Audax Italiano


Audax Club Sportivo Italiano is a Chilean football club based in La Florida playing in the Campeonato Nacional, having has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football.
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History

The club was founded by Italian residents in Santiago, on November 30, 1910, as Audax Club Ciclista Italiano in Alberto Caffi's hat store, and was originally focused on cycling.
As football developed quickly in Santiago, in 1917 the club began participating in that sport, and in 1922, when the popularity of football increased within Audax's supporters, the club changed its name to Audax Club Sportivo Italiano.
In January 2007, the club was transformed into a limited liability corporation, and changed its name to Audax Italiano La Florida, adding the name of the commune in which it has always been located.
The club has always been a regular protagonist in Chilean football, but had never been able to participate in any major international competition until 2007, when they played in the Copa Libertadores.

Rivalries

As a club founded by immigrants, it has a special rivalry with the other immigrant clubs Unión Española and Palestino.
These games are known as the "Diaspora Derby".

Honours

Audax has been national champions four times, joint sixth alongside Magallanes. The club also achieved three Copa Chile runner-up finishes in 1981, 1998 and 2018.
The club had their first major success in 1936, when they won the league title. During the 1940s, Audax won two further titles in 1946 and 1948, and a fourth in 1957.

National

Primera División de Chile

Regional

Primera División 
  • * Winners : 1922,​ 1931, 1932Primera División 
  • * Winners : 1924Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago
  • * Winners : 1922Copa Joaquín Prieto Concha
  • * Winners : 1924Campeonato de Apertura de la Liga Metropolitana de Deportes
  • * Winners : 1925Campeonato de Apertura de la Asociación de Football de Santiago
  • * Winners : 1932Sección Argentina de la Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago
  • * Winners : 1922Copa Luis A. Poblete
  • * Winners : 1922

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Records

Notable players

Managers

Interim coaches appear in italics.