2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season

The 2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 78th season and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's edition of the Copa Chile.

Universidad Católica
2018 season
PresidentJuan Tagle
Head coachBeñat San José
StadiumSan Carlos de Apoquindo
League1st
Copa ChileSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Diego Buonanotte (7)

All:
Diego Buonanotte (7)
Biggest winUniversidad Católica 3–1 Huachipato
Universidad Católica 3–1 Unión Española
Universidad Católica 3–1 Curicó Unido
Biggest defeatUniversidad Católica 0–3 Huachipato
← 2017
2019 →

Squad edit

No. Player Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Year signed Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Matías Dituro   GK (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 37) 2018 Bolívar
12 Marcelo Suárez   GK (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 23) 2018 Academy
17 Miguel Vargas   GK (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 27) 2015 Academy
Defenders
2 Germán Lanaro   CB (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) 2015 Palestino
3 Germán Voboril   LB / RB (1987-05-05) May 5, 1987 (age 37) 2017 Racing
4 Cristián Álvarez (captain)[1]   RB / RWB (1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 44) 2011 Universitario
5 Branco Ampuero   CB (1993-07-19) 19 July 1993 (age 30) 2017 Deportes Antofagasta
13 Benjamín Kuscevic   CB (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) 2014 Academy
15 Yerco Oyanedel   LB / RB (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 23) 2019 Academy
21 Raimundo Rebolledo   RB / RWB (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 26) 2015 Academy
29 Stefano Magnasco   RB / RWB (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 31) 2014 FC Groningen
Midfielders
6 César Fuentes   CM / DM (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31) 2015 O'Higgins
8 Jaime Carreño   CM / DM (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) 2015 Academy
10 Diego Rojas   AM / CM (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29) 2012 Academy
11 Luciano Aued   AM / CM (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37) 2017 Racing
18 Diego Buonanotte   AM (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36) 2016 AEK
20 Carlos Lobos   CM / DM (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) 2014 Academy
24 Ignacio Saavedra   CM / DM (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25) 2018 Academy
Forwards
7 Sebastián Sáez   ST (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 39) 2018 Emirates
9 David Llanos   ST (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 34) 2014 Huachipato
14 Andrés Vilches   ST (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32) 2018 Colo-Colo
16 Marcos Bolados   RW (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) 2018 Colo-Colo
19 José Pedro Fuenzalida   RB / RWB / RW (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39) 2016 Boca Juniors
23 Brian Leiva   RW (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26) 2017 Academy
27 César Munder   RW (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) 2018 Academy
30 Diego Valencia   ST / RW (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24) 2018 Academy
33 David Henríquez   ST (1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 25) 2017 Academy
Player(s) on transfers/loan during this season
4 Fernando Cordero   LB / RB (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 36) 2012 Unión Española

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Name From Type Ref.
12 December 2017 MF   Jaime Carreño Everton End of loan [2]
MF   Diego Rojas Palestino End of loan [2]
DF   Raimundo Rebolledo Curicó Unido End of loan [2]
GK   Miguel Vargas Deportes Santa Cruz End of loan [2]
29 May 2018 FW   Sebastián Sáez   Emirates Club Free transfer [3]

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Type Ref.
4 December 2017 GK   Franco Costanzo - Retirated [4]
15 December 2017 FW   Santiago Silva   Talleres Contract terminated [5]
31 December 2017 FW   Jeisson Vargas   Montreal Impact End of loan [6]
1 January 2018 DF   Vicente Starikoff Deportes Recoleta Contract terminated [7]
3 January 2018 DF   Fabián Monilla   Toluca Contract terminated [8]
19 February 2018 MF   Carlos Espinosa Curicó Unido Contract terminated [9]
25 June 2018 FW   Pedro Campos   Club Necaxa Transfer [10]
4 July 2018 DF   Fernando Cordero   San Martín de Tucumán Contract terminated [11]

Loans in edit

Date Pos. Name From Type Ref.
11 January 2018 FW   Marcos Bolados Colo-Colo End of season [12]
12 January 2018 FW   Andrés Vilches Colo-Colo End of season [13]
14 January 2018 GK   Matías Dituro   Bolivar End of season [14]

Loans out edit

Date Pos. Name To Type Ref.
19 December 2017 GK   Cristopher Toselli   Atlas End of season [15]
5 January 2018 MF   Fabián Manzano Palestino End of season [16]
1 January 2018 MF   Manuel Reyes Rangers End of season [17]
1 January 2018 FW   Sebastián Pérez Rangers End of season [18]
8 January 2018 DF   Juan Espinoza O'Higgins End of season [19]
11 January 2018 FW   José Luis Muñoz Palestino End of season [20]
18 January 2018 GK   Francisco Garrido Deportes Melipilla End of season [21]
29 January 2018 DF   Benjamín Vidal Palestino End of season [22]
14 February 2018 MF   Lukas Soza Deportes Copiapó End of season [23]
20 February 2018 MF   Gonzalo Jara Unión La Calera 30 June 2018 [24]
22 February 2018 FW   Diego Vallejos Palestino End of season [25]
1 March 2018 FW   Matías Rosas Deportes Puerto Montt End of season [26]
22 June 2018 GK   Álvaro Ogalde Deportes Limache End of season [27]
17 July 2018 MF   Andrés Souper Deportes Valdivia End of season [28]
19 July 2018 MF   Gonzalo Jara Barnechea End of season [29]
9 August 2018 DF   Vicente Fernández Unión La Calera End of season [30]

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League 2 February 2018 2 December 2018 Matchday 1 Winners 30 17 10 3 39 25 +14 056.67
Copa Chile 10 June 2018 17 June 2018 Second round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Total 32 18 10 4 41 28 +13 056.25

Source: Soccerway

Primera Division edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad Católica (C) 30 17 10 3 39 25 +14 61 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Universidad de Concepción 30 18 4 8 44 31 +13 58
3 Universidad de Chile 30 18 3 9 46 37 +9 57 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Deportes Antofagasta 30 14 11 5 48 33 +15 53 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Colo-Colo 30 12 7 11 40 38 +2 43
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Red cards, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Drawing of lots.
In case there are two teams tied in points for first place: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 17 10 3 39 25  +14 61 12 3 0 24 10  +14 5 7 3 15 15  0

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHA
ResultWWWWWWLWWWDWDDDDDWDWDDWWLWLDWW
Position711111111111111211111111111111
Source: Primera Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

2 February 2018 1 Universidad Católica 2:1 Deportes Temuco Las Condes
20:00 Hauche   3' (o.g.)
Aued   51' (pen.)
Report   56' (o.g.) Dituro Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 9.756
Referee: César Deischler
11 February 2018 2 Curicó Unido 1:3 Universidad Católica Curicó
18:00 Cortés   46' Report Aued   23' (pen.)
Llanos   45'
Lanaro   67'
Stadium: La Granja
Attendance: 4.329
Referee: Héctor Jona
17 February 2018 3 Everton 0:1 Universidad Católica Viña del Mar
12:00 Report Llanos   19' Stadium: Sausalito
Attendance: 6.524
Referee: Cristián Andaur
24 February 2018 4 Universidad Católica 1:0 Unión La Calera Las Condes
20:30 Buonanotte   71' Report Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 9.406
Referee: Piero Maza
4 March 2018 5 Deportes Iquique 0:1 Universidad Católica Calama
18:00 Report Fuentes   84' Stadium: Zorros del Desierto
Attendance: 1.940
Referee: Felipe González
18 March 2018 6 Universidad Católica 3:1 Unión Española Las Condes
20:30 Fuenzalida   7'
Henríquez   53'
Llanos   90+4'
Report Figueroa   31' Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 11.314
Referee: César Deischler
31 March 2018 7 Colo-Colo 1:0 Universidad Católica Macul
12:30 Valdés   42' (pen.) Report Stadium: Monumental
Attendance: 29.004
Referee: Julio Bascuñán
8 April 2018 8 Universidad Católica 2:1 Palestino Las Condes
17:30 Buonanotte   9'
Lobos   45+3'
Report Gutiérrez   40' (pen.) Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 10.637
Referee: César Deischler
14 April 201 9 O'Higgins F.C. 0:1 Universidad Católica Rancagua
15:00 Report Aued   10' (pen.) Stadium: El Teniente
Attendance: 8.664
Referee: Francisco Gilabert
22 April 2018 10 Universidad Católica 1:0 Audax Italiano Las Condes
17:30 Llanos   79' Report Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 11.055
Referee: Felipe González
29 April 2018 11 San Luis 1:1 Universidad Católica Quillota
20:00 Caballero   51' Report Lobos   59' Stadium: Lucio Fariña Fernández
Attendance: 4.812
Referee: Christian Rojas
5 May 2018 12 Universidad Católica 3:1 C.D. Huachipato Las Condes
20:00 Fuenzalida   24'
Buonanotte   69'
Llanos   75'
Report Torres   34' Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 10.696
Referee: Piero Maza
13 May 2018 13 Universidad Católica 1:1 Universidad de Chile Las Condes
12:00 Buonanotte   45' Report Pinilla   65' Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 12.282
Referee: Roberto Tobar
20 May 2018 14 Universidad de Concepción 0:0 Universidad Católica Concepción
17:30 Report Stadium: Ester Roa
Attendance: 17.715
Referee: Francisco Gilabert
26 May 2018 15 Universidad Católica 0:0 Deportes Antofagasta Las Condes
20:00 Report Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 10.572
Referee: Felipe González
21 July 2018 16 Universidad Católica 2:2 Deportes Iquique Las Condes
17:30 Buonanotte   34'
Fuenzalida   39' (pen.)
Report Salinas   28'
Bustamante   44'
Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 8.133
Referee: Piero Maza
28 July 2018 17 Palestino 2:2 Universidad Católica La Cisterna
12:00 Campos López   27', 74' Report Buonanotte   54'
Sáez   82'
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3.478
Referee: Julio Bascuñán
4 August 2018 18 Universidad Católica 2:1 Everton Las Condes
17:30 Sáez   50', 69' Report Suárez   16' (pen.) Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 9.570
Referee: Felípe González
11 August 2018 19 Unión La Calera 2:2 Universidad Católica Viña del Mar
15:00 Núñez   31' (pen.)
Abán   89'
Report Aued   62'
Lanaro   68'
Stadium: Sausalito
Attendance: 5.675
Referee: Roberto Tobar
19 August 2018 20 Universidad Católica 2:1 Curicó Unido Las Condes
17:30 Munder   43'
Sáez   78'
Report Vargas   22' Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 10.739
Referee: Francisco Gilabert
26 August 2018 21 Audax Italiano 0:0 Universidad Católica La Florida
20:00 Report Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 7.642
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
1 September 2018 22 Unión Española 1:1 Universidad Católica Independencia
17:30 Tello   90+1' Report Lobos   31' Stadium: Santa Laura
Attendance: 8.058
Referee: Piero Maza
22 September 2018 23 Universidad Católica 2:1 San Luis Las Condes
20:00 Fuenzalida   76'
Buonanotte   83'
Report Rodríguez   37' Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 9.877
Referee: Christian Rojas
30 September 2018 24 Universidad Católica 1:0 Colo-Colo Las Condes
12:00 Aued   56' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 12.196
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
6 October 2018 25 C.D. Huachipato 3:0 Universidad Católica Talcahuano
17:30 Parraguez   59', 85'
Torres   90+4'
Report Stadium: Estadio CAP
Attendance: 6.460
Referee: Julio Bascuñán
20 October 2018 26 Universidad Católica 1:0 Universidad de Concepción Las Condes
20:00 Vilches   63' Report Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 12.249
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
27 October 2018 27 Universidad de Chile 2:0 Universidad Católica Ñuñoa
12:00 Vaz   41'
Soteldo   78'
Report Stadium: Nacional
Attendance: 44.102
Referee: Piero Maza
4 November 2018 28 Deportes Antofagasta 1:1 Universidad Católica Antofagasta
15:30 Becker   2' Report Sáez   50' Stadium: Calvo y Bascuñán
Attendance: 8.201
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
25 November 2018 29 Universidad Católica 1:0 O'Higgins F.C. Las Condes
17:30 Fuenzalida   45+2' Report Stadium: San Carlos
Attendance: 12.687
Referee: Roberto Tobar
2 December 2018 30 Deportes Temuco 1:2 Universidad Católica Temuco
17:30 Aceval   15' (pen.) Report Carreño   54'
Vilches   69'
Stadium: Germán Becker
Attendance: 14.874
Referee: Piero Maza

Copa Chile edit

Second round edit

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Cobreloa 1–2 Universidad Católica Calama
17:30
Report
Stadium: Estadio Zorros del Desierto
Attendance: 4,293
Referee: Fabián Aracena
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Universidad Católica0–2 Cobreloa Las Condes, Santiago
16:15 Report
Stadium: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
Attendance: 5,303
Referee: Ángelo Hermosilla

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Copa Chile
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Matías Dituro 32 0 30 0 2 0
2 DF   Germán Lanaro 28 0 26 0 2 0
3 DF   Germán Voboril 17 2 16 2 1 0
4 DF   Cristián Álvarez 10 0 9 0 1 0
6 MF   César Fuentes 17 1 16 1 1 0
6 FW   Sebastián Sáez 15 5 15 5 0 0
8 MF   Jaime Carreño 14 1 14 1 0 0
8 MF   Ignacio Saavedra 13 0 13 0 0 0
9 FW   David Llanos 21 6 19 5 2 1
10 MF   Diego Rojas 20 0 18 0 2 0
11 DF   Fernando Cordero 7 0 7 0 0 0
11 MF   Luciano Aued 30 6 28 5 2 1
13 DF   Benjamín Kuscevic 22 0 22 0 0 0
14 FW   Andrés Vilches 19 2 18 2 1 0
16 FW   Marcos Bolados 19 0 18 0 1 0
17 DF   Branco Ampuero 18 0 16 0 2 0
18 MF   Diego Buonanotte 27 7 26 7 1 0
19 DF   José Pedro Fuenzalida 31 5 29 5 2 0
20 FW   César Munder 16 1 14 1 2 0
20 FW   Carlos Lobos 13 3 11 3 2 0
21 DF   Raimundo Rebolledo 23 0 21 0 2 0
29 DF   Stefano Magnasco 14 0 14 0 0 0
30 FW   Diego Valencia 3 0 2 0 1 0
33 FW   David Henríquez 13 1 12 1 1 0

Last updated: December 2018
Source: Soccerway

Player left Universidad Católica during the season

Goals edit

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player League Copa Chile Total
1 18 MF   Diego Buonanotte 7 0 7
2 9 MF   David Llanos 5 1 6
11 MF   Luciano Aued 5 1 6
4 19 DF   José Pedro Fuenzalida 5 0 5
7 MF   Sebastián Sáez 5 0 5
6 20 FW   Carlos Lobos 3 0 3
7 14 FW   Andrés Vilches 2 0 2
2 DF   Germán Lanaro 2 0 2
9 6 MF   César Fuentes 1 0 1
16 FW   César Munder 1 0 1
33 FW   David Henríquez 1 0 1
8 MF   Jaime Carreño 1 0 1
Own goal 1 0 1
Total 39 2 41
  • Last updated: December 2018
  • Source: Soccerway

Assists edit

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player League Copa Chile Total
1 9 MF   David Llanos 3 0 3
10 MF   Diego Rojas 3 0 3
3 18 MF   Diego Buonanotte 2 0 2
19 DF   José Pedro Fuenzalida 2 0 2
21 DF   Raimundo Rebolledo 2 0 2
16 FW   Marcos Bolados 2 0 2
7 11 MF   Luciano Aued 1 0 1
14 FW   Andrés Vilches 1 0 1
27 FW   César Munder 1 0 1
3 DF   Germán Voboril 1 0 1
4 DF   Cristián Álvarez 1 0 1
29 DF   Stefano Magnasco 1 0 1
30 FW   Diego Valencia 1 0 1
Total 21 0 21
  • Last updated: December 2018
  • Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name League Copa Chile Total
1 1 GK   Matías Dituro 11 0 11
Total 11 0 0
*Last updated: December 2018

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External links edit