UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE - COLO COLO

Club

EL SUPERCLASICO

Colo-Colo is the popular team in Chile. In fact, it's name is given by an aborigen leader that fought spanish conquerers. On the other hand, Universidad de Chile is not a team of the rich but more of the big middle class in Chile, very passionate as well. The most important period of the classico was during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He was named honorary president of Colo-Colo and it was this era that the club won several of it's championships. Universidad de Chile had more support from the political left wing. They have always been in conflict with Colo-Colo and even today their fans see the Monumental Stadium as the Stadium of Pinochet.

Universidad de Chile

Name	:	Universidad de Chile
City	:	Santiago (Chile)
Colours	:	Blue and Red
Founded	:	1928
League	:	1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012
Cup	:	1979, 1998, 2000, 2012
Europe	:	SudAmericana Cup: 2011

Colo Colo

Name	:	CSD Colo Colo
City	:	Santiago (Chile)
Colours	:	White and Black
Founded	:	1925
League	:	1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Cup	:	1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
Other	:	Copa Libertadores : 1991