2012 O'Higgins F.C. season

O'Higgins F.C.

2012 season
Chairman	Ricardo Abumohor
Manager	Eduardo Berizzo
Stadium	Estadio El Teniente
Apertura	Runners-up
Clausura	14th
Copa Chile	Quarterfinals
Copa Sudamericana	1st Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Enzo Gutiérrez and Ramón Fernández (11 goals each) All: Ramón Fernández (13 goals)
Biggest win	9–2 vs Deportes Rengo (Friendly, 7 January 2012) 7–0 vs San Antonio Unido (Copa Chile, 10 October 2012)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Cerro Porteño (Copa Sudamericana, 8 August 2012) 1–5 vs Audax Italiano (Torneo Clausura, 3 November 2012)
Home colours Away colours

The 2012 O'Higgins F.C. season is O'Higgins F.C.'s 49th season in the Primera División and their sixth consecutive season in Primera División. The club plays in three tournaments: The Primera División de Chile, Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Chile.

The odissey of Eduardo Berizzo

For the 2012 season, the year started of abrupt form with Fernando De la Fuente's departure after a strong discussion with Eduardo Berizzo and also with the goalkeeper's coach Roberto Bonano, being confirmed then that the player will be loaned to Deportes La Serena, losing of this form to one of the best defensive midfielders of the Chilean football for face the Torneo de Apertura.^[1] However, the club's board surprised to Rancagua with the signings of the Argentine talented attacking midfielder Ramón Fernández, former footballer of Unión La Calera, who was tempted by country's powerhouse clubs: Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile, after a very well year,^[2] the Paraguayan footballer Rodrigo Rojas, who played for teams like River Plate, and finally to Julio Barroso, defender champion of the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Argentina that played for Boca Juniors.

On 27 January 2012, the club achieved his first triumph in the Torneo de Apertura against Antofagasta at the Estadio Parque El Teniente with a goal of Ramón Fernández in the 42nd minute,^[3][4] losing at the capital 1–0 with Colo-Colo, the next match.^[5] On 25 February, the team achieved his most important victory against Universidad de Chile at Rancagua, with goals of Enzo Gutiérrez, Guillermo Suárez and Fernández, in where Luis Marín saved a penalty to Marcelo Díaz, earning of this form the first place,^[6] that lost when Universidad Católica in March defeated 2–1 to the team at El Teniente,^[7] then achieving with Julio Barroso and Rodrigo Rojas as the key players, the team achieved four consecutive wins, that finished when Huachipato defeated 2–1 to the club with goals of the striker Manuel Villalobos and the left back José Contreras,^[8] but despite the defeat at the city of Talcahuano, the team led by Eduardo Berizzo, after of beat 5–0 to Palestino at Rancagua,^[9] on 28 April, more than of one hundred fans traveled for view the qualification of his team to the Copa Sudamericana, after of a 1–0 away victory over Santiago Wanderers with a goal of the midfielder Enzo Gutiérrez at Valparaíso.^[10]

On 23 June 2012, after a successful regular phase in the second place under Universidad de Chile at the top of the table,^[11] in the playoffs faced to Unión La Calera in the quarterfinals.^[12] The first match at La Calera, the team won 1–0 with a free kick goal of Ramón Fernández, who played the last season in that club, not celebrating the goal,^[13] in Rancagua for the second match, the club again won, now for a 3–2 victory, thanks to Enzo Gutiérrez, who scored a peace of goal after an incredible bicycle kick that defeated to the keeper Lucas Giovini.^[14] The next key, the club faced to Unión Española in the semifinals at Santiago, in where with a goal of the playmaker Emiliano Vecchio the club was defeated at the Estadio Santa Laura,^[15] finally winning 2–1 at the second match with goals of Luis Pedro Figueroa and Rodrigo Rojas, whilst for the club of Independencia, scored the striker Sebastián Jaime.^[16] The next game, now for the finals against the club Universidad de Chile, O'Higgins beat for the same scored of the last match to the team of the University, with goals of Rojas and the Argentine full back Alejandro López, whilst for the blues scored Guillermo Marino.^[17] O'Higgins was the Primera División champion of the Torneo de Apertura, until the 92nd minute of game in the Estadio Nacional, because with annotations of Charles Aránguiz and the same Marino, the club equalized the key, winning 2–0 in the penalties thanks to the blues' keeper Jhonny Herrera, who saved three penalties to Rodrigo Rojas, Yerson Opazo and Enzo Gutiérrez.^[18] However, the match was not exempt of polemics, because the referee Enrique Osses conceded a non–existent penalty to Marino, that was scored by Aránguiz, and unfairly red-carded to the centre back Julio Barroso, after an aggression of the right back José Rojas of Universidad de Chile.^[19]

Key Events

• 19 December 2011: Eduardo Berizzo joins as the coach of the club.
• 11 January 2012: Sebastián Pinto joins Bursaspor.
• 28 April 2012: The club qualified to the Copa Sudamericana.
• 2 July 2012: The club is the runner-up of the Primera División de Chile.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 28 July 2012.^[20]

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Roberto González  Chile 25 GK Eduardo Miranda  Chile 31 GK Luis Marín (captain)  Chile 2 DF René Bugueño  Chile 3 DF Nélson Saavedra  Chile 4 DF Benjamín Vidal  Chile 5 DF Julio Barroso  Argentina 8 DF Yerson Opazo  Chile 13 DF Nelson Rebolledo (on loan from Universidad de Chile)  Chile 17 DF Luis Casanova  Chile 24 DF Eduardo Alejandro López  Argentina 10 MF Ramón Fernández  Argentina 11 MF Luis Pedro Figueroa  Chile 15 MF César Fuentes  Chile 16 MF Claudio Meneses  Chile 18 MF José Luis Silva (on loan from Universidad de Chile)  Chile 20 MF Rodrigo Rojas  Paraguay 21 MF Boris Sagredo  Chile 26 MF Diego González  Chile 27 MF Nicolás Vargas  Chile 28 MF Sebastián Céspedes  Chile 7 FW Marco Pérez  Colombia 9 FW Richard Blanco  Venezuela 14 FW Carlos Ross (on loan from Audax Italiano)  Chile 19 FW Carlos Escobar  Chile 22 FW Henry Calderón  Chile 33 FW Juan Pablo Carrasco  Chile

Transfers

Apertura 2012

Actualized as February 17, 2012

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Type
	MAN	Eduardo Berizzo	Free Agent	Free
	FW	Juan Ignacio Molinelli	UAI Urquiza	Trial
26	MF	Diego González Reyes	Deportes Puerto Montt	Loan Return
4	DF	Benjamín Vidal	Deportes Puerto Montt	Loan Return
	GK	Rodrigo Flores	Unión La Calera	Loan Return
14	MF	Ramón Fernández	Unión La Calera	Transfer
5	DF	Julio Barroso	Ñublense	Loan
11	MF	Luis Pedro Figueroa	S.C. Olhanense	Transfer
19	FW	Carlos Escobar	Coquimbo Unido	Transfer
3	DF	Nélson Saavedra	Unión San Felipe	Transfer
13	MF	Nelson Rebolledo	Universidad de Chile	Loan
20	MF	Rodrigo Rojas	Beerschot AC	Transfer
16	MF	Claudio Meneses	Deportes La Serena	Transfer
22	FW	Richard Blanco	Deportivo Petare	Transfer

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Type
2	MF	Juan Luis González	Deportes Antofagasta	Transfer
	MAN	José Cantillana	Free Agent	Contract Terminated
3	DF	Cristián Oviedo	Audax Italiano	Transfer
4	DF	Nicolás Larrondo	Rangers de Talca	Transfer
6	DF	Mauricio Arias	Audax Italiano	Loan from Universidad de Chile
8	MF	Miguel Ángel González	Colo-Colo	Loan from Unión San Felipe
11	FW	Juan Gonzalo Lorca	Santiago Wanderers	Loan from US Boulogne
28	MF	Federico Sardella	Deportes Puerto Montt	Transfer
15	MF	Esteban Carvajal	Unión San Felipe	Loan Return
14	FW	Juan Pablo Carrasco	Deportes Puerto Montt	Loan
19	FW	Sebastián Pinto	Bursaspor	Transfer
27	MF	Ezequiel Lazo	Defensores de Belgrano	Loan Return
22	MF	Fernando de la Fuente	Deportes La Serena	Loan
32	FW	Milton Alegre	Deportes Concepción	Loan
	GK	Rodrigo Flores	Unión Temuco	Loan
	MF	Braulio Baeza	Unión Temuco	Loan
	MF	Leonardo Saavedra	Deportes Antofagasta	Loan

Club

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo
Assistant coach	Roberto Bonano
Goalkeeper coach	Carlos Kisluk
Trainer	Ernesto Marcucci
Trainer	Pablo Fernández
Physiotherapist	Marcelo Sepúlveda
Paramedic	Luis Salazar
Physician	Eduardo Urrutia
Stagehand	Raúl Venegas
Stagehand	Andrés Rojas
Field Assistant	Pablo Pinto
Coordinator	Juan Camilla

Source: [1]

Kit

Diadora were announced as O'Higgins' kit supplier as of the start of the season.^[21] The new kit was presented on 21 January 2012, during the Noche Celeste match against Alianza Lima.^[22]
Supplier: Diadora
Sponsor(s): Agrosuper, Codelco, Entel, Essbio (back), Clínica Integral (sleeves), Sodimac (shorts), Clos de Pirque (socks)

Last updated: 20 January 2012.
Source: O'Higgins F.C.

Other information

Chairman	Ricardo Abumohor
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estadio El Teniente (14,450 / 105x68 metres)

Updated to match played 20 January 2012
Source: O'Higgins F.C.

Season results

Apertura 2012

Main article: 2012 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
3	Deportes Iquique	17	10	5	2	30	14	+16	35
4	Universidad Católica	17	8	6	3	31	17	+14	30	Playoffs
5	Unión Española	17	8	3	6	38	28	+10	27

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:

1. O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	6	1	1	19	7	+12	5	1	3	12	8	+4

Last updated: 3 March 2012.
Source: ANFP - Primera División

Clausura 2012

Main article: 2012 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Cobreloa	17	6	2	9	23	24	−1	20
13	Deportes Antofagasta	17	6	2	9	26	29	−3	20
14	O'Higgins	17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20
15	Santiago Wanderers	17	4	7	6	27	28	−1	19
16	Universidad de Concepción	17	3	6	8	17	28	−11	15

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20	3	2	4	13	14	−1	2	3	3	9	13	−4

Last updated: 14 November 2012.
Source: ANFP - Primera División

Competitive

Pre-season

O'Higgins v Enfoque

4 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	2 – 0	Enfoque	Rancagua
18:00	González Alegre	Report		Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 100

O'Higgins v Rengo

7 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	9 – 2	Rengo	Rancagua
10:00	Sebastián Pinto Benjamín Vidal Boris Sagredo Guillermo Suárez Fernando de la Fuente Gonzalo Villegas Samuel Teuber Milton Alegre	[2]	Unknown	Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 100

Curicó Unido v O'Higgins

11 January 2012 Noche Albirroja	Curicó Unido	0 – 3	O'Higgins	Curicó
20:30		Report	Enzo Gutiérrez Fernando de la Fuente Milton Alegre	Stadium: La Granja

O'Higgins v Rangers

14 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	1 – 2	Rangers	Rancagua
18:40	Boris Sagredo 19'	Report	Mauricio Gómez 60' José Luis Silva 75'	Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 200

O'Higgins v Audax Italiano

18 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	1 – 2	Audax Italiano	Rancagua
18:00	Luis Pedro Figueroa	Report	Sebastián Silva Camilo Melivilu	Stadium: La Gamboína Attendance: 200

Noche Celeste

O'Higgins v Alianza Lima

21 January 2012 Friendly	O'Higgins	1 – 1	Alianza Lima	Rancagua
20:15	Teuber 30'	Report	Soto 89'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 8,000

Apertura 2012

O'Higgins v Deportes Antofagasta

27 January 2012 Week 1	O'Higgins	1 – 0	Deportes Antofagasta	Rancagua
20:00	Ramón Fernández 42'	Report		Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Manuel Acosta

Colo-Colo v O'Higgins

4 February 2012 Week 2	Colo-Colo	1 – 0	O'Higgins	Santiago
20:30	Rodrigo Millar 46'	Report		Stadium: Monumental Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Patricio Polic

Unión Española v O'Higgins

12 February 2012 Week 3	Unión Española	0 – 2	O'Higgins	Santiago
20:30	Marco Hidalgo  60' Madrid  86'	Report	López  22' Fernández 62' Claudio Meneses  65'  82' Figueroa 69'	Stadium: Santa Laura Attendance: 2,069 Referee: Roberto Tobar

Deportes La Serena v O'Higgins

18 February 2012 Week 4	Deportes La Serena	2 – 2	O'Higgins	La Serena, Chile
20:30	Jerez  11' Fernández  36' 64' Vargas  38' Salazar 51'	Summary	Rebolledo  17' López  26' Gutiérrez 35' Opazo  82' Figueroa  83' Fernández  84' Suárez  85' Rojas 88'	Stadium: Estadio La Portada Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Cristian Andaur

O'Higgins v Club Universidad de Chile

25 February 2012 Week 5	O'Higgins	3 – 0	Club Universidad de Chile	Rancagua, Chile
16:00	Casanova  19' Fernández  33' 58' Gutiérrez 35' Suárez 49' (pen.)  51' Rebolledo  70'	Summary	Fernándes  18' Rojas  48' Rodríguez  49' González  51'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 6,974 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Universidad de Concepción v O'Higgins

3 March 2012 Week 6	Universidad de Concepción	1 – 3	O'Higgins	Concepción, Chile
16:00	González  21' Britez  54' Jayson Mena 65'	Summary	Suárez  34' 56' (pen.) López  62' Claudio Meneses  73' González 79'  80' Rojas 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Concepción Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

O'Higgins v Universidad Católica

11 March 2012 Week 7	O'Higgins	1 – 2	Universidad Católica	Rancagua, Chile
16:00	Fernández  1' Rebolledo  21' López  35' Gutiérrez 56' Sagredo  57'	Summary	Gutiérrez 12' Valenzuela  15' Silva  39' Ovelar 89'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 9,485 Referee: Patrico Polic

Deportes Iquique v O'Higgins

17 March 2012 Week 8	Deportes Iquique	1 – 2	O'Higgins	Iquique
16:00	Toro  38' Rieloff 76' Taucare  80'	Summary	Rojas  44' Gutiérrez 51' Saavedra  60' Casanova  64' Blanco 79'  82'  84'	Stadium: Estadio Tierra de Campeones Attendance: 4,651 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida

O'Higgins v Unión La Calera

24 March 2012 Week 9	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Unión La Calera	Rancagua, Chile
16:00	Suárez  4' Gutiérrez 20' Opazo  27' Claudio Meneses  28' Teuber 83'	Summary	Carreño  5' Cellerino  25'  82' 69' Suárez  42' Nicolás Ortiz  80'  90' Simón  88'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 4,907 Referee: Rene De La Rosa

Cobreloa v O'Higgins

1 April 2012 Week 10	Cobreloa	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Calama, Chile
17:00	Muñoz  15' Jerez  24'	Summary	Fernández  26' 56' Claudio Meneses  35'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Calama Attendance: 3,440 Referee: Manuel Acosta

O'Higgins v Unión San Felipe

7 April 2012 Week 11	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Unión San Felipe	Rancagua, Chile
17:00	Figueroa 23' Opazo 55'  84' Rojas  66' Suárez  81'	Summary	Sergio Núñez  7' Vranjicán 32' Virviescas  42' Acuña  56'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 6,187 Referee: Miquwl Garcia

Huachipato v O'Higgins

15 April 2012 Week 12	Huachipato	2 – 1	O'Higgins	Talcahuano
17:00	Villalobos 23'  30' Contreras 48' Reyes  85'	Summary	Fernández  13' Rojas 34' López  55' Figueroa  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio CAP Attendance: 3,398 Referee: Claudio Puga

O'Higgins v Palestino

21 April 2012 Week 13	O'Higgins	5 – 0	Palestino	Rancagua, Chile
17:00	Fernández 9' Marín  24' Rojas 27' Gutiérrez 54' Blanco  67' 75' Carlos Escobar 90+2'	Summary	Canales  18' Henríquez  45' Flores  51' Martínez  61' Ávalos  88' Carlos Alberto Pérez  89'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Carlos Rumiano

Santiago Wanderers v O'Higgins

28 April 2012 Week 14	Santiago Wanderers	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Valparaíso
20:30		Report	Meneses  18'  64' Saavedra  44' Gutiérrez 63' Figueroa  77' López  83'	Stadium: Estadio Regional Chiledeportes Attendance: 6,811 Referee: Enrique Osses

O'Higgins v Rangers

6 May 2012 Week 15	O'Higgins	2 – 2	Rangers	Rancagua, Chile
15:00	Gutiérrez 26'  41' Fernández  40' 79'	Report	Capelli  45' Caraglio 60' Reynero 78'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 9,284 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

O'Higgins v Audax Italiano

13 May 2012 Week 16	O'Higgins	3 – 1	Audax Italiano	Rancagua, Chile
17:30	Meneses  37' Casanova  45+1' Suárez 48' (pen.) Rojas 54' Figueroa 83'	Report	Sánchez  46' Canuhé  57' Malano 66'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Attendance: 5,598 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Cobresal v O'Higgins

20 May 2012 Week 17	Cobresal	1 – 0	O'Higgins	El Salvador, Chile
15:00	Cabión  1' Cuéllar 53' (pen.) Pavez  78'	Report	González  47'	Stadium: Estadio El Cobre de El Salvador Attendance: 557 Referee: Cristian Andaur

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Universidad de Chile	2	2	4
	8	Cobreloa	0	1	1
								1	Universidad de Chile	0	4	4
								6	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
	3	Iquique	3	1	4
	6	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
															1	Universidad de Chile (p)	1	2	3 (2)
															3	O'Higgins	2	1	3 (0)
	4	Universidad Católica	0	1	1
	5	Unión Española	3	1	4
								5	Unión Española	1	1	2
								2	O'Higgins	0	2	2
	2	O'Higgins	1	3	4
	7	Unión La Calera	0	2	2

Quarterfinals

24 May 2012

19:00

Unión La Calera	0–1	O'Higgins
	Report	Fernández 74'

Estadio Nicolás Chahuán, La Calera

Attendance: 2.790

Referee: Jorge Osorio

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27 May 2012

18:30

O'Higgins	3–2	Unión La Calera
Gutiérrez 52', 56', 83'	Report	Valencia 53' Bahamondes 89'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 3,764

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

O'Higgins won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

16 June 2012

21:00

Unión Española	1–0	O'Higgins
Vecchio 36'	Report

Estadio Santa Laura, Independencia, Santiago

Attendance: 7,025

Referee: Jorge Osorio

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23 June 2012

16:00

O'Higgins	2–1	Unión Española
Figueroa 13' Rojas 59'	Report	Jaime 50'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 10,097

Referee: Patricio Polic

2–2 on aggregate. O'Higgins won due to its position at the regular season (O'Higgins: 2nd, Unión Española: 5th)

Final

28 June 2012

16:00

O'Higgins	2–1	Universidad de Chile
Rojas 1' López 71'	Report	Marino 28'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Jorge Osorio

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2 July 2012

15:30

Universidad de Chile	2–1	O'Higgins
Aránguiz 66' Marino 90+2'	Report	Fernández 30'
Penalties
Aránguiz Díaz Ruidíaz	2–0	Rojas Suárez Opazo Gutiérrez

Estadio Nacional, Ñuñoa, Santiago

Attendance: 44,198

Referee: Enrique Osses

3–3 on aggregate. Universidad de Chile won 2–0 on penalties.

Clausura 2012

O'Higgins v Colo-Colo

15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) Week 2	O'Higgins	1–1	Colo-Colo	Rancagua
16:00	Blanco 9'	Report	Muñoz 6' (pen.)	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 8,647 Referee: Jorge Osorio

O'Higgins v Unión Española

21 July 2012 (2012-07-21) Week 3	O'Higgins	1–3	Unión Española	Rancagua
12:30	Blanco 35'	Report	Rubio 25' Scotti 55' Jaime 59' Leal  80'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Roberto Tobar

O'Higgins v Deportes La Serena

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) Week 4	O'Higgins	2–1	Deportes La Serena	Rancagua
18:30	Blanco 71' Escobar 87'	Report	Salazar 64'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

O'Higgins v Universidad de Concepción

12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) Week 6	O'Higgins	4–1	Universidad de Concepción	Rancagua
15:30	González 1' (o.g.) Blanco 7' Sagredo 67' Pérez 75'	Report	R. Ramos 79'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Manuel Acosta

Deportes Antofagasta v O'Higgins

15 August 2012 (2012-08-15) Week 1(*)	Deportes Antofagasta	2–3	O'Higgins	Antofagasta
12:00	Elizondo 65'  90+1' Pino 75' (pen.)	Report	Escobar 3' Sagredo 45+1' Fernández 90+3'	Stadium: Parque Juan López Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida
Note: The match was originally scheduled between 6 and 8 July, but was postponed in order to give O'Higgins recovery time after the Apertura Final, played on 2 July.[23]

Universidad Católica v O'Higgins

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) Week 7	Universidad Católica	1–0	O'Higgins	Las Condes, Santiago
18:30	Á. Ramos 42' Sepúlveda  85'	Report		Stadium: San Carlos de Apoquindo Attendance: 7,826 Referee: Claudio Puga

O'Higgins v Deportes Iquique

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) Week 8	O'Higgins	0–1	Deportes Iquique	Rancagua
18:15		Report	Rieloff 71'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,875 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Universidad de Chile v O'Higgins

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29) Week 5(*)	Universidad de Chile	1–1	O'Higgins	Independencia, Santiago
20:00	E. Gutiérrez 12'	Report	Barroso 43' Opazo  83'	Stadium: Santa Laura Attendance: 4,599 Referee: Roberto Tobar
Note: The match was originally scheduled between 3 and 5 August, but was postponed in order to allow O'Higgins to play against Cerro Porteño at the Copa Sudamericana (8 August).[24]

Unión La Calera v O'Higgins

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) Week 9	Unión La Calera	0–0	O'Higgins	La Calera
16:00		Report		Stadium: Nicolás Chahuán Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Roberto Tobar

O'Higgins v Cobreloa

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) Week 10	O'Higgins	1–0	Cobreloa	Rancagua
18:15	Blanco 9'	Report	Muñoz  79'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,653 Referee: Carlos Ulloa

Unión San Felipe v O'Higgins

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) Week 11	Unión San Felipe	1–1	O'Higgins	San Felipe
20:30	Grbec 81'	Report	Blanco 23' Rojas  73'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,882 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida

O'Higgins v Huachipato

28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) Week 12	O'Higgins	2–4	Huachipato	Rancagua
20:00	Blanco 36' Pérez 40'	Report	Sandoval 4' Opazo 15' (o.g.) B. Rodríguez 25' Villalobos 74'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Carlos Rumiano

Palestino v O'Higgins

6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) Week 13	Palestino	2–1	O'Higgins	La Cisterna, Santiago
12:30	Cháves 47', 75'	Report	Sagredo 26'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Claudio Aranda

O'Higgins v Santiago Wanderers

20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) Week 14	O'Higgins	1–1	Santiago Wanderers	Rancagua
20:30	Fernández 1'	Report	Ormeño 66' Parra  83'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 5,303 Referee: Claudio Puga

Rangers v O'Higgins

27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) Week 15	Rangers	1–2	O'Higgins	Talca
12:00	Oroz 90'	Report	Fernández 1' Sagredo 47'	Stadium: Fiscal Attendance: 5,966 Referee: Álvaro García

Audax Italiano v O'Higgins

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) Week 16	Audax Italiano	5–1	O'Higgins	La Florida, Santiago
20:30	Medel 12' Sáez 45+1', 72' G. Rodríguez 65' Barroso 79' (o.g.)	Report	Fernández 62'	Stadium: Bicentenario Attendance: 4,897 Referee: Cristián Andaúr

O'Higgins v Cobresal

14 November 2012 (2012-11-14) Week 17	O'Higgins	1–2	Cobresal	Rancagua
20:00	Sagredo 62'	Report	P. Gutiérrez 7' Galeano 67'	Stadium: El Teniente Attendance: 4,539 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Copa Sudamericana

O'Higgins play against Cerro Porteño of Paraguay. In the first match the team draw 3-3, but with a negative point for the away goals rule. In the second match, played in Paraguay, the club lose 4–0, Cerro Porteño won on points 4–1, and O'Higgins is eliminated of the tournament.

Match G8

26 July 2012

20:30 UTC−4

1st Leg

O'Higgins	3–3	Cerro Porteño
Blanco 10', 90' Barroso  21' Fernández 78'	Report	Bonet 25' dos Santos  31' López  40' 86' Oviedo  45' Benítez  55' Fabbro 71' Da Silva  90+3'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Attendance: 10,367

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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8 August 2012

20:45 UTC−4

2nd Leg

Cerro Porteño	4–0	O'Higgins
Fabbro 14' Oviedo 15' Salcedo 73' Da Silva 90'	Report	Fernández  10' Opazo  34' Figueroa  36' Saavedra  56'  63' Sagredo  62' Rojas  82'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 34,680

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Cerro Porteño won on points 4–1.

Copa Chile

Main article: 2012–13 Copa Chile

Group 3

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OHIG	RANG	DCOL	SANU
O'Higgins	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13			0–1	1–1	7–0
Rangers	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10		1–3		1–1	3–1
Deportes Colchagua	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9		0–2	2–0		2–0
San Antonio Unido	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1		1–2	0–2	1–1

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External links

• O'Higgins F.C.
• Partido a Partido
• Fixture 2012