12 Facts About Santiago Wanderers

Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaiso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation.

Santiago Wanderers have a fierce rivalry with neighbours Everton and the two sides contest the Clasico Porteno, the oldest derby in Chile, which started in 1916.

Santiago Wanderers are historically the working-class club whereas Everton are considered to be from the richer tourism-orientated areas.

Santiago Wanderers have produced important players in Chilean football history like Elias Figueroa, who is considered the best Chilean footballer of all time, as well as one of the greatest defenders of football, alongside Franz Beckenbauer, according to FIFA.

Santiago Wanderers was officially established on 15 August 1892 in Barrio Puerto at Valparaiso.

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However, in 1944, Santiago Wanderers definitely joined the professional league and completed regular campaigns during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

In 1961, Santiago Wanderers again reached the Cup title defeating Universidad Catolica in the aggregate.

However, the success didn't continue during the 1970s; Jose Perez left the club and Santiago Wanderers were relegated to second division in 1977, following a permanent internal turmoil at the board and bad campaigns.

Once in top-tier Santiago Wanderers didn't highlighted and generally finished on mid-table or the last places.

However, in 1991, Santiago Wanderers were relegated again to second division and celebrated its 100th anniversary close to fall to the third division, only five points from relegation.

In 2014, Santiago Wanderers realized an impressive Torneo Clausura finishing runner-up behind giants Universidad de Chile after beating Colo-Colo and advance to the second place.

In McLean's return, Santiago Wanderers received twenty green kits and twenty white shorts, besides a black uniform for the goalkeepers.