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{{short description|Association football club}}
{{Infobox football club|
| clubname = Rangers de Talca
| current = 2022 Primera B de Chile
| image = Rangers de Talca - Escudo.svg
| fullname = Club Social de Deportes Rangers
| nickname = ''Los piducanos''<br> ''Los rojinegros''<br> ''El gigante del Maule ''
| founded = {{Start date and age|1902|11|2}}
| ground = [[Estadio Fiscal]], Chile
| capacity = 16 070
| owner = Rojinegro SADP
| chairman = {{flagicon|Chile}} Felipe Muñoz
| manager = {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Erwin Durán]]
| league = [[Chilean Primera División B|Primera B]]
| season = [[2024 Primera B de Chile|2024]]
| position = 3rd
| website = {{URL|http://www.rangersdetalca.com}}
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'''Club Social de Deportes Rangers''' is a Chilean [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in the city of [[Talca]]. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the [[Chilean Primera División B|second level]] of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the [[Estadio Fiscal|Fiscal]] stadium, which has a capacity of 16,000 seats.

==History==

The name Rangers was chosen by a [[Scotsman]], Juan Greenstret, who was one of the founding fathers of the Club on behalf of Mrs. Amalia Neale de Silva, the first benefactress of the club.

The origin of the chosen team colours, red and black, are unknown, though one of the possibilities was that some of the first players were also members of the Second Company of Firemen of Talca, whose shield was red and black. Another possible reason is the use of red and black in the socks of [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] of Scotland (formed 1872) to represent the district colours of their local burgh of Govan.  Fans of the Scottish club returned to using red and black scarves in 2012 to help raise funds for the club.

In 1952 was accepted into the [[Chilean Primera División B|Segunda División]], and won the runners-up spot after finishing second in the league tournament final, getting the promotion to [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]].

Rangers qualified for the [[Copa Libertadores]] in 1970, being its only participation in a [[CONMEBOL]] international tournament.

Throughout their first century of existence, honours have been few and far between, with no Championship successes.

Rangers was relegated in 2009 after being assessed a three-point penalty for using too many non-Chilean players in a November 8 match. The club filed a lawsuit in a Chilean court, leading to a threat from [[FIFA]] to throw out the [[Chile national football team|Chile national team]] of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] if the case continued.<ref>{{cite web|title=Domestic case jeopardizes Chile's World Cup participation|publisher=[[ESPN Soccernet]]|date=2009-11-26|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=704433&sec=world&cc=5901|access-date=2009-11-27|archive-date=2012-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020043837/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=704433&sec=world&cc=5901|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under pressure from creditors, Rangers dropped the lawsuit on November 27, shortly after FIFA's demand. The case delayed the start of the league's playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chile OK for World Cup after club backs down|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=2009-11-27|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=704466&sec=worldcup2010&cc=5901|access-date=2009-11-27|archive-date=2009-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201082255/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=704466&sec=worldcup2010&cc=5901|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010, the club was auctioned and purchased by a business group called "Piduco SADP".<ref>{{cite web|title=Piduco SADP, los nuevos dueños de Rangers de Talca|publisher=Solamente Fútbol|date=2010-08-26|url=http://www.solamentefutbol.cl/2010/primera-b/piducanos-sadp-nuevos-duenos-de-rangers-de-talca/|language=es|access-date=2010-08-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707012156/http://www.solamentefutbol.cl/2010/primera-b/piducanos-sadp-nuevos-duenos-de-rangers-de-talca/|archive-date=2011-07-07}}</ref>

On November 27, 2011, Rangers was promoted to Primera División after beating [[Everton de Viña del Mar]] in the final match. Manager [[Dalcio Giovagnoli]] was fired in 2013, and replaced by [[Fernando Gamboa]], who was considered mainly responsible of the team's relegation in 2014. Gamboa was fired too, but current manager [[Jorge Garcés]] wasn't able to avoid the side's relegation after two and a half years in the first division of Chilean football to the second division, the [[Chilean Primera División B|Primera B]] after finishing in the last place of both the [[2013-14 Chilean Primera División season#Torneo Clausura|Clausura]] and the accumulated table. The club's new owners confirmed Garcés will remain as the club's manager for the 2014–15 season, with the goal of gaining promotion to the first division.
In October 2014, in a ceremony at the Talca Country Club, the marquess Luis Silva de Balboa transferred the trademark Rangers to the club. The trademark was his property until such time, and by a legal agreement, the transfer contains restrictions as to the limitation for the club to move out of the City of Talca of its ownership in hands other than people from Talca.

==Honours==
===National===
* '''[[Chilean Primera División B|Primera B]]'''
** '''Winners (3):''' 1988, 1993, Apertura 1997

===Regional===
* '''Torneo Provincial de Chile'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1969

==South American cups history==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[1970 Copa Libertadores|1970]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Copa Libertadores]]
|rowspan="5"|Group 3
|{{flagicon|Paraguay}}
|[[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]
| style="text-align:center;| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;| 0–2
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5|6th Place
|-
|{{flagicon|Paraguay}}
|[[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| style="text-align:center;| 4–4
| style="text-align:center;| 1–5
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}}
|[[América de Cali]]
| style="text-align:center;| 2–0
| style="text-align:center;| 0–1
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}}
|[[Deportivo Cali]]
| style="text-align:center;| 0–2
| style="text-align:center;| 2–3
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}}
|[[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
| style="text-align:center;| 1–7
| style="text-align:center;| 1–2
|-
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{Rangers de Talca squad|format=table}}

===2021 Winter transfers===

====In====
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Ricardo Darío Blanco|Ricardo Blanco]]|other=loan from [[C.D. Antofagasta|Deportes Antofagasta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=[[Mario Briceño]]|other=from [[Lautaro de Buin]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=CHI|pos=FW|name=[[Juan Sebastián Ibarra]]|other=loan from [[Colo-Colo]]}}
{{Fs end}}

====Out====
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=PLE|pos=FW|name=[[Yashir Islame]]|other=to [[Khon Kaen United F.C.|Khon Kaen United]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ECU|pos=MF|name=[[Andrés Mena]]|other=loan to [[C.A. Santo Domingo|Atlético Santo Domingo]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Marcos Fernández (footballer, born 1993)|Marcos Fernández]]|other=released}}
{{Fs end}}

==Notable players==

* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Walter Behrends]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Vicente Cantatore]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Atilio Herrera]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Elvio Porcel de Peralta]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Germán Portanova]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Rodenak]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Héctor Scandolli]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} {{ill|Iván Azócar|es|vertical-align=sup}}
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Cortés (footballer)|Juan Cortés]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Soto (footballer, born 1937)|Juan Soto]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Velasco]]

==Managers==
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nemesio Lora]] (1952)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Óscar Andrade (1952)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Charles Bown]] (1953)
* {{flagicon|Hungary|1949}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[László Pákozdi|Ladislao Pakozdi]] (1953–1955)
* {{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[José Luis Boffi]] (1956–1957)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Renato Panay]] (1957)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[José Klamar]] (1958)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Guillermo Báez]] (1959)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Sagredo]] (1959)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Renato Panay]] (1960)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Omar Cabral]] (1960–1961)
* {{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[José Dunevicher]] (1961)
* {{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} {{ill|Donato Hernández|es}} (1962)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} {{ill|lt=Adolfo Rodríguez|Adolfo Rodríguez (footballer)|es|Adolfo Rodríguez Barrueto}} (1963–1966)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[László Pákozdi|Ladislao Pakozdi]] (1967)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hernán Rodríguez]] (1967)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Santos Arias]] (1968)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Óscar Andrade (1968–1971)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Cruzat]] (1971)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hernán Gárate]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Reyes (football manager)|Jorge Reyes]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Miguel Montuori]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Pedro Areso]] (1972–1974)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Constantino Mohor]] (1975)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} {{ill|lt=Adolfo Rodríguez|Adolfo Rodríguez (footballer)|es|Adolfo Rodríguez Barrueto}} (1975–1976)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Eladio Benítez]] (1976)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eugenio Jara]] (1976)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Venegas]] (1977)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ramón Climent]] (1978)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Carlos Collado]] (1978)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} Carlos Contreras (1978)
* {{flagicon|Argentina|alt}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Rodenak]] (1978–1979)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Antonio Vargas]] (1980)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sasha Mitjaew]] (1980)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Gutiérrez (football manager)|Sergio Gutiérrez]] (1980)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Alfonso Sepúlveda]] (1981)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Germán Cornejo]] (1981)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Gastón Guevara]] (1982)
* {{flagicon|Argentina|alt}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Rodenak]] (1982)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Orlando Aravena]] (1983)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Gustavo Cortés]] (1984)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eugenio Jara]] (1984)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Antonio Vargas]] (1985)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Rodenak]] (1985–1986)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Armando Tobar]] (1986)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sasha Mitjaew]] (1986)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Lagos]] (1987)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Germán Cornejo]] (1987)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hugo Solís]] (1988–1989)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Miguel Ángel Leyes]] (1989)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Lagos]] (1989)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Jorge Luis Siviero]] (1990)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Patricio Gutiérrez]] (1990)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Arturo Rodenak]] (1990–1991)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eduardo Prieto (football manager)|Eduardo Prieto]] (1991)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Sergio Gutiérrez (football manager)|Sergio Gutiérrez]] (1991)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eugenio Jara]] (1991–1992)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Francisco Valdés]] (1992)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hugo Solís]] (1993–1994)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Antonio Vargas]] (1994)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Patricio Gutiérrez]] (1994)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Guillermo Páez]] (1995)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Raúl Toro (footballer, born 1954)|Raúl Toro]] (1996–1999)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Eduardo Fournier]]'' (1999)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Sulantay]] (1999)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Miguel Ángel Castelnoble]] (2000)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Ubilla]] (2000–2001)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Oscar del Solar]] (2002–2003)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Daniel Salvador]] (2004)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gerardo Reinoso]] (2004)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Yuri Fernández]] (2005)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Ramón Víctor Castro|Ramón Castro]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gerardo Reinoso]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Carlos Hernández]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Oscar del Solar]] (2007-2008)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Carlos Hernández]] (2008)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Ubilla]] (2009)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Oscar del Solar]] (2009)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Rubén Vallejos]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}  {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Fernando Cavalleri]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{ill|Roberto Mariani (football manager)|es|Roberto Mariani (director técnico)|lt=Roberto Mariani}} (2011)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marcelo Peña]] (2011)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gabriel Perrone]] (2011-2012)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Dalcio Giovagnoli]] (2012-2013)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Fernando Gamboa]] (2013-2014)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Garcés]] (2014)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Claudio Salinas]]'' (2014)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} {{ill|lt=Carlos Rojas|Carlos Rojas (footballer, born 1956|es|Carlos Rojas Muñoz}} (2014–2015)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Héctor Almandoz]] (2015–2016)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Víctor Rivero]] (2016-2017)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Luis Guajardo]]'' (2017)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Hector Tapia (Chilean Manager)|Hector Tapia]]'' (2017)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Luis Guajardo]]'' (2017)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan José Ribera]] (2017)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Leonardo Zamora]] (2018)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Hector Tapia (Chilean Manager)|Hector Tapia]]'' (2018)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Cristián Arán]] (2018-2019)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Hector Tapia (Chilean Manager)|Hector Tapia]]'' (2019)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Emiliano Astorga]] (2019)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Luis Marcoleta]] (2020-2021)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Ronald Fuentes]] (2021)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Felipe Cornejo]] (2022)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} ''[[Eduardo Pinto]]'' (2022)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Luvera|Juan José Luvera]] (2022)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Dalcio Giovagnoli]] (2023)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Germán Cavalieri]] (2023)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Luvera|Juan José Luvera]] (2024)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Emiliano Astorga]] (2024)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Miguel Ponce]] (2025-)
==Official sponsors==
*[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
*[http://www.pf.cl/ Productos Fernández]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.rangersdetalca.com/portal/}}
* {{Twitter|Rangersdetalca_}}

{{Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B}}

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