Established 2002 Team O'Higgins | Type Supporters' group Location Rancagua, Chile | |
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The Trinchera Celeste is an independent supporters group of O'Higgins, a football club in the Primera División de Chile. It's known as the barra brava of the club.
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On February 9, 2013; the barra suffered a bus accident in Tomé. 16 people died, and 21 people got injured.
History
The barra was founded on July 28, 2002, after a match versus Deportes Antofagasta, match that finished 0:0. In the matches played in the Estadio El Teniente, the barra are located in the Angostura (North).
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. The event marked the Chilean football, the city of Rancagua and Tomé, so that a date of mourning decreed in the different leagues of the ANFP, and a days in Rancagua and Tomé.