2012 O'Higgins F.C. season

O'Higgins F.C.
2012 season
Chairman	Ricardo Abumohor
Manager	Eduardo Berizzo
Stadium	Estadio El Teniente
Apertura	Runners-up
Clausura	14th
Copa Chile	Quarterfinals
Copa Sudamericana	1st Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Enzo Gutiérrez and; Ramón Fernández (11 goals each); All: Ramón Fernández (13 goals)
Biggest win	9–2 vs Deportes Rengo; (Friendly, 7 January 2012); 7–0 vs San Antonio Unido; (Copa Chile, 10 October 2012)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Cerro Porteño; (Copa Sudamericana, 8 August 2012); 1–5 vs Audax Italiano; (Torneo Clausura, 3 November 2012)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2012 O'Higgins F.C. season is O'Higgins F.C.'s 49th season in the Primera División and their sixth consecutive season in Primera División. The club plays in three tournaments: The Primera División de Chile, Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Chile.

The odissey of Eduardo Berizzo[edit]

For the 2012 season, the year started of abrupt form with Fernando De la Fuente's departure after a strong discussion with Eduardo Berizzo and also with the goalkeeper's coach Roberto Bonano, being confirmed then that the player will be loaned to Deportes La Serena, losing of this form to one of the best defensive midfielders of the Chilean football for face the Torneo de Apertura.^[1] However, the club's board surprised to Rancagua with the signings of the Argentine talented attacking midfielder Ramón Fernández, former footballer of Unión La Calera, who was tempted by country's powerhouse clubs: Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile, after a very well year,^[2] the Paraguayan footballer Rodrigo Rojas, who played for teams like River Plate, and finally to Julio Barroso, defender champion of the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Argentina that played for Boca Juniors.

On 27 January 2012, the club achieved his first triumph in the Torneo de Apertura against Antofagasta at the Estadio Parque El Teniente with a goal of Ramón Fernández in the 42nd minute,^[3]^[4] losing at the capital 1–0 with Colo-Colo, the next match.^[5] On 25 February, the team achieved his most important victory against Universidad de Chile at Rancagua, with goals of Enzo Gutiérrez, Guillermo Suárez and Fernández, in where Luis Marín saved a penalty to Marcelo Díaz, earning of this form the first place,^[6] that lost when Universidad Católica in March defeated 2–1 to the team at El Teniente,^[7] then achieving with Julio Barroso and Rodrigo Rojas as the key players, the team achieved four consecutive wins, that finished when Huachipato defeated 2–1 to the club with goals of the striker Manuel Villalobos and the left back José Contreras,^[8] but despite the defeat at the city of Talcahuano, the team led by Eduardo Berizzo, after of beat 5–0 to Palestino at Rancagua,^[9] on 28 April, more than of one hundred fans traveled for view the qualification of his team to the Copa Sudamericana, after of a 1–0 away victory over Santiago Wanderers with a goal of the midfielder Enzo Gutiérrez at Valparaíso.^[10]

On 23 June 2012, after a successful regular phase in the second place under Universidad de Chile at the top of the table,^[11] in the playoffs faced to Unión La Calera in the quarterfinals.^[12] The first match at La Calera, the team won 1–0 with a free kick goal of Ramón Fernández, who played the last season in that club, not celebrating the goal,^[13] in Rancagua for the second match, the club again won, now for a 3–2 victory, thanks to Enzo Gutiérrez, who scored a peace of goal after an incredible bicycle kick that defeated to the keeper Lucas Giovini.^[14] The next key, the club faced to Unión Española in the semifinals at Santiago, in where with a goal of the playmaker Emiliano Vecchio the club was defeated at the Estadio Santa Laura,^[15] finally winning 2–1 at the second match with goals of Luis Pedro Figueroa and Rodrigo Rojas, whilst for the club of Independencia, scored the striker Sebastián Jaime.^[16] The next game, now for the finals against the club Universidad de Chile, O'Higgins beat for the same scored of the last match to the team of the University, with goals of Rojas and the Argentine full back Alejandro López, whilst for the blues scored Guillermo Marino.^[17] O'Higgins was the Primera División champion of the Torneo de Apertura, until the 92nd minute of game in the Estadio Nacional, because with annotations of Charles Aránguiz and the same Marino, the club equalized the key, winning 2–0 in the penalties thanks to the blues' keeper Jhonny Herrera, who saved three penalties to Rodrigo Rojas, Yerson Opazo and Enzo Gutiérrez.^[18] However, the match was not exempt of polemics, because the referee Enrique Osses conceded a non–existent penalty to Marino, that was scored by Aránguiz, and unfairly red-carded to the centre back Julio Barroso, after an aggression of the right back José Rojas of Universidad de Chile.^[19]

Key Events[edit]

19 December 2011: Eduardo Berizzo joins as the coach of the club.
11 January 2012: Sebastián Pinto joins Bursaspor.
28 April 2012: The club qualified to the Copa Sudamericana.
2 July 2012: The club is the runner-up of the Primera División de Chile.

Current squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 28 July 2012.^[20]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Roberto González	Chile
25	GK	Eduardo Miranda	Chile
31	GK	Luis Marín (captain)	Chile
2	DF	René Bugueño	Chile
3	DF	Nélson Saavedra	Chile
4	DF	Benjamín Vidal	Chile
5	DF	Julio Barroso	Argentina
8	DF	Yerson Opazo	Chile
13	DF	Nelson Rebolledo (on loan from Universidad de Chile)	Chile
17	DF	Luis Casanova	Chile
24	DF	Eduardo Alejandro López	Argentina
10	MF	Ramón Fernández	Argentina
11	MF	Luis Pedro Figueroa	Chile
15	MF	César Fuentes	Chile
16	MF	Claudio Meneses	Chile
18	MF	José Luis Silva (on loan from Universidad de Chile)	Chile
20	MF	Rodrigo Rojas	Paraguay
21	MF	Boris Sagredo	Chile
26	MF	Diego González	Chile
27	MF	Nicolás Vargas	Chile
28	MF	Sebastián Céspedes	Chile
7	FW	Marco Pérez	Colombia
9	FW	Richard Blanco	Venezuela
14	FW	Carlos Ross (on loan from Audax Italiano)	Chile
19	FW	Carlos Escobar	Chile
22	FW	Henry Calderón	Chile
33	FW	Juan Pablo Carrasco	Chile

Transfers[edit]

Apertura 2012[edit]

Actualized as February 17, 2012

In[edit]

#	Pos	Player	From	Type
	MAN	Eduardo Berizzo	Free Agent	Free
	FW	Juan Ignacio Molinelli	UAI Urquiza	Trial
26	MF	Diego González Reyes	Deportes Puerto Montt	Loan Return
4	DF	Benjamín Vidal	Deportes Puerto Montt	Loan Return
	GK	Rodrigo Flores	Unión La Calera	Loan Return
14	MF	Ramón Fernández	Unión La Calera	Transfer
5	DF	Julio Barroso	Ñublense	Loan
11	MF	Luis Pedro Figueroa	S.C. Olhanense	Transfer
19	FW	Carlos Escobar	Coquimbo Unido	Transfer
3	DF	Nélson Saavedra	Unión San Felipe	Transfer
13	MF	Nelson Rebolledo	Universidad de Chile	Loan
20	MF	Rodrigo Rojas	Beerschot AC	Transfer
16	MF	Claudio Meneses	Deportes La Serena	Transfer
22	FW	Richard Blanco	Deportivo Petare	Transfer

Out[edit]

#	Pos	Player	To	Type
2	MF	Juan Luis González	Deportes Antofagasta	Transfer
	MAN	José Cantillana	Free Agent	Contract Terminated
3	DF	Cristián Oviedo	Audax Italiano	Transfer
4	DF	Nicolás Larrondo	Rangers de Talca	Transfer
6	DF	Mauricio Arias	Audax Italiano	Loan from Universidad de Chile
8	MF	Miguel Ángel González	Colo-Colo	Loan from Unión San Felipe
11	FW	Juan Gonzalo Lorca	Santiago Wanderers	Loan from US Boulogne
28	MF	Federico Sardella	Deportes Puerto Montt	Transfer
15	MF	Esteban Carvajal	Unión San Felipe	Loan Return
14	FW	Juan Pablo Carrasco	Deportes Puerto Montt	Loan
19	FW	Sebastián Pinto	Bursaspor	Transfer
27	MF	Ezequiel Lazo	Defensores de Belgrano	Loan Return
22	MF	Fernando de la Fuente	Deportes La Serena	Loan
32	FW	Milton Alegre	Deportes Concepción	Loan
	GK	Rodrigo Flores	Unión Temuco	Loan
	MF	Braulio Baeza	Unión Temuco	Loan
	MF	Leonardo Saavedra	Deportes Antofagasta	Loan

Club[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo
Assistant coach	Roberto Bonano
Goalkeeper coach	Carlos Kisluk
Trainer	Ernesto Marcucci
Trainer	Pablo Fernández
Physiotherapist	Marcelo Sepúlveda
Paramedic	Luis Salazar
Physician	Eduardo Urrutia
Stagehand	Raúl Venegas
Stagehand	Andrés Rojas
Field Assistant	Pablo Pinto
Coordinator	Juan Camilla

Source: [1]

Kit[edit]

Diadora were announced as O'Higgins' kit supplier as of the start of the season.^[21] The new kit was presented on 21 January 2012, during the Noche Celeste match against Alianza Lima.^[22]
Supplier: Diadora
Sponsor(s): Agrosuper, Codelco, Entel, Essbio (back), Clínica Integral (sleeves), Sodimac (shorts), Clos de Pirque (socks)

Last updated: 20 January 2012.
Source: O'Higgins F.C.

Other information[edit]

Chairman	Ricardo Abumohor
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estadio El Teniente (14,450 / 105x68 metres)

Updated to match played 20 January 2012
Source: O'Higgins F.C.

Season results[edit]

Apertura 2012[edit]

Classification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^[a]
3	Deportes Iquique	17	10	5	2	30	14	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^[a]
4	Universidad Católica	17	8	6	3	31	17	+14	30	Playoffs
5	Unión Española	17	8	3	6	38	28	+10	27	Playoffs

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:

^ O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

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
17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	6	1	1	19	7	+12	5	1	3	12	8	+4

Last updated: 3 March 2012.
Source: ANFP - Primera División

Clausura 2012[edit]

Classification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Cobreloa	17	6	2	9	23	24	−1	20
13	Deportes Antofagasta	17	6	2	9	26	29	−3	20
14	O'Higgins	17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20
15	Santiago Wanderers	17	4	7	6	27	28	−1	19
16	Universidad de Concepción	17	3	6	8	17	28	−11	15

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.

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
17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20	3	2	4	13	14	−1	2	3	3	9	13	−4

Last updated: 14 November 2012.
Source: ANFP - Primera División

Competitive[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

4 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	2 – 0	Enfoque	Rancagua
18:00	González Alegre	Report		Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 100

7 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	9 – 2	Rengo	Rancagua
10:00	Sebastián Pinto Benjamín Vidal Boris Sagredo Guillermo Suárez Fernando de la Fuente Gonzalo Villegas Samuel Teuber Milton Alegre	[2]	Unknown	Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 100

11 January 2012 Noche Albirroja	Curicó Unido	0 – 3	O'Higgins	Curicó
20:30		Report	Enzo Gutiérrez Fernando de la Fuente Milton Alegre	Stadium: La Granja

14 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	1 – 2	Rangers	Rancagua
18:40	Boris Sagredo 19'	Report	Mauricio Gómez 60' José Luis Silva 75'	Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 200

18 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	1 – 2	Audax Italiano	Rancagua
18:00	Luis Pedro Figueroa	Report	Sebastián Silva Camilo Melivilu	Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 200

Noche Celeste[edit]

21 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	1 – 1	Alianza Lima	Rancagua
20:15	Teuber 30'	Report	Soto 89'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 8,000

Apertura 2012[edit]

27 January 2012 Week 1	O'Higgins	1 – 0	Deportes Antofagasta	Rancagua
20:00	Ramón Fernández 42'	Report		Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Manuel Acosta

4 February 2012 Week 2	Colo-Colo	1 – 0	O'Higgins	Santiago
20:30	Rodrigo Millar 46'	Report		Stadium: Monumental Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Patricio Polic

12 February 2012 Week 3	Unión Española	0 – 2	O'Higgins	Santiago
20:30	Marco Hidalgo 60' Madrid 86'	Report	López 22' Fernández 62' Claudio Meneses 65' 82' Figueroa 69'	Stadium: Santa Laura Attendance: 2,069 Referee: Roberto Tobar

18 February 2012 Week 4	Deportes La Serena	2 – 2	O'Higgins	La Serena, Chile
20:30	Jerez 11' Fernández 36' 64' Vargas 38' Salazar 51'	Summary	Rebolledo 17' López 26' Gutiérrez 35' Opazo 82' Figueroa 83' Fernández 84' Suárez 85' Rojas 88'	Stadium: Estadio La Portada Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Cristian Andaur

25 February 2012 Week 5	O'Higgins	3 – 0	Club Universidad de Chile	Rancagua, Chile
16:00	Casanova 19' Fernández 33' 58' Gutiérrez 35' Suárez 49' (pen.) 51' Rebolledo 70'	Summary	Fernándes 18' Rojas 48' Rodríguez 49' González 51'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 6,974 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

3 March 2012 Week 6	Universidad de Concepción	1 – 3	O'Higgins	Concepción, Chile
16:00	González 21' Britez 54' Jayson Mena 65'	Summary	Suárez 34' 56' (pen.) López 62' Claudio Meneses 73' González 79' 80' Rojas 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Concepción Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

11 March 2012 Week 7	O'Higgins	1 – 2	Universidad Católica	Rancagua, Chile
16:00	Fernández 1' Rebolledo 21' López 35' Gutiérrez 56' Sagredo 57'	Summary	Gutiérrez 12' Valenzuela 15' Silva 39' Ovelar 89'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 9,485 Referee: Patrico Polic

17 March 2012 Week 8	Deportes Iquique	1 – 2	O'Higgins	Iquique
16:00	Toro 38' Rieloff 76' Taucare 80'	Summary	Rojas 44' Gutiérrez 51' Saavedra 60' Casanova 64' Blanco 79' 82' 84'	Stadium: Estadio Tierra de Campeones Attendance: 4,651 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida

24 March 2012 Week 9	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Unión La Calera	Rancagua, Chile
16:00	Suárez 4' Gutiérrez 20' Opazo 27' Claudio Meneses 28' Teuber 83'	Summary	Carreño 5' Cellerino 25' 82' 69' Suárez 42' Nicolás Ortiz 80' 90' Simón 88'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 4,907 Referee: Rene De La Rosa

1 April 2012 Week 10	Cobreloa	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Calama, Chile
17:00	Muñoz 15' Jerez 24'	Summary	Fernández 26' 56' Claudio Meneses 35'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Calama Attendance: 3,440 Referee: Manuel Acosta

7 April 2012 Week 11	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Unión San Felipe	Rancagua, Chile
17:00	Figueroa 23' Opazo 55' 84' Rojas 66' Suárez 81'	Summary	Sergio Núñez 7' Vranjicán 32' Virviescas 42' Acuña 56'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 6,187 Referee: Miquwl Garcia

15 April 2012 Week 12	Huachipato	2 – 1	O'Higgins	Talcahuano
17:00	Villalobos 23' 30' Contreras 48' Reyes 85'	Summary	Fernández 13' Rojas 34' López 55' Figueroa 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio CAP Attendance: 3,398 Referee: Claudio Puga

21 April 2012 Week 13	O'Higgins	5 – 0	Palestino	Rancagua, Chile
17:00	Fernández 9' Marín 24' Rojas 27' Gutiérrez 54' Blanco 67' 75' Carlos Escobar 90+2'	Summary	Canales 18' Henríquez 45' Flores 51' Martínez 61' Ávalos 88' Carlos Alberto Pérez 89'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Carlos Rumiano

28 April 2012 Week 14	Santiago Wanderers	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Valparaíso
20:30		Report	Meneses 18' 64' Saavedra 44' Gutiérrez 63' Figueroa 77' López 83'	Stadium: Estadio Regional Chiledeportes Attendance: 6,811 Referee: Enrique Osses

6 May 2012 Week 15	O'Higgins	2 – 2	Rangers	Rancagua, Chile
15:00	Gutiérrez 26' 41' Fernández 40' 79'	Report	Capelli 45' Caraglio 60' Reynero 78'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 9,284 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

13 May 2012 Week 16	O'Higgins	3 – 1	Audax Italiano	Rancagua, Chile
17:30	Meneses 37' Casanova 45+1' Suárez 48' (pen.) Rojas 54' Figueroa 83'	Report	Sánchez 46' Canuhé 57' Malano 66'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 5,598 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

20 May 2012 Week 17	Cobresal	1 – 0	O'Higgins	El Salvador, Chile
15:00	Cabión 1' Cuéllar 53' (pen.) Pavez 78'	Report	González 47'	Stadium: Estadio El Cobre de El Salvador Attendance: 557 Referee: Cristian Andaur

Play-offs[edit]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Universidad de Chile	2	2	4

8	Cobreloa	0	1	1
					1	Universidad de Chile	0	4	4

					6	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
3	Iquique	3	1	4

6	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
										1	Universidad de Chile (p)	1	2	3 (2)

										3	O'Higgins	2	1	3 (0)
4	Universidad Católica	0	1	1

5	Unión Española	3	1	4
					5	Unión Española	1	1	2

					2	O'Higgins	0	2	2
2	O'Higgins	1	3	4

7	Unión La Calera	0	2	2

Quarterfinals[edit]

24 May 2012

19:00

Unión La Calera	0–1	O'Higgins
	Report	Fernández 74'

Estadio Nicolás Chahuán, La Calera

Attendance: 2.790

Referee: Jorge Osorio

27 May 2012

18:30

O'Higgins	3–2	Unión La Calera
Gutiérrez 52', 56', 83'	Report	Valencia 53' Bahamondes 89'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 3,764

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

O'Higgins won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals[edit]

16 June 2012

21:00

Unión Española	1–0	O'Higgins
Vecchio 36'	Report

Estadio Santa Laura, Independencia, Santiago

Attendance: 7,025

Referee: Jorge Osorio

23 June 2012

16:00

O'Higgins	2–1	Unión Española
Figueroa 13' Rojas 59'	Report	Jaime 50'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 10,097

Referee: Patricio Polic

2–2 on aggregate. O'Higgins won due to its position at the regular season (O'Higgins: 2nd, Unión Española: 5th)

Final[edit]

28 June 2012

16:00

O'Higgins	2–1	Universidad de Chile
Rojas 1' López 71'	Report	Marino 28'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Jorge Osorio

2 July 2012

15:30

Universidad de Chile	2–1	O'Higgins
Aránguiz 66' Marino 90+2'	Report	Fernández 30'
Penalties
Aránguiz Díaz Ruidíaz	2–0	Rojas Suárez Opazo Gutiérrez

Estadio Nacional, Ñuñoa, Santiago

Attendance: 44,198

Referee: Enrique Osses

3–3 on aggregate. Universidad de Chile won 2–0 on penalties.

Clausura 2012[edit]

15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) Week 2	O'Higgins	1–1	Colo-Colo	Rancagua
16:00	Blanco 9'	Report	Muñoz 6' (pen.)	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 8,647 Referee: Jorge Osorio

21 July 2012 (2012-07-21) Week 3	O'Higgins	1–3	Unión Española	Rancagua
12:30	Blanco 35'	Report	Rubio 25' Scotti 55' Jaime 59' Leal 80'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Roberto Tobar

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) Week 4	O'Higgins	2–1	Deportes La Serena	Rancagua
18:30	Blanco 71' Escobar 87'	Report	Salazar 64'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) Week 6	O'Higgins	4–1	Universidad de Concepción	Rancagua
15:30	González 1' (o.g.) Blanco 7' Sagredo 67' Pérez 75'	Report	R. Ramos 79'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Manuel Acosta

15 August 2012 (2012-08-15) Week 1(*)	Deportes Antofagasta	2–3	O'Higgins	Antofagasta
12:00	Elizondo 65' 90+1' Pino 75' (pen.)	Report	Escobar 3' Sagredo 45+1' Fernández 90+3'	Stadium: Parque Juan López Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida
Note: The match was originally scheduled between 6 and 8 July, but was postponed in order to give O'Higgins recovery time after the Apertura Final, played on 2 July.^[23]

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) Week 7	Universidad Católica	1–0	O'Higgins	Las Condes, Santiago
18:30	Á. Ramos 42' Sepúlveda 85'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos de Apoquindo Attendance: 7,826 Referee: Claudio Puga

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) Week 8	O'Higgins	0–1	Deportes Iquique	Rancagua
18:15		Report	Rieloff 71'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,875 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29) Week 5(*)	Universidad de Chile	1–1	O'Higgins	Independencia, Santiago
20:00	E. Gutiérrez 12'	Report	Barroso 43' Opazo 83'	Stadium: Santa Laura Attendance: 4,599 Referee: Roberto Tobar
Note: The match was originally scheduled between 3 and 5 August, but was postponed in order to allow O'Higgins to play against Cerro Porteño at the Copa Sudamericana (8 August).^[24]

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) Week 9	Unión La Calera	0–0	O'Higgins	La Calera
16:00		Report		Stadium: Nicolás Chahuán Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Roberto Tobar

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) Week 10	O'Higgins	1–0	Cobreloa	Rancagua
18:15	Blanco 9'	Report	Muñoz 79'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,653 Referee: Carlos Ulloa

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) Week 11	Unión San Felipe	1–1	O'Higgins	San Felipe
20:30	Grbec 81'	Report	Blanco 23' Rojas 73'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,882 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida

28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) Week 12	O'Higgins	2–4	Huachipato	Rancagua
20:00	Blanco 36' Pérez 40'	Report	Sandoval 4' Opazo 15' (o.g.) B. Rodríguez 25' Villalobos 74'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Carlos Rumiano

6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) Week 13	Palestino	2–1	O'Higgins	La Cisterna, Santiago
12:30	Cháves 47', 75'	Report	Sagredo 26'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Claudio Aranda

20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) Week 14	O'Higgins	1–1	Santiago Wanderers	Rancagua
20:30	Fernández 1'	Report	Ormeño 66' Parra 83'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 5,303 Referee: Claudio Puga

27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) Week 15	Rangers	1–2	O'Higgins	Talca
12:00	Oroz 90'	Report	Fernández 1' Sagredo 47'	Stadium: Fiscal Attendance: 5,966 Referee: Álvaro García

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) Week 16	Audax Italiano	5–1	O'Higgins	La Florida, Santiago
20:30	Medel 12' Sáez 45+1', 72' G. Rodríguez 65' Barroso 79' (o.g.)	Report	Fernández 62'	Stadium: Bicentenario Attendance: 4,897 Referee: Cristián Andaúr

14 November 2012 (2012-11-14) Week 17	O'Higgins	1–2	Cobresal	Rancagua
20:00	Sagredo 62'	Report	P. Gutiérrez 7' Galeano 67'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 4,539 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Copa Sudamericana[edit]

O'Higgins play against Cerro Porteño of Paraguay. In the first match the team draw 3-3, but with a negative point for the away goals rule. In the second match, played in Paraguay, the club lose 4–0, Cerro Porteño won on points 4–1, and O'Higgins is eliminated of the tournament.

Match G8[edit]

26 July 2012

20:30 UTC−4

1st Leg

O'Higgins	3–3	Cerro Porteño
Blanco 10', 90' Barroso 21' Fernández 78'	Report	Bonet 25' dos Santos 31' López 40' 86' Oviedo 45' Benítez 55' Fabbro 71' Da Silva 90+3'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 10,367

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

8 August 2012

20:45 UTC−4

2nd Leg

Cerro Porteño	4–0	O'Higgins
Fabbro 14' Oviedo 15' Salcedo 73' Da Silva 90'	Report	Fernández 10' Opazo 34' Figueroa 36' Saavedra 56' 63' Sagredo 62' Rojas 82'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 34,680

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Cerro Porteño won on points 4–1.

Copa Chile[edit]

Group 3[edit]

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	OHIG	RANG	DCOL	SANU
O'Higgins	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13		0–1	1–1	7–0
Rangers	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	1–3		1–1	3–1
Deportes Colchagua	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	0–2	2–0		2–0
San Antonio Unido	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	1–2	0–2	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "Fernando De La Fuente: "La obligación es sumar"". Granate.inet.cl. Deportes La Serena blog. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Ramón Fernández llegó a acuerdo para convertirse en refuerzo de O´Higgins". Cooperativa.cl. 30 December 2011.
^ "O'Higgins vence a Antofagasta en el primer duelo del torneo". Terra Chile. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "El conjunto dirigido por Eduardo Berizzo logró sus primeras tres unidades al vencer a Antofagasta por 1-0 con un golazo de Ramón Fernández a los 42' en el inicio del torneo nacional". La Tercera. 27 January 2012.
^ "Ivo Basay y victoria de Colo Colo ante O'Higgins: "Era fundamental ganar"". La Tercera. 5 February 2012.
^ "Universidad de Chile cae sin apelación 3-0 ante O'Higgins". Radio Universidad de Chile. 25 February 2012.
^ "Universidad Católica derrotó al sorprendente O'Higgins de Eduardo Berizzo". El Gráfico. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.
^ "Huachipato logra valioso triunfo en casa ante O'Higgins". La Tercera. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "O'Higgins aplastó a Palestino, recuperó la senda del triunfo y sigue soñando con la Sudamericana". Emol. 21 April 2012.
^ "O´Higgins venció como visita a Wanderers y clasificó a la Copa Sudamericana". Radio Cooperativa. 28 April 2012.
^ "U. de Chile fue el mejor de la fase regular del Torneo de Apertura". Cooperativa.cl. 21 May 2012.
^ "Así quedaron las parejas de los playoffs del Torneo de Apertura". Redgol.cl. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "Fútbol: O'Higgins derrotó 1-0 a Calera y tiene gran ventaja para la revancha". Terra Chile. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "O'Higgins venció por 3 a 2 a Unión La Calera en Rancagua y se instaló en semifinales del Apertura". Biobiochile.cl. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
^ "Unión Española doblegó a O´Higgins y dio el primer golpe en las semifinales". Cooperativa.cl. 16 June 2012.
^ "O'Higgins vence a Unión Española por 2-1 y avanza a la final". Terra Chile. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "O'Higgins se impuso 2-1 a la "U" en la primera final del Torneo de Apertura". The Clinic.cl. 28 June 2012.
^ "U. de Chile tricampeón tras batir por penales a O'Higgins en un infartante partido". El mostrador.cl. 2 July 2012.
^ "Las cinco polémicas del arbitraje de Enrique Osses". El Gráfico. 2 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "First Team". O'Higgins F.C. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ "Diadora vestirá al Capo" [Diadora will dress the Boss]. O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Rancagua. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Gajardo Torres, Daniel (20 January 2012). "O'Higgins celebrará una nueva versión de la Noche Celeste" [O'Higgins will celebrate a new version of the Noche Celeste]. El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Rancagua. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "O'Higgins enfrenta a Colo-Colo, en un duelo de Alto Voltaje" [O'Higgins will face Colo-Colo in a high voltage match] (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018. The team coached by Eduardo Berizzo will debut in this tournament after reaching the Apertura final.
^ "O'Higgins quiere hacer historia en Paraguay" [O'Higgins wants to make history in Paraguay] (in Spanish). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_POCS10.03688885273267-23] O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

[1] "Fernando De La Fuente: "La obligación es sumar"". Granate.inet.cl. Deportes La Serena blog. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[2] "Ramón Fernández llegó a acuerdo para convertirse en refuerzo de O´Higgins". Cooperativa.cl. 30 December 2011.

[3] "O'Higgins vence a Antofagasta en el primer duelo del torneo". Terra Chile. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[4] "El conjunto dirigido por Eduardo Berizzo logró sus primeras tres unidades al vencer a Antofagasta por 1-0 con un golazo de Ramón Fernández a los 42' en el inicio del torneo nacional". La Tercera. 27 January 2012.

[5] "Ivo Basay y victoria de Colo Colo ante O'Higgins: "Era fundamental ganar"". La Tercera. 5 February 2012.

[6] "Universidad de Chile cae sin apelación 3-0 ante O'Higgins". Radio Universidad de Chile. 25 February 2012.

[7] "Universidad Católica derrotó al sorprendente O'Higgins de Eduardo Berizzo". El Gráfico. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.

[8] "Huachipato logra valioso triunfo en casa ante O'Higgins". La Tercera. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[9] "O'Higgins aplastó a Palestino, recuperó la senda del triunfo y sigue soñando con la Sudamericana". Emol. 21 April 2012.

[10] "O´Higgins venció como visita a Wanderers y clasificó a la Copa Sudamericana". Radio Cooperativa. 28 April 2012.

[11] "U. de Chile fue el mejor de la fase regular del Torneo de Apertura". Cooperativa.cl. 21 May 2012.

[12] "Así quedaron las parejas de los playoffs del Torneo de Apertura". Redgol.cl. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[13] "Fútbol: O'Higgins derrotó 1-0 a Calera y tiene gran ventaja para la revancha". Terra Chile. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[14] "O'Higgins venció por 3 a 2 a Unión La Calera en Rancagua y se instaló en semifinales del Apertura". Biobiochile.cl. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

[15] "Unión Española doblegó a O´Higgins y dio el primer golpe en las semifinales". Cooperativa.cl. 16 June 2012.

[16] "O'Higgins vence a Unión Española por 2-1 y avanza a la final". Terra Chile. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[17] "O'Higgins se impuso 2-1 a la "U" en la primera final del Torneo de Apertura". The Clinic.cl. 28 June 2012.

[18] "U. de Chile tricampeón tras batir por penales a O'Higgins en un infartante partido". El mostrador.cl. 2 July 2012.

[19] "Las cinco polémicas del arbitraje de Enrique Osses". El Gráfico. 2 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[First_Team-20] "First Team". O'Higgins F.C. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

[21] "Diadora vestirá al Capo" [Diadora will dress the Boss]. O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Rancagua. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[22] Gajardo Torres, Daniel (20 January 2012). "O'Higgins celebrará una nueva versión de la Noche Celeste" [O'Higgins will celebrate a new version of the Noche Celeste]. El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Rancagua. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[24] "O'Higgins enfrenta a Colo-Colo, en un duelo de Alto Voltaje" [O'Higgins will face Colo-Colo in a high voltage match] (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018. The team coached by Eduardo Berizzo will debut in this tournament after reaching the Apertura final.

[25] "O'Higgins quiere hacer historia en Paraguay" [O'Higgins wants to make history in Paraguay] (in Spanish). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

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