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Huachipato FC

"Huachipato" redirects here. For the district of Talcahuano, see Huachipato, Chile.

Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home games at the Estadio Huachipato-CAP Acero, which it owns, making it one of the five Chilean professional football clubs to own their own ground.[1] Originally a multisports club, Huachipato became a football club in 2015.

Huachipato
Full nameHuachipato FC
Nickname(s)Los Acereros (Steelers)
Campeón del Sur
(Champion of the South)
Los de la usina (Steelmillers)
Siderúrgicos (Steelworkers)
Negriazules (Black and blues)
Founded7 June 1947; 77 years ago (1947-06-07)
GroundEstadio Huachipato-CAP Acero, Talcahuano
Capacity10,500
ChairmanVictoriano Cerda
ManagerIgor Oca
LeaguePrimera División
2023Primera División, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitehttp://www.huachipatofc.cl/

Huachipato has thrice become Chilean champions, and it is the first and to date, only team from Southern Chile to win the Chilean top flight title. Huachipato is known in Chile from its academy and youth talent production that makes up the bulk of their squad,[2] qualifying for the U-20 Copa Libertadores twice, both times as reigning youth Chilean champions.[3]

History

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In 1947, CD Huachipato was officially notarized, and the first official recorded game was played. The original fans were the local company employees of the steel industry in Huachipato. It took a few years for the club to achieve its first successes, obtaining regional championships in 1956 and 1964.

In its early seasons, "the Steelers" (Acereros), as they are known, were quite satisfactory in the second division. The 1965 debut was against Municipal de Santiago with a 3–0 victory.

After 36 games the standings would show Huachipato second with 46 points, 3 points less than that of Ferrobádminton another second-division team that took the championship and thus passage (which is how it was granted in those years) to the First Division.

However, a year later (1966), the Steelers managed promotion to the first division, after winning the second division champions Chile with 49 points, they remained well above teams like Coquimbo (42 points) and San Antonio (39) who stayed with the second and third place respectively after thirty games.

With only two years in the professionalism of Talcahuano, Huachipato was installed in the top-flight professional football in Chile, La Primera División.

With a tie on a goal, as local and against Audax Italiano, the "Steelers" debuted in the first division. In the first season of the first division, Huachipato had an acceptable term in sixth place among 18 teams, although the tournament was on two wheels. The following years were quiet for steel, culminating their shares in the mid-high zone of the standings. However, a few years after this change, Huachipato won the 1974 First Division Football Championship, with this triumph they are the only Chilean Football team from the south of Chile to obtain the title.

1974 was a year that many Huachipato fans will never forget, after 34 matches played, Huachipato had to beat Aviación to become champions in their last match, and they did it, Moisés Silva scored the only goal that crowned Huchipato champions that year.

Since then the club has never won any other title, but it has always caused difficulties for the big teams when playing against Huachipato, especially in the Estadio Las Higueras, their former home ground.

From the end of the 1990s, Huachipato was characterized by a club trainer of players from lower divisions. Examples of these are important values steelmakers who emerged from the quarry as[clarification needed] Roberto Cartes, Cristian Uribe, Rodrigo Rain, Cristián Reynero, Rodrigo Millar, Mario Salgado, Héctor Mancilla, Gonzalo Jara, Pedro Morales, Mauricio Arias, among others.

As for sporting achievements, reached the Semi-Finals in the Torneos Apertura in the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. In addition, since the end of the 1990s, the Huachipato classification achieved an international tournament and the Copa Sudamericana 2006 and their second championship in 38 years, after defeating Unión Española in the 2012 Chilean Clausura Tournament final.

Huachipato were crowned champions of the 2023 Chilean Primera División by 1 point, and in dramatic fashion. They triumphed 2-0 against Audax Italiano at home on the final matchday, to increase their point tally to 57, while Cobresal, who had 56 points, failed to gain any points on their final matchday, suffering a 1-0 away loss to Unión Española. This gave Huachipato its third overall league title, and first since 2014.

As a result of their triumph of Chile's top flight in 2023, they are set to participate in the 2024 Copa Libertadores.

Team Colours and Symbols

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From its foundation in 1947 and until 1966, Huachipato wore a red shirt, blue pants and white socks uniform in the same vein as the Chile national football team. Upon Huachipato's first promotion to the top flight in 1967, the team switched to its current black and blue uniform, inspired by Inter Milan's colours.[4]

Huachipato's name is derived from the Mapudungun eponomyous term that coined the area where the team is located, with the term meaning "Bird-catching trap".[5]

Huachipato's badge was inspired by the Steelmark logo owned by the American Iron and Steel Institute, bearing a similarity to the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers logo, given both teams steelmaking roots.[6]

Club data

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Honours

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National

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Regional

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  • Asociación de Fútbol de Talcahuano
    • Winners (1): 1950
  • Campeonato Regional de Fútbol
    • Winners (2): 1956, 1964

Women's team

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South American cups history

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Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1975 Copa Libertadores Group 2   Unión Española 0–0 2–7 2nd Place
  The Strongest 4–2 0–1
  Jorge Wilstermann 4–0 0–0
2006 Copa Sudamericana First Round   Colo-Colo 1–2 2–1 3–3 3-5p
2013 Copa Libertadores Group 8   Fluminense 1–3 1–1 3rd Place
  Grêmio 1–1 2–1
  Caracas 1–2 4–0
2014 Copa Sudamericana First Round   San José 3–1 3–2 6–3
Second Round   Universidad Católica 2–0 0–1 2–1
Round of 16   São Paulo 2–3 0–1 2–4
2015 Copa Sudamericana First Round   Olimpia 0–2 0–2 0–4
2020 Copa Sudamericana First Round   Pasto 1–0 1–0 2–0
Second Round   Fénix 1–1 1–3 2–4
2021 Copa Sudamericana
First Round   Antofagasta 3–0 1–0 4–0
Group A   San Lorenzo 0–3 1–0 2nd Place
  Rosario Central 1–1 0–5
  12 de Octubre 0-0 2-1
2024 Copa Libertadores Group C   Estudiantes 1–1 4–3 3rd Place
  The Strongest 0–0 0–4
  Grêmio 0-1 2-0
2024 Copa Sudamericana Knockout round play-offs   Racing (URU) 2–3 1–0 3–3 3-0p
Round of 16   Racing (ARG) 0–2 1–6 1–8

Club records

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Other sports

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Up until 2015, Huachipato was a multisports club, maintaining basketball, karate, taekwondo, artistic roller skating, roller hockey, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, and futsal branches.

Supporters and Rivalries

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Huachipato's supporters, nicknamed the Acereros, largely come from its home city of Talcahuano, with groups of fans coming from cities belonging to the Greater Concepción conurbation. A smaller group of fans reside in Santiago, often attending away games.

Huachipato's main rivals are Naval, who are also based in Talcahuano and with whom Huachipato contest the Clásico Chorero , and Deportes Concepción, from the neighbouring city and regional capital, with whom Huachipato contest the Clasico del Gran Concepción.[7]

Huachipato and O'Higgins F.C. have a longstanding mutual friendship, originating from the Tomé tragedy of 2013, where 16 travelling O'Higgins fans tragically lost their lives in a road accident in Tomé, while returning from Estadio CAP after a 2-0 O'Higgins victory.[8] In every fixture played between both teams since, both clubs organize a memorial ceremony previous to each match. Huachipato installed a permanent commemorative plaque at Estadio CAP in 2018, in remembrance of the tragedy,[9] and since 2022, both clubs symbolically contest the Copa 16 (Trophy of the 16), in honour of the departed fans.[10]

Players

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Current squad

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Current squad of Huachipato FC as of 19 February 2024 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1   CHI GK Martín Parra
2   CHI DF Antonio Castillo
3   ARG DF Imanol González
4   CHI DF Benjamín Gazzolo
6   CHI MF Claudio Sepúlveda
7   CHI FW Mario Briceño
8   URU MF Gonzalo Montes
9   CHI FW Maximiliano Rodríguez
10   VEN FW Brayan Palmezano
11   ARG FW Sebastián Sáez
13   ARG DF Renzo Malanca
14   CHI MF Carlo Villanueva
15   URU MF Santiago Silva
18   CHI DF Joaquín Gutiérrez
19   CHI FW Dylan Oyarzún
No. Position Player
20   CHI MF Jimmy Martínez
21   ARG FW Julián Brea
22   CHI MF Javier Cárcamo
23   CHI FW Cris Martínez
24   CHI GK Fabián Cerda
25   CHI MF Benjamín Ampuero
26   CHI DF Leandro Díaz
28   CHI DF Maximiliano Gutiérrez
29   CHI MF Claudio Torres
30   CHI FW Jeisson Vargas
31   CHI MF Maicol León
33   ARG MF Franco Vega
34   CHI GK Ignacio Mella

Manager: Igor Oca

Youth Academy

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   CHI Diego Vázquez
— DF   CHI Dilan Varas
— MF   CHI Franco Astudillo
— MF   CHI Benjamín Martínez
— MF   CHI Matías Saavedra
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   CHI Ignacio Morales
— FW   HAI Hernsley Pierre
— FW   CHI Ezequiel Morales

2024 transfers

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In

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK   CHI Zacarías López (from Deportes La Serena)
-- DF   CHI Leandro Díaz (from Unión La Calera)
-- DF   ARG Imanol González (from Deportivo Maipú)
-- MF   ARG Franco Vega (Loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   URU Santiago Silva (from Danubio F.C.)
-- FW   CHI Mario Briceño (from Unión San Felipe)
-- FW   ARG Sebastián Sáez (from Everton)
-- MF   CHI Maicol León (from Palestino)

Out

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   CHI Nicolás Ramírez (Released)
17 DF   CHI Nicolás Baeza (to Everton)
— GK   CHI José Tomás Martínez (to San Luis)
— DF   CHI Dylan Aravena (Released)
— MF   CHI Diego Bravo (to Fernández Vial)
— FW   ARG Mateo Tappero (Released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK   CHI Gabriel Castellón (to Universidad de Chile)
26 DF   CHI Bastián Roco (to Unión Española)
— MF   CHI Walter Estrada (to Fernández Vial)
— FW   ARG Walter Mazzantti (to Huracán)
— MF   CHI César Valenzuela (to Santiago Wanderers)
— FW   CHI Alexis Mancilla (to Provincial Osorno)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   CHI Juan Ignacio Figueroa (loan to La Serena)
— DF   CHI Raúl Muñoz (loan to Fernández Vial)

Managers

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In Italics, the caretaker managers of Huachipato. In bold, the managers who won a title with Huachipato.

References

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  1. ^ "Se viene el quinto equipo con estadio propio en el fútbol profesional chileno" [Soon, the fifth Chilean club with its own ground in professional football] (in Spanish). Santiago: Encancha. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023. In Chilean professional football, only 4 teams own their own ground, Colo Colo (Estadio Monumental), Universidad Católica (San Carlos de Apoquindo), Unión Española (Santa Laura) y Huachipato (CAP de Talcahuano).
  2. ^ ""Línea de sucesión": el plan que fortalece a Huachipato" [" Succession line", the plan that strengthens Huachipato]. chile.as.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Huachipato y O'Higgins, dos ejemplos a imitar" [Huachipato and O'Higgins, examples to be followed]. elagora.net (in Spanish). El Agora. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "El origen de los colores de los clubes de Primera División" [The origins of the colours of Chilean top flight football clubs]. asifuch.cl (in Spanish). Asifuch. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ "El origen de los nombres de los clubes chilenos" [The origins of Chilean football names]. economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). La Tercera. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Las 11 cosas que no puedes dejar de conocer sobre el nuevo campeón del fútbol chileno" [11 Things to know about the new Chilean football champions]. latercera.com (in Spanish). La Tercera. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ^ ""Chorero", "Huaso", "Universitario" y más: Los partidos clásicos del fútbol chileno que tienen nombre "oficial"" ["Chorero", "Universitario", "Huaso" and more: Chilean football's derby matches with an "official" name]. encancha.cl (in Spanish). Encancha. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "La emotiva trastienda del duelo entre Huachipato y O'Higgins" [The emotional backstory of the fixture between Huachipato and O'Higgins]. eltipografo.cl (in Spanish). El Tipografo. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Tremendo gesto: Huachipato rindió homenaje con una placa en el CAP a los 16 hinchas fallecidos de O'Higgins" [Inmmense gesture, Huachipato honours 16 departed O'Higgins supports with plaque at Estadio CAP]. biobiochile.cl (in Spanish). Publimetro. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Amistad de O'Higgins y Huachipato suma un nuevo capítulo: honrarán a los 16 hinchas fallecidos en Tomé" [Friendship between O'Higgins and Huachipato adds a new chapter, honouring the 16 departed fans]. biobiochile.cl (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

Further reading

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  • Gatica Wierman, Héctor (2019). Almanaque del Fútbol Chileno. Clubes. Santiago: Hueders. ISBN 978-9-563-65170-6.
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