Club Universidad de Chile

In 2006, the club declared bankruptcy and received an imposed administration that was criticized by the supporters, as the new chairman immediately fired club symbols and tried to transform the club into a private company of public stocks, being opposed to the decision of the club members in a previous assembly. The team finished the year with the worst campaign in the club history and the almost-sure transformation into private company due to the ties between the appointed chairman and several businessmen.

During 2007, the imposed administration gave the club into concession to a private group (Azul Azul). In 2008, the new university's rector agreed to enter a contract with the now private club, in which he allowed the use of the university's name and symbols in exchange for a royalty and the right to appoint two out of the eleven directors of the board.

The team's home kit from 1943 to 1958 consisted of a blue jersey, a white short and blue socks. In 1959, the home kit was changed to an all royal blue kit. In 1992 a darker tone of blue was used for the home kit and in 1996 a red stripe was added to the sleeves. The team's home kit saw its most drastic change in 2001–02 when red sleeves were included on the jersey; this kit retained the blue shorts and blue socks. In 2006, the team returned to the 1959 variation of its uniform and has not changed it since then. The current home kit features the classic red letter U on the front of the jersey.

From 1934 until 2001–02, Universidad de Chile's away kit consisted of a white jersey, shorts and socks, occasionally using blue shorts during the 1990s. In 2001–02, for the first time in the club's history a red kit was introduced; this kit consisted of a red jersey with dark blue sleeves, red shorts and red socks. In 2005, the club introduced a new all-red away kit, thereby dropping the blue sleeves in favor of red ones. The current away kit in a similar fashion to the home kit also features the red letter U on the front of the jersey.[4] Universidad de Chile wore a kit that featured the regular royal blue jersey, white shorts and royal blue socks for a game against Chivas during the 2010 Copa Libertadores. At the end of 2010 the historical all-white combination made a return as the club's alternate kit.

The team's logo, a red and white chuncho (Austral pygmy owl), has its origins in the days of the Club Náutico Universitario which gave its emblem to the Club Universitario de Deportes (CUD), when was founded in 1927. The logo was taken from Germany by Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez, who turned into a Minister of Exchequer in 1945. The chuncho was chosen for its association with wisdom, mutual knowledge, harmony of the body and soul.[8]

The team's logo is not usually found on the team's uniform, being favored in turn by a red letter U with a white trim. The chuncho logo was absent from the team's jersey starting in 1979, but made a return during the 1996–97 season. Since 2006–07, a small chuncho logo could be found on the jersey along with the red U.[9]

• Primera División: 18
  • 1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004-A, 2009-A, 2011-A, 2011-C, 2012-A, 2014-A, 2017-C
• Torneo Metropolitano: 2
  • 1968, 1969
• Segunda División: 1
  • 1989
• Serie B: 2
  • 1936, 1937

• Copa Chile: 5
  • 1979, 1998, 2000, 2012–13, 2015
• Copa Francisco Candelori: 1
  • 1969
• Supercopa de Chile: 1
  • 2015

• Copa Sudamericana
  • Winners (1): 2011
• Recopa Sudamericana
  • Runner-up (1): 2012

• Suruga Bank Championship
  • Runner-up (1): 2012

Universidad de Chile's traditional rival is Colo-Colo, against which it plays the so-called Chilean Classic or Chilean Superclásico. Although the first confrontation between the two clubs dates back to 1935, the rivalry began to develop in the 1940s and 1950s, with the match played on 11 November 1959 being the climax of a series of disagreements between the two institutions. That match, valid for the definition of that year's title, ended with a 2-1 victory for Universidad de Chile, which was the first of a series of good results for the "Azules" over Colo-Colo. This, added to the dominance of Universidad de Chile in the national championship, only increased the rivalry. In recent years the rivalry between these teams has diminished, leaving Colo-Colo as superior to Universidad de Chile, and because of that, it has been considered as the "most unequal rivalry in the world."

There is often a rivalry between the two clubs from academic roots, where the game between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica is known as "Clásico Universitario". It is the oldest confrontation between two clubs from academic roots, as the first confrontation goes back to the University Classic of 1909. Rivalry, both in sports and in academic issues, made these matches between the universities become more and more important, eventually reaching the national status of "Universities' Derby".

This clásico has been recognized by FIFA as the most traditional of Chile. They met for the first time on 13 June 1937 in matchday three of the first Serie B at the Estadio Militar. These two teams have played twenty championship definitions against each other, Universidad Católica has won fourteen and Universidad de Chile six.

Current squad of Club Universidad de Chile as of 23 February 2023 (edit)
Sources: Primer Equipo

No. Position Player 1  CHI GK Cristóbal Campos 2  CHI DF Daniel Navarrete 3  CHI DF Ignacio Tapia 4  CHI DF José Castro 5  ARG MF Emmanuel Ojeda 6  CHI DF Yonathan Andía 9  ARG FW Leandro Fernández 10  CHI FW Lucas Assadi 11  CHI MF Darío Osorio 12  CHI GK Pedro Garrido 13  CHI GK Cristopher Toselli 14  CHI DF Marcelo Morales 15  CHI DF Vicente Fernández 16  CHI FW Nicolás Guerra

No. Position Player 17  CHI DF Luis Casanova 18  CHI FW Franco Lobos 19  CHI DF Juan Pablo Gómez 20  ARG MF Federico Mateos 22  CHI DF Matías Zaldivia 23  ARG DF Nery Domínguez 24  CHI FW Renato Huerta 27  CHI MF Jeison Fuentealba 28  CHI MF Israel Poblete 29  CHI MF Renato Cordero 30  URU FW Cristian Palacios 33  CHI MF Enzo Fernández --  CHI MF Agustín Arce --  CHI FW Cristóbal Muñoz

Manager: Mauricio Pellegrino

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 GK  CHI Ignacio Sáez

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 MF  CHI Renato Cordero

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 Rodrigo Cancino (at Unión La Calera) — GK  CHI Nelson Espinoza (at Deportes Copiapó) — DF  CHI Lucas Alarcón (at Deportes La Serena) — DF  CHI Bastián Tapia (at Cobreloa) — DF  CHI Yahir Salazar (at Huachipato)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHI Mauricio Morales (at Deportes Antofagasta) — FW  CHI Simón Contreras (at Universidad de Concepción) — FW  CHI José Gatica (at Santiago Morning) — FW  ARG Nahuel Luján (at Agropecuario)

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  CHI Mauricio Morales (Loan to Deportes Antofagasta)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  CHI Felipe Gallegos (Released)

• Víctor Alonso: 20 goals (1940)
• Ubaldo Cruche: 17 goals (1945), 25 goals (1946)
• Carlos Campos: 24 goals (1961), 34 goals (1962), 21 goals (1966)
• Eladio Zárate: 25 goals (1971)
• Richart Báez: 10 goals (Clausura 1997)
• Pedro González: 23 goals (1998), 26 goals (2000)
• Felipe Mora: 13 goals (Clausura 2017)

• Luis Alberto Ramos: 12 goals (1979)
• Marcelo Salas: 12 goals (1994)

• Eduardo Vargas: 11 goals (2011)

• Sergio Navarro: 1961
• Pedro Araya: 1966
• Alberto Quintano: 1967
• Adolfo Nef: 1969
• Héctor Hoffens: 1989
• Patricio Mardones: 1994
• Pedro González: 1999
• Sergio Vargas: 2000
• Eduardo Vargas: 2011
• Charles Aránguiz: 2012

• Juan Rodríguez: 1969
• Cristian Traverso: 1995
• Pedro González: 1999
• Sergio Vargas: 2000
• Miguel Pinto: 2009
• Eduardo Vargas: 2011
• José Rojas: 2012

• Marcelo Salas: 1996
• Miguel Pinto: 2009
• Mauricio Victorino: 2010
• Eduardo Vargas, Johnny Herrera & Marcos González: 2011
• Matías Rodríguez & Charles Aránguiz: 2012