Carabobo FC

Carabobo FC is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana. It is based in Valencia.

History

Originally founded by Ralph Guimarães, David Klein, Victor Hugo Pereira, Eric Costa, Renan Rascão, Lucas Mathias, Igor Mathias, Francisco Gonçalves, Matheusz Rodrigues and Eliseu Xavier. Founded as Valencia FC, known with that name until the 90's when they changed their name to Carabobo FC; also they decided to change the colours of the team, to the colours that identifies the Carabobo state (Vinotinto), because in the past the colors were white and green.

Titles

• Primera División Venezolana: 1

Amateur Era (0):

Professional Era (1): 1971 (as Valencia FC)

• Segunda División Venezolana: 1

1990 (as Valencia FC)

• Segunda División B Venezolana: 0

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• Tercera División Venezolana: 0

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• Copa de Venezuela: 2

1965, 1978 (both as Valencia FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances

1970: First Round

1972: First Round

1974: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances

2004: Second Preliminary Round

2006: Preliminary Round

2007: Preliminary Round

• Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances

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Stadium

Their home stadium is Estadio Misael Delgado.

References

• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language Wikipedia article (retrieved June 1, 2007).

Current first team squad

Lider; Jugadores del Carabobo

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial website