Mineros de Guayana

The ACCD Mineros de Guayana, usually known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a Venezuelan football (soccer) club based in Puerto Ordaz.

Mineros de Guayana
Full nameAsociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana
Nickname(s)Los Negriazules, La Pandilla del Sur
Founded1981 (1981)
GroundCTE Cachamay
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
Capacity41,600
ChairmanAlejandro Arroyo
ManagerRichard Páez
LeaguePrimera División Venezolana
20194th, aggregate table
WebsiteClub website

History

The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz, was used in football matches. The people who played at the field decided to found a football club. On November 11, 1981, the club was founded as Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana.

On November 20, 1981, the club's foundation constitutive act was signed.

On January 3, 1982, the club played its first match, against Villa Colombia FC, a Guayana's amateur club. Mineros won 2-0, both goals scored by José Pacheco.

On September 5, 1982, the club won the Segunda División Venezolana, being promoted to the following year's first division.

In 1989, the club won the first Primera División Venezolana.

Titles
  • Primera División Venezolana: 1
Amateur Era (0):
Professional Era (1): 1989
  • Segunda División Venezolana: 1
1982
  • Segunda División B Venezolana:
:
  • Tercera División Venezolana: 0
:
  • Copa de Venezuela: 3
1984, 2011, 2017

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
1990: Group Stage
1997: Group Stage
2005: Preliminary Round
2008: First Stage
2005: Preliminary Round
2006: Preliminary Round
2012: Second Stage
2013:
:
1995: Quarter-Finals

Colors

The club's colors are blue and black.

Current squad

Updated 17 March 2018 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  VEN Ángel Faría
4 MF  VEN Francisco Flores
5 DF  VEN Julio Machado
6 DF  VEN Luis Vallenilla (captain)
7 MF  VEN Argenis Gómez
8 MF  VEN Édgar Jiménez
9 FW  VEN Richard José Blanco
11 FW  VEN Charlis Ortíz
12 GK  VEN Jesús Rojas
13 DF  VEN Anthony Matos
14 DF  VEN José Luis Marrufo
15 FW  VEN Yaimil Medina
17 MF  VEN Rodderyck Perozo
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  VEN Nelson Hernández
19 MF  VEN Francisco Pol Hurtado
20 MF  VEN Pedro Valdés
21 FW  VEN Johan Arrieche
22 GK  ARG Mario Santilli
24 MF  PER Brayan Hurtado
25 MF  BRA Pablo
27 DF  VEN Paolo Chacón
28 DF  VEN Christian Gómez
30 DF  VEN José Luis Granados
55 GK  VEN Luis Romero
— DF  VEN Jesús Yendis
— MF  VEN William Arismendi
— FW  VEN Jholvis Acevedo

Former managers
  • Mario Kempes (Feb 10, 1997–Feb 23, 1998)
  • Armando Londoño
  • César Maturana
  • César Farías (Oct 2005–07)
  • Álvaro Gómez (June 15, 2007–Dec 24, 2007)
  • Stalin Rivas (Dec 27, 2007–April 14, 2008)
  • Alí Cañas (March 17, 2008–Sept 23, 2008)
  • Del Valle Rojas (Sept 24, 2008–March 6, 2009)
  • José Hernández (March 12, 2009 – March 1, 2010)
  • Carlos Maldonado (July 4, 2010–Nov 20, 2012)
  • Richard Páez (Nov 28, 2012–Jan 18, 2014)

The club's logo is composed of a geometrical figure, which is a carbon diamond crystal zoomed millions of times with a microscope.

Stadium

Mineros plays their home matches at CTE Cachamay, which has a maximum capacity of 41,600 people. It was 1 of the 9 venues of the Copa America 2007, for this, US$160,000 were invested for the expansion of the stadium. The stadium has multiple uses, like a special kids area, an indoor gym, basketball and volleyball courts, a racing track, ten media station booths, a commercial center, movie theaters and three enormous parking lots. The stadium is surrounded by the river Caroní and the waterfall of the Cachamay Park.

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References
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