Portuguesa F.C.
Portuguesa Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Portuguesa, is a Venezuelan football club based in Acarigua.
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| Full name | Portuguesa Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los rojinegros (The red-and-black) | ||
| Founded | March 2, 1972 | ||
| Ground | Estadio General José Antonio Paez Acarigua, Venezuela | ||
| Capacity | 18,000[1] | ||
| Chairman | Generoso Mazzocca | ||
| Manager | José Parada | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2019 | 15th, aggregate table | ||
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History
The club was founded on April 10, 1972, in Acarigua in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa.
Rivalries
Classic Añejo
The encounter between Portuguesa and Estudiantes de Mérida is one of the most classic and oldest of Venezuelan football. The first match played by these oncenas was May 28, 1972 by Copa Venezuela, and the twin cities leaving a 1-1 draw with Chiazzaro goals at 73 and Cholo Mendoza at the 79th minute, making it the oldest classic in force in the country
| Club | Victories | Draws |
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| Portuguesa | 44 | 35 |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | 43 | 35 |
Portuguese Derby
It is that party that led the most important of the Portuguese state: Portuguesa FC and Llaneros de Guanare (Llaneros FC). There is no account with much tray, beginning to dispute in 2001 until the day of today. Both have a fair number of fans in the state.
| Club | Victories | Draws |
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| Portuguesa | 15 | 7 |
| Llaneros FC | 12 | 7 |
Titles
- Primera División Venezolana: 5
- Amateur Era (0):
- Professional Era (5): 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
- Segunda División Venezolana: 1
- 2006
- Segunda División B Venezolana: 0
- Tercera División Venezolana: 0
- Copa de Venezuela: 3
- 1973, 1976, 1977
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 8 appearances
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- Copa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
- Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
- 1997: First Round
Clothing and sponsors
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Installations
Matches stadium
The José Antonio Páez Stadium is a sports infrastructure built for the practice of football, located in the city of Acarigua in the Portuguese state of the western plains of Venezuela. Despite not being the capital of the region, the building was built in that place by the booming development of this locality llanera; owes its name to the recognized hero of Venezuelan independence and the first president of Venezuela, Jose Antonio Páez.
It is the headquarters of the Portuguese Football Club, currently located in the First Division of Venezuela. Its facilities have the capacity to hold approximately 14 thousand spectators; in 2007 it underwent considerable improvements to be used in the National Plains Sports Games 2007.
The installation was submitted to a new stage of total recovery that consists of 3 stages: the first one was delivered on September 23, 2011, where the total recovery of the engraving, the baths of the popular tribunes were carried out, the construction of a gym for the players, bathrooms showers and dressing rooms for said gymnasium, construction of a transmission house, waterproofed and painted of all the tribunes.
City and sports venue
Portuguesa FC received award and allocation of grounds for a sports venue.
The Governor of the Portuguese state handed over to the Portuguese Football Club the land where they will build the team's sports headquarters, a project that they would begin to follow next year.
The president of the club five times winner in Venezuelan football, Generoso Mazzocca, showed the project for the construction of this venue.
The Headquarters Deportiva Portuguesa FC would be located in Sector Los Malabares of the city of Araure.
Alternate stadium
Hobbies
He has a fanaticada like all football teams in Venezuela The Barra Lanceros Rojinegros are fans of the Portuguesa fc who Sunday to Sunday accompany him in the southern tribune of the Mythical General Stadium Jose Antonio Paez
Current first team squad
- As of 22 August 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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| 1 | GK | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Luis Terán |
| 2 | DF | |
Pablo Bonilla |
| 3 | DF | |
Fernando Puerta |
| 4 | DF | |
Argel Silva |
| 5 | DF | |
José Peraza |
| 6 | DF | |
Luis Jiménez |
| 7 | FW | |
Framber Villegas |
| 8 | MF | |
Williams Lugo |
| 9 | FW | |
Yeiber Murillo |
| 10 | MF | |
Jhon Marchán |
| 11 | FW | |
Ysrrael Leo |
| 12 | GK | |
Sergio Fernández |
| 13 | MF | |
Franklin Lucena |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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| 14 | MF | |
Roiber Carrizalez |
| 15 | MF | |
Darvis Rodríguez |
| 16 | DF | |
Joel Cáceres |
| 17 | MF | |
Jaiker Pérez |
| 18 | FW | |
Jackson Muñoz |
| 19 | DF | |
René Flores |
| 20 | MF | |
Erick Sarmiento |
| 21 | DF | |
Yeferson Escudero |
| 22 | GK | |
Juan Reyes |
| 23 | FW | |
Stibenson Herrera |
| 27 | MF | |
Enmanuel Calzadilla |
| 28 | MF | |
Angelo Lucena |
| 30 | DF | |
Néstor Cova |
Portuguese FC coaches
Club board and organization chart
Organizational shart
PresidentVEN Generous Mazzocca Vice President VEN Maiker Frías Members VEN Orlando Cárdenas Members VEN Luis Fernández Members VEN Olympia Labrador Adviser VEN Gianni Mazzocca General Manager VEN Raúl Alvárez Sports Manager VEN Johnny Lucena Manager of Operations VEN Rafael Guaricuco
Media and Press ||
Means of communication
Media coverage
Fanfare 99.5fm
The radio that transmits the games of the pentacampeon set of Venezuela
Subsidiaries
- Portuguesa Fútbol Club B
- Portuguesa Fútbol Club (women) - participate in regional and national tournament
- Portuguese Fs C - team that participates in the [Venezuelan Futsal League] and Upper Futsal Tournament of Venezuela
References
- www.portuguesafc.com Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article (retrieved January 16, 2006).