Portuguesa F.C.
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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 | Maiker Frías | ||
| Manager | José Alí Cañas | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2020 | 15th, aggregate table | ||
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Portuguesa Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Portuguesa, is a Venezuelan football club based in Acarigua.
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[]
- Amateur Era (0):
- Professional Era (5): 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
- : 1
- 2006
- : 0
- : 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
Manufacturers 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 . 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.
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Portuguese FC coaches[]
1972- 1973 -1974
- 1974 - 1975
- 1975 - 1976
- 1976 - 1977
- Celino Mora 1977 - 1978
1995 - 2002- 2006 - 2007
- Celino Mora 2007 - 2008
- 2008 - 2009
- José Luis Jiménez 2009
- 2010
- 2010 - 2012
- 2012
- 2013
- 2013 - 2015
- tournament matching 2015
2016- 2016 - 2017
- 2017 - News
Club board and organization chart[]
Organizational shart[]
President
Media and Press || 
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Patricia Almao - Media Director
Francisco Miliani - Media Assistant
María Gabriela Almao - Social Networks
Julio Rojas - Photographer
Raiber Jiménez - Graphic Designer
Previous presidents[]
- Venezuela Don Gaetano Costa 1978
- Venezuela Juan Rondon 2009 - 2010
- Venezuela Nelson Escobar 2010 - 2014
- Venezuela Generozo Mazzoca 2014 - News
Means of communication[]
Media coverage[]
Fanfare 99.5fm[]
The radio that transmits the games of the pentacampeon set of Venezuela
Subsidiaries[]
- - participate in regional and national tournament
- - team that participates in the and 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).
External links[]
- Association football clubs established in 1972
- Football clubs in Venezuela
- Sport in Portuguesa (state)
- 1972 establishments in Venezuela
- Acarigua