Rangers de Talca

Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the second level of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the Fiscal stadium, which has a capacity of 16,000 seats.

Rangers de Talca
Full nameClub Social de Deportes Rangers
Nickname(s)Los piducanos
Los rojinegros
FoundedNovember 2, 1902 (1902-11-02)
GroundEstadio Fiscal, Chile
Capacity16 070
OwnerRojinegro SADP
ChairmanFelipe Muñoz
ManagerRonald Fuentes
LeaguePrimera B
20203rd
WebsiteClub website

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 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 Segunda División, and won the runners-up spot after finishing second in the league tournament final, getting the promotion to 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 the Chilean national team out of the 2010 World Cup if the case continued.[1] 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.[2]

In 2010, the club was auctioned and purchased by a business group called "Piduco SADP".[3]

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 Primera B after finishing in the last place of both the 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.

National honors
1988, 1993, Apertura 1997
Runner-up: 1969, Apertura 2002

South American cups history
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1970 Copa Libertadores Group 3 Guaraní 0–1 0–2 6th Place
Olimpia 4–4 1–5
América de Cali 2–0 0–1
Deportivo Cali 0–2 2–3
Universidad de Chile 1–7 1–2

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Rangers de Talca as of 11 December 2021 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player
1  CHI GK Jonathan Salvador
2  CHI DF Javier Rivera
3  CHI DF Marcos Velásquez
4  CHI DF Camilo Saldaña
5  URU DF Robert González
6  CHI DF Franco Cubillos
7  CHI MF Sebastián Zúñiga
8  ARG MF Federico Illanes
9  CHI FW José Tomás Herrera
10  CHI MF José Luis Silva
11  ARG MF Ricardo Blanco
12  CHI GK Sebastián Aravena
13  CHI GK Jorge Deschamps
14  CHI FW Bastián Martínez
15  ARG MF Ignacio González
No. Position Player
16  CHI DF Francisco Sepúlveda
17  CHI DF Agustín Donoso
19  CHI MF Gary Tello
20  CHI FW Mario Briceño
21  PAR DF Hugo Espínola
23  CHI FW Sebastián Jaime
24  ARG MF Alfredo Ábalos
25  CHI DF Christopher Díaz
26  CHI MF Nicolás Rivera
27  CHI MF Ignacio Caroca
28  CHI FW Manuel Lolas
29  CHI FW Ariel González
30  CHI DF Carlos González
31  CHI GK Marcelo Vásquez
32  CHI FW Juan Sebastián Ibarra

Manager: Ronald Fuentes

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  ARG Ricardo Blanco (loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
20 FW  CHI Mario Briceño (from Lautaro de Buin)
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW  CHI Juan Sebastián Ibarra (loan from Colo-Colo)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  PLE Yashir Islame (to Khon Kaen United)
18 MF  ECU Andrés Mena (loan to Atlético Santo Domingo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  ARG Marcos Fernández (released)

Notable players

Managers

Official sponsors

References
  1. "Domestic case jeopardizes Chile's World Cup participation". ESPN Soccernet. 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  2. "Chile OK for World Cup after club backs down". ESPN Soccernet. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  3. "Piduco SADP, los nuevos dueños de Rangers de Talca" (in Spanish). Solamente Fútbol. 2010-08-26. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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