Caracas Fútbol Club

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Caracas FC

Full name

Caracas Fútbol Club

Nickname(s)

Los Rojos

Founded

1984

Ground

Estadio Brígido Iriarte/Cocodrilos Sports Park
Caracas, Venezuela

Capacity

20.000/3.000

Chairman

Guillermo Valentiner

Manager

Noel Sanvicente

League

Primera División Venezolana

2005-06

1st





Home colours





Away colours

Caracas Fútbol Club, usually known as Caracas F.C. or just Caracas, is a Venezuelan football team from Caracas. The club has won eight First Division titles.

They are nicknamed Los Rojos del Avila, or the "Red's from Avila." This refers to their red jerseys as well as Cerro El Ávila, a mountain near Caracas.

1 History
2 Titles
3 Current Players
4 Colors
5 Stadium
6 External link

[edit] History

In the early 1980s, the team, named Yamaha at that time, played on several amateur championships with success. In 1984, the team was renamed as Caracas-Yamaha, and was introduced to the Venezuelan Professional Football League to participate in the Second Division Championship. The team obtained their ticket to the First Division after winning the Second Division Championship in their first season.

[edit] Titles

Primera División Venezolana: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
Copa República Bolivariana de Venezuela: 2000

[edit] Current Players

Julio César Baldivieso

[edit] Colors

The club's colors are red and black.

[edit] Stadium

Caracas plays their home matches at Cocodrilos Sports Park, which has a maximum capacity of 3,500 people, but will be expanded to 6,000 people, and then to 15,000. The field is composed of artificial grass.