Curicó Unido

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Curicó Unido
File:Escudo Curicó Unido.jpg
Full name Club de Deportes Provincial Curicó Unido
Nickname(s) Curi
Albirrojos (The red & white)
Torteros (The Cake-makers)
La Banda Sangre (The Blood Stripe)
Founded February 26, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-02-26)
Ground Estadio La Granja
Ground Capacity 8,278
Chairman Freddy Palma
Coach Damián Muñoz
League Campeonato Nacional
2021 14th

Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera División, the first level of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Damián Muñoz.

History

Curicó Unido was founded on 26 February 1973, with Edmundo Rojas as the first President of the club. They became the fourth football team from the Curicó city to play at the professional level, after Alianza de Curicó, Luis Cruz Martínez and Bádminton de Curicó.

Curicó Unido played since the season 1974 at the Primera B, but after seven poor seasons they gained relegation to the third level to the season 1981, returning to Primera B two years later, in 1983.

1984 and 1985 were the best seasons of Curicó Unido history, disputing the promotion until the last week, but with bad luck at the final matches.

The next campaigns were average, with the exception of the season 1990, when they lose the category after the final match with Deportes Valdivia, when they won 4–1, two goals short what they needed to stay at Primera B.

Since then, they stayed at the Tercera División without real chances to return to the Primera B, until the 2003 season. But at the next year that changed.

In 2004 the albirrojos were really close to returned to the Primera B. At the last week of the season, in Chillán, they arrived as leaders, to face Ñublense who was three points behind at the table; however the Chillanejos won that game 2–1, forcing a tie breaker match in Linares, where Ñublense won 2–0, taking the title and the promotion.

However, the year 2005 Curicó Unido had his revenge. They disputed the title with Trasandino until the last week. While Trasandino tied with Municipal Iquique, Curicó crushed Iberia 4–0, and in this way, after 15 years of suffering, Provincial Curicó Unido returned to the Chilean professional football.

In 2006, in their return to the Primera B, Curicó Unido finished in fifth place.

The next year, Curico avoided relegation only at the end of the season; Deportes Temuco finished last and fell down to the third level of national football for the upcoming season.

Curicó won promotion to the Primera Division after a 1–0 win over Deportes Puerto Montt on the last home game of the 2008 season, which was enough to securing 1st place of the Primera B and automatic promotion. Only to return to Primera B the next season, after losing a promotion play-off against San Luis.

They returned to the top-tier in 2017, after winning the 2016–17 Primera B tournament.

Honours

2008, 2016-17
2005

Others

  • Copa Confraternidad (Tercera Div.): 1
1991

Records

Team colours

Curicó Unido's official kit is a white shirt with a diagonal red stripe that crosses the chest from the right shoulder to the left side of the hip. The shorts are black and socks are white.

Kit evolution

Sponsorship

The club are currently sponsored by Multihogar and their technical sponsors are Dalponte.

Shirt Sponsors

  • 1976: Buses Galgo Azul
  • 1977–78: Cecinas Soler
  • 1981–82: Multifrut
  • 1983–95: Fideos Suazo
  • 1996–: Multihogar

Stadiums

Curicó Unido's traditional home-ground is the Estadio La Granja, located in Curicó city; an 8,000 football stadium with an athletic track around the pitch, located in the "La Granja sports complex", leased from Curicó city hall.

Curicó Unido have also used other grounds during their history.

The Estadio Carabineros de Curicó, was Curicó Unido's home in 1976 and 1977.

They also played their Tercera Division league home games of the season 1992, at the Estadio ANFA Luis H. Alvarez.

And recently, during the 2010 season, the Estadio Municipal Jorge Silva de San Fernando, was their temporary home ground due to the reconstruction of the Estadio La Granja.

Supporters

Curicó Unido fans traditionally come from Curicó itself; and from the rest of the Curicó Province, but in smaller numbers.

The largest supporters' group is the Marginales, created in 1997.

Curicó Unido supporters' current main rivals are Rangers de Talca, and Ñublense.

Current squad

Current squad of Curicó Unido as of 5 October 2021 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  CHI GK Thomas Vergara
3  ARG DF Matías Cahais
5  URU MF Agustín Nadruz
6  CHI MF Diego Urzúa
7  CHI FW Felipe Fritz
8  CHI MF Mario Sandoval
9  ARG FW Rodrigo Holgado
10  CHI MF Yerko Leiva
11  CHI MF Bayron Oyarzo
12  CHI GK Fabián Cerda
13  CHI DF José Rojas
14  CHI FW Joaquín González
15  CHI DF Juan Pablo Gómez
16  CHI DF Franco Bechtholdt
17  CHI MF Martín Cortés
18  CHI MF Felipe Ortiz
No. Position Player
19  CHI DF Ronald de la Fuente
20  ARG FW Federico Castro
21  CHI MF Matías Ormazábal
22  CHI GK Juan Ruz
23  CHI MF Pablo Corral
25  CHI MF Rony Albornoz
26  CHI FW Benjamín Ortiz
27  URU FW Diego Coelho
28  CHI MF José Gutiérrez
29  CHI DF Kennet Lara
30  CHI GK Luis Santelices
31  CHI MF Pablo Cabrera
32  CHI DF Yerson Opazo
33  CHI DF Alexander Del Río
34  CHI FW Cristián Bustamante
35  COL MF Leonardo Angulo

2021 Winter transfers

In

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

No. Position Player
Chile GK Luis Santelices (from Everton)
Chile DF Juan Pablo Gómez (from Unión Española)
Argentina DF Matías Cahais (from O'Higgins)
Chile MF Martín Cortés (from U. de Concepción)
No. Position Player
Chile MF Mario Sandoval (loan from Deportes Melipilla)
Uruguay FW Diego Coelho (from Cerro)
Argentina FW Federico Castro (from Sol de América)

Out

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

No. Position Player
1 Argentina GK Martín Perafán (to Boca Unidos)
2 Argentina DF Leonel Galeano (to Melgar)
4 Chile DF Jordan Barroilhet (Released)
8 Argentina MF Adrián Sánchez (back to Boca Juniors)
9 Chile FW Leandro Benegas (Released)
10 Chile FW Jean Paul Pineda (Released)
No. Position Player
14 Venezuela FW Heber García (Released)
17 Chile DF Juan Carlos Espinoza (Released)
20 Chile FW Felipe Villagrán (back to Coquimbo Unido)
24 Chile FW Felipe Barrientos (to Coquimbo Unido)
28 Chile FW Gabriel Harding (loan to San Luis de Quillota)
46 Argentina FW Favio Cabral (back to Talleres)

Managers

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  • Chile Ricardo Oteíza (1973)
  • Chile Julio Campos (1974)
  • Chile Eugenio Jara (1974–75)
  • Chile Pedro Araya (1975–76)
  • Chile Leonardo Bedoya (1976–77)
  • Chile Sergio Gutiérrez (1977)
  • Chile Pedro Araya (1977–78)
  • Chile José González (1978–79)
  • Chile Luis Álvarez (1979)
  • Chile Sergio Navarro (1979–80)
  • Chile Guillermo Páez (1980)
  • Chile Luis Álvarez (1981)
  • Chile Enrique Arredondo (1982)
  • Chile Francisco Quinteros (1983)
  • Chile Carlos Contreras (1983)
  • Chile Eugenio Horta (1983–84)
  • Chile Sergio Gutiérrez (1985)
  • Chile Luis Orrego (1985)
  • Chile Roque Mercury (1986)
  • Chile Guillermo Páez (1986–87)
  • Chile Luis Orrego (1987–88)
  • Chile Sergio Gutiérrez (1988–90)
  • Chile Manuel Rubilar (1990)
  • Chile Eugenio Horta (1990–91)
  • Chile Julio García (1991)
  • Chile Manuel Espinoza (1991–93)
  • Chile Julio García (1993)
  • Chile Sergio Gutiérrez (1993–94)
  • Chile Julio García (1994–95)
  • Chile Hugo Cicamois (1995–96)
  • Chile Eugenio Horta (1996)
  • Chile Esaú Bravo (1996)
  • Chile Pedro Araya (1997)
  • Peru Roberto Ortiz (1998)
  • Chile Carlos Encina (1998)
  • Chile Manuel Alvarado (1999)
  • Chile Luis Urrutia (1999)
  • Chile Eugenio Jara (2000)
  • Chile John Castro (2000)
  • Chile Hugo Cicamois (2001)
  • Chile Enzo Silva (2001)
  • Uruguay Ramón Castro (2002)
  • Chile Esaú Bravo (2002–03)
  • Chile Alex Barrales (2003)
  • Chile Jaime Nova (2004–05)
  • Chile Eduardo Cortázar (2005–06)
  • Chile Nelson Mores (2006)
  • Chile Germán Cornejo (2007)
  • Chile Juan Ubilla (2007)
  • Chile Luis Marcoleta (2008–10)
  • Chile Raúl Toro (2010–11)
  • Chile Juan Aliaga (2011)
  • Chile Eduardo Cortázar (2011)
  • Chile Jorge Socías (2012)
  • Chile Cristián Castañeda (2012)
  • Chile Eduardo Cortázar (2012)
  • Argentina Pablo Abraham (2012–13)
  • Argentina Mauricio Giganti (2013)
  • Argentina Germán Corengia (2014–15)
  • Argentina Cristián Molins (2015)
  • Chile Luis Marcoleta (2015–2018)
  • Chile Jaime Vera (2018)
  • Argentina Dalcio Giovagnoli (2019)
  • Chile Hugo Vilches (2019)
  • Argentina Nicolás Larcamón (2020–)

References

External links

  1. REDIRECT Template:Primera División de Chile


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