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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.
[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
[edit] Current first team squad
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Javier Toyo |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Jose Manuel Rey |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Daniel Godoy |
| 5 |
|
MF |
Leonel Vielma |
| 6 |
 |
MF |
Weymar Olivares |
| 7 |
|
MF |
Wilson Carpintero |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Luis Vera |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Rafael Castellin |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Jorge Alberto Rojas |
| 11 |
|
DF |
Cesar Gonzalez |
| 12 |
|
GK |
Vicente Rosales |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 13 |
|
MF |
Jobanny Rivero |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Jorge Casanova |
| 15 |
|
DF |
Edder Pérez |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Bremer Pinango |
| 17 |
|
FW |
Jaime Bustamante |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Alejandro Guerra |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Ivan Velasquez |
| 20 |
|
DF |
Habinson Escobar |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Enrique Rouga |
| 22 |
|
DF |
Alan Liebeskind |
| 23 |
|
FW |
Pedro Depablos |
| 24 |
|
FW |
Jose Caraballo |
| 25 |
|
GK |
Franklin Lucena |
|
[edit] Historical matches in South America
[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.
[edit] External link
Guillermo Valentiner
River Plate
