Club Provincial Curicó Unido

Infobox Football club
clubname = Curicó Unido

| fullname = Club Deportivo Provincial
Curicó Unido
nickname = "Curi"
"Albirrojo" (The red & white)
"Torteros" (The cake-makers)
founded = 1973
ground = La Granja Stadium, Curicó
capacity = 6,000
chairman = Julio Odé Reyes
manager = Luis Marcoleta
league =
season = 2008 Apertura| position = 1st
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The Club Deportivo Provincial Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, VII Región of El Maule in Chile. They currently play in the , the second tier of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Luis Marcoleta.

History

Curicó Unido was founded on February 26, 1973, with "Edmundo Rojas" as the first President of the club. They became the fourth football team from the Curicó city to play at the professional level, after "Alianza de Curicó", Luis Cruz Martínez and "Badminton de Curicó".

"Curicó Unido" played since the season 1974 at the , but after seven poor seasons they gained relegation to the third level to the season 1981, returning to Primera B two years later, in 1983.

1984 and 1985 were the best seasons of "Curicó Unido" history, disputing the promotion until the last week, but with bad luck at the final matches.

The next campaigns were average, with the exception of the season 1990, when they lose the category after the final match with Deportes Valdivia, when they won 4-1, two goals short what they needed to stay at Primera B.

Since then, they stayed at the without real chances to returned to the Primera B, until the 2003 season. But at the next year that changed.

In 2004 the albirrojos were really close to returned to the . At the last week of the season, in Chillán, they arrived as leaders, to face Ñublense who was three points behind at the table; however the "Chillanejos" won that game 2-1, forcing a tie breaker match in Linares, where Ñublense won 2-0, taking the title and the promotion. However, the year 2005 Curicó Unido had his revenge. They disputed the title with Trasandino until the last week. While Trasandino tied with Municipal Iquique, Curicó crushed "Iberia" 4-0, and in this way, after 15 years of suffering, Provincial Curicó Unido returned to the Chilean professional football. In 2006, in their return to the Primera B, Curicó Unido finished in fifth place. The next year, Curico avoided relegation only at the end of the season; Deportes Temuco finished last and fell down to the third level of national football for the upcoming season.

Honours

* : 1
** 2005
* : 1
** 2008

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*18 "seasons" in ""
*17 "seasons" in ""

Records

*Record victory (overall) — 14-0 "v." Deportes Rengo (Tercera División 2004)
*Record victory — 6-1 "v." Deportes Linares (1975)
*Record defeat — 0-6 "v." Deportes Linares (1975), Ferroviarios (1975), Deportes Linares (1976), Santiago Morning (1980)
*Record Copa Chile victory — 9-0 "v." Lister Rossel (1974)
*Most appearances (overall) — 227, Manuel Díaz (1985-1990)
*Most goals scored (overall) — 69, Luis Martínez (1983-1988)
*Most goals scored (Primera B league matches) — 31, Luis Martínez (1983-1988)
* Best Position — 4th (1984)
*Copa Chile Best Season — Second Round (1975)
*Highest home attendance — 8,981 "v." Universidad de Chile (January 14, 1990)

Team colours

Curicó Unido's official kit is a white shirt with a diagonal red stripe that crosses the chest from the left shoulder to the right side of the hip. The shorts and socks are black.

Kit evolution

External links

* [http://www.curicounido.cl/ Curicó Unido] , unofficial web site
* [http://www.curicounidoenelcorazon.cl/ Curicó Unido] , Information about the team.