Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, known as Universidad Católica, is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Primera División, the top flight of Chilean football. The team has played its home games at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo since 1988.
| Full name | Club Deportivo Universidad Católica | |||
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| Nickname(s) | UC Cato La Católica (The Catholic) Los Cruzados (The Crusaders) Caballeros cruzados (Knights Crusaders) | |||
| Founded | 21 April 1937 | |||
| Ground | Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo | |||
| Capacity | 20,000 | |||
| Chairman | Juan Tagle | |||
| Manager | Tiago Nunes | |||
| League | Campeonato Nacional | |||
| 2023 | Primera División, 7th of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Universidad Católica has won the third most league championships at a national level. In domestic football, the club has won 28 trophies; a record 16 Primera División de Chile titles, 2 Segunda División de Chile, 4 Copa Chile, 4 Supercopa de Chile, a Copa Apertura, a Copa República. In international competitions, Universidad Católica have won 1 trophies; Copa Interamericana (1994).
In 1993, Universidad Católica was the runner-up in the most important international tournament in South America: the Copa Libertadores de América, losing in the finals against the defending Libertadores' Champion São Paulo. Universidad Católica has reached the semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores four times (years 1962, 1966, 1969 and 1984).
The club's most successful player is José Pedro Fuenzalida with eleven titles, and the player with most appearances is Mario Lepe with 639 games. Its traditional rival is Universidad de Chile, they contest the Clásico Universitario. Colo-Colo is the other big rival of the club.