2013 O'Higgins F.C. season

O'Higgins F.C.
2013 season
	The Estadio El Teniente was closed in this season to start its renovation process.
President	Ricardo Abumohor
Manager	Eduardo Berizzo
Stadium	Estadio El Teniente (until February); Estadio La Granja (from March)
Transición	4th
Copa Chile	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Pablo Calandria (6 goals); All: Boris Sagredo (8 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012 2013–14 →

The 2013 O'Higgins F.C. season is O'Higgins F.C.'s 50th season in the Primera División and their seventh consecutive season in Primera División. The club plays in two tournaments: The 2013 Primera División of Chile season and the Copa Chile.

Until February 2013, O'Higgins played its home matches at the Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua. On 19 February, the stadium was closed in order to begin its renovation process.^[1] The stadium will be expanded to 15,000 seats and is set to be a host venue for the 2015 Copa América.^[2] Meanwhile, O'Higgins will use the Estadio La Granja in Curicó as a temporary venue for home matches. Apart from this, the team played 2 of its home matches in Santiago.

O'Higgins finished the Torneo Transición in 4th position, having big chances of reaching the title until the end of the season. The club enlist this season as "a prelude" for the title won at the 2013–14 Torneo Apertura in late 2013.^[3] In Copa Chile, the team eliminated Colo-Colo and managed to reach the Quarterfinals, where they lost to Cobreloa by a single goal.

The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2013. This article also includes the Copa Chile, despite the competition started in 23 June 2012, as the team progressed to the knockout stages that were held during this season.

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

7 January 2013 (2013-01-07) Friendly	O'Higgins	1–1	Universidad César Vallejo	Rancagua
20:00	Huerta 20' Escobar 22'	Report	Morales 17' Contreras 29'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Manuel Acosta

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13) Noche Celeste	O'Higgins	3–0	Rangers	Rancagua
17:30	Rojas Huerta	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 3,600

17 April 2013 (2013-04-17) Noche Naranja	CDS Enfoque	1–3	O'Higgins	Rancagua
18:45	I. Ramírez 70'	Report	Lizana 20', 50' Órdenes	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

Torneo Transición

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Universidad Católica	17	12	2	3	36	19	+17	38	2013 Copa Sudamericana first stage
3	Cobreloa	17	9	7	1	33	18	+15	34	2013 Copa Sudamericana first stage
4	O'Higgins	17	9	4	4	28	19	+9	31
5	Universidad de Chile	17	9	3	5	37	29	+8	30	2013 Copa Sudamericana first stage^[a]
6	Everton	17	8	3	6	25	24	+1	27

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:

^ Universidad de Chile qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana by winning the 2012–13 Copa Chile.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	4	4	28	19	+9	31	4	3	2	15	11	+4	5	1	2	13	8	+5

Source: cdf.cl

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Position	14	7	5	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	1	3	3	3	4

Source: cdf.cl
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 January 2013 (2013-01-27) 1	O'Higgins	0–1	Universidad Católica	Rancagua
18:30		Report	Peralta 30'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 2	O'Higgins	2–0	Santiago Wanderers	Rancagua
18:30	Calandria 71' Rojas 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Claudio Puga

9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 3	Huachipato	0–2	O'Higgins	Talcahuano
22:00		Report	Barriga 26' Rojas 61'	Stadium: Estadio CAP Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

15 February 2013 (2013-02-15) 4	O'Higgins	3–2	Palestino	Rancagua
18:30	Escalona 19' (o.g.) Cuevas 80' Sagredo 83' Calandria 87'	Report	Silva 15', 62' Escalona 70'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 8,562 Referee: Jorge Osorio

22 February 2013 (2013-02-22) 5	Ñublense	1–1	O'Higgins	Chillán
19:30	Lima 13' Grbec 15'	Report	Barriga 13' Sagredo 65'	Stadium: Estadio Nelson Oyarzún Attendance: 4,801 Referee: Patricio Blanca

2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 6	O'Higgins	3–1	Audax Italiano	Curicó
18:00	Figueroa 25' Calandria 80' (pen.) Rojas 90'	Report	García 16'	Stadium: Estadio La Granja Attendance: 2,688 Referee: Claudio Puga

10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 7	Deportes Antofagasta	1–3	O'Higgins	Antofagasta
16:00	Elizondo 64' J. L. González 70'	Report	Calandria 36', 79' Acosta 87'	Stadium: Parque Juan López Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 8	O'Higgins	2–1	San Marcos de Arica	Curicó
22:00	Calandria 67' Sagredo 79'	Report	Scoppa 49'	Stadium: Estadio La Granja Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Christian Rojas

30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 9	Everton	2–0	O'Higgins	Quillota
15:30	Barrios 81' Muñoz 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Lucio Fariña Attendance: 5,798 Referee: Cristián Andaur

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 10	O'Higgins	2–2	Cobresal	Curicó
20:30	Uglessich 33', 41'	Report	Fuentes 4' Pineda 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio La Granja Attendance: 2,967 Referee: Patricio Polic

13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 11	Rangers	1–2	O'Higgins	Talca
19:30	Lorca 53'	Report	Leal 77' Escobar 90'	Stadium: Estadio Fiscal Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Patricio Blanca

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 12	O'Higgins	2–2	Universidad de Chile	Independencia, Santiago
15:30	Escobar 21' Leal 57' (pen.)	Report	Díaz 46', 71'	Stadium: Estadio Santa Laura Attendance: 8,362 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

26 April 2013 (2013-04-26) 13	Unión Española	0–2	O'Higgins	Independencia, Santiago
20:00		Report	Escobar 18' Figueroa 56'	Stadium: Estadio Santa Laura Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Manuel Acosta

3 May 2013 (2013-05-03) 14	O'Higgins	1–1	Cobreloa	Curicó
20:00	Barriga 81'	Report	P. González 59'	Stadium: Estadio La Granja Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Jorge Osorio

12 May 2013 (2013-05-12) 15	Colo-Colo	1–2	O'Higgins	Macul, Santiago
18:00	Pavez 88'	Report	Barriga 11' Rojas 18'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 9,002 Referee: Carlos Ulloa

19 May 2013 (2013-05-19) 16	Deportes Iquique	2–1	O'Higgins	Iquique
16:00	Villalobos 71' Bogado 90+2'	Report	Calandria 74' Uglessich 81'	Stadium: Tierra de Campeones Attendance: 3,154 Referee: Claudio Puga

25 May 2013 (2013-05-25) 17	O'Higgins	0–1	Unión La Calera	Macul, Santiago
16:00		Report	Farfán 72'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Copa Chile

Group stage

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]}

5 September 2012 (2012-09-05) Matchday 1	Deportes Colchagua	0–2	O'Higgins	San Fernando
17:00		Report	Pérez 46' Escobar 73'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Silva Valenzuela Attendance: 4,967 Referee: Francisco Caamaño

9 September 2012 (2012-09-09) Matchday 2	O'Higgins	0–1	Rangers	Rancagua
16:00			Ojeda 27'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 5,349 Referee: Jorge Osorio

12 September 2012 (2012-09-12) Matchday 3	O'Higgins	1–1	Deportes Colchagua	Rancagua
19:30	Ross 34'	Report	Muñoz 29'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 9,427 Referee: Marcelo Miranda

3 October 2012 (2012-10-03) Matchday 4	San Antonio Unido	1–2	O'Higgins	El Quisco
	Tapia 35'	Report	Sagredo 82' Meneses 87'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Marcelo Miranda

10 October 2012 (2012-10-10) Matchday 5	O'Higgins	7–0	San Antonio Unido	Rancagua
	Pérez 16', 37' Sagredo 17', 29' Silva 50' Fernández 52' Ross 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 2,517 Referee: Ángelo Hermosilla

13 October 2012 (2012-10-13) Matchday 6	Rangers	1–3	O'Higgins	Talca
18:00	Silva 63'	Report	Sagredo 5', 15' Fernández 77'	Stadium: Estadio Fiscal Attendance: 5,096 Referee: Manuel Acosta

Knockout stage

Round of 16

7 November 2012 (2012-11-07) Leg 1	Colo-Colo	3–1	O'Higgins	Macul, Santiago
19:00	Pineda 56' Olivi 63' Fuenzalida 89'	Report	Blanco 69' Saavedra 81'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 4,911 Referee: Carlos Ulloa

17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) Leg 2	O'Higgins	5–1 (6–4 agg.)	Colo-Colo	Rancagua
16:00	Sagredo 21' Figueroa 44', 67' Fernández 51' Blanco 82'	Report	Pineda 19' 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 11,387 Referee: Claudio Puga

Quarterfinals

20 January 2013 (2013-01-20) Leg 1	Cobreloa	2–1	O'Higgins	Calama
16:00	Vidal 4' (o.g.) Cuéllar 25'	Report	Calandria 58'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Calama Attendance: 2,051 Referee: Manuel Acosta

24 January 2013 (2013-01-24) Leg 2	O'Higgins	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Cobreloa	Rancagua
19:30	Calandria 74', 90+4'	Report	Pol 20' Pizarro 71' Catrileo 81'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 3,680 Referee: Cristián Andaur

References

^ Gajardo Torres, Daniel (19 February 2013). "Comenzó el proceso de remodelación del estadio El Teniente" [The remodeling process for the El Teniente stadium began] (in Spanish). Rancagua: El Tipógrafo. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ "Nuevo estadio El Teniente de Rancagua tendrá una capacidad de 15 mil personas" [New El Teniente stadium will have a capacity of 15,000] (in Spanish). Rancagua: El Mercurio. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ "Historia: Con Berizzo, un nuevo comienzo" [History: with Berizzo, a new beginning]. O'Higgins FC official website (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2018. The team brought a very good campaign at the 2013 Torneo Transición, finishing at fourth place with 31 points, fighting for the title until the final weeks. This campaign would be a prelude for the biggest achievement that the club would accomplish in late 2013.

[table_note_res_CS1b0.49593616020677-4] Universidad de Chile qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana by winning the 2012–13 Copa Chile.

[1] Gajardo Torres, Daniel (19 February 2013). "Comenzó el proceso de remodelación del estadio El Teniente" [The remodeling process for the El Teniente stadium began] (in Spanish). Rancagua: El Tipógrafo. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[2] "Nuevo estadio El Teniente de Rancagua tendrá una capacidad de 15 mil personas" [New El Teniente stadium will have a capacity of 15,000] (in Spanish). Rancagua: El Mercurio. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[3] "Historia: Con Berizzo, un nuevo comienzo" [History: with Berizzo, a new beginning]. O'Higgins FC official website (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2018. The team brought a very good campaign at the 2013 Torneo Transición, finishing at fourth place with 31 points, fighting for the title until the final weeks. This campaign would be a prelude for the biggest achievement that the club would accomplish in late 2013.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	4	4	28	19	+9	31	4	3	2	15	11	+4	5	1	2	13	8	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	4	4	28	19	+9	31	4	3	2	15	11	+4	5	1	2	13	8	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	4	4	28	19	+9	31	4	3	2	15	11	+4	5	1	2	13	8	+5