Club Deportivo O'Higgins

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O'Higgins
Full name	Club Deportivo O'Higgins S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)	La Celeste, Los Tigres
Founded	April 7, 1955
Ground	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile (Capacity 14,555)
Chairman	Ricardo Abumohor
Manager	Jorge Sampaoli
League	Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
2007 Clausura	6th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Club Deportivo O'Higgins, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Rancagua. The club was founded April 7, 1955 and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are played at the Estadio El Teniente stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 14555 seats. The club is named for Bernardo O'Higgins, a hero of Chile's war for independence and the second Supreme Director of Chile.

Contents 1 National honors 2 History 3 Notable Players 3.1 Current Squad 08 3.2 Squad changes for Clausura 08 4 External links

[edit] National honors

• Second Division Champion: 1964

[edit] History

• Seasons in First Division: 42
• Seasons in Second Division: 10
• Copa Libertadores Appearances: 3 (1979, 1980, 1984)
• Copa CONMEBOL Appearances:1 (1992)
• Largest Margin of Victory: 8-2 (vs. colo-colo in 1972)
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 3-7 (vs. Lota Schwager in 2003)
• Best Finish in First Division: 2nd place; semifinalist (play-offs) (Clausura 2006)
• All-time Goals Leader: Aníbal González (108)

[edit] Notable Players

Nelson Acosta Eduardo Bonvallet Claudio Borghi Claudio Bustos Mario Desideirio Jorge Rogelio Nuñez Mario Nuñez Jaime Riveros Jorge Oliver Robledo

Juvenal Soto Nelson Tapia Federico Vairo Giancarlo Maldonado Daniel Gonzalez Rodrigo Ramirez Jean Beausejour Carlos Tejas Herly Alcazar

[edit] Current Squad 08

No. Position Player 1 GK Nelson Donoso 2 MF Joan Henríquez 3 DF Marcelo Medina 4 MF José Luis Villagra 5 DF Federico Martorell 6 MF Nicolás Diez (captain) 7 DF Rodrigo Ramírez 8 FW Felipe Flores 9 FW Sebastián Varas 10 MF Javier Garcia 11 FW Nestor Bareiro 12 MF Manuel Pereira 13 MF Leonardo Espinoza

No. Position Player 14 MF Felipe Rojas 15 FW Bryan Danessi 16 MF Ali Manuochieri 17 DF Carlos Herrera 18 DF Roberto Cáceres 19 DF Hans Gómez 20 FW Braulio Baeza 21 MF Sebastián Villegas 22 GK Carlos Tejas 25 GK José Miguel Rosales 26 FW John Jairo Castillo 28 DF Cristóbal González (vice-captain) 29 FW Jean Beausejour

[edit] Squad changes for Clausura 08

In:

• John Jairo Castillo on loan from Colo Colo
• Nestor Bareiro Signed from Deportes Concepcion
• Ali Manouchieri transfered from Deportes Antofagasta

Out:

• Carlos Carmona transfered to Regina
• Diego Olate transfered to Union Española

[edit] External links

• La Celeste Fan Site

Liga Chilena de Fútbol 2008
Antofagasta | Audax Italiano | Cobreloa | Cobresal | Colo-Colo | Deportes Concepción | Everton | Huachipato | La Serena | Melipilla | Ñublense | O'Higgins | Osorno | Palestino | Rangers | Santiago Morning S.A. | Unión Española | Universidad Católica | Universidad de Chile | Universidad de Concepción      edit