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Huachipato
Full name	Huachipato FC
Nickname(s)	Los Acereros (Steelers); Campeón del Sur; (Champion of the South); Los de la usina (Steelmillers) ; Siderúrgicos (Steelworkers) ; Negriazules (Black and blues)
Founded	7 June 1947; 77 years ago
Ground	Estadio Huachipato-CAP Acero, Talcahuano
Capacity	10,500
Chairman	Hernán Rosenblum
Manager	Jaime García
League	Primera División
2024	Primera División, 12th of 16
Website	http://www.huachipatofc.cl/
Home colours	Away colours

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 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

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

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

Seasons in Primera División: 50 (1967-1978, 1983–1990, 1992, 1995-)
Seasons in Primera B: 9 (1965-1966, 1979–1982, 1991, 1993–1994)
Copa Chile appearances: 33 (1974-1975-1977-1984-1985-1986-1987-1988-1989-1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995-1996-1998-2000-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013-2014-2015-2016-2017-2018-2019-2021-2022-2023)
Copa Libertadores appearances: 3 (1975, 2013, 2024)
Copa Sudamericana appearances: 6 (2006, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2024)

Honours

National

Primera División
- Winners (3): 1974, 2012-C, 2023
Segunda División
- Winners (1): 1966

Regional

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

Women's team

Primera B
- Champions (1): 2021

South American cups history

Season	Competition	Round	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
2020	Copa Sudamericana	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
2024	Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16	Racing (ARG)	0–2	1–6	1–8

Club records

Record Primera División victory — 6–0 v. Aviación (1975) and La Calera (2014)
Record Primera División defeat — 0–7 v. Palestino (1978)
Record Copa Chile victory — 12–0 v. Presidente Ibáñez de Punta Arenas (2024)
Record Copa Chile defeat — 0–4 v. Osorno (1989) and Unión Española (1990)
Record Copa Libertadores victory — 4–0 v. Caracas (2013)
Record Copa Libertadores defeat — 2–7 v. Unión Española (1974)
Record Copa Sudamericana victory — 3–0 v. Antofagasta (2021)
Record Copa Sudamericana defeat — 0–5 v. Rosario Central (2021)
Record Top Scorer — 72 goals, Héctor Mancilla (2000–2005, 2015)
Most Appearances — 329 matches, Gabriel Sandoval (2002–2014)
Highest home attendance — 43,340 v. Colo-Colo (12 November 1967, at Estadio Regional de Concepción)
Primera División Best Result — Champions (1974, 2012 C)
Copa Chile Best Result — Runner-up (2013–14)

Other sports

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

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

Current squad

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: Jaime García

Youth Academy

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

In

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

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

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

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

Arturo Gutiérrez (1949-1950)
Gastón Osbén (1950)
Arturo Gutiérrez (1950-1951)
Teodoro Contreras (1951)
Félix Caballero (1952-1953)
Nestór Madariaga (1954-1955)
Sergio Cruzat (1956-1959)
Nestór Madariaga (1959-1960)
José Luis Boffi (1961)
Amadeo Silva (1962)
Luis Vera (1963-1968)
Andrés Prieto (1969–70)
Caupolicán Peña (1971)
Pedro Morales (1972-1975)
Miguel Ángel Ruiz (1975)
Armando Tobar (1975)
Salvador Biondi (1976)
Alberto Fouilloux (1977–78)
Armando Tobar (1978)
Luis Vera (1979-1982)
Francisco Hormazábal (1983-1984)
Luis Ibarra (1984)
Luis Santibañez (1985)
Luis Vera (1985)
Antonio Vargas (1985–86)
Luis Vera (1986–87)
Nelson Gatica (1987)
Manfredo González (1987–89)
Juan Carlos Gangas (1990)
Germán Cornejo (1991)
Manuel Keosseián (1992)
Carlos Felipe Pedemonte (1992)
Rolando García (1992-1995)
Andrija Perčić (1995-1999)
Carlos Felipe Pedemonte (2000)
Yuri Fernández (2000)
Jorge Solari (2000)
Oscar Garré (2001-2003)
Arturo Salah (2004-2007)
Antonio Zaracho (2007–08)
Carlos Felipe Pedemonte (2008)
Fernando Vergara (2008-2009)
Pedro García (2009)
Arturo Salah (2009-2011)
Alejandro Padilla (2011)
Jorge Pellicer (2011-2013)
Mario Salas (2013–2014)
Hugo Vilches (2015)
Miguel Ponce (2016-2017)
César Vigevani (2017)
Nicolás Larcamón (2018-2019)
Gustavo Florentín (2019-2021)
Juan José Luvera (2021)
Mario Salas (2021–2022)
Gustavo Álvarez (2023)
Javier Sanguinetti (2024)
Francisco Troncoso (2024)
Igor Oca (2024-)

References

^ "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).
^ ""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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ""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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.