C.D. Huachipato

Huachipato

Full name	Club Deportivo Huachipato
Nickname(s)	"Los Acereros"(Steelers) "Campeón del Sur"
Founded	June 7, 1947
Ground	Estadio CAP Talcahuano (Capacity: 10,500)
Chairman	Arturo Aguayo
Manager	Arturo Salah
League	Primera División
Clausura 2009	9th (league)
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Huachipato, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talcahuano. The club was founded June 7, 1947 and plays in the top level of the Chilean football league system, the Primera División. Their home games are played at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500 (all-seated).

History

In regard to the history of C.D. Huachipato as part of Chilean professional football and the steel industry it was in 1947 when the club was officially notarized and the first official recorded game was played. The original fans were the local company employees of the steel industry. It took a few years for the club to achieve its first successes, obtaining regional championships in 1956 and 1964. The iron and steel grew into acceptance in Chilean professional football and son 50

In its early seasons The "Steelers",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 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 Division.

With a tie on a goal, as local and against Audax Italiano, the "Steelers" debuted in first division. In the first season of first division Huachipato 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 90's, Huachipato was characterized by a club trainer of players from lower divisions. Examples of these are important values steelmaker emerged from the quarry as 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 90's, Huachipato classification achieved an international tournament and the Copa Sudamericana 2006. All this has undoubtedly been the highlight of "Champion of the South" in recent years.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Hernán Caputto 4 DF Carlos Mendoza 5 DF José Luis Zelaye 6 DF José Contreras 7 FW César Cortés 8 MF Marcelo Scatolaro 9 FW Javier Rossi 10 MF Paolo Frangipane 11 FW Manuel Villalobos 13 DF Williams Martínez 14 MF Fernando Espinoza 15 MF Yonathan Suazo 16 MF Gabriel Sandoval 17 DF Pablo Otárola

No. Position Player 18 MF Ronald de La Fuente 19 FW Andrés Vilchez 20 MF Felipe Elgueta 21 MF Lorenzo Reyes 22 MF Fernando Lazcano 23 MF Daniel Rodríguez 24 DF Elvis Acuña 25 GK Álvaro Sáenz-Laguna 26 MF Martín Rodríguez 27 DF Juan Carlos Espinoza 28 FW Jesús Vera 29 DF Boris Sandoval 31 GK Cristián Muñoz (Captain) 33 MF José Pérez

Notable players

Roberto Bassaletti Leonardo Mas Cristián Muñoz José Daniel Ponce Norberto Raffo Diego Ruiz Sergio Gioino Juan Abarca Mauricio Arias Mauricio Aros Juan Carreño Roberto Cartes Luis Chavarría José Contreras César Cortés Dagoberto Currimilla

Gustavo Dalsasso Javier di Gregorio Luis Eyzaguirre Alberto Fouilloux Gamadiel García Daud Gazale Gonzalo Jara Carlos Labrín Hector Mancilla Rodrigo Millar Leonardo Monje Pedro Morales Rodolfo Moya Miguel Ángel Neira Luis Ignacio Quinteros Cristián Reynero

Jaime Riveros Mario Salgado Jorge Vargas Nery Veloso Mario Véner Manuel Villalobos Juan Francisco Viveros Renzo Yáñez Mauricio Zenteno Pablo Caballero Arnaldo Espínola Omar Gómez Hugo Rivero Andrés Scotti Carlos Sintas Jonny Walker

Dates and Honours

Club Facts

• Seasons in Primera División: 36
• Seasons in Primera B: 9
• Copa Libertadores appearances: 1
• Copa Sudamericana appearances: 1

Titles

• Primera División: 1

1974

• Segunda División: 1

1966

• Primera B Apertura (Cup): 2

1979, 1983

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

1975: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2006: First Round

Official sponsors

• Mitre
• Corporación de Acero del Pacífico (ACEROCAP)

Websites

• Club Deportivo Huachipato - Web Site
• Acereros.Cl Sitio de los hinchas