# 2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season

The 2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 78th season and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's edition of the Copa Chile.

## 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 | Miguel Vargas | GK | (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28) | 2015 | Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Germán Lanaro | CB | (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) | 2015 | Palestino |
| 3 | Germán Voboril | LB / RB | (1987-05-05) May 5, 1987 (age 37) | 2017 | Racing |
| 4 | Cristián Álvarez (captain) | RB / RWB | (1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 44) | 2011 | Universitario |
| 5 | Branco Ampuero | CB | (1993-07-19) 19 July 1993 (age 31) | 2017 | Deportes Antofagasta |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 10 | Diego Rojas | AM / CM | (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29) | 2012 | Academy |
| 11 | Luciano Aued | AM / CM | (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37) | 2017 | Racing |
| 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 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Sebastián Sáez | ST | (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | Emirates |
| 9 | David Llanos | ST | (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 35) | 2014 | Huachipato |
| 14 | Andrés Vilches | ST | (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Colo-Colo |
| 16 | Marcos Bolados | RW | (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Colo-Colo |
| 19 | José Pedro Fuenzalida | RB / RWB / RW | (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39) | 2016 | Boca Juniors |
| 23 | Brian Leiva | RW | (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26) | 2017 | Academy |
| 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 | Fernando Cordero | LB / RB | (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37) | 2012 | Unión Española |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 12 December 2017 | MF | Jaime Carreño | Everton | End of loan |
| 12 December 2017 | MF | Diego Rojas | Palestino | End of loan |
| 12 December 2017 | DF | Raimundo Rebolledo | Curicó Unido | End of loan |
| 12 December 2017 | GK | Miguel Vargas | Deportes Santa Cruz | End of loan |
| 29 May 2018 | FW | Sebastián Sáez | Emirates Club | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 4 December 2017 | GK | Franco Costanzo | - | Retirated |
| 15 December 2017 | FW | Santiago Silva | Talleres | Contract terminated |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | Jeisson Vargas | Montreal Impact | End of loan |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Vicente Starikoff | Deportes Recoleta | Contract terminated |
| 3 January 2018 | DF | Fabián Monilla | Toluca | Contract terminated |
| 19 February 2018 | MF | Carlos Espinosa | Curicó Unido | Contract terminated |
| 25 June 2018 | FW | Pedro Campos | Club Necaxa | Transfer |
| 4 July 2018 | DF | Fernando Cordero | San Martín de Tucumán | Contract terminated |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Marcos Bolados | Colo-Colo | End of season |
| 12 January 2018 | FW | Andrés Vilches | Colo-Colo | End of season |
| 14 January 2018 | GK | Matías Dituro | Bolivar | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 19 December 2017 | GK | Cristopher Toselli | Atlas | End of season |
| 5 January 2018 | MF | Fabián Manzano | Palestino | End of season |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Manuel Reyes | Rangers | End of season |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Sebastián Pérez | Rangers | End of season |
| 8 January 2018 | DF | Juan Espinoza | O'Higgins | End of season |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | José Luis Muñoz | Palestino | End of season |
| 18 January 2018 | GK | Francisco Garrido | Deportes Melipilla | End of season |
| 29 January 2018 | DF | Benjamín Vidal | Palestino | End of season |
| 14 February 2018 | MF | Lukas Soza | Deportes Copiapó | End of season |
| 20 February 2018 | MF | Gonzalo Jara | Unión La Calera | 30 June 2018 |
| 22 February 2018 | FW | Diego Vallejos | Palestino | End of season |
| 1 March 2018 | FW | Matías Rosas | Deportes Puerto Montt | End of season |
| 22 June 2018 | GK | Álvaro Ogalde | Deportes Limache | End of season |
| 17 July 2018 | MF | Andrés Souper | Deportes Valdivia | End of season |
| 19 July 2018 | MF | Gonzalo Jara | Barnechea | End of season |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Vicente Fernández | Unión La Calera | End of season |

## 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 | 2 February 2018 | 2 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 056.67 |
| Copa Chile | 10 June 2018 | 17 June 2018 | Second round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 056.25 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primera Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 61 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Universidad de Concepción | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 57 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Deportes Antofagasta | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 53 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 43 | Qualification to 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Copa Chile
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Copa Chile | Copa Chile |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Germán Voboril | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Cristián Álvarez | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | César Fuentes | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | | Sebastián Sáez | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jaime Carreño | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ignacio Saavedra | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | David Llanos | 21 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Diego Rojas | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | Fernando Cordero | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 30 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Benjamín Kuscevic | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Andrés Vilches | 19 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Marcos Bolados | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Branco Ampuero | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 27 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 31 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | César Munder | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Carlos Lobos | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Raimundo Rebolledo | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Stefano Magnasco | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | David Henríquez | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: December 2018 Source: Soccerway
$^†$ Player left Universidad Católica during the season

### Goals

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Total |
| 1 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | David Llanos | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Sebastián Sáez | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 20 | FW | | Carlos Lobos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | | Andrés Vilches | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Germán Lanaro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | César Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | FW | | César Munder | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 33 | FW | | David Henríquez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Jaime Carreño | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 2 | 41 |
* Last updated: December 2018
* Source: Soccerway

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | League | Copa Chile | Total |
| 1 | 9 | MF | | David Llanos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Diego Rojas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Diego Buonanotte | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 19 | DF | | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | DF | | Raimundo Rebolledo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 16 | FW | | Marcos Bolados | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Luciano Aued | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | | Andrés Vilches | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 | FW | | César Munder | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Germán Voboril | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Cristián Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 29 | DF | | Stefano Magnasco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | FW | | Diego Valencia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 21 |
* Last updated: December 2018
* Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | Copa Chile | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Matías Dituro | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: Soccerway