan Arredondo |
| 26 | CHI | DF | Matías Contreras |
| 27 | CHI | FW | Michael Fuentes |
| 28 | CHI | FW | Javier Quiñones |
| 29 | CHI | GK | Gonzalo Collao |
Manager: Francisco Arrué

### 2024 Summer Transfers
#### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | DF | CHI | Enzo Ferrario (from Unión La Calera) |
| -- | DF | CHI | Jorge Espejo (from Cobreloa) |
| -- | MF | CHI | Leonardo Valencia (from Cobresal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | FW | CHI | Michael Fuentes (back from Palestino) |
| -- | FW | PAR | Luis Riveros (back from Tacuary) |

#### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | CHI | Fabián Torres (Released) |
| 7 | DF | CHI | Nicolás Fernández (Released) |
| 10 | MF | CHI | Carlos Villanueva (Retired) |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Gonzalo Álvarez (Released) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Emanuel Cecchini (to San Lorenzo) |
| 31 | GK | CHI | Omar Carabalí (back to Colo-Colo) |
| 32 | FW | CHI | Luciano Arriagada (back to Paranaense) |

## Notable players

* Claudio Borghi
* Franco Di Santo
* Félix Corte
* Carlos Villanueva
* Marcelo Zunino [es]
* Bruno Iacoponi [es]
* Gino Iacoponi
* Salvador Cabañas

## Managers

Interim coaches appear in italics.
* Carlos Giudice (1936-1937, 1939)
* Raúl Marchant (1938, 1941-1943)
* José Luis Boffi (1944-1945)
* Raúl Marchant (1945-1946)
* Bruno Iacoponi (1946)
* Salvador Nocetti (1947-1948)
* Ladislao Pakozdi (1951)
* Mario Pretto (1953-1954)
* Roberto Scarone (1955)
* Ladislao Pakozdi (1956-1957)
* Luis Tirado (1959)
* Enrique Sorrel (1959-1960)
* Janos Schwanner (1960-1961)
* Martín García (1962)
* Hernán Carrasco (1963)
* Ladislao Pakozdi (1964)
* Sergio Cruzat (1965)
* Salvador Biondi (1966)
* Luis Álamos (1967-1969)
* Ramiro Cortés (1969)
* Salvador Biondi (1970)
* José Santos Arias (1971)
* Claudio Ramírez (1971)
* Donato Hernández (1972)
* Jorge Venegas (1972)
* Julio Menadier (1973)
* José Cárdenas (1974)
* Dante Pesce (1975)
* Hernán Godoy (1975-1976)
* Adolfo Rodríguez (1976)
* Hernán Godoy (1976-1977)
* Orlando Aravena (1977)
* Armando Tobar (1978)
* Néstor Isella (1978-1979)
* Vicente Cantatore (1979)
* Aurelio Valenzuela (1979)
* Salvador Biondi (1979)
* Néstor Isella (1979-1980)
* Hernán Godoy (1980-1981)
* Hugo Berly (1981-1982)
* Pedro Morales (1982)
* Sasha Mitjaew (1983)
* Caupolican Peña (1983)
* Roque Mercury (1983)
* Jorge Venegas (1984)
* Jaime Campos (1984)
* Hernán Godoy (1985)
* Francisco Hormazábal (1985-1986)
* Isaac Carrasco (1986)
* Rosauro Parra (1986)
* Leonel Herrera (1987-1988)
* Victoriano Álvarez (1988)
* Ramón Climent (1988)
* Hernán Godoy (1988-1990)
* Rosauro Parra (1990)
* Sasha Mitjaew (1990-1991)
* Victoriano Álvarez (1991)
* José González V. (1992)
* Miguel Hermosilla (1993)
* Óscar Meneses (1993-1994)
* Jorge Aravena (1995)
* Roberto Hernández (1996-1997)
* Oscar Malbernat (1997-1999)
* Óscar del Solar (2000-2001)
* Hernán Godoy (2001-2002)
* Claudio Borghi (2002-2003)
* Roberto Hernández (2003-2005)
* Jaime Pizarro (2005)
* Óscar Meneses (2005)
* Eduardo Ahumada (2005)
* Raúl Toro (2006-2008)
* Pablo Marini (2009-2010)
* Marcelo Barticciotto (2010)
* Omar Labruna (2010-2012)
* Pablo Marini (2012-2013)
* Jorge Ghiso (2013)
* Jaime Rubilar (2013-2014)
* Jorge Pellicer (2014-2016)
* Hugo Vilches (2016-2018)
* Juan José Ribera (2018-2019)
* Francisco Meneghini (2020)
* José Calderón (2020)
* Pablo Sánchez (2020-2021)
* Ronald Fuentes (2022)
* Juan José Ribera (2022)
* Manuel Fernández (2023)
* José Calderón (2023)
* Luca Marcogiuseppe (2023)
* Francisco Arrué (2023)
* Walter Erviti (2024)
* Nelson Tapia (2024)
* Francisco Arrué (2024)
* Juan José Ribera (2024-Act.)