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Unión Española

Full name	Unión Española S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)	Los Rojos de Santa Laura (The Reds from Santa Laura)
Founded	May 18, 1897
Ground	Estadio Santa Laura Santiago (Capacity: 22,000)
Chairman	Jorge Segovia
Manager	Rubén Israel
League	Primera División
2009 Apertura	Runner-up, (1st, Regular Season)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Unión Española is a Chilean football club based in Santiago. They currently play in the Primera División, the highest tier of the Chilean football system. They have won six national league championships, the last one in 2005.

History

Union Española was founded on May 18, 1897, by a group of Spanish immigrants in Chile. A memorable year in Union Española's history was 1975, when they lost the Copa Libertadores final against Independiente de Avellaneda.

The club's stadium is Santa Laura, the oldest stadium in Chile which was founded in 1922.

Honours

Domestic honours

• Primera División
  • Winners (6): 1943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005 Apertura
  • Runners-up (7): 1945, 1948, 1950, 1972, 1976, 2004, 2009 Apertura
• Copa Chile
  • Winners (4): 1947, 1989-I, 1992, 1993
• Primera B
  • Winners (1): 1999

International honours

• Copa Libertadores de América
  • Runners-up (1): 1975

• 8 Participations in Copa Libertadores
• 1 Participation in Copa Ganadores de Copa
• 74 seasons in Primera División
• 2 seasons in Primera B

Staff

Famous Coaches

• Nelson Acosta
• Pedro García Barros
• Luis Santibañez
• Juvenal Olmos
• Luis Hernán Carvallo
• Fernando Díaz

Notable players

Squad

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Gregory Saavedra 2 MF Braulio Leal 3 DF Francisco Nájera 4 MF Gonzalo Villagra 6 DF Giovanny Espinoza 7 FW Raúl Enrique Estévez 8 MF Rodolfo Madrid 9 FW Leonardo Monje 10 MF Martín Ligüera 11 MF Fernando Cordero 12 GK Rainer Wirth 13 DF Leandro Delgado

No. Position Player 14 FW Ramsés Bustos 15 MF Matías Masiero 16 MF Esteban González 17 DF Jorge Ampuero 18 FW Eduardo Rubio 19 FW Alexander Medina 20 DF Sebastián Miranda 22 MF Nicolás Núñez 23 MF Roberto Ordenes 24 DF Miguel Aceval 25 MF Mario Aravena 30 GK Cristian Limenza 31 GK Luis Marín

Youth team squad

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

No. Position Player 21 MF Nicolás Altamirano 26 MF Juan Sepúlveda 27 DF Marcos Hidalgo 28 MF Matías Navarrete 31 DF Francisco Alarcón

No. Position Player 32 FW Camilo Aretxabala 33 FW Rodrigo Gattas -- DF Hugo Cáceres -- MF Jorge Orellana -- FW Fabián Saavedra

Squad Changes

In

• Martín Ligüera Transferred from Olimpia
• Leandro Delgado Transferred from Everton
• Leonardo Monje Transferred from Huachipato
• Esteban Gonzalez Transferred from Ñublense
• Giovanny Espinoza Transferred from Birmingham City FC
• Rainer Wirth Transferred from Municipal Iquique
• Alexander Medina Transferred from Arsenal de Sarandí

Out

• Miguel Orellana Transferred to Provincial Osorno
• Isaías Peralta Transferred to Municipal Iquique
• Anibal Domeneghini Transferred to O'Higgins
• Clarence Acuña Transferred to La Serena
• David Ramírez On loan to Godoy Cruz de Mendoza
• Diego Rosende Transferred to Universidad Catolica
• Gustavo Canales Transferred to River Plate

Official sponsors

• Diadora
• Beer Cristal Chile

External links

• (Spanish) Official site