Unión San Felipe

Club de Deportes Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club based in San Felipe. The association, which once Chilean football champion to date, currently plays in the Primera División and plays its home games at the Estadio Municipal de San Felipe, which seats 12,000 spectators.

History

Unión San Felipe was founded on 16 October 1956 in the Chilean town of San Felipe. After two years in lower leagues succeeded Unión San Felipe 1958, the first-time promotion to the Segunda División in Chile. In 1961, they rose in the Primera División, the top division in Chilean football, on. There, the club was able to establish and reached in the next few years seats in the lower middle, but always submitted to the league. It was not until 1968 they rose from the Primera División from. After the rise was missed in the first year, this was in 1970 after by a first place in the Segunda División. As a newly promoted Unión San Felipe care for a great sensation, than in 1971 succeeded in winning the Chilean soccer championship. The first place was in the Primera División assigned two points ahead of Universidad de Chile. This is Unión San Felipe until today the only club in Chilean football, who won the second and first division in two consecutive years.

Started as a defending champion in the 1972 season, Unión San Felipe had huge problems and could barely hold the class at the end of two points separated the club from the bottom team relegated and Everton. Also in 1973 the league was achieved by reaching the penultimate place. In 1974, finished last and had to go back to the Segunda División dismount. There followed many years now in the second division, major league football was played back in 1983 in San Felipe, which lasted until the renewed decline in 1986. Apart from a short stint in the first division in 1989, which immediately resulted in the re- direct descent, the club played now almost two decades in the Segunda División before 2000 could again rise in the Primera División. Since returning to the upper house of the Chilean football 2001, the club constantly shuttling between first and second league. 2009 won Unión San Felipe with the Chilean football cup, the Copa Chile, for the second time in its history, a title. In the same year succeeded by the victory in the Primera B to return to the Primera División in Chile, in which the club is still playing today and is currently occupied positions in midfield.

Achievements

• Primera División: 1971

• Primera B: 1970, 2000, 2009

• Primera B Apertura: 2009

• Copa Chile: 2009

Known player

• Chile Óscar Fabbiani
• Chile Eros Pérez
• Chile Jaime Ramírez
• Chile Sebastián Rocco
• Chile Jorge Socías