Unión Española
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| Full name | Unión Española S.A.D.P. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Rojos de Santa Laura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | May 18, 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Santa Laura Santiago (Capacity 25,000) |
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| Chairman | Salvador Calera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jorge Garces |
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| League | Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 Apertura | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 had won six national league championships, the last one in 2005.
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[edit] History
Union Española was founded on May 18th 1897, by a group of Spanish immigrants in Chile. A memorable year in Union Española's history was 1975, when it 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.
[edit] Honours
[edit] National honours
- Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
- Winners (6): 1943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005(Apertura)
- Copa Chile
- Winners (4): 1947, 1989(I), 1992, 1993
- Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B
- Winners (1): 1999
[edit] International honours
- Copa Libertadores de América
- Runners-up (1): 1975
- 8 Participations in Copa Libertadores
- 1 Participation in Copa Ganadores de Copa
- 73 seasons in Primera División
- 2 seasons in Primera B
[edit] Notable managers
Luis Santibañez- Juvenal Olmos
[edit] Notable players
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[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Official sponsors
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