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Club Universidad de Chile |
- Club Universidad de Chile (Spanish pronunciation: [kluβ uniβeɾsiˈðað ðe ˈtʃile]) is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, that plays in the Primera División.
- The club was founded on 24 May 1927. Universidad de Chile is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile, having won the league title 18 times.
- In the last 10 years, the team has been crowned champion six times, including their undefeated run to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana title.
- The team has been throughout its history associated with the blue colour, also present on the logo, which was officially adopted in 1943.
- The club rivalries are with Colo-Colo and Universidad Católica, with whom they regularly contest the Santiago derbies known as Clásicos.
- Despite not owning its stadium, the club usually plays its home games at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, in the commune of Ñuñoa in Santiago.
- Universidad de Chile was the champion of the Copa Sudamericana 2011.
- In this tournament, the club had an excellent performance: wasn't defeated, won all their matches in Chile and had the top scorer of the tournament's history (Eduardo Vargas).
- Universidad de Chile has reached semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores four times (years 1970, 1996, 2010 and 2012).
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