Club de Deportes Santiago Morning
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Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

. They compete in the Chilean Primera División since 1933, when the league was founded. Santiago Morning was one of the founding teams of the league. Although the club has a long history in Chilean football, it has managed just one league title in more of 100 years.

Founded in 1903, when Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 established its own association of football, thanks to the management of Santiago College's students. The club was founded on 19 October, under the name of Santiago Football Club. Three days later, the club played his first game against the teacher's team. The club was one of founders of the Chilean Primera División in 1933, being one of the first teams on play in the First Division. In 1936, the club was renamed with current name of Santiago Morning, after the merger of Santiago Football Club and Morning Star. During this time, the club was one of most popular teams of the country.

Santiago Morning's traditional rival is Magallanes, with who dispute the 'Metropolitan Derby'. The major shareholder of the club is the former footballer Miguel Nasur, since Demetrio Marinakis left the club in 2005.

Foundation and Amateur era

In 1903, Santiago
Santiago
Santiago is the capital city of Chile. Santiago may also refer to:*Santiago *Santiago , a Spanish given name*Santiago!, a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra, España"...

 formed his own football association. This association had his antecedents in the neighbors of Cousino Park (current O'Higgins Park
O'Higgins Park
O'Higgins Park is Santiago, Chile's second largest public park . It is located in the center of the capital, in the Santiago Commune...

) and some Santiago College's students led by his professor Mister Vincent, who was met for give a show at Mars Field, in where they began win more participants. On 16 October 1903, the club was formed thanks to the management of the students the club was founded as Santiago Football Club. The team played his first match against the teacher's team, three days later on 19 October. In 1928, the club win the amateur league (Liga Central de Football).

On 8 April 1933, Santiago F.C. obtained the legal personality, being one of clubs that founded the professional league. In 1934, the team was incorporated in the professional league, one year ago created. In the same tournament, the club finished sixth out of 12 teams. In the next season, the team were reduced to six, being Santiago the team that finished in the last position.

Four years later in 1907, was founded Morning Star, based in Independencia neighborhood. His uniform was a blue kit and white shorts.

In 1933, the team was one of eight teams that founded the Chilean Primera División and the first team in play a professional match, in 3–1 loss against Audax Italiano at Estadio Santa Laura. In his first professional tournament (1933), the team finished in the six place. In 1935, the club was relegated to the Serie B, after of finish in the 12th place.

The rise and fall

In March 1936, after the merger of Santiago F.C. and Morning Star founded Santiago Morning. The first professional game of the team was in the same year, in a 2–1 win against his rival Magallanes. In the same, the club played his first season and finished 4th of six teams, making a similar tournament in the next season.

Of six teams participants, Santiago Morning finished once in the 4th place, same place that the team achieved in 1936 and 1937. The success and the illusion were announced in the 1939 season, when that Morning achieved the second place in the positions table with notable victories to Green Cross for 7–5, to his rival Magallanes for 6–5, to Metropolitano 7–1 and a most remembered victory to Universidad Católica for 8–2, in where played the famous goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone
Sergio Livingstone
Sergio Roberto "Sapo" Livingstone Pohlhammer , affectionally called Sapito Livingstone, is a former Chilean goalkeeper, considered the first great footballer in the country's history, who later became a well regarded journalist. He was called El Sapo for his typical posture in the goal mouth...

. In 1941, the club makes a similar season, but with lower goal difference.

The club win its first title in 1942, finishing in the first place of the table with 29 points over his rival Magallanes with 28 points. In the same tournament, Santiago Morning had highlighted players in his squad as Raúl Toro, best player of Morning's history and Domingo Romo goalscorer of the team and the tournament with 16 goals. In this tournament, also highlighted the victories 5–1 to Audax Italiano, to Santiago Badminton for 4–0, 5–1 to Magallanes and Unión Española
Unión Española
Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española...

, 7–3 to Santiago National and 3 goals scored to the universities.

In the tournament of 1943, Morning can't repeat the title of the last season, achieving the sixth place in the table with 17 points. In the next season, the club finish in the third place with Magallanes (both teams with 29 points) was only two points of the champion Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

, who had 31 points. After many irregular seasons, in early 1950s, the club qualified to the championship playoff.

In the season 1956, the club wasn't able of having a good tournament, finishing in the last position of table (12th place) with 14 points under Ferrobadminton, of this form the club relegates to the Second Divition
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....

. Morning remains in the Second Divition, only three years, until 1959. After the club's promotions at late 1950s, the club remained in the Chilean Primera División until 1970, in when once relegates to Second. The 1970s, the club only played three seasons in the First Divition, suffering one relegation and before of the club's promotion in 1974, Morning remaining this four years. In 1982, the club promotes to the Chilean Primera Division, but in the same season, the club returned to the second level for shortly after surprisingly relegates to Tercera División. The club remained there 10 years until 1996, same years in where the club faced financial problems. In 1994, the team had a golden chance for return to the professional football, but the team loss with Curicó Unido at the final, after a dramatic definition. Two years later, the club was champion of the Third divition, promoting to the Primera B
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....

 (Second Divition).

After two seasons in Primera B, with the former footballer Jorge Aravena as coach, the club achieved promotes to the first level after 14 years of absence in this category, after of won to Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. They currently play in the Tercera División, the third tier of the Chilean football system...

 in the promotion playoffs.

Recent seasons: 2000-present

In his re-inaugural season in 2000, the club made good performance, qualfiying to the Copa Libertadores playoffs and being runner-up of the Copa Chile
Copa Chile
The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...

 after of loss with Universidad de Chile in the final, also highlighted the participation of Fernando Martel
Fernando Martel
Fernando Martel is a Chilean football offensive midfielder. He currently plays for Deportes Iquique of the first division in Chile.-Career:...

, the goalscorer of the cup. In this season, the club had players as the self Martel, Francisco Arrué
Francisco Arrué
Francisco Esteban Arrué Pardo is a Chilean footballer, who plays as an Attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Santiago Morning of the Chilean Primera División. Arrué also is one of six Chilean players that play in the three giant clubs: Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica...

, Carlos Tejas
Carlos Tejas
Carlos Tejas Pastén is a Chilean footballer, also called "el cuchillo", currently plays for Club Deportivo O'Higgins. His position is Goalkeeper. He currently plays for Coquimbo Unido. Tejas was in Chile's squad for the 1997 Copa América and 1998 FIFA World Cup.-References:...

 and Manuel Ibarra
Manuel Ibarra
Manuel Ibarra is a Chilean footballer. He has played on Chilean clubs Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning, Cobresal, Everton, Magallanes, Unión Española, and Universidad de Chile. He played in 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...

.

In the next season, Morning nearly relegates to Primera B
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....

, but in 2002, the team not safed of the relegation, returning to the second level. In 2005, under the coach Ivo Basay
Ivo Basay
Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic is a retired football striker from Chile, who played professional football for seventeen years...

 and with players as Esteban Paredes
Esteban Paredes
Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla is an Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colo-Colo.-Santiago Morning:Paredes started his career at Santiago Morning, in where debuted as professional in the year 2000...

 and Rodrigo Goldberg
Rodrigo Goldberg
Rodrigo Goldberg is a former Chilean international football player. As a player, he gained national notoriety in Israel for his talented play with Maccabi Tel Aviv and good use of the Hebrew language...

, 'The Bohemians' achieved the promotion to the Chilean Primera División. In the next season, the team once relegated to the second tier. Once winning the Second Divition, he returned to the First Divition, in where they remains until today.

In the season 2008, the bohemian team realizated an unexpected season, despite of defeat 8–2 to Universidad Católica in the first week of the Torneo de Apertura, the club had a very good style of play, including, this that led them to nearly qualify for the playoffs. The club made a similar season in the Torneo de Clausura, nearly qualifying for the playoffs, finishing in the third place with 26 points of his group under O'Higgins with 27 points in the second place.

In the next season, Morning qualified for first time in its history to playoffs, but the team immediately was eliminated by Católica by a global result of 8–1. For the Torneo de Clausura, the team made big signs as Reinaldo Navia
Reinaldo Navia
Reinaldo Marcelino Navia Amador is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for the Chilean Primera División side Ñublense as Striker....

, Rodolfo Ferrando and Sergio Comba
Sergio Comba
Sérgio Comba , more commonly Luiz Alberto, is an Argentine football striker, who plays for Santiago Morning of the Primera División de Chilena....

. In this tournament, Morning also qualificated to the playoffs, winning the first match to Audax Italiano for an aggregate result of 5–4, thanks to a 90th-minute goal of the goalkeeper Víctor Loyola
Víctor Loyola
Víctor Jesús Loyola Pando is a Chilean footballer who currently play for the Chilean Primera División side Santiago Morning.-External links:**...

, but shortly after once the team was eliminated by Católica, now in the semifinals for an aggregate result of 8–3.

In the 2010 season, the club completed a irregular season finishing in the 16th place, being only two points of the direct relegation, in where was the team Everton. In the Promotion playoffs, the club nearly relegated to the Second Divition, after of win to Antofagasta with a last minute goal of Pablo Calandria
Pablo Calandria
Pablo Ignacio Calandria is an Argentine-Italian football striker currently playing for Universidad Católica in the Chilean Primera División.-Club career:...

 at extra-time.

Honours

League

  • Chilean Primera Division (first tier)
    • Winners (1): 1942
    • Runners-up (2): 1939, 1941

  • Primera B (second tier)
    • Winners (3): 1959, 1974, 2005
    • Runners-up (3): 1957, 1958, 1981

  • Tercera División (third tier)
    • Winners (2): 1984, 1996
    • Runners-up (1): 1994

Cup

  • Copa Chile
    Copa Chile
    The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...

    • Runners-up (1): 2000

  • Campeonato de Apertura
    • Winners (4): 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950

  • Campeonato de Clausura
    • Winners (1): 1944

Current squad

As of 31 January 2011
  • The teams of the Chilean Primera Division are limited to seven players without Chilean nationality and also are limited to five foreign players in the field. The squads with more of seven players in the squad or five foreign players are sanctioned by the ANFP. The squad of the club now have all places of foreign players, five Argentine players, one Paraguayan player, one Colombian player and one Palestine player.

Primera División goalscorers

  • Domingo Romo: 16 1942
  • Rubén Aguilera: 21 1951
  • Víctor Pizarro: 27 1942
  • Esteban Paredes
    Esteban Paredes
    Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla is an Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colo-Colo.-Santiago Morning:Paredes started his career at Santiago Morning, in where debuted as professional in the year 2000...

    : 17 Apertura 2009
  • Diego Rivarola
    Diego Rivarola
    Diego Gabriel Rivarola Popón is an Argentinian football player . He plays as striker, and plays currently in Universidad de Chile.-Club career:...

    : 13 Clausura 2009

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