Arca de Noé

Arca de Noé
Established 1996 [1]
Type Supporters' group
Team O'Higgins
Location Rancagua, Chile
Colors               

The Arca de Noé (Noah's Ark) is an independent supporters group of O'Higgins, a football club in the Primera División de Chile.[2]

History

The barra was founded on July 1996, having today 32 members that travel around Chile following the club in all their matches.[3]

On February 9, 2013; the barra suffered a bus accident in Tomé, where died 16 persons, and 21 results with injuries.[4][5]

Tomé Tragedy

Main article: Tomé Tragedy

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. The fact affected to all the supporters of the club.

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rancagua.cl/index.php?modulo=view_noticia&id=1014
  2. ↑ http://www.capodeprovincia.cl/2011/07/la-barra-oficial-de-ohiggins-cumplio-15.html
  3. ↑ http://eltipografo.cl/2011/07/el-%E2%80%9Carca-de-noe%E2%80%9D-cumplio-un-nuevo-aniversario-de-alegrias-y-penas/
  4. ↑ http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2013/02/09/el-dolor-inunda-nuestros-corazones/
  5. ↑ http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Nacional/2013/02/821287/A-15-aumentan-las-victimas-fatales-por-accidente-de-bus-en-Tome
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