Carabobo FC
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| Full name | Carabobo Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El Granate, El Vinotinto Regional | ||
| Founded | July 24, 1964 | ||
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Estadio Misael Delgado Valencia, Venezuela | ||
| Capacity | 10,400 | ||
| Chairman | Jimmy Ayoubissa | ||
| Manager | Antonio Franco | ||
| League | Primera División Venezolana | ||
| 2009–2010 | Copa Movilnet, 16th | ||
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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 1990s 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
- 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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- 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.
Current first team squad (2013–14)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language Wikipedia article (retrieved June 1, 2007).