# 2020 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season

The 2020 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 80th season and the club's 46th 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 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 |
| 17 | Cristopher Toselli | GK | (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36) | 2007 | Academy |
| 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 27) | 2020 | Deportes Antofagasta |
| 14 | Juan Fuentes | CB / DM | (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | Estudiantes |
| 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 34) | 2019 | Rosario Central |
| 33 | Aaron Astudillo | RB / RWB | (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24) | 2021 | Academy |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Francisco Silva | CM / DM | (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | Independiente |
| 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 |
| 18 | Diego Buonanotte | AM | (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | AEK |
| 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 37) | 2020 | Morelia |
| 16 | César Munder | LW | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | Academy |
| 19 | José Pedro Fuenzalida (captain) | RB / RWB / RW | (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39) | 2016 | Boca Juniors |
| 20 | Gonzalo Tapia | RW | (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | Academy |
| 22 | Bruno Barticciotto | RW | (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23) | 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 |
| 36 | Clemente Montes | LW | (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23) | 2020 | Academy |
| Player(s) on loan during this season |||||||
| 13 | Benjamín Kuscevic | CB | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | Academy |
| 16 | César Pinares | AM / CM | (1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | Colo-Colo |
| 29 | Stefano Magnasco | RB / RWB | (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 32) | 2014 | FC Groningen |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type | Ref. |
| 6 January 2020 | FW | Gastón Lezcano | Monarcas Morelia | Free transfer | |
| 10 January 2020 | FW | Edson Puch | Pachuca | €360. 000 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 13 December 2019 | MF | César Fuentes | Colo-Colo | Contract terminated |
| 20 December 2019 | DF | Juan Carlos Espinoza | Coquimbo Unido | Contract terminated |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Diego Rojas | Unión La Calera | Contract terminated |
| 7 January 2020 | FW | Sebastián Sáez | Unión La Calera | Contract terminated |
| 9 January 2020 | FW | Jeisson Vargas | Unión La Calera | Contract terminated |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Carlos Lobos | Everton | Contract terminated |
| 13 March 2020 | FW | Matías Rosas | Deportes Copiapó | Contract terminated |
| 19 March 2020 | FW | Duvier Riascos | Always Ready | Contract terminated |
| 4 November 2020 | DF | Benjamín Kuscevic | Palmeiras | €1.500. 000 |
| 8 November 2020 | MF | César Pinares | Grêmio | €1.300. 000 |
| 19 November 2020 | DF | Stefano Magnasco | Deportes La Serena | Contract terminated |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 30 December 2019 | FW | Fernando Zampedri | Rosario Central | End of season |
| 1 January 2020 | DF | Juan Cornejo | León | End of season |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | Deportes Antofagasta | End of season |
| 4 November 2020 | DF | Juan Fuentes | Estudiantes | 30 June 2021 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 27 December 2019 | GK | Miguel Vargas | Unión La Calera | End of season |
| 27 December 2019 | FW | Brian Leiva | Deportes Melipilla | End of season |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Sebastián Pérez | Ñublense | End of season |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Kevin Medel | Deportes La Serena | End of season |
| 1 January 2020 | DF | Benjamin Vidal | Coquimbo Unido | End of season |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Andrés Souper | Deportes Antofagasta | End of season |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Sergio Arriagada | Deportes La Serena | End of season |
| 2 January 2020 | FW | Diego Vallejos | Coquimbo Unido | End of season |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | David Henríquez | Barnechea | End of season |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Yerco Oyanedel | Rangers | End of season |
| 7 January 2020 | DF | Vicente Fernández | Palestino | End of season |
| 9 January 2020 | DF | Yonathan Parancán | Barnechea | End of season |
| 29 January 2020 | DF | Enzo Ferrario | Deportes La Serena | End of season |
| 24 October 2020 | MF | Jaime Carreño | Universidad de Concepción | End of season |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Name | Contract length | Contract ends |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Alexander Aravena | 3-year | 2022 |
| 1 January 2020 | DF | Juan Cornejo | 1-year | 2020 |
| 10 January 2020 | FW | Edson Puch | 2-year | 2021 |
| 6 December 2020 | DF | Aaron Astudillo | 3-year | 2023 |
| 6 December 2020 | DF | Carlos Salomón | 3-year | 2023 |
| 6 December 2020 | FW | Bruno Barticciotto | 3-year | 2023 |

## 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 | 26 January 2020 | 14 February 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 052.94 |
| Supercopa de Chile | 21 March 2021 | 21 March 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 3 March 2020 | 22 October 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 29 October 2020 | 15 December 2020 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 82 | 53 | +29 | 051.06 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primera Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Unión La Calera | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Unión Española | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 5 | Palestino | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 51 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GRE | INT | UCA | AME |
| 1 | Grêmio | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | América de Cali | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Supercopa de Chile | Supercopa de Chile | 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 | 46 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Carlos Salomón | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 42 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Francisco Silva | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ignacio Saavedra | 44 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 44 | 28 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 36 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 46 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | | Benjamín Kuscevic † | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Branco Ampuero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | César Pinares † | 21 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Juan Fuentes | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Gastón Lezcano | 37 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | César Munder | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Juan Leiva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | | Cristopher Toselli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 31 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 33 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Gonzalo Tapia | 12 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Raimundo Rebolledo | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 33 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 25 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Alexander Aravena | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 40 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Aaron Astudillo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Clemente Montes | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: December 2020 Source: Soccerway
$^†$ Player left Universidad Católica during the season

### Goals

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Fernando Zampedri | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 16 | MF | | César Pinares | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | | Gonzalo Tapia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Gastón Lezcano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 16 | FW | | César Munder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | FW | | Clemente Montes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 23 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | DF | | Benjamín Kuscevic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | MF | | Juan Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | | Valber Huerta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 82 |
* Last updated: December 2020
* Source: Soccerway

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Edson Puch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Gastón Lezcano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | César Pinares | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | FW | | César Munder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | DF | | Clemente Montes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 23 | DF | | Juan Cornejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | DF | | Tomás Asta-Buruaga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | DF | | Alfonso Parot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Ignacio Saavedra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 48 |
* Last updated: December 2020
* Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | Supercopa | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
* Last updated: December 2020
* Source: Soccerway