Club Union Espanola S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by Spanish immigrants on May 18, 1897, Union Espanola have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence, except two seasons (1997 and 1998).<\/P>
Union Espanola has won Primera Division seven times, behind Colo-Colo (31), Universidad de Chile (18) and Universidad Catolica (12), as well as winning two Copa Chile titles. On the South American stage Union has participated nine times in Copa Libertadores, one time in Copa Sudamericana and one time in the Copa Ganadores de Copa. Union also was runner-up in the Copa Libertadores of 1975.<\/P>
In July 2008, the club was purchased by the Spanish entrepreneur and owner of SEK University, Jorge Segovia. Segovia purchased all rights federative, the lower divisions, the pass of the players and the logo of the club, for a fee of 2.5 billion Chilean pesos (US$1.25 million).<\/P>
Home games have been played at the Estadio Santa Laura since their 1922 opening. After Segovia’s arrival in May 2008, the stadium was remodeled at a cost of 4 billion pesos. In 2009, the stadium was renamed as Estadio Santa Laura–Universidad SEK.<\/P>
The club's traditional rivals are Palestino, a team founded by members of the Palestinian diaspora living in Chile and Audax Italiano, which originated from their local Italian counterpart. With Palestino and Audax, the team plays the so-called Clásico de Colonias ("Diaspora Derby"). Union Espanola is also the second oldest club of the Primera Division Chilena behind Santiago Wanderers that was founded in 1892.<\/P>","8CFBF2FE25EFB09A":"","8AADACF35D89D013D4BD2861BB0924F0":"114","2FCA3E5C341526AA":"1","168A56ED2BB242F4":"","AFC96B2FF8428221":"Santiago","9AF366BFF83B51E6BE6603E9444757A4":"
League<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Primera Division de Chile (first tier) Primera B (second tier) Cup<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Copa Chile<\/STRONG> Copa Invierno Supercopa de Chile<\/STRONG> Liguilla Pre-Libertadores<\/STRONG> Continental<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Copa Libertadores
<\/STRONG>Winners (7): 1943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005–A, 2013–T
Runners-up (10): 1945, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1972, 1976, 2004–C, 2009–A, 2012–C, 2017–T<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Winners (1): 1999<\/P>
Winners (2): 1992, 1993
Runners-up (2): 1977, 1988<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Winners (1): 1989
Campeonato de Apertura
Winners (1): 1947<\/P>
Winners (1): 2013<\/P>
Winners (3): 1974, 1993, 2010<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Runner-up (1): 1975<\/P>","25BD2818C5CA7DE1EF956094CD415371":"","C0FE8DFCAA690E72":"http:\/\/www.unionespanola.cl\/default.aspx","0D34E6C50E8B5F692E33A5A7830475C3":"Miguel Andres Ponce Torres","7316390EDD0778189C728D1A7D275848":"Chile","e_index":4};