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{{Short description|Chilean football club}}
{{About|the men's football club from Rancagua, Chile|all other uses|O'Higgins (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = August 2021}}
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| nickname = ''"El Capo de Provincia" (The  Province's Boss)<br />"O'Hi O'Hi"<br />"La Celeste" (The Sky Blue)''
| short name = OHI
| founded = {{Start date and age|1955|04|07|df=y}} as<br />''Club Deportivo O'Higgins''
| ground = [[Estadio El Teniente]]<br />[[Rancagua]], Chile<br />(2025 season will be playing at the<br />[[:es:Estadio municipal Jorge Silva Valenzuela|Estadio Jorge Silva Valenzuela]]<br />due to [[2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup]])
| capacity = 14,087
| owner = [[Ricardo Abumohor|SN Holding S.A.]] (96%)<br />Others (4%)
| chairman = Pablo Hoffmann
| manager =[[Francisco Meneghini]]
| league = [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]]
| season = [[2024 Chilean Primera División|2024]]
| position = Campeonato Nacional, 14th of 16
| website = {{URL|http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/}}
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! colspan=3 style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #5CA3EC; color: #FFFFFF" |
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!<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:OHigginsFC.png|25px]]  -->'''Records'''
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! First match<br />[[Unión Española]] 2–0 '''O'Higgins'''<br />([[Santiago, Chile]]; 8 May 1955)
|-
! First win in [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]]<br />'''O'Higgins''' 3–2 [[:es:Club Deportivo Ferrobádminton|Ferrobádminton]]<br />([[Rancagua, Chile]]; 22 May 1955)
|-
! colspan=3 style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #5CA3EC; color: #FFFFFF" |
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! Biggest win in [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]]<br />'''O'Higgins''' 7–1 [[Fernández Vial]]<br />([[Rancagua|Rancagua, Chile]]; 13 May 1990)
|-
! Biggest defeat in [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]]<br />[[Cobreloa]] 8–1 '''O'Higgins'''<br />([[Calama, Chile]]; 4 September 1994)<br />[[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] 8–1 '''O'Higgins'''<br />([[Santiago, Chile]]; 24 January 2016)
|-
! colspan=3 style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #5CA3EC; color: #FFFFFF" |
|-
! Biggest win in [[Copa Chile]]<br />'''O'Higgins''' 7–0 [[San Antonio Unido]]<br />([[Rancagua|Rancagua, Chile]]; 10 October 2012)
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! Biggest defeat in [[Copa Chile]]<br />[[Cobreloa]] 10–0 '''O'Higgins'''<br />([[Calama, Chile]]; 25 March 1979)
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|-
! Biggest win in international competitions<br />'''O'Higgins''' 6–0 [[Deportivo Galicia]]<br />([[Rancagua|Rancagua, Chile]]; 25 March 1979)
|-
! Biggest defeat in international competitions<br />[[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]] 5–1 '''O'Higgins'''<br />([[La Paz, Bolivia]]; 1 April 1984)
|}

'''O'Higgins Fútbol Club''' ({{IPA|es|oˈxiɣins ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ|lang}}), also known as '''O'Higgins de Rancagua''', is a Chilean professional [[Association football|football club]] based in [[Rancagua]], that currently plays in the [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]]. The club's home stadium is [[Estadio El Teniente]], opened in 1945 and renovated for the [[2015 Copa América]], which was hosted by Chile.

Founded in 1955, the club was named in honour of the country's [[founding father]] and supreme director [[Bernardo O'Higgins]], after the merger of the clubs [[O'Higgins Braden]] and [[América de Rancagua]]. O'Higgins has won two [[Primera B (Chile)|Primera B]] titles, and in 2013 they won their first [[2013–14 Chilean Primera División season|top-flight championship]] against [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]], coached by [[Eduardo Berizzo]]; they later won the 2014 [[Supercopa de Chile]] on penalty kicks against [[Deportes Iquique]].

==History==

===Establishment===
[[File:Origen Camisetas O'Higgins.png|right]]
On 7 April 1955, after the merger of [[Rancagua]]'s cross–town rival: [[O'Higgins Braden]] (that was born in 1954 from the merger between [[Braden F.C.]] and [[Instituto O'Higgins]]) and [[América de Rancagua]], the club was founded thanks to [[Carlos Dittborn]], the president of the [[Anfp|Asociación Central de Football]], who offered to put the name of the O'Higgins, which represents workers of [[Codelco]] in the city, under the name of [[Codelco|Braden Copper]]; the name was also chosen in reference to the country's [[founding father]] and supreme director [[Bernardo O'Higgins]], an important character of the [[Colonial Chile]] during the 1810s, who also identified with the city of [[Rancagua]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=10 December 2013|title=La historia de un club cada vez más grande|url=https://eltipografo.cl/2013/12/la-historia-de-un-club-cada-vez-mas-grande|access-date=|website=El Tipógrafo|language=es-cl|archive-date=12 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512112801/https://eltipografo.cl/2013/12/la-historia-de-un-club-cada-vez-mas-grande|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:O'Higgins, Estadio, 1955-07-30 (637).jpg|left|thumb|O'Higgins starting line-up in 1995.]]
The colours of the club were originally from the [[Instituto O'Higgins, Rancagua|Instituto O'Higgins]], which were red, blue, and white. However, the [[Football Federation of Chile]] prohibited using the colors of the national team, so the club directors decided that the uniform would be [[sky blue]], based on [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]'s uniform, earning then the nickname of ''La Celeste''. The stadium was named Estadio [[Braden Copper Company Stadium|Braden Copper Company]] after the name of the company from its opening until the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]], when the name was changed to its current name, Estadio El Teniente, based on the [[El Teniente|El Teniente mine]].

[[File:Francisco Hormazábal, Estadio, 1944-08-25 (77).jpg|thumb|[[Francisco Hormazábal]] was the first head coach of the club in 1955.]]
On 21 April 1955, the [[Anfp|Asociación Central de Football]] decided that the team will play in the [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] for the next season, with the first president being Nicolás Abumohor and the first [[head coach]] being [[Francisco Hormazábal]]. Their first game in the Campeonato Nacional was a 2–0 loss to [[Unión Española]] on 8 May 1955. Their first win came on 22 May of that same year, a 3–2 home victory against [[Ferrobádminton]]. In their [[1955 Primera División de Chile|first league tournament]], the club finished ninth in the table, which put them in the relegation play-offs, where they earned their permanence in the top tier.

===First seasons, relegations, and comebacks===
[[File:Vairo.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Argentine]] player [[Federico Vairo]] is one of the club's most important players.]]

The first great season of the club was in the [[1959 Primera División de Chile|1959 season]], where the club finished in fourth place under the orders of Argentine coach [[José Salerno]], only four points behind league champion [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] and behind third-placed team [[Santiago Wanderers]] on goal difference, making this one of its most successful [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] campaigns, with [[José Benito Ríos]] as the key player and top scorer of the tournament with 22 goals.

A few seasons later, the team was relegated to the [[Primera B (Chile)|Segunda División]] after a poor campaign in [[1963 Primera División de Chile|1963]]. The next season, with the signings of the defender [[Federico Vairo]] and the attacking midfielder [[Mario Desiderio]], both from the [[Argentine Primera División]], the team returned to Primera División. In special, the performances of Vairo consecrated him as the best footballer in the club's history according to the supporters of [[Rancagua]], who chose the [[Rosario, Argentina|Rosarian]] centre back with the honour in 1999.<ref name="El Equipo del Siglo">{{Cite web|title=El Equipo del Siglo|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/el-club/el-equipo-del-siglo/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621075312/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/el-club/el-equipo-del-siglo/|archive-date=21 June 2013|access-date=28 July 2013|website=O' Higgins website|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since the promotion in 1964, the club had average seasons, finishing mid-table, despite suffering the departures of [[Federico Vairo]] and [[Mario Desiderio]] to the [[Colombia]]n side [[Deportivo Cali]] in 1966.

[[File:Estadio Rancagua (Chile) - mayo de 1962.jpg|thumb|The [[Estadio El Teniente]] was a host stadium for the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]].]]

In the [[1973 Primera División de Chile|1973 season]], under the orders of the coaches [[Luis Vera (Chilean footballer)|Luis Vera]] and Jorge Aretio, O'Higgins and [[C.D. Huachipato|Huachipato]] both finished in third place behind of [[Unión Española]] and [[Colo-Colo]], its best result since the 1959 season. In the [[1975 Primera División de Chile|1975 season]], the club was relegated again, but returned for the 1977 season after finishing runner up of the [[1976 Segunda División de Chile|1976 Primera B]]. After a notable [[1978 Primera División de Chile|1978 tournament]], where the team finished third in the league with [[Luis Santibáñez]] as head coach, it achieved qualification to the following edition of the [[1979 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]] by winning the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, in which they achieved their biggest win for an international contest against [[Deportivo Galicia]], beating the [[Venezuela]]n side 6–0 at El Teniente, and also achieved its most important away win for an international tournament, winning 1–0 in [[Valencia, Venezuela|Valencia]] to the same Galicia. In [[1979 Primera División de Chile|the following season]] the club reached the fifth place in the league with Santibáñez as head coach again, qualifying to the [[1980 Copa Libertadores]] via the Libertadores Liguilla after a notable unbeaten run of five matches, and winning the Liguilla over another strongers clubs, [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]], [[Cobreloa]] and [[Unión Española]].

===Copa Libertadores appearances, Copa Chile finals===

{{main|1980 Copa Libertadores}}
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| GK_nat  = Argentina| GK = [[Miguel Leyes|M. Leyes]]
| RB_nat  = Chile| RB = [[:es:Santiago Gatica|S. Gatica]]
| LCB_nat = Chile| LCB = [[:es:René Serrano|R. Serrano]]
| RCB_nat = Chile| RCB = [[Osvaldo Vargas|O. Vargas]]
| RDM_nat = Uruguay| RDM = [[Nelson Acosta|N. Acosta]]
| LB_nat  = Chile| LB = [[:es:Guido Coppa|G. Coppa]]
| LDM_nat = Chile| LDM = H. Irrazábal
| LAM_nat = Chile| LAM = [[Miguel Ángel Neira|M.A. Neira]]
| RAM_nat  = Chile| RAM = J. Núñez
| RCF_nat  = Uruguay| RCF = [[Washington Olivera|W. Olivera]]
| LCF_nat  = Chile| LCF = [[:es:Juvenal Vargas|J. Vargas]]
| caption = O'Higgins starting line-up in 1980 Copa Libertadores v. [[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]].
}}
While managing indifferent league form in the early 1980s, the club had its first South American success in the form of the [[Copa Libertadores]]. In the [[1980 Copa Libertadores|1980 edition]], O'Higgins reached the semi-finals, after overcoming the group stage where they faced [[Colo-Colo]], [[Cerro Porteño]] and [[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]], only by goal difference, since all the teams had obtained 6 points (2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses), they managed to advance to the semifinals of the competition for the first time. Key players such as [[Miguel Ángel Neira]] (the team's top scorer with 3 goals in the tournament), Juvenal Vargas, Juan Rogelio Núñez, the [[Uruguay]]ans [[Nelson Acosta]] and [[Washington Olivera]], the Argentine goalkeeper [[Miguel Leyes]] and the defender with participations in the Chilean national team René Serrano were the backbone of the great participation of the sky-blue team. In the second phase they faced [[Club Nacional de Football]] and [[Club Olimpia]], losing in all four games without being able to score goals in the definition phase. This is the best historical participation of the club in the most prestigious continental tournament.

During the [[1984 Copa Libertadores|1984 edition]] of the [[Copa Libertadores|Libertadores]], the club finished last in its group, which was made up of fellow Chileans [[CDUC|Universidad Católica]], and Bolivian clubs [[Club Bolivar|Bolivar]] and [[Club Blooming|Blooming]]. In the [[Chilean Primera División|league]], the team had poor campaigns from 1981 to 1983, although the club defeated [[Colo-Colo]] 6–1 in the 1983 season, and reached their first Copa Chile final, where it lost to Universidad Catolica in a liguilla group.

[[File:Borghi 1985.jpg|thumb|left|[[Claudio Borghi (football manager)|Claudio Borghi]], who was [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] champion, played for the club in 1995.]]

After financial problems with [[Codelco]], the company owner of the club, the club was relegated to the [[Primera B (Chile)|Primera B]] in the [[1985 Primera División de Chile|1985 season]], with the possibility of being relegated to the [[Tercera División de Chile|Tercera División]] for another controversy related to [[Codelco]]. The next season, the club won the regular season and qualified to the promotion playoffs, but failed to win the group that consisted of 6 teams. In the [[1987 Segunda División de Chile|1987 season]], with the defenders [[Gabriel Mendoza]] and Atilio Marchioni as key players, the club returned to the [[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]], after an exciting final with [[Lota Schwager]] at [[Talca]].

[[File:Malaga trenning (6).jpg|thumb|[[Manuel Pellegrini]], coach of the club in 1992.]]

Years later, the club hired [[Manuel Pellegrini]] as coach for the [[1992 Copa CONMEBOL|1992 Copa Conmebol]], in which they were eliminated by [[Argentine]] side [[Gimnasia de La Plata]] in the first round, in that occasion with players like [[Claudio Borghi (football manager)|Claudio Borghi]], who won the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] with Argentina, the talented playmaker [[Jaime Riveros]] and the striker [[Gustavo De Luca]], one of the most prolific goalscorers in [[Football in Chile|Chilean football]] during the 1990s. In the [[1992 Primera División de Chile|1992 season]] the club finished 6th in the league's aggregate table, giving them an opportunity to qualify for the [[1993 Copa Libertadores]] via the Liguilla, but the club eventually failed to qualify for continental competitions after losing to U Catolica. Midway through the 1993 season, Pellegrini left to manage U de Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - Pellegrini Se Va|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=6|access-date=2022-02-25|website=O'Higgins FC}}</ref>

In the 1994 season, under the orders of Roberto Hernández, O'Higgins reached the [[1994 Copa Chile|Copa Chile]] finals, after beating Universidad de Chile 2–1 at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]] in the semi-finals. However, in the final against [[Colo-Colo]], the club lost on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]], whilst for the [[1994 Primera División of Chile|Primera División]] tournament, the Rancaguan side finished in the third place of the table, therefore missing out on achieving [[Copa Libertadores]] qualification. The next season, O'Higgins failed to qualify to the Libertadores Liguilla, ending only in the sixth position of the [[1995 Primera División of Chile|Primera División]] tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - Magnifica Copa Chile|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=6|access-date=2022-02-25|website=O'Higgins|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116220118/https://ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=6|url-status=live}}</ref>

===The Instability: 1996–2004===

[[File:Gerardo Martino.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Gerardo Martino]] played in the club in the year 1996.]]
In the 1996 season, the club signed great players, such as midfielder [[Clarence Acuña]], [[Argentine]] playmaker [[Gerardo Martino]], and strikers [[Carlos Poblete]] and [[Ariel Cozzoni]]. However, the team got relegated to the [[Primera B (Chile)|Primera B]], after finishing last in the table. In 1997, an Apertura and Clausura format was used, which made it difficult to achieve promotion since it wasn't utilised in the Clausura. Although O'Higgins had great campaigns that season, finishing in the top 4 of both tournaments, it failed to achieve promotion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - A La Serie B por Cuarta Vez|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=6|access-date=2022-02-26|website=O'Higgins FC|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116220118/https://ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=6|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two years later, under the orders of René Serrano, the team achieved promotion to the [[Chilean Primera División|First Division]] again.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - El Retorno a la Serie de Honor|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=6|access-date=2022-02-26|website=O'Higgins FC}}</ref> In 1999, the Rancagua club finished in tenth place, in which [[Mario Núñez]] and [[Jaime González (Chilean footballer)|Jaime González]] also became the most successful goalscorer pair in [[Football in Chile|Chilean football]] with 57 goals between both [[Striker (association football)|strikers]]. In the [[2001 Primera División of Chile|2001 season]], with financial problems and a poor season, it returned to the [[Primera B (Chile)|Primera B]], having gone through three managers: [[Guillermo Páez]], [[Rubén Espinoza]], and Luis Droguett. Luis Droguett almost saved the club from being relegated, including a victory against Colo-Colo, but ultimately it was not enough to stay in the top tier.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - Una Nueva Caida|url=https://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=1#39|access-date=25 February 2022|website=O'Higgins FC|language=es|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116221030/https://ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=1#39|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Trinchera Celeste (3943191872).jpg|thumb|[[Trinchera Celeste]], the ''[[barra brava]]'' of the club, was founded in 2002.]]
In 2002, under Luis Droguett's orders, the club had a decent season in the second tier but wasn't fighting for the promotion playoffs. For the [[2003 Primera B de Chile|2003 season]], Droguett was replaced by Eduardo Salas. The economic problems in the club were evident again, and for the most part the club used youth players. These problems resulted in the club's failure to be promoted again, although they were in the promotion spots (top 2 of table) until a 2–0 loss with [[CD Everton|Everton]], which moved the club to a fourth-place finish. The [[2004 Primera B de Chile|2004]] season was very similar to the previous season; although the club had a very promising start, it failed to reach the Primera División again after being defeated 3–0 by [[Deportes Melipilla]], under the orders of the [[Paraguay]]an head coach [[Sergio Nichiporuk]], who had replaced Eduardo Salas in June.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - Otro aÑo en la B|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=1|access-date=2022-01-11|website=O'Higgins|language=es|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093007/https://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite the sports failure, the club was also experiencing hard financial problems, mainly because of [[Codelco]] but also because of irregularities in the board. However, in December 2004, it was reported that the [[Anfp|ANFP]]'s former president and entrepreneur [[Ricardo Abumohor]] would buy the team to fix the situation.

===Abumohor takeover, Garcés and Sampaoli era===
[[File:Jean Beausejour cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Jean Beausejour]], one of the most important players of the team in their last seasons.]]

For the [[2005 Primera B de Chile|2005 season]], ex-goalkeeper [[Nelson Cossio]] became the club's new manager. However, the club started to distance itself from the promotion places after a run of six winless matches. After a draw to [[Deportes Copiapó]] in August, Cossio was sacked. Shortly after Cossio was sacked, the club was purchased by [[Anfp|ANFP]]'s former president, [[Ricardo Abumohor]], who bought the team from [[Codelco]], having the [[Primera B (Chile)|Primera B]] title as the principal objective for the return to the [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]].<ref name=":0" /> He brought in manager [[:es:Gerardo Silva|Gerardo Silva]] as Cossio's replacement, and the club eventually achieved that long awaited objective, defeating [[Deportes Melipilla]] 4–3 on aggregate for the promotion with [[Hugo Brizuela]] and [[Mario Núñez]] as the key players of the success.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - Una Noche Feliz: Retorno a Primera|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=1|access-date=2022-01-11|website=O'Higgins FC|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093007/https://www.ohigginsfc.cl/historia.php?id=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Jorge Garcés (cropped).jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Jorge Garcés]] achieved the semi-finals in 2006.]]
The next season, the club signed [[Jorge Garcés]] as coach, qualifying for the playoffs of the [[2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|Torneo Clausura]], where they beat [[Coquimbo Unido]] in the quarter finals and were eliminated by [[Audax Italiano]] in the semi-finals with controversial decisions made by referee [[Rubén Selman]]. In the [[2007 Chilean Primera División season|2007 season]], O'Higgins finished twelfth in the [[Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2007|Apertura]] table and were eliminated by [[Colo-Colo]] during the playoffs for the [[Torneo de Clausura de Chile 2007|Clausura]]. The first leg ended in a 5–0 precipitous loss at [[Rancagua]]; this result basically sealed the series for the whites with the second leg at [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], which finished 1–1, but 6–1 in Colo-Colo's favor on global.

In December 2007, after the departure of [[Jorge Garcés]] to [[Deportes Concepción (Chile)|Deportes Concepción]], the club reached an agreement with [[Jorge Sampaoli]] of [[Sporting Cristal]]. Sampaoli had a successful season during the [[Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2008|Apertura 2008]], with talented players like [[Jean Beausejour]] and [[Carlos Carmona]], finishing third in the league table but being eliminated in the playoff quarter-finals by [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]. In the [[Torneo de Clausura de Chile 2008|Clausura]], it had a similar season, and the team was eliminated by [[Palestino]] in the quarter-finals. In 2009, Sampaoli was fired after a game with [[CDUdeC|Universidad de Concepción]], due to failing to qualify for the Clausura play-offs because of a 15th-placed league finish, and having suffered a 6–1 defeat with [[Unión Española]] for the [[2009 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|Apertura]] play-off quarter-finals at [[Estadio Santa Laura]].

The board signed Roberto Hernández again as coach for the [[2010 Chilean Primera División season|2010 season]]. Hernandez brought the team into the top 5 places into the table during the first half of the season, but after the FIFA World Cup break he started to have poor results, so he was fired and [[Marco Antonio Figueroa]] arrived as a replacement. The most important achievements of Figueroa's period was beating [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] 1–0 at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]] and [[Colo-Colo]] 2–1; however the team finished in a mediocre 10th place and Figueroa left the club for [[Mexico|Mexican]] club [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]].

The club's board signed up [[Ivo Basay]] to face the [[2011 Chilean Primera División season|2011 season]], where the club finished fifth in the Apertura league table and qualified to the play-offs, with [[Fernando De la Fuente]] and [[Enzo Gutiérrez]] as key players. In the play-offs stage, O'Higgins beat [[Palestino]], reaching the semi-finals against [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]], in which they were defeated 8–1 on aggregate. Basay was sacked in the 2011 Clausura, with poor results and the 7–1 loss against U de Chile in the Apertura semi-finals being the deciding factors.

===Eduardo Berizzo era: First league and supercopa title===
[[File:Eduardo Berizzo.jpg|thumb|[[Eduardo Berizzo]], the most successful manager of the club]]

In December 2011, the club's board signed manager [[Eduardo Berizzo]] for the [[2012 O'Higgins F.C. season|2012 season]].<ref name=":1" /> The year started of abrupt form with [[Fernando De la Fuente]]'s departure after a strong discussion with new head coach Berizzo and his assistant, [[Roberto Bonano]]. It was then confirmed that the player would be loaned to [[Deportes La Serena]], which meant that O'Higgins were losing of this form one of the best [[defensive midfielder]]s in [[Football in Chile|Chilean football]] to face the [[2012 Chilean Primera División season|Torneo de Apertura]], given that De la Fuente had a great 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web | title = Fernando De La Fuente: "La obligación es sumar" | url = http://granate.inet.cl/php/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3921 | work = Granate.inet.cl | publisher = [[Deportes La Serena]] blog | access-date = 9 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131206114536/http://granate.inet.cl/php/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3921 | archive-date = 6 December 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

However, the club's board surprised the public with the signings of Argentine attacking midfielder [[Ramón Fernández (footballer)|Ramón Fernández]], who had previously been tempted by the country's powerhouse clubs: [[Colo-Colo]] and [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Ramón Fernández llegó a acuerdo para convertirse en refuerzo de O´Higgins | url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20111230/pags/20111230164814.html | publisher = [[Radio Cooperativa|Cooperativa.cl]] | date = 30 December 2011 | access-date = 5 July 2012 | archive-date = 6 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131206073200/http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20111230/pags/20111230164814.html | url-status = live }}</ref> the Paraguayan footballer [[Juan Rodrigo Rojas|Rodrigo Rojas]], who played for [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]], and finally defender [[Julio Barroso]], who played for [[Boca Juniors]] and was champion of the [[2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2005 U-20 World Cup]] with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]].

====Berizzo's first season and first final====
[[File:LuisMarin.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Luis Marín (footballer, born 1983)|Luis Marín]] was the captain during the 2012 finals.]]
On 27 January 2012, Berizzo achieved his first competitive victory with the club in a league match against [[Deportes Antofagasta|Antofagasta]] with a goal from new signing [[Ramón Fernández (footballer)|Ramón Fernández]],<ref>{{cite web | title = O'Higgins vence a Antofagasta en el primer duelo del torneo | url = http://deportes.terra.cl/futbol/apertura/2012/ohiggins-vence-a-antofagasta-en-el-primer-duelo-del-torneo,bb490df9f7125310VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html | publisher = [[Terra Chile]] | date = 27 January 2012 | access-date = 5 July 2012 | archive-date = 29 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120129222706/http://deportes.terra.cl/futbol/apertura/2012/ohiggins-vence-a-antofagasta-en-el-primer-duelo-del-torneo,bb490df9f7125310VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = El conjunto dirigido por Eduardo Berizzo logró sus primeras tres unidades al vencer a Antofagasta por 1–0 con un golazo de Ramón Fernández a los 42' en el inicio del torneo nacional | url = http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/01/656-427261-9-ohiggins-consiguio-su-primer-triunfo-en-el-arranque-del-apertura.shtml | publisher = [[La Tercera]] | date = 27 January 2012 | access-date = 5 July 2012 | archive-date = 7 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120707110351/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/01/656-427261-9-ohiggins-consiguio-su-primer-triunfo-en-el-arranque-del-apertura.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> narrowly losing the next match at the capital Santiago with [[Colo-Colo]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ivo Basay y victoria de Colo Colo ante O'Higgins: "Era fundamental ganar" | url = http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/02/656-428891-9-ivo-basay-y-victoria-de-colo-colo-ante-ohiggins-era-fundamental-ganar.shtml | publisher = [[La Tercera]] | date = 5 February 2012 | access-date = 5 July 2012 | archive-date = 6 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120206103519/http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/02/656-428891-9-ivo-basay-y-victoria-de-colo-colo-ante-ohiggins-era-fundamental-ganar.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> On 25 February, the team achieved its most important victory against [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] at home, a 3–0 victory with goals from [[Enzo Gutiérrez]], [[Guillermo Suárez]] and Ramon Fernández, in where [[Luis Marín (footballer, born 1983)|Luis Marín]] saved a penalty to keep a clean sheet, earning of this form the first place in the league table,<ref>{{cite web | title = Universidad de Chile cae sin apelación 3–0 ante O'Higgins | url = http://radio.uchile.cl/noticias/141466/ | publisher = Radio [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] | date = 25 February 2012 }}</ref> which was lost when [[CDUC|Universidad Católica]] defeated the team 2–1 on 11 March.<ref>{{cite web | title = Universidad Católica derrotó al sorprendente O'Higgins de Eduardo Berizzo | url = http://elgrafico.grupopublimetro.cl/universidad-catolica-derroto-al-sorprendente-ohiggins-de-eduardo-berizzo# | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120313001928/http://elgrafico.grupopublimetro.cl/universidad-catolica-derroto-al-sorprendente-ohiggins-de-eduardo-berizzo | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 March 2012 | publisher = [[El Gráfico (Argentina)|El Gráfico]] | date = 11 March 2012 }}</ref> Despite this loss, the team achieved four consecutive wins, with [[Julio Barroso]] and [[Juan Rodrigo Rojas|Rodrigo Rojas]] as the key players, a run that finished when [[C.D. Huachipato|Huachipato]] defeated the club 2–1 on 15 April.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 April 2012|title=Huachipato logra valioso triunfo en casa ante O'Higgins|url=http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/04/656-454418-9-huachipato-logra-valioso-triunfo-en-casa-ante-ohiggins.shtml|publisher=[[La Tercera]]|access-date=6 July 2012|archive-date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801132155/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/04/656-454418-9-huachipato-logra-valioso-triunfo-en-casa-ante-ohiggins.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite the defeat at the city of [[Talcahuano]], the team bounced back and beat [[Palestino]] 5–0 at home in the next match.<ref>{{cite web | title = O'Higgins aplastó a Palestino, recuperó la senda del triunfo y sigue soñando con la Sudamericana | url = http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2012/04/21/536805/ohiggins-aplasto-a-palestino-recupero-la-senda-del-triunfo-y-sigue-sonando-con-la-sudamericana.html | publisher = [[El Mercurio|Emol]] | date = 21 April 2012 | access-date = 6 July 2012 | archive-date = 28 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120428112255/http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2012/04/21/536805/ohiggins-aplasto-a-palestino-recupero-la-senda-del-triunfo-y-sigue-sonando-con-la-sudamericana.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The following week, a 1–0 away victory over [[Santiago Wanderers]] in [[Valparaíso, Chile|Valparaíso]] gave the club qualification to the [[2012 Copa Sudamericana]], where they were eliminated by [[Cerro Porteño]] in the first stage 7–3 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite web | title = O´Higgins venció como visita a Wanderers y clasificó a la Copa Sudamericana | url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/o-higgins-vencio-como-visita-a-wanderers-y-clasifico-a-la-copa-sudamericana/prontus_nots/2012-04-28/223113.html | publisher = [[Radio Cooperativa]] | date = 28 April 2012 | access-date = 6 July 2012 | archive-date = 2 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502020038/http://www.cooperativa.cl/o-higgins-vencio-como-visita-a-wanderers-y-clasifico-a-la-copa-sudamericana/prontus_nots/2012-04-28/223113.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

The team qualified for the play-offs after a successful Apertura tournament, where the club finished second in the table, only under U. de Chile.<ref>{{cite web | title = U. de Chile fue el mejor de la fase regular del Torneo de Apertura | url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/resumen-u-de-chile-fue-el-mejor-en-la-fase-regular-del-torneo-de-apertura/prontus_nots/2012-05-20/202941.html | publisher = [[Radio Cooperativa|Cooperativa.cl]] | date = 21 May 2012 | access-date = 14 July 2012 | archive-date = 16 October 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131016073438/http://www.cooperativa.cl/resumen-u-de-chile-fue-el-mejor-en-la-fase-regular-del-torneo-de-apertura/prontus_nots/2012-05-20/202941.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The club had to begin the play-offs by facing [[Unión La Calera]] in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web | title = Así quedaron las parejas de los playoffs del Torneo de Apertura | url = http://redgol.cl/2012/5/asi-quedaron-las-parejas-de-los-playoffs-d/ | work = Redgol.cl | date = 20 May 2012 | access-date = 14 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130826133146/http://redgol.cl/2012/5/asi-quedaron-las-parejas-de-los-playoffs-d/ | archive-date = 26 August 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In the first match at [[La Calera, Chile|La Calera]] on 24 May, the team won 1–0 with a [[Direct free kick|free kick]] scored by Ramón Fernández, who did not celebrate the goal as he was planning to leave the club at the conclusion of the season.<ref>{{cite web | title = Fútbol: O'Higgins derrotó 1–0 a Calera y tiene gran ventaja para la revancha | url = http://deportes.terra.cl/otros-deportes/futbol-ohiggins-derroto-1-0-a-calera-y-tiene-gran-ventaja-para-la-revancha,c2c881a988187310VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html | publisher = [[Terra Chile]] | date = 24 May 2012 | access-date = 14 July 2012 | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143646/http://deportes.terra.cl/otros-deportes/futbol-ohiggins-derroto-1-0-a-calera-y-tiene-gran-ventaja-para-la-revancha,c2c881a988187310VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In [[Rancagua]] for the second match, the club clinched a 3–2 victory, thanks to [[Enzo Gutiérrez]], who scored an incredible [[bicycle kick]] that defeated keeper [[Lucas Giovini]].<ref>{{cite web | title = O'Higgins venció por 3 a 2 a Unión La Calera en Rancagua y se instaló en semifinales del Apertura | url = http://deportes.biobiochile.cl/notas/2012/05/27/ohiggins-sale-a-firmar-el-paso-a-la-semifinal-ante-union-la-calera.shtml | publisher = Biobiochile.cl | date = 27 May 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116111936/http://deportes.biobiochile.cl/notas/2012/05/27/ohiggins-sale-a-firmar-el-paso-a-la-semifinal-ante-union-la-calera.shtml | archive-date = 16 January 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In the semi-finals, the club faced [[Unión Española]] at [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] in the first leg, where the club was defeated 1–0 at the [[Estadio Santa Laura]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Unión Española doblegó a O´Higgins y dio el primer golpe en las semifinales | url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/union-espanola-doblego-a-o-higgins-y-dio-el-primer-golpe-en-las-semifinales/prontus_nots/2012-06-16/180836.html | publisher = [[Radio Cooperativa|Cooperativa.cl]] | date = 16 June 2012 }}</ref> but won the second match 2–1 with goals of [[Luis Pedro Figueroa]] and Rodrigo Rojas, earning a spot in the finals for the first time in its history on the [[away goals rule]], after the 2–2 aggregate score.<ref>{{cite web | title = O'Higgins vence a Unión Española por 2–1 y avanza a la final | url = http://deportes.terra.cl/futbol/apertura/2012/ohiggins-vence-a-union-espanola-por-2-1-y-avanza-a-la-final,0f31518737b18310VgnVCM20000099cceb0aRCRD.html | publisher = [[Terra Chile]] | date = 23 June 2012 | access-date = 14 July 2012 | archive-date = 28 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120728013348/http://deportes.terra.cl/futbol/apertura/2012/ohiggins-vence-a-union-espanola-por-2-1-y-avanza-a-la-final,0f31518737b18310VgnVCM20000099cceb0aRCRD.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

In the [[La tarde de los paraguas felices|first leg of the finals]] against Universidad de Chile, O'Higgins beat "La U" at home 2–1 with goals of Rojas and the Argentine full back [[Eduardo Alejandro López|Alejandro López]] in a match known as ''La tarde de los paraguas felices'' because the rainy and cloudy day of the match in Rancagua.<ref>{{cite web | title = O'Higgins se impuso 2–1 a la "U" en la primera final del Torneo de Apertura | url = http://www.theclinic.cl/2012/06/28/ohiggins-se-impuso-2-1-a-la-u-en-la-primera-final-del-torneo-de-apertura/ | publisher = The Clinic.cl | date = 28 June 2012 | access-date = 14 July 2012 | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135345/http://www.theclinic.cl/2012/06/28/ohiggins-se-impuso-2-1-a-la-u-en-la-primera-final-del-torneo-de-apertura/ | url-status = live }}</ref> In the second leg on 2 July, played at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], the scoreline was 1–1 which put O'Higgins up 3–2 on aggregate, and was about to win their first league title by becoming [[2012 Chilean Primera División season|Torneo de Apertura]] champions, until the 92nd minute, because with [[Guillermo Marino]]'s goal the series was equalized at 3–3 and the match went to penalties. "La U" won the penalty shootout 2–0 thanks to their keeper [[Jhonny Herrera]], who saved three penalties.<ref>{{cite web | title = U. de Chile tricampeón tras batir por penales a O'Higgins en un infartante partido | url = http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/2012/07/02/futbol-u-de-chile-tricampeon-tras-batir-por-penales-a-ohiggins/ | work = El mostrador.cl | date = 2 July 2012 }}</ref> However, the match was full of controversy, because the referee [[Enrique Osses]] conceded a non–existent penalty to Marino, that was scored by Aránguiz, and unfairly [[Red card (football)|red-card]]ed centre back [[Julio Barroso]], after Universidad de Chile defender [[José Rojas (footballer, born 1983)|José Rojas]] had initially taunted Barroso.<ref>{{cite web | title = Las cinco polémicas del arbitraje de Enrique Osses | url = http://elgraficochile.grupopublimetro.cl/las-cinco-polemicas-del-arbitraje-de-enrique-osses | publisher = [[El Gráfico (Argentina)|El Gráfico]] | date = 2 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

====Tomé Tragedy====
{{main|Tomé Tragedy}}
[[File:Memorial 16 estrellas nos iluminan.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Memorial to the 16 victims of the Tomé tragedy, in [[Monasterio Celeste]].]]
In the [[2013 Chilean Primera División season|Torneo Transición 2013]], Berizzo brought in many reinforcements such as [[Osmán Huerta]], [[Mariano Uglessich]], [[Braulio Leal]], [[Gonzalo Barriga]] and [[Pablo Calandria]] among others. In this tournament the club also played the last official match at [[Estadio El Teniente]], after it was awarded for renovations ahead of the [[2015 Copa America]], rotating between [[Estadio Santa Laura]], [[Estadio La Granja]] and [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]] during the rest of the tournament.

After the away victory against [[Huachipato]] at [[Estadio CAP]] in the third matchday of the league, an unfortunate tragedy happened. On 9 February 2013 at around midnight in [[Tomé]], a bus carrying O'Higgins fans crashed and 16 fans died.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 February 2013|title=Chile mourns for lost O'Higgins supporters|url=https://www.marca.com/2013/02/09/en/football/international_football/1360442797.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Marca.com|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908042521/https://www.marca.com/2013/02/09/en/football/international_football/1360442797.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 February 2013|title=16 football fans killed in Chile bus crash|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-02-09/16-football-fans-killed-chile-bus-crash|access-date=2021-09-08|website=pri.org|language=en|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908042531/https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-02-09/16-football-fans-killed-chile-bus-crash|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead of going back to Rancagua, the fans decided to make a stop in [[Dichato]] for a festival. Out of 37 fans in the bus, 16 died and 21 were injured. As a result of the [[Tomé Tragedy|tragic accident]], a three-day mourning was declared in Tomé and Rancagua, and fans made a farewell to the deceased at the Estadio El Teniente.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-02-09|title=Gravísimo accidente con hinchas de O'Higgins|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/noticias/nota?s=chi&id=1721278&type=story|access-date=2021-09-08|website=ESPNdeportes.com|language=es|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908042522/https://espndeportes.espn.com/noticias/nota?s=chi&id=1721278&type=story|url-status=live}}</ref>

O'Higgins eventually finished fourth after an acceptable campaign, where it was beaten by [[Unión Española]], [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]] and [[Cobreloa]]. However, the club had to finish third to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana, and therefore missed out.

{{football squad on pitch|align = right|thumb = O'Higgins start line-up in 2013
| GK_nat  = Chile| GK = [[Paulo Garcés|Garcés]]
| RB_nat  = Chile| RB = [[Yerson Opazo|Opazo]]
| RCB_nat = Argentina| RCB = [[Mariano Uglessich|Uglessich]]
| LCB_nat = Argentina| LCB = [[Julio Barroso|Barroso]]
| LB_nat  = Argentina| LB = [[Eduardo Alejandro López|López]]
| RCM_nat = Chile| RCM = [[Braulio Leal|Leal]]
| AM_nat  = Chile| AM = [[Pablo Hernández (footballer born 1986)|Hernández]]
| LCM_nat = Chile| LCM = [[César Fuentes|Fuentes]]
| RW_nat  = Chile| RW = [[Luis Pedro Figueroa|Figueroa]]
| LW_nat  = Chile| LW = [[Gonzalo Barriga|Barriga]]
| CF_nat  = Argentina| CF = [[Pablo Calandria|Calandria]]
| caption = O'Higgins Final starting line-up against [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]].
}}

====Another fight for the title====
For the [[2013–14 Chilean Primera División season|2013–14 Torneo Apertura]], O'Higgins is reinforced with players like Fernando Gutiérrez, [[Francisco Pizarro]] and [[Pedro Pablo Hernández]]. The club started playing this tournament against Deportes Iquique, and win with a goal that was eventually scored by the tournament's top scorer, [[Pablo Calandria]]. In the next match the club defeats [[Deportes Antofagasta]] 2–1 with goals from Pizarro and [[Gonzalo Barriga]]. On the next match day, the club tied with [[Audax Italiano]] but after that they team went on a significant winning streak, which began by beating [[Cobresal]] in [[El Salvador]], and then [[Cobreloa]], [[Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción|Universidad de Concepción]], [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]], [[Unión Española]] and a victory over [[Unión La Calera]] in the final minutes, with the club only losing two games against [[Palestino]] and [[Colo-Colo]].

====The match versus Rangers de Talca====
{{main|Rangers v O'Higgins (2013)}}

[[File:Pedro Pablo Hernández O'Higgins v Ñublense 20230728 01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Pedro Pablo Hernández]] scored the goal against [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|UC]] for winning the first title in the club's history.]]
On 7 December 2013, the last match day of the championship, the club has to visit  [[Rangers de Talca]], where the team starts losing with a [[Mauricio Gómez]] goal, but the team did not give up and turned the game around in their favor with a penalty from [[Pablo Calandria]] and a goal from [[Julio Barroso]]. In the second half, it seemed like the title was slipping from their hands, because Rodolfo González and [[Esteban Ciaccheri]] scored at the [[Estadio Fiscal de Talca]], to put the score at 3–2 in favor of Rangers.

Berizzo makes changes and substitutes [[Francisco Pizarro]] and [[Osmán Huerta]] into the match, and Huerta, with his first touch of the game, overcomes goalkeeper [[Nicolás Peric]] and ties the game at 3–3 with 10 minutes left, but in the 90' Calandria was brought down in the penalty box and referee Patricio Polic awarded a penalty for O'Higgins, along with red-carding Rangers goalkeeper Peric. Since Rangers had already used up all of their available substitutions, midfielder [[Hugo Díaz (footballer, born 1987)|Hugo Diaz]] had to be the goalkeeper. At the same time, Universidad Católica was winning against La Calera in [[Quillota]], so if O'Higgins tied or lost then Universidad Catolica would be the champion. In the last minute of the match, Calandria scored his penalty, unleashing the wild celebrations of 4,500 fans, with the club having completed an epic comeback to win the match 4–3, after [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]] overcame La Calera 2–0.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-12-08|title=O'Higgins send Chilean title race to playoff|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-chile-championship-idUKBRE9B703X20131208|access-date=|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111164547/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-chile-championship-idUKBRE9B703X20131208|url-status=live}}</ref>

====The final====
{{main|2013–14 Súper Final Apertura}}
[[File:OHiggins campeón 2013 (12040148003).jpg|thumb|O'Higgins fans celebrating the 2013[[2013–14 Chilean Primera División season|–]]14 Apertura title at [[Estadio Nacional de Chile]].]]

After a hard-fought championship title fight against [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]], both finish the tournament with the same number of points. This meant there had to be a tiebreaking game, after an amendment to championship rules, since before the modification the champion was whoever had a better goal difference if both teams had the same number of points. This was the case for the [[2013 Primera División of Chile|2013 tournament]], in which [[Unión Española]] and [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]] had equal points until the last matchday, but the league championship was given to Union Española because it had a better goal difference.

[[File:GolOHigginsCampeon.png|thumb|left|A graphic representation of [[Pedro Pablo Hernández|Hernández]]'s goal in the final. [[Yerson Opazo|Opazo]]'s free kick and a shot to the right of goalkeeper [[Christopher Toselli]].]]

On 10 December 2013, in front of a sold-out [[Estadio Nacional de Chile]], O'Higgins clinched a victory against the Crusaders, with [[Pedro Pablo Hernández|Pablo Hernández]] scoring the only goal of the match, who ultimately entered club history and in the hearts of the fans as the person to give the club its first Primera División league title.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 December 2013|title=O'HIGGINS VENCIÓ A U. CATÓLICA Y CELEBRA EL PRIMER TÍTULO DE SU HISTORIA|url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/19673/ohiggins-vencio-a-u-catolica-y-celebra-el-primer-titulo-de-su-historia|access-date=2021-08-29|website=ANFP|language=es|archive-date=14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914054134/https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/19673/ohiggins-vencio-a-u-catolica-y-celebra-el-primer-titulo-de-su-historia|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Supercopa Champion and back to Copa Libertadores ===
{{main|2014 Supercopa de Chile}}
[[File:SuperCopaOHi.jpg|thumb|left|The fans in the [[Supercopa de Chile]] match against [[Deportes Iquique]]]]

After winning the final of the 2013 Torneo Apertura, the club returns to the [[2013 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]] after almost three decades, (their last participation was in 1984), participating in Group 3 with [[Cerro Porteño]], [[Deportivo Cali]] and [[CA Lanús|Lanús]]. The first game was played against Lanús on 13 February 2014 at [[Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez|Estadio Ciudad de Lanús]], where the match ends 0–0. In the second match, O'Higgins faced Deportivo Cali at [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano|Estadio Monumental]] in Santiago, where [[Yerson Opazo]] put the ball past Colombian goalkeeper [[Faryd Mondragón]], becoming the first player to score for the club in a Copa Libertadores match in 30 years, with the match ending 1–0 in favor of the ''celestes''. In the third match the club played at the Estadio Monumental again, this time against Cerro Porteño, where the Rancaguan club began winning 2–0 with one of the goals being scored by [[Eduardo Alejandro López]] from a nice free-kick. However, after midfielder [[Braulio Leal]] was sent off, the momentum decreased and the Paraguayan club tied the game 2–2.

{{football squad on pitch|align = right|thumb = O'Higgins start line-up in 2013
| GK_nat  = Chile| GK = [[Paulo Garcés|Garcés]]
| RB_nat  = Chile| RB = [[Yerson Opazo|Opazo]]
| RCB_nat = Argentina| RCB = [[Mariano Uglessich|Uglessich]]
| ACB_nat = Chile| ACB = [[Albert Acevedo|Acevedo]]
| LCB_nat = Chile| LCB = [[Benjamín Vidal|Vidal]]
| LB_nat  = Argentina| LB = [[Eduardo Alejandro López|López]]
| RCM_nat = Chile| RCM = [[Braulio Leal|Leal]]
| LCM_nat = Chile| LCM = [[César Fuentes|Fuentes]]
| RW_nat  = Chile| RW = [[Luis Pedro Figueroa|Figueroa]]
| LW_nat  = Chile| LW = [[Gonzalo Barriga|Barriga]]
| CF_nat  = Argentina| CF = [[Pablo Calandria|Calandria]]
| caption = O'Higgins Supercopa starting line-up against [[Deportes Iquique]].
}}

In the next meeting the club played Cerro Porteño again but this time at [[Estadio General Pablo Rojas]], where the club are defeated 2–1. In the fifth match the club traveled to Colombia to face Deportivo Cali at [[Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero]], where Yerson Opazo scored one of the best goals in the tournament from about 30 meters, but Deportivo Cali's [[Néstor Camacho]] tied the game at 1–1, and it finished with that score.

In the last group stage match against Lanus, O'Higgins returned to Estadio El Teniente after its renovation for the [[2015 Copa América]]. O'Higgins had the chance to make the next round, but Calandria's penalty was saved by [[Agustín Marchesín]], and the game ended 0–0, which meant the ''celestes'' were eliminated from the cup. O'Higgins finished with 7 points and in third place of its group.

In the Clausura 2014, O'Higgins ended in third place with 30 points, and in the Accumulated Table as second with 69 points, (surpassing Colo-Colo, Clausura champions) which qualified it to play the [[Supercopa de Chile]] to see who would be the Superchampion. The game was played at the [[Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo]] against [[Copa Chile|2013–14 Copa Chile]] champion [[Deportes Iquique]]. Iquique started winning the match with a goal from [[Rodrigo Ezequiel Díaz]], and O'Higgins leveled the score five minutes before the end of the first half with a goal from [[Luis Pedro Figueroa]]. The match ended 1–1 after 120 minutes and went into penalties. O'Higgins won 3–2 after [[Rodrigo Brito]] of Deportes Iquique missed his penalty, unleashing the joy of over 6,000 celeste fans who came to the [[Santiago Metropolitan Region]], and becoming the second Superchampion of Chilean football.

===Sava and Sánchez: After Berizzo era===

After becoming Chile's super champion, Eduardo Berizzo leaves the institution and joins Celta de Vigo in Spain, thus ending the most successful seasons in the club's history. For the Apertura 2014 the new light blue coach is [[Facundo Sava]], players like Luis Valenzuela arrive after his time at [[Deportes Antofagasta]], [[Hans Martínez]] who came without regularity from Almería, the Uruguayan [[Octavio Rivero]], who came to replace the scorer [[Pablo Calandria]] who was not registered in the tournament due to a meniscus injury, and the trans-Andean [[Jorge Carranza]], [[Damián Lizio]] and [[Fernando Elizari]] in that championship began with a 2-1 victory over [[Unión La Calera]], then on the following date they lost against the University of Chile in Rancagua . From then on the club falls into an irregularity within the tournament, the only highlight is the defeat against [[Colo-Colo]] at the Estadio Monumental by 3-2 with great participation by Octavio Rivero who scored 2 goals, who at the end of the tournament is the scorer of the team with 10 goals. Due to the great tournament he is bought by the [[Vancouver Whitecaps]] for 3 million [[USD]]. At the end of the championship the light blue team finished in eighth position, with this [[Facundo Sava]] was dismissed from the team.
[[File:Colo Colo - Huachipato, 2018-03-03 - Octavio Rivero - 01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Octavio Rivero was top scorer of the club in 2015, then moving to [[Vancouver Whitecaps]].]]

In the 2015 Clausura, after the dismissal of Facundo Sava, [[Vitamina Sánchez]] took over the team, [[Hugo Droguett]], who came from South Korea, and [[Sebastián Pinto]], who returned to the institution after passing in 2011, joined the squad. In the championship they finished in ninth position, qualifying by exclusion to the 2015 Pre-Sudamericana Liguilla because clubs such as Universidad de Concepción, Universidad de Chile, [[Huachipato]] were already classified for the international tournament. In the league O'Higgins faces the Universidad Católica, in the first leg of the first round they face each other at the El Teniente, equaling 2 goals, which were converted by Pablo Calandria, for the crusaders [[David Llanos]] and [[José Luis Muñoz]]. In the second leg, Universidad Católica wins 3-1, the discount went to [[Sebastián Pinto]]. Once again Pablo Calandria is the team's top scorer with 8 goals.

The second part of the year in the 2015 Apertura, the team is reinforced with; Esteban González from [[Huachipato]] and a historic one like [[Yerson Opazo]] leaves for the plant institution, Pedro Muñoz from the Universidad de Concepción, [[Emilio Zelaya]] from [[Arsenal de Sarandí]] and the returns of [[Gonzalo Barriga]] who came from a loan at [[Santiago Wanderers]], and [[Ramón Fernández]], Hans Martínez was fired from the club, Sebastián Pinto goes to [[Eskişehirspor]], [[César Fuentes]] is bought by Universidad Católica and Alejandro López leaves for [[Cobresal]]. In the tournament the club does not achieve regularity, losing more games as a visitor, finishing undefeated at the El Teniente, however Pablo Sánchez's team fails to compete in the tournament or qualify for the postseason for a place in an international tournament. finishing in seventh position with a performance of 51%, thus ending the Vitamina era in O'Higgins. [[Pablo Calandria]] is the team's top scorer with 9 goals and reaches 51 goals for the club and ranks among the historical scorers.

[[File:PabloCalandria2019.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Pablo Calandria]] played his last game at O'Higgins in 2017.]]
In 2016 the club again carried out a campaign fighting for the title until the last date, after the interim [[Cristián Arán]] took over as main coach, losing the chance to become champion after a defeat on the last date of the 2016 Clausura championship against the Universidad de Concepción 1-2 at home at the El Teniente, leaving the title to [[CD Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]], which wins its match against [[Deportes Iquique]]. In the [[2016 Copa Sudamericana]], the club lost in the penalty shoot-out (5-4), after a 0-0 agreggated against the Uruguayan side [[Montevideo Wanderers]].

The 2017 started with a failed participation in the [[2017 Copa Sudamericana]], facing the Ecuadorian [[Fuerza Amarilla S.C.|Fuerza Amarilla]], losing in the agreggated 2-1, playing his away game at the [[Estadio George Capwell]]. Due to the bad results, the head coach [[Cristián Arán]] resigned his contract with the club. [[Gabriel Milito]] was the head coach assignated for the next tournamente, finishing in 14th position in the 2017 Transición. Despite this, the club was only in 5th annual position in the relegation table, due to its previous campaign. After Milito's resignation, [[Mauricio Larriera]] takes over the team, achieving poor results, which costs him his job midway through the season. The team takes a boost in the final stretch of 2018 season led by [[Marco Antonio Figueroa]], finishing eighth, but out of international competitions, also marking the retirement of sky-blue scorer [[Pablo Calandria]], who scored at his last game a penalty against [[Audax Italiano]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-nacional/2018/11/29/ohiggins-goleo-a-audax-en-el-adios-de-calandria-u-espanola-suena-con-clasificar-a-la-sudamericana.shtml |title=O'Higgins goleó a Audax en el adiós de Calandria: U. Española sueña con clasificar a la Sudamericana |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=16 March 2024 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316235356/https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-nacional/2018/11/29/ohiggins-goleo-a-audax-en-el-adios-de-calandria-u-espanola-suena-con-clasificar-a-la-sudamericana.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Currently situation: 2020's of Ups and Downs===

In 2019 he again had a regular campaign, finishing the year in eighth place, with [[Maximiliano Salas]] being his top scorer with 6 goals. The year 2020 marked by the [[COVID-19]] pandemic forced the Campeonato Nacional to stop for a time. After the resumption of the tournament, the team fought relegation until the arrival of [[Dalcio Giovagnoli]], with whom the team managed to escape reaching 10th position, winning their match on the last day against [[Colo-Colo]] in the last minute with a penalty goal from [[Tomás Alarcón]], who was sell to [[Cádiz CF|Cádiz]] at the end of the season, which cost the white team to compete in the promotion league due to relegation. The following seasons have been marked by the team's irregularity and also by the failure to qualify for international tournaments, marking in 2021 the departure of Giovagnoli and the fleeting entry of Miguel Ramírez during the second semester. The year 2022 was directed solely by the Argentine strategist [[Mariano Soso]], and despite the fact that he returns to amend an acceptable campaign, he does not qualify for the [[Copa Sudamericana]], which ends up costing him his position as strategist of the sky-blue team. The following years saw irregularity on the part of the Rancagua team, managing to close the year 2023 with [[Juan Manuel Azconzábal]] as coach in eleventh place, being replaced the following year under the interim of [[Víctor Fuentes (Chilean footballer)|Víctor Fuentes]], reaping one of its worst campaigns in 2024, where it finished in fourteenth position, saving its stay in the Primera División only by goal difference against [[Cobreloa]]. The poor campaign meant the departure of Fuentes from the technical command for 2025, but also the departure of Javier Furwasser from the management, and of [[Pablo Calandria]], who was relocated to technical management of the club. To face the year 2025, the club announced the hiring of Argentine coach [[Francisco Meneghini]].

==Facilities==

=== Estadio El Teniente ===
{{main|Estadio El Teniente}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Estadio El Teniente
| nickname=''El Mundialista de Rancagua'' (The World Cup Stadium of Rancagua)<br />''Templo de las Ilusiones'' (Temple of Illusions)
| image =File:Estadio_El_Teniente_O%27Higgins_v_Ñublense_20230728_02.jpg
| opened = 1947<br />2014 (renovated)
| seating_capacity = 14,087
| surface = Natural grass
| dimensions = {{convert|105|x|68|m|abbr=on}}
}}

The club's home ground is [[Estadio El Teniente]], built in September 1945 and located in [[Rancagua, Chile|Rancagua]], being named [[Braden Copper Company Stadium]], because that company was the stadium's owner. The first professional game was during the [[Chilean Primera División|1955 Primera División]] tournament, in a match that O'Higgins won 3–2 to [[Ferrobádminton]].<ref>{{cite web|date=31 July 2005|title=Chile 1955|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile55.html|access-date=|work=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>

[[File:Estadio El Teniente 2009.jpg|thumb|left|The old Estadio El Teniente was used from 1945 until February 2013.]]
In 1960, after the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|9.5 earthquake]] of [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]] that destroyed the original venues of the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]], the [[Anfp|Chilean delegation]] designed the city of [[Rancagua]] as a venue, after the refusal of [[Valparaíso, Chile|Valparaíso]] and [[Antofagasta, Chile|Antofagasta]]. The first international match was between [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], where with a goal of [[Héctor Facundo]], the South Americans defeated the Europeans on 30 May.<ref>{{cite web | title = Argentina vs. Bulgaria – Copa Mundial de la FIFA Chile 1962 | url = http://es.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/results/matches/match=1447/report.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071021043826/http://es.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/results/matches/match=1447/report.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 October 2007 | work = [[FIFA.com]] | access-date = 17 June 2007 }}</ref> El Teniente was the home stadium of all [[1962 FIFA World Cup|Group D]] matches, and one quarter-final game between [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]].

[[File:ElTenienteNuevo.JPG|thumb|Estadio El Teniente in January 2014.]]
The [[Government of Chile]] acquired the 51% of shares to United States' [[Braden Copper Company]] in 1967, as part of the copper nationalization, that culminated four years later, becoming property of [[Codelco|Codelco Chile]], being re–named with the current name of [[Estadio Parque El Teniente|Parque El Teniente]], in reference to mine ubicated in locality of [[Machalí]].

[[File:El Teniente Nuevo II.jpg|thumb|left|The new Estadio El Teniente in its inauguration match against [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]]]
A new stadium with capacity for 14,087 persons was confirmed by the club's owner [[Ricardo Abumohor]] in 2013, and the old stadium was demolished in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | title = Proyecto de remodelación de estadio El Teniente contempla capacidad para 16 mil personas | url = http://eltipografo.cl/2011/05/proyecto-de-remodelacion-de-estadio-el-teniente-contempla-capacidad-para-16-mil-personas/ | publisher = El Tipógrafo.cl | date = 6 May 2011 | access-date = 13 July 2012 | archive-date = 27 October 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027180301/http://eltipografo.cl/2011/05/proyecto-de-remodelacion-de-estadio-el-teniente-contempla-capacidad-para-16-mil-personas/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

The new stadium was inaugurated on 8 April 2014. In the inaugural match, O'Higgins played against [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]] for the week 6 of the [[2014 Copa Libertadores]]. The final result was 0–0, marking the elimination of the club from the competition, because it needed a victory to advance to the next round.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capodeprovincia.cl/2014/04/el-capo-de-america-se-despide-de-la.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154933/http://www.capodeprovincia.cl/2014/04/el-capo-de-america-se-despide-de-la.html |archive-date=13 April 2014 |title="Chau" Libertadores 2014… « Capo de Provincia}}</ref> In 2015, it hosted two group stage matches of the [[2015 Copa América]].

===Monasterio Celeste===
{{main|Monasterio Celeste}}
[[File:Monasterio Celeste 03.jpg|thumb|The entry to the Monasterio Celeste.]]

The training facilities of the club are called the [[Monasterio Celeste]], located on the outskirts of [[Rancagua]], exactly in [[Requínoa]]. It replaces the old complex La Gamboína, which until 2014 was the training ground of the club. The complex consists of seven pitches of natural grass, a mini-stadium of artificial grass, and a hotel with the facilities for the team.

The complex was finished in 2014, but O'Higgins trained there for the first time on 4 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 January 2013|title=Los capos entrenaron en el Monasterio Celeste|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2013/01/04/los-capos-entrenaron-en-el-monasterio-celeste/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027180004/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2013/01/04/los-capos-entrenaron-en-el-monasterio-celeste/|archive-date=27 October 2014|access-date=2014-09-09|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was a national team host complex for the [[Venezuela national football team]] in the [[2015 Copa América]].<ref>[https://www.ohigginsfc.cl/noticias/noticia_detalle.php?id=2032 Monasterio Celeste ya es la casa de Venezuela en Copa América - O'Higgins FC - El orgullo de la Región] O'Higgins FC official website</ref>

==Players==
{{category see also|O'Higgins F.C. footballers}}

Since the club's establishment in April 1955, more than one thousand of the players on the team have been Chilean. Juvenal Vargas is the historic top−scorer of the club with 120 goals. [[Mario Desiderio]] is considered the best player in the club's history.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 March 2014|title=O'HIGGINS Y DEPORTIVO CALI HOMENAJEARÁN AL HISTÓRICO MARIO DESIDERIO|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/03/26/o%E2%80%99higgins-y-deportivo-cali-homenajearan-al-historico-mario-desiderio/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219072543/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/03/26/o%E2%80%99higgins-y-deportivo-cali-homenajearan-al-historico-mario-desiderio/|archive-date=19 February 2015|access-date=19 February 2015|website=O'Higgins Official Website|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The last player to enter the club's top 10 scorers was Pablo Calandria, who retired in 2018, scoring his final goal from a penalty against Audax Italiano.<ref>[https://www.radiosport.cl/web/ohiggins-goleo-a-audax-italiano-en-despedida-oficial-de-pablo-calandria/ O’Higgins goleó a Audax Italiano en despedida oficial de Pablo Calandria] Radio Sport Chile, 29 November 2018.</ref>

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!colspan="10"|'''All-time top-ten goalscorers of the club''' {{ref|Goalscorers|[note]}}<ref>{{cite tweet|user=WCorream|author=Waldo Correa|number=635253365535043584|date=23 August 2015|title=Y Pablo Calandria ya es top 10 en los goleadores históricos de O'Higgins}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soyceleste.cl/oc/index.php/noticias/item/437-swanderers|title=Calandria histórico: O'Higgins 1 - Santiago Wanderers 0|first=Waldo Correa|last=M|website=www.soyceleste.cl|access-date=24 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104124/http://www.soyceleste.cl/oc/index.php/noticias/item/437-swanderers|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|-
||120||119||82||79||79||78||74||63||60||47
|}

:1.{{note|Goalscorers}} Only includes [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]], [[Copa Chile]] and international competitions. '''Bold''' indicates player is still active.

[[File:Moisés González Universidad de Chile v O'Higgins 20230807 02.jpg|left|125px|thumb|[[Moisés González]] is the current club captain.]]
Foreign players like [[Federico Vairo]] have also been important players in the history of club. During the mid–1960s, Vairo was a former [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] player, earning three consecutive [[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] titles, alongside players like the keeper [[Amadeo Carrizo]], the midfielder [[Omar Sívori]], among others.

Another important player of the club is [[Pedro Pablo Hernández|Pablo Hernández]], also [[Argentine]], who was part of the historic squad led by [[Eduardo Berizzo]] that won the [[2013–14 Chilean Primera División season|2013–14 Torneo de Apertura]]. He is also important because he scored the goal in the Super Final match against Universidad Catolica, which gave the league title to the club. He was one of the most important players of the team, alongside the goalkeepers [[Paulo Garcés]] and [[Roberto González Beltrán|Roberto González]], the defenders [[Julio Barroso]], [[Mariano Uglessich]] and [[Yerson Opazo]], the midfielders [[Luis Pedro Figueroa]], [[César Fuentes]], [[Braulio Leal]], [[Gonzalo Barriga]] and the striker and top goalscorer [[Pablo Calandria]], among others.

The team has had several [[Argentine people|Argentine]] footballers in majority, but also players of [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], Brazil, [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] have been in minority.

In 2006, under the orders of the manager [[Jorge Garcés]], [[Giancarlo Maldonado]], [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela national team]] striker, was signed, becoming the first footballer of that nationality to play in the club, and [[José Aílton da Silva|Aílton da Silva]], seasons later, was the first player of [[Brazilian people|Brazilian]] nationality in 2008 to arrive at the club.

[[Juan Rodrigo Rojas]], now playing in [[Cerro Porteño]], and [[Octavio Rivero]], who was signed by [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC|Vancouver Whitecaps]] of [[Major League Soccer]] for a [[United States dollar|US$]]1.5M fee, were the last players of [[Paraguay]]an and [[Uruguay]]an nationality, respectively. The last [[Colombia]]n player was [[Marco Pérez (Colombian footballer)|Marco Pérez]].

===First-team squad===

Chilean teams are limited by the [[ANFP]] to have on their roster a maximum of six foreign players.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.cl/futbol/chile/nota/_/id/13178716/el-consejo-de-presidentes-mantuvo-los-6-extranjeros-y-el-sifup-reacciono-con-todo | title=El Consejo de Presidentes mantuvo los 6 extranjeros y el Sifup reaccionó con todo | date=2 February 2024 }}</ref> ANFP rules also say  the number of shirts can't exceed the number of registered players. As of the 2023 season, all Chilean teams must have included in the line-up, at least one Chilean players born on or after January 1, 2002, plus that youth players plays at least 1890 minutes.<ref name="roster">{{cite web|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/1er-equipo/plantel/|title=Roster -(Men's First Team)|access-date=July 30, 2019|publisher=OHigginsfc.cl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711194224/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/1er-equipo/plantel/|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Formación O'Higgins O'Higgins v Ñublense 20230728 01.jpg|325px|thumb|right|O'Higgins starting line-up against [[Ñublense]] for the 2023 [[Campeonato Nacional]].]]

{{updated|30 December 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/primerequipo/plantel.php|title=Primer Equipo|publisher=O'Higgins Official Web Site|date=23 August 2021|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107155702/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/primerequipo/plantel.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{Fs player|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Joaquín Tapia|no=30|other=Youth}}
{{Fs player|nat=ECU|pos=GK|name=[[Omar Carabalí]]|no=31}}
{{Fs player|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Matías Lugo]]|no=32|other=<small>[[Argentinos Juniors|on loan]]</small>}}
{{Fs player|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=Martín Ignacio Espinoza|no=38|other=Youth}}
{{Fs end}}

====Players with multiple citizenship====

There are players who currently have [[Chilean nationality law|Chilean nationality]] on the squad through naturalization or nationalization, who do not occupy places as foreigners in the first team squad.

* {{flagicon|ARG}}{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Leandro Benegas]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}}{{flagicon|COL}} [[Joaquín Montecinos]]
* {{flagicon|ECU}}{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Omar Carabalí]]
* {{flagicon|PAR}}{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Arnaldo Castillo]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}}{{flagicon|ESP}} José Tomás Movillo

===Team of The Century===
In 1999, the fans of the club voted to choose the team of the 20th Century. Among the players which are in the starting line-up are the [[Argentinian|Argentine]] defender [[Federico Vairo]], [[Miguel Ángel Neira]], [[Mario Núñez]], [[Mario Desiderio]] and the second goal-scorer of the history of the club, [[Aníbal González (footballer, born 1964)|Aníbal González]]. The manager chosen was [[Luis Santibáñez]], which reached two of the four participations in the [[Copa Libertadores]], and led the club to its furthest position in the competition, the semi-finals, in 1980.<ref name="El Equipo del Siglo"/>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Pos. !! Country !! Player
|-
|GK||{{flagicon|CHI}}||Carlos Bustos
|-
|GK||{{flagicon|ARG}}||[[:es:Ernesto Díaz (futbolista)|Ernesto Díaz]]
|-
|GK||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[:es:Constantino Zazzali|Constantino Zazzali]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[Gabriel Mendoza]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|ARG}}||[[Federico Vairo]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||Eduardo Herrera
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[René Valenzuela]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[:es:René Serrano|René Serrano]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||César Valdivia
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[:es:Santiago Gatica|Santiago Gatica]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[:es:Mauro Meléndez|Mauro Meléndez]]
|-
|DF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[:es:Joel Molina|Joel Molina]]
|}
{{col-3}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Pos. !! Country !! Player
|-
|MF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||Roberto Rodríguez
|-
|MF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[Miguel Ángel Neira]]
|-
|MF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[:es:Leonidas Burgos|Leonidas Burgos]]
|-
|MF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||Francisco Cuevas
|-
|MF||{{flagicon|CHI}}||Joel Retamal
|-
|FW||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[Alejandro Trujillo]]
|-
|FW||{{flagicon|ARG}}||[[Mario Desiderio]]
|-
|FW||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[Mario Núñez]]
|-
|FW||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[Aníbal González (footballer, born 1964)|Aníbal González]]
|-
|FW||{{flagicon|ARG}}||[[Gustavo De Luca]]
|-
|FW||{{flagicon|ARG}}||[[Roque Alfaro]]
|-
|Coach||{{flagicon|CHI}}||[[Luis Santibáñez]]
|}
{{col-3}}
{{football squad on pitch|align = right|thumb = O'Higgins Team of The Century
| GK_nat  = Chile| GK = Bustos
| RB_nat  = Chile| RB = [[Gabriel Mendoza|Mendoza]]
| RCB_nat = Argentina| RCB = [[Federico Vairo|Vairo]]
| LCB_nat = Chile| LCB = [[René Valenzuela|Valenzuela]]
| LB_nat  = Chile| LB = Serrano
| RCM_nat = Chile| RCM = Cuevas
| LCM_nat = Chile| LCM = [[Miguel Ángel Neira|Neira]]
| CM_nat  = Chile| CM = Retamal
| RW_nat  = Chile| RW = [[Mario Núñez|Núñez]]
| LW_nat  = Chile| LW = [[Aníbal González (footballer, born 1964)|González]]
| CF_nat  = Argentina| CF = [[Mario Desiderio|Desiderio]]
| caption = O'Higgins Team of The Century
}}
{{col-end}}

==Recent results==

===Season stats===

[[File:Unión La Calera - Colo-Colo 20190506 36.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Marcelo Larrondo was 2021 team goalscorer.]]
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|Season
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|Rank
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|M|Matches played}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|W|Wins}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|D|Draws}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|L|Losses}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|GS|Goals scored}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|Top scorer(s) in league
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|Goals
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|CL|Copa Chile}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|SC|Supercup}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|LIB|Copa Libertadores}}
! style="color:white; background:#5f91ce;"|{{abbr|SUD|Copa Sudamericana}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2024
|14th
|30
|8
|7
|15
|34
|53
|'''31'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Bryan Rabello]]/[[Octavio Bianchi]]
|6
|QF
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2023
|11th
|30
|9
|8
|13
|37
|39
|'''35'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Matías Marín]]
|6
|QF
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2022
|8th
|30
|11
|11
|8
|31
|31
|'''44'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Facundo Barceló]]/[[Pedro Pablo Hernández|Pablo Hernández]]
|7
|2R
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2021
|13th
|32
|9
|11
|12
|31
|41
|'''38'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Marcelo Larrondo]]
|8
|2R
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2020
|10th
|34
|12
|9
|13
|40
|39
|'''45'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Facundo Ismael Castro|Facundo Castro]]/[[Tomás Alarcón]]
|7
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2019
|8th
|24
|10
|4
|10
|34
|35
|'''34'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Maximiliano Salas]]
|6
|R16
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
|Campeonato Nacional 2018
|8th
|30
|12
|5
|13
|41
|41
|'''41'''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Nicolás Mazzola]]
|8
|2R
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|}

{{smalldiv|1=
* Last updated: 20 February 2019
* '''Rank''' = Rank in [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]] regular season; '''Pld''' = Matches played; '''W''' = Wins; '''D''' = Draws; '''L''' = Losses; '''GS''' = Goal scored; '''GA''' = Goal against; '''Pts''' = Points; '''COC''' = Copa Chile; '''SUP''' = Supercopa; '''COL''' = Copa Libertadores; '''COS''' = Copa Sudamericana; '''Lig.''' = Liguilla pre-international tournament
* '''NQ''' = Not qualified; '''Q''' = Qualified; '''GS''' = Group stage; '''1R''' = First round; '''2R''' = Second round; '''QF''' = Quarter finals; '''F''' = Finalist; '''W''' = Winner}}

==Managers==
{{category see also|O'Higgins F.C. managers}}
[[File:Sula4.JPG|thumb|[[José Sulantay]], coach of O'Higgins in 1996.]]

The first coach of the club was Francisco Hormazábal, who was signed for the 1955 [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] tournament. In 1957, the board hired European Carlos Snopec as manager, who was the first international coach of the club.<ref>{{cite web | title = Antecedentes Preliminares | url = http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/el-club/historia/1955-1959/ | publisher = O'Higgins web site | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924055615/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/el-club/historia/1955-1959/ | archive-date = 24 September 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> From 1958 to 1960 Argentine [[José Salerno]] was the manager of the club. The club went through three managers in 1961, and four managers in 1972.

In 1978–79, the club achieved an historic season with [[Luis Santibáñez]] as coach, who qualified O'Higgins to the [[1980 Copa Libertadores]]' semi-finals, where the team lost to Club Nacional of Uruguay.<ref name="Semifinales">{{cite web | title = Nacional 2 – O Higgins 0 – Copa Libertadores 1980 | url = http://soundcloud.com/decano-2/nacional-2-o-higgins-0-copa | publisher = SoundCloud.com | date = 14 June 2012 | access-date = 15 July 2012 | archive-date = 9 October 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009072813/https://soundcloud.com/decano-2/nacional-2-o-higgins-0-copa | url-status = live }}</ref> In the early 1990s, the club's board signed [[Manuel Pellegrini]] to face the [[1992 Copa CONMEBOL|1992 Copa Conmebol]], where the club was eliminated early by [[Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Copa Conmebol 1992, la última participación internacional de O'Higgins | url = http://www.elrancaguino.cl/rancaguino/noticias.php?cod=587 | publisher = El Rancagüino.cl | date = 7 May 2012 | access-date = 15 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140304162836/http://www.elrancaguino.cl/rancaguino/noticias.php?cod=587 | archive-date = 4 March 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Then, with a prior spell of [[Nelson Acosta]], who potentiated players like [[Jaime Riveros]], the club achieved the finals of the [[Copa Chile]] in [[1994 Copa Chile|1994]], being runner–up under Roberto Hernández as coach.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 August 2001|title=Chile 1994|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chile94.html|work=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> In 2005, [[Nelson Cossio]] became coach with the objective of reaching the first division again, which he achieved. Oscar Meneses coached the team during the Apertura tournament in their return to the first division, but was sacked due to poor performances.

[[File:Spain - Chile - 10-09-2013 - Geneva - Jorge Sampaoli.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jorge Sampaoli]] was the manager of the club from 2008 to 2009.]]
In 2006, [[Jorge Garcés]] became coach of the club to play the Torneo Clausura, who abandoned the institution the [[2007 Chilean Primera División season|following season]], after a 5–0 loss with [[Colo-Colo]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2007/12/02/283813/colo-colo-goleo-a-ohiggins-5-0-y-con-10-hombres.html | title = Colo Colo goleó a O'Higgins 5–0 y con 10 hombres | publisher = [[Radio Cooperativa]] | date = 2 December 2007 | access-date = 18 July 2012 | archive-date = 9 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140309044727/http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2007/12/02/283813/colo-colo-goleo-a-ohiggins-5-0-y-con-10-hombres.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In December 2007, [[Ricardo Abumohor]], the club's owner, reported that he hired Argentine manager [[Jorge Sampaoli]] for the new tournament,<ref name="Sampaoli">{{cite web | url = http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2007/12/12/285066/jorge-sampaoli-reemplazara-a-garces-en-la-banca-de-ohiggins.html | title = Jorge Sampaoli reemplazará a Garcés en la banca de O'Higgins | publisher = [[El Mercurio|Emol.cl]] | date = 2 December 2007 | access-date = 18 July 2012 | archive-date = 9 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140309044853/http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2007/12/12/285066/jorge-sampaoli-reemplazara-a-garces-en-la-banca-de-ohiggins.html | url-status = live }}</ref> where he had decent seasons with players like [[Jean Beausejour]] and [[Carlos Carmona]] as key players.<ref name="Sampaoli"/>

After a regular tournament in the [[2010 Chilean Primera División season|2010 season]], [[Ivo Basay]] was signed for the 2011 Apertura.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 December 2010|title=Ivo Basay se convirtió en el nuevo técnico de O'Higgins de Rancagua|url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbolistas-chilenos/ivo-basay-se-convirtio-en-el-nuevo-tecnico-de-o-higgins-de-rancagua/2010-12-11/124215.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=alairelibre.cl|language=Spanish|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111164552/https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbolistas-chilenos/ivo-basay-se-convirtio-en-el-nuevo-tecnico-de-o-higgins-de-rancagua/2010-12-11/124215.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Basay was replaced by [[José Cantillana]] for the 2011 Clausura.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 September 2011|title=José Cantillana asume como nuevo técnico de O'Higgins|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2011/09/20/504152/jose-cantillana-asume-como-nuevo-tecnico-de-ohiggins.html|publisher=[[El Mercurio|Emol.cl]]|access-date=18 July 2012|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305084425/http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2011/09/20/504152/jose-cantillana-asume-como-nuevo-tecnico-de-ohiggins.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2012, the club's board signed Eduardo Berizzo and his assistant coach, former [[CA River Plate|River Plate]]'s goalkeeper in the 1980s, Roberto Bonano.<ref name=":1">{{cite web | url = http://www.laceleste.cl/wp/2011/12/eduardo-berizzo-nuevo-tecnico-de-ohiggins-de-rancagua/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116015747/http://www.laceleste.cl/wp/2011/12/eduardo-berizzo-nuevo-tecnico-de-ohiggins-de-rancagua/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 16 January 2013 | title = Eduardo Berizzo asume como nuevo técnico de O'Higgins de Rancagua | publisher = La Celeste.cl | date = 1 December 2011 }}</ref> Under Berizzo's administration, the team reached the Apertura final, where the team finished runner-ups after losing 2–0 in penalties to Universidad de Chile.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/2012/07/02/futbol-u-de-chile-tricampeon-tras-batir-por-penales-a-ohiggins/ | title = U. de Chile tricampeón tras batir por penales a O'Higgins en un infartante partido | publisher = El Mostrador.cl | date = 2 July 2012 }}</ref> However, this result gave the club qualification to the 2012 Copa Sudamericana, which is important due to the fact that O'Higgins hadn't played a continental competition since 1992. Berizzo also lead the team to their first league title in the 2013–14 Apertura, and to the Supercup win in 2014.

{{col-begin}}

===Current technical staff===

{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Caretaker manager ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Francisco Meneghini]]
|-
|Assistant coach ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Federico Martorell]]
|-
|Assistant coach ||{{flagicon|ARG}} Emmanuel Francés
|-
|Doctor ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Felipe Rojas
|-
|Doctor ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Daniel Ahumada
|-
|Delegate ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Carlos Fierro
|-
|Video analist ||{{flagicon|ARG}} Lautaro Correa
|-
|Manager ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Joshua Caro
|-
|Nutricionist ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Isabel Morales
|-
|Proyection Manager ||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Albert Acevedo]]
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Physio ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Cristofer Fuenzalida
|-
|Physio ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Daniel Donoso
|-
|Security chief ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Mario Muñoz
|-
|Paramedic ||{{flagicon|CHI}} José Luis Pérez
|-
|Goalkeeping coach ||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Federico Elduayen]]
|-
|Fitness coach ||{{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Fellay
|-
|Fitness coach ||{{flagicon|CHI}} José Peña
|-
|Equipment manager ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Andrés Rojas
|-
|Equipment manager ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Williams Acuña
|-
|Institutional Relations ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Calandria]]
|-
|}
{{col-2}}
{{col-end}}

===Chronology of managers===

This list includes the managers and the interim managers since the foundation of the club until today. Only 23 managers in the history of the club are or were foreigners.

{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Francisco Hormazábal]] (1955–56)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} Salvador Calvente (1957)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} Carlos Snopec (1957)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Salerno]] (1958–60)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Orlandelli (1960)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Roberto Rodríguez (1961)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[George Robledo]] (1961)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hernán Carrasco]] (1961)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[László Pákozdi|Ladislao Pakozdi]] (1961–62)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} José Pérez (1963–67)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Dante Pesce]] (1968)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Leonardo Bedoya (1968–69)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge Aretio (1970)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Leonardo Bedoya (1971)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hernán Carrasco]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Vidal (footballer)|Luis Vidal]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Ovidio Casartelli (1972)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Caupolicán Peña]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Vera (Chilean footballer)|Luis Vera]] (1973)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge Aretio (1973)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Venegas]] (1974)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Leonardo Bedoya (1974–75)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} José Pérez (1975)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge Aretio (1975)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Armando Tobar]] (1976–77)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nelson Oyarzún]] (1977)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Santibáñez]] (1978–79)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Orlando Aravena]] (1979)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Francisco Molina]] (1980)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Orlando Aravena]] (1981)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Germán Cornejo]] (1982–83)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Leonardo Bedoya (1984)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Gastón Guevara (1985)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Jorge Luco (1985)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Manuel Cáceres (1985)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Santibáñez]] (1986)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Jaime Campos (1986)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eugenio Jara]] (1987)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ricardo Horta]] (1988)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Carlos Gangas]] (1988)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Nelson Acosta]] (1988–91)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Germán Cornejo]] (1992)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Manuel Pellegrini]] (1992–93)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Roberto Hernández (Chilean footballer)|Roberto Hernández]] (1994–95)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Roque Alfaro]] (1996)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Socías]] (1996)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Sulantay]] (1997)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Gerardo Pelusso]] (1997)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} René Serrano (1998–99)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Eduardo Salas ''(interim)'' (2000)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Guillermo Páez]] (2000–01)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Joel Retamal (2001)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Rubén Espinoza]] (2001)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Luis Droguett ''(interim)'' (2002)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Eduardo Salas (2003–04)
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Sergio Nichiporuk]] (2004)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nelson Cossio]] (2005)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Gerardo Silva (Chilean football manager)|Gerardo Silva]] (2005)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Óscar Meneses]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Ronald Yávar ''(interim)'' (2006)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Garcés]] (2006–07)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Jorge Sampaoli]] (2008–09)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Gerardo Silva (Chilean football manager)|Gerardo Silva]] (2009)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Roberto Hernández (Chilean footballer)|Roberto Hernández]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marco Antonio Figueroa]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ivo Basay]] (2011)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Cristián Arán]] ''(interim)'' (2011)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Cantillana]] (2011)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Eduardo Berizzo]] (2012–14)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Facundo Sava]] (2014–15)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Vitamina Sánchez|Pablo Sánchez]] (2015)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Cristián Arán]] (2015–17)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gabriel Milito]] (2017–2018)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Mauricio Larriera]] (2018)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marco Antonio Figueroa]] (2018–2019)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Patricio Graff]] (2020)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Dalcio Giovagnoli]] (2020–2021)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Miguel Ramírez]] (2021)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Mariano Soso]] (2022)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Pablo de Muner]] (2023)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Manuel Azconzábal]] (2023–2024)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Víctor Fuentes (Chilean footballer)|Víctor Fuentes]] ''(interim)''  (2024)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Francisco Meneghini]] (2024–)
{{div col end}}

==Management==

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The club has had 17 presidents throughout history. The first president of the institution was Francisco Rajcevich, who held the post between January and December 1955, while [[:es:Patricio Mekis|Patricio Mekis]] had the longest time period in charge of the institution (between January 1958 and January 1965) and is currently honorary president of the club.

[[File:Ricardo Abumohor.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Ricardo Abumohor]] bought the club in 2005]]

Formerly in the corporation presidents elected the same 12 directors-leaders who take the time to divide the charges. In turn, the elected president must be accepted by a majority of members. This president was in principle intended to be the leader for two years, but after a year, when half-directory is renewed, 8 leaders who continue plus 8 new or re-elected decide whether the current president remains in charge or another is chosen.

In 2005, the club had three different presidents due to internal problems and economic problems facing the club. After this, [[Ricardo Abumohor]] purchases the club and takes the role of president.

Since July 2021, [[:es:Pablo Hoffmann Yáñez|Pablo Hoffmann Yáñez]] was elected as the new president of the club, after leaving his position at the club vacant, despite remaining the club's largest shareholder.<ref>[https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/ohiggins/pablo-hoffmann-asumio-como-presidente-de-o-higgins/2021-07-02/135425.html Pablo Hoffmann asumió como presidente de O'Higgins] AlAireLibre.cl, 2 July 2021.</ref>

In recent years, the Abumohor family has publicly expressed their desire to sell their shares in the club in order to attract new investors to take the club to the next level. Major sports business groups such as [[City Football Group]],<ref>[https://www.t13.cl/noticia/deportes13/futbol-nacional/la-relacion-se-podria-concretar-ohiggins-y-manchester-city La relación que se podría concretar entre O'Higgins y el City] - [[Canal 13 (Chile)|Canal 13]], 15 May 2016.</ref> [[Grupo Caliente]],<ref>[https://www.365scores.com/es/news/nueva-multipropiedad-caliente-ohiggins/ Nueva multipropiedad del futbol mexicano: Grupo Caliente gestiona la compra de O'Higgins para este 2025] 365Scores.com, 2 April 2025.</ref> or the Brazilian businessman Regis Marques, and the Chilean business woman Daniella Chávez have been in contact with the club regarding a sale, but nothing has materialized.

===Current management staff===

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Owner||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Ricardo Abumohor]]
|-
|President||{{flagicon|CHI}} Pablo Hoffmann Yáñez
|-
|Director ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Roberto Abumohor
|-
|Director ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Rodrigo Abumohor
|-
|Director ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Cristian Abumohor
|-
|Director ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Martín Abumohor
|-
|Commercial Manager ||{{flagicon|CHI}} Juan Cristóbal Ibieta
|}
{{col-2}}
[[File:Patricio Bryan Mekis Spikin.jpg|thumb|175px|Patricio Mekis had the longest time period in charge with the institution.]]
{{col-2}}
{{col-end}}

===Chronology of presidents===

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* 1955–56: Francisco Rajcevich
* 1957–58: Dionisio Valenzuela
* 1958–65: Patricio Mekis
* 1966–72: Alberto Musse
* 1973–75: Carlos Latife
* 1976–82: Alfonso Orueta
* 1983–88: Héctor Cortéz
* 1989–90: Óscar Albornoz
* 1991–92: Juan Romero
* 1992–93: Rodolfo Cueto
* 1994–96: Alex Acosta
* 1997: José Donoso
* 1997–00: Omar Pozo
* 2001–04: Francisco Arce
* 2005: [[Waldo Quiroz]] ''(interim)''
* 2005: Daniel Sánchez
* 2005: Juan Carlos Latife
* 2006–2021: [[Ricardo Abumohor]]
* 2022–: Pablo Hoffmann
{{div col end}}

== Club badge and colours ==

The current badge of the club is a [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] over a pentagon with the colours white, yellow, and green. The colors remember the club colors of Instituto O'Higgins, América de Rancagua and O'Higgins Braden respectively. Several Rancaguan people affirm that the phoenix represents the [[Chile]]an historic city, in where the founding father and hero of the country, [[Bernardo O'Higgins]], led his army to win the [[Battle of Rancagua]] against [[Spain]], highlighting that the club's name is in honour of him.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The club's current [[Kit (football)|home kit colours]] are [[sky blue]] and white in honor to the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay national team]] title-winner, whilst the traditional [[Kit (football)|away colours]] are yellow in honour of América, but in recent years the away kits have been white and black. In the [[2010 Chilean Primera División season|2010 Campeonato Petrobras]], O'Higgins wore the former kit of [[O'Higgins Braden]] as away colours.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

An unusual fact was that in the [[2012 Chilean Primera División season|2012 Torneo de Apertura]] first leg final at home against Universidad de Chile, the team played with the away kit colours in [[Rancagua]], the city where the team is based.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The current home kit of the club consists of a sky blue shirt, black shorts and socks. The kit is manufactured by [[Joma]], and the main sponsor is LatamWin.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 January 2018|title=Adidas vuelve a ser celeste|url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/noticias/noticia_detalle.php?id=2301|access-date=10 April 2018|website=www.ohigginsfc.cl|df=dmy-all|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003444/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/noticias/noticia_detalle.php?id=2301|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Current sponsors ===

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joma]]
*{{flagicon|CUR}} Latamwin
*{{flagicon|CHI}} Mall Patio Rancagua
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Sodimac|Homecenter Sodimac]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[:es:Universidad de O'Higgins|Universidad de O'Higgins]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gatorade]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} Clínica MEDS
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[JAC Motors]]
*{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Arajet]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} Grupo TX
{{div col end}}

=== Current kits ===
The official team kit is currently produced by [[Spain|Spanish]] sports apparel company [[Joma]].

{| border="0" style="margin:1em auto;"
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ohiggins25h
| pattern_b  = _ohiggins25h
| pattern_ra = _ohiggins25h
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = 668fff
| body       = 668fff
| rightarm   = 668fff
| shorts     = 000000
| socks      = 000000
| title      = Home
}}
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ohiggins25h
| pattern_b  = _ohiggins25h
| pattern_ra = _ohiggins25h
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = 668fff
| body       = 668fff
| rightarm   = 668fff
| shorts     = 668fff
| socks      = 000000
| title      = Home comb.
}}
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ohiggins25a
| pattern_b  = _ohiggins25a
| pattern_ra = _ohiggins25a
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = FFFFFF
| body       = FFFFFF
| rightarm   = FFFFFF
| shorts     = FFFFFF
| socks      = FFFFFF
| title      = Away
}}
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ohiggins25t
| pattern_b  = _ohiggins25t
| pattern_ra = _ohiggins25t
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = 000000
| body       = 000000
| rightarm   = 000000
| shorts     = 000000
| socks      = 000000
| title      = Third
}}
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = _ohiggins70ann
| pattern_b  = _ohiggins70ann
| pattern_ra = _ohiggins70ann
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = 668fff
| body       = 000000
| rightarm   = 668fff
| shorts     = 000000
| socks      = 000000
| title      = 70th Anniversary
}}
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = 
| pattern_b  = _jomatiger4by
| pattern_ra = 
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = 000000
| body       = FFFF00
| rightarm   = 000000
| shorts     = FFFF00
| socks      = FFFF00
| title      = Goalkeeper 1
}}
|{{Football kit box
| align      = none center
| pattern_la = 
| pattern_b  = _jomatiger4br
| pattern_ra = 
| pattern_sh = 
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = 000000
| body       = FF0000
| rightarm   = 000000
| shorts     = FF0000
| socks      = FF0000
| title      = Goalkeeper 2
}}
|}

=== All-time kits ===

{{wide image|O%27HiHistoricasActualizacion2023.png|4950px|dir=rtl|Chronology of home kits of the club (1955–2023).}}

=== Kit manufacturers and sponsors ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Period
! [[Kit (association football)|Kit]] manufacturer
! Shirt main partner
|-
| 1977
| rowspan=2|<small>''None''</small>
| |Turbus
|-
| 1978–1986
| rowspan=4|[[Codelco]]
|-
| 1987
| [[Penalty (sports manufacturer)|Penalty]]
|-
| 1988–1991
| [[Le Coq Sportif]]
|-
| 1991–1994
| rowspan=2|[[Adidas]]
|-
| 1995–1998
| rowspan=6|Cerveza Cristal
|-
| 1999
| [[Uhlsport]]
|-
| 2000–2001
| [[Kelme (company)|Kelme]]
|-
| 2002–2003
| JCQ
|-
| 2004
| [[Uhlsport]]
|-
| 2005
| Training
|-
| 2006
| rowspan=2|[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
| Cerveza Cristal
|-
| 2007–2008
| rowspan=2|Productos Fernández
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Period
! [[Kit (association football)|Kit]] manufacturer
! Shirt main partner
|-
| 2009
| rowspan=2|[[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]]
|  |Productos Fernández
|-
| 2010
| rowspan=3|Agrosuper
|-
| 2011
| <small>''Own Brand''</small>
|-
| 2012
| rowspan=4|[[Diadora]]
|-
| 2013 <small>(jan.-jun.)</small>
| <small>''None''</small>
|-
| 2013 <small>(jul.-dec.)</small>
| TBF Global Sports
|-
| 2014
| rowspan=3|[[VTR (telecom company)|VTR]]
|-
| 2015–2017
| [[New Balance]]
|-
| 2018
| rowspan=3| [[Adidas]]
|-
| 2019–2021
| [[Sun Monticello]]
|-
| 2022
| rowspan=2| Latamwin
|-
| 2023–2024
| rowspan=4|[[Joma]]
|-
|2025
| |<small>''None''</small>
|}
{{col-end}}

==Club culture==
[[File:Hinchada O'Higgins O'Higgins v Ñublense 20230728 01.jpg|thumb|Trinchera Celeste]]

===Supporter groups===
* [[Trinchera Celeste]] ''([[barra brava]])''
* [[Arca de Noé (supporters group)|Arca de Noé]]
[[File:Trinchera Celeste (3943191872).jpg|thumb|The tragedy affected members of the [[Trinchera Celeste]].]]

===Tomé Tragedy===
{{Main|Tomé Tragedy}}
On February 9, 2013, after the match between the club and [[Huachipato]], a group of fans traveled in a bus to [[Tomé]], where in the ''Cuesta Caracol'' fell into a ravine, causing the death of 16 fans. As a sign of solidarity, a minute of silence was carried out in the different leagues of the [[Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional|ANFP]] for matches played in the following days, and in [[Rancagua]] and Tomé a day of mourning was planned.

===Rivalries===
O'Higgins doesn't have a defined classic rival, but it has strong football rivalries with its neighbours in Santiago, Talca and Curicó. [[Colo-Colo]], [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] and [[CD Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]] are the teams with which it shares a good rivalry due to the proximity between Rancagua and Santiago, in addition to the popularity of the Santiago teams, which extends to the city of Rancagua as well.

In recent years, it has also maintained a strong rivalry with its nearby [[Curicó Unido]], due to some extra-football conflicts between its supporters (linked to the [[Tomé Tragedy]]), becoming notorious for the clashes in the national tournament and the proximity between the cities of Rancagua and Curicó. The club also has a strong rivalry with [[Rangers de Talca]], being the closest professional team in the southern direction of Chile.

===Friendships===
====Huachipato====

The relationship between [[Huachipato]] and O'Higgins de Rancagua is a touching example of how football can bring people together in difficult times. This friendship was strengthened after the tragic loss of sixteen O'Higgins' fans in an [[Tomé Tragedy|accident in Tomé]], after a Campeonato Nacional match in 2013.

Both clubs, united by grief, have organized various tributes and displays of solidarity. From shirt exchanges to minutes of silence in stadiums, Huachipato and O'Higgins have shown that sporting rivalry can give way to a deep human connection.<ref>[https://redgol.cl/chile/el-lindo-homenaje-de-huachipato-a-los-16-de-ohiggins-siempre-estaran Hermoso gesto: el homenaje de Huachipato a los 16 hinchas de O'Higgins] RedGol, 8 September 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/huachipato-presenta-placa-conmemorativa-recuerdo-hinchas-ohiggins/378991/ Huachipato presenta placa conmemorativa en recuerdo de hinchas de O'Higgins] [[La Tercera]], 27 October 2018</ref>

====Sligo Rovers====

[[Sligo Rovers]], an Irish football club and O'Higgins de Rancagua, two football teams seemingly geographically distant, share a special bond forged by history. This connection is due to the figure of [[Ambrosio O'Higgins]], who was born in [[Sligo]], [[Ireland]], and whose son, [[Bernardo O'Higgins]], was a prominent leader in the [[independence of Chile]].

This historical legacy has served as a bridge between both clubs, establishing a relationship of friendship and mutual admiration. Visits from ambassadors,<ref>[https://www.ohigginsfc.cl/noticias/noticia_detalle.php?id=3616 Embajador de Irlanda en Chile visitó el Monasterio Celeste] O'Higgins FC official website, 17 November 2021.</ref> exchanges of shirts and public recognition <ref>[https://www.sligorovers.com/chilean-ambassador-visits-showgrounds/ Chilean Ambassador visits Showgrounds] Sligo Rovers official website, 30 September 2021.</ref> have marked this connection, which transcends borders and different leagues.

===Anthem===
[[File:Vinilo original Himno de O'Higgins.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Image of the original vinyl.]]
The anthem was created at the end of 1955. The club's identity in the city of Rancagua was such that the board of directors at the time considered it necessary to complete these symbols with the composition of an institutional anthem. The negotiations led to the band and choir of the ''Regimiento Militar Membrillar'', a group accustomed to performing in the city and other communes of the province. At that time, a song was created that is part of the melody alluding to the sky blue team. The author was a young man from Rancagua named Miguel Ángel León Morales, who, in addition to being a fan of the team, left his mark by writing the lyrics.

The board of directors, which at that time was composed of Francisco Rajcevich and Patricio Mekis, were the ones who called Miguel Ángel León. He arrived with the band to ''Calle Brasil'' in the city. After long days and the approval of the board of directors, it is now the club's current anthem. Among its lyrics was created the mythical ''O'Hi-O'Hi, Ra-Ra!'', a [[battle cry]] that since then has been heard by its fans in the stands of all the stadiums in Chile and in international competitions where the team participates.

==Club details==

===All-time statistics===

This table includes only results pertaining to the [[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]] and the [[Primera B de Chile|Primera B]], separated by year of the realization of the tournament, as well as the different rounds that had tournaments.<ref>[[:es:Anexo:Estadísticas del Club Deportivo O'Higgins]]</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2015|reason=[[WP:CIRCULAR]]}}

{{wide image|O'Hi Temporadas.png|750px|dir=rtl|All-time stats of the club (1955-2018).}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|bgcolor=#3f48cc|<small>Campeonato Nacional</small>
|bgcolor=#99d9ea|<small>Primera B</small>
|bgcolor=#ffc90e|<small>Champions</small>
|bgcolor=#ff7f27|<small>Elimination on Play-offs</small>
|bgcolor=#00ce00|<small>Promoted</small>
|bgcolor=#ed1c24|<small>Relegated</small>
|}

===Results===

====Overview====
''Last updated: Campeonato Nacional 2024 and Copa Chile 2024''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width="318" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Club
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| S | Seasons}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| T | Tournaments played}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| P | Played}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
|-
|[[Primera División de Chile|Campeonato Nacional]] {{ref|PRI|[note]}}
| 61 || 72 ||1928|| 690 || 532|| 706 || 2735 || 2810 ||–75|| 2207
|-
|[[Primera B de Chile|Primera B]] {{ref|PRB|[note]}}
| 10||10 || 347 || 164 || 106 || 87 ||577 ||442 || +155|| 533
|-
|[[Copa Chile]] {{ref|COC|[note]}}
| 41|| 41 || 348 || 142|| 96 || 111 || 577 ||510|| +67|| 522
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
! Total || 98 || 109 || 2418 || 933 ||686|| 819 || 3665 || 3488 || +216 ||2924
|}

:1.{{note|PRI}} 1955–63, 1965–75, 1977–85, 1988–96, 1999–01, 2006–
:2.{{note|PRB}} 1964, 1976, 1986–87, 1997–98, 2002–05
:3.{{note|COC}} Did not participate in the years 1986, 1987, 1998

===International record===

In his history, the club has qualified for eight international tournaments, including four times in [[Copa Libertadores]], thrice in [[Copa Sudamericana]] and once in the [[Copa Conmebol]].

====Overview====
''Last updated: 31 December 2018.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width="318" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Competition
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| S | Seasons}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| P | Played}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
! width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
|-
| [[Copa Libertadores]]
| 4 || 28 || 5 || 10 || 13 || 27 || 33 || –5
|-
| [[Copa Sudamericana]]
| 3 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 9 || –5
|-
| [[Copa Conmebol]]
| 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || –2
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
! Total || 8 || 36 || 6 || 14 || 16 || 31 || 44 || –13
|}

====Matches====

{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! City visited
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1979 Copa Libertadores|1979]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Copa Libertadores]]
| rowspan="3"| [[1979 Copa Libertadores#Group 4|Group 4]]
| {{CHI}} 
| [[CD Palestino|Palestino]]
| [[Santiago de Chile]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–1 {{ref|SCL1|[a]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''2nd place''' (eliminated)
|-
| {{VEN}} 
|[[Portuguesa Fútbol Club|Portuguesa]]
|[[Valencia (Venezuela)|Valencia]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–1
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–1
|-
| {{VEN}} 
|[[Deportivo Galicia]]
|[[Caracas]]
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 6–0
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–0
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1980 Copa Libertadores|1980]]
| rowspan="5"| [[Copa Libertadores]]
| rowspan="3"| [[1980 Copa Libertadores#Group 5|Group 5]]
| {{PAR}} 
| [[Cerro Porteño]]
| [[Asunción]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–1
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''1st place''' (qualified)
|-
| {{CHI}} 
|[[Colo-Colo]]
|[[Santiago de Chile]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–3 {{ref|SCL1|[a]}}
|-
| {{PAR}} 
|[[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]]
|[[Asunción]]
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 2–0
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 4–1
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1980 Copa Libertadores#Group B|Semi-final]]
| {{URU}} 
| [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
|[[Montevideo]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–1 {{ref|SCL1|[a]}}
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–2
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''3rd place''' (eliminated)
|-
| {{PAR}} 
|[[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|[[Asunción]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–1 {{ref|SCL1|[a]}}
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–2
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1984 Copa Libertadores|1984]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Copa Libertadores]]
| rowspan="3"| [[1984 Copa Libertadores#Group 2|Group 2]]
| {{CHI}} 
| [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]]
|[[Santiago de Chile]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–2 {{ref|SCL2|[b]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''4th place''' (eliminated)
|-
| {{BOL}} 
|[[Club Blooming|Blooming]]
|[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 3–4
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 2–3
|-
| {{BOL}} 
|[[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]
|[[La Paz]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–5
|-
| [[1992 Copa CONMEBOL|1992]]
| [[Copa CONMEBOL|Copa Conmebol]]
| [[1992 Copa CONMEBOL#First Round|First round]]
| {{ARG}} 
| [[Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia y Esgrima]]
|[[Buenos Aires]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–2
| align="center"| '''0-2'''
|-
| [[2012 Copa Sudamericana|2012]]
| [[Copa Sudamericana]]
| [[2012 Copa Sudamericana#First Round|First round]]
| {{PAR}} 
| [[Cerro Porteño]]
|[[Asunción]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 3–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–4
| align="center"| '''3-7'''
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2014 Copa Libertadores|2014]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Copa Libertadores]]
| rowspan="3"| [[2014 Copa Libertadores#Group 3|Group 3]]
| {{ARG}} 
| [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
|[[Buenos Aires]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| rowspan="3" align="center"| '''3rd place''' (eliminated)
|-
| {{COL}} 
|[[Deportivo Cali]]
|[[Cali]]
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–0 {{ref|SCL3|[c]}}
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–1
|-
| {{PAR}} 
|[[Cerro Porteño]]
|[[Asunción]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 2–2 {{ref|SCL3|[c]}}
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–2
|-
| [[2016 Copa Sudamericana|2016]]
| [[Copa Sudamericana]]
| [[2016 Copa Sudamericana#First Round|First round]]
| {{URU}} 
| [[Montevideo Wanderers]]
| [[Montevideo]]
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| align="center"| '''0–0''' (4–5 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p.]])
|-
| [[2017 Copa Sudamericana|2017]]
| [[Copa Sudamericana]]
| [[2017 Copa Sudamericana#First Round|First round]]
| {{ECU}} 
| [[Fuerza Amarilla S.C.|Fuerza Amarilla]]
| [[Guayaquil]]
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align: center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align: center;"| 0–2  {{ref|GYE|[d]}}
| align="center"| '''1–2'''
|}
:1.{{note|SCL1}} Matches played in the [[Estadio Nacional de Chile]] due to attendance CONMEBOL requirements.
:2.{{note|SCL2}} Match played in the [[Estadio Santa Laura]], home of Universidad Católica between 1984 and 1987.
:3.{{note|SCL3}} Matches played in the [[Estadio Monumental David Arellano]] due to [[Estadio El Teniente]]'s remodelation.
:4.{{note|GYE}} Match played in the [[Estadio George Capwell]] due to attendance CONMEBOL requirements.

==Affiliated clubs==

* {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/03/17/representantes-del-club-chelsea-visitaron-monasterio-celeste/ |title=REPRESENTANTES DEL CLUB CHELSEA VISITARON MONASTERIO CELESTE &#124; O'Higgins FC |access-date=29 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430015305/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/03/17/representantes-del-club-chelsea-visitaron-monasterio-celeste/ |archive-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|France}} [[OGC Nice]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/04/29/ohiggins-y-niza-establecen-vinculos-institucionales/ |title=O'HIGGINS y NIZA ESTABLECEN VÍNCULOS INSTITUCIONALES &#124; O'Higgins FC |access-date=29 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430020106/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/04/29/ohiggins-y-niza-establecen-vinculos-institucionales/ |archive-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Honours==
[[File:O'HISuperCampeon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|O'Higgins announced as champion at the [[2014 Supercopa de Chile]].]]
{{main|:es:Anexo:Palmarés del Club Deportivo O'Higgins}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|+O'Higgins honours
!style="width: 1%;"|Type
!style="width: 5%;"|Competition
!style="width: 1%;"|Titles
!style="width: 21%;"|Seasons
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''National'''
! scope=col|[[Campeonato Nacional (Chile)|Primera División]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
|align="left"|[[2013–14 Primera División of Chile|2013-A]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Supercopa de Chile]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
| align="left" |[[2014 Supercopa de Chile|2014]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Primera B (Chile)|Primera B de Chile]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
| align="left" |1964
|-
! scope="col" |[[Copa Apertura Segunda División]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
| align="left" |1986
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Club Deportivo O'Higgins}}
{{Wikinews category|O'Higgins F.C.}}

===Official websites===

* {{in lang|es}} {{Official website|http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/}}
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.anfp.cl/club/55/ohiggins O'Higgins] at the [[Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional|ANFP]] official website
* {{facebook|ohiohifc}}
* {{twitter|ohigginsoficial}}
* {{instagram|ohiggins_oficial}}

===News sites===

* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20010627125901/http://www.laceleste.cl/ La Celeste] a Fan site
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.capodeprovincia.cl/ Capo de Provincia] a Fan site
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.soyceleste.cl/ Soy Celeste] a Fan site

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