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Club Deportivo O'Higgins, is a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

club based in the city of Rancagua

Rancagua

Rancagua is a city and commune in central Chile, part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It had a 2002 population of 214,344...

. The club was founded on April 7, 1955 following the merger of the clubs America and O'Higgins Braden, and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. The club was previously called PARHS FC. Their home games are played at the Estadio El Teniente

Estadio El Teniente

Estadio El Teniente is a multi-purpose stadium in Rancagua, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 14,450 people and was built in 1945 with the name Braden Copper Company Stadium . The stadium hosted several matches of World Cup Soccer in 1962...

stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 14.555 seats. The club is named after Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder...

, Chile's founding father and the second Supreme Director of Chile.

Stadium

The Stadium of O'Higgins is the World Cup Stadium Estadio El Teniente

Estadio El Teniente

. The stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Rancagua

Rancagua

, Chile

Chile

. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 14,450 people and was built in 1945. The stadium hosted several matches of the FIFA World Cup in 1962.

National honors

Segunda División
Primera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....

: 1

1964

Primera B Apertura (Cup): 1

1986

Current squad

Notable players

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Jorge Díaz

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Miguel Ángel González

Miguel Angel González (footballer)

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Gonzalo Ludueña

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Nicolás Medina

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Cristóbal Jorquera

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Nicolás Larrondo

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Juan Gonzalo Lorca

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Patricio Mardones

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Carlos Báez

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Adrián Berbia

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Federico Elduayen

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Enrique Ferraro

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Carlos María Morales

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