2012 Santiago Wanderers season

President Jorge Lafrentz

Coach Arturo Salah (until 15 August)
Ivo Basay

StadiumEstadio Playa Ancha

Torneo Apertura11th

Santiago Wanderers

2012 season
The Estadio Playa Ancha was closed after the end of the season in order to start its renovation process.
President	Jorge Lafrentz
Coach	Arturo Salah (until 15 August) Ivo Basay
Stadium	Estadio Playa Ancha
Torneo Apertura	11th
Torneo Clausura	15th
Copa Chile	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sebastián Ubilla (11) All: Sebastián Ubilla (11)
Highest home attendance	11,719 (vs Colo-Colo, 4 Mar)
Lowest home attendance	1,269 (vs Unión La Calera, 29 Aug)
Average home league attendance	6,269[1]
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The 2012 season was Santiago Wanderers's 55th season at the Campeonato Nacional and the 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football, since their last promotion in 2009.^[2] The club participated in both tournaments of the Primera División, the Apertura and the Clausura, and also participated in the Copa Chile.

In this season, the club celebrated its 120th anniversary since its foundation in 1892. In July 2012, it was announced that the Estadio Playa Ancha will be renovated, renamed as Elías Figueroa Stadium and expanded to 25,000 seats in order to become a host venue for the upcoming 2015 Copa América.^[3] The stadium was closed in October 2012 and partially demolished afterwards, right after the end of the regular season.

In football, the team had regular results during this season, being unable to qualify to the playoffs in both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The team was managed by Arturo Salah for most of the season, but the bad results and a 14-match winless streak forced him to resign in mid-August.^[4] During the last 10 matches of the Clausura tournament, Ivo Basay took the team and managed to save it from relegation to Primera B.^[5]

The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2012.