Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan professional

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team based in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

. The club has won twelve

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titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history. They are nicknamed ''Los Rojos del Ávila'', or the "Reds from Ávila". This refers to their red jerseys as well as

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, a mountain near Caracas.

History

Early years

Caracas FC was founded in 1967 under a group of friends led by José Beracasa and Jorge Cubeddu with the name Yamaha FC. The team was entered as an amateur team to the Football Federation of the State of Miranda. The purpose of the club was to allow for Beracasa and his friends to have somewhere to enjoy their free time. As a result, Beracasa created one of the most historical and winning sports franchises in

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n history. In 1984, renamed Caracas-Yamaha FC after successful seasons in the amateur league, the team was admitted into the

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. Their first season in the professional league they won the division and gained promotion to the

Turmoil in the First Division

Their first season in the

was unstable as they barely survived relegation. After an acceptable second season in 1986, where relegation was not a huge threat, they were renamed Caracas FC when

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bought part of them and had joint leadership with

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. Under the guidance of Manuel Plasencia and Luis Mendoza as the managers of the club, the subsequent 1987 season was their best to date. Reaching the last set of games in the eight-team tournament, they needed a place in the top two in order to qualify for the

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and compete on an international level. However, they lost on the last weekend to now arch-rivals

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and barely missed out on international competition. The next year brought changes for the

as it would now follow the European format of games being played from the Fall to Spring. The 1988–89 season started well for Caracas FC and they even lifted the

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but suspensions and injuries in the second half of the season almost led to the collapse of the team. However, even after many of the team's players left, the team was saved by the Cocodrilos Sports Organization, which was led by Guillermo Valentiner until his passing, and his son, Philip Valentiner is the owner today.

Success in the First Division

Despite a primarily amateur squad, the team finished fourth in the league during the 1989–90 season. Two years later in the 1991–92 season, under manager

Manuel Plasencia Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

, who had stayed through the turmoil, Caracas FC won their first national championship. They went on to win the next two seasons, with the third title in 1993–94 being won under a new manager,

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. However, after an unsuccessful 1994–95 season, Plasencia returned to lead the team to a title in the 1995–96 season. It is also worth noting that during this time Caracas FC won the

twice, though historically that competition has been marked by instability and anonymity. After four years of titleless competition, they won their fifth national championship under Carlos Moreno. However, the 1999 season saw Caracas FC reach the semi-finals of the

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, their greatest success to date in international competition. The next year marked the appointment of the then 37-year-old

Noel Sanvicente Noel 'Chita' Sanvicente Bethelmy (born 21 December 1964) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a forward. Sanvicente is a former head coach of the Venezuela national team. He is the most successful manager in the c ...

took over the club. He is Caracas' most successful manager as he was able to win five titles in 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, and most recently in 2008–09. He also led Caracas FC to its best ever position in South America's most prestigious club competition, the

. In 2010, Noel Sanvicente stepped down from the team following which Ceferino Bencomo took over as manager. Under Ceferino Bencomo, Caracas FC won its eleventh national championship title defeating arch-rival Deportivo Táchira in a two game final. Caracas F.C. has developed many important players through their academy that are now playing for important clubs around the World, such as Ronald Vargas (AEK Athens F.C) and Luis Manuel Seijas (Internacional de Porto Alegre).

Colors and Uniform

The club's colors are red, white and black. * Home Uniform: A red top with black stripes down the side and on the borders. Paired with black shorts and socks. * Away Uniform: A white top with red stripes down the side and on the borders. Paired with white shorts bordered in red and white socks. * Third Uniform: A black top with red stripes down the side and on the borders. Paired with black shorts with red borders and black

Stadium

''Caracas Fútbol Club'' has played their home matches at

Cocodrilos Sports Park Cocodrilos Sports Park is a multi-use stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the part-time home stadium of Caracas Fútbol Club Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan professional football team ...

since the season 2006–07. ''Cocodrilos Sports Park'' has a maximum capacity of 3,500 people, with future expansions planned to 6,000 people, and then to 15,000. The field has an

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surface. For bigger national league or international tournaments games, the club has used the

Brígido Iriarte Stadium Estadio Brígido Iriarte is a multi-purpose stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Venezuelan Primera División The Primera División (; ), or Liga Venezolana (; ) is the top ...

. This stadium is also used by another professional Caracas club,

Deportivo Italia Deportivo Miranda Fútbol Club (previously named Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club, Deportivo Italchacao, Deportivo Petare Fútbol Club and Petare Fútbol Club) is a Venezuelan football club based in Caracas. Formed in 1948 as "Deportivo Italia F.C ...

. It has an official capacity of 12,000 people; however, there have been crowds of 20,000 spectators in games against

(their historical rival),

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and other teams. Recently ''Caracas Fútbol Club'' has played at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV which has a maximum capacity of 30,000 spectators. This has been used primarily for the

along with important

matches. Since the 2007–08 season the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV will be used as the temporary home ground because of the expansion and redesign of

which is being used as a training facility in the meantime. The stadium meet all the requirements to perform international games like Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

Honours

National

* Primera División ** Winners (12): 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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** Winners (5): 1987, 1993, 1994,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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** Winners (1): 1984 (as Caracas – Yamaha)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 22 appearances ::

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: First Round ::

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

: Round of 16 (second round) ::

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: First Round ::

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: Preliminary Round ::

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

: Preliminary Round ::

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

: Preliminary Round ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: First Round ::

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: First Round ::

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: First Round ::

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: Round of 16 (second round) ::

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: First Round ::

: Quarter-finals ::

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: First Round ::

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: First Round ::

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Preliminary Round ::

: First Round ::

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: Preliminary Round ::

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: Preliminary Round ::

: Third Qualifying Stage ::

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: First Round ::

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: Second Qualifying Stage ::

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: First Round *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

: 7 appearances ::

: Second Round ::

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: First Round ::

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

: Round of 16 ::

: Second Round ::

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: Qualifying Stage *

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: 0 appearances :: : *

: 2 appearances ::

: Group Stage ::

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: Semi-finals *

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: 1 appearance ::

: Quarter-finals

Current roster

Managers

(Jan 1, 1993 – March, 1997) *

(Jan 1, 1998 – March 18, 2010) * Ceferino Bencomo (March 28, 2010 – May 15, 2013) *

Eduardo Saragó Eduardo José Saragó Carbón (born 11 January 1982) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Academia Puerto Cabello. Career Born in Caracas, Saragó had brief spells for hometown side Caracas and Italch ...

(May 17, 2013 – 2017) *

(Jan 1, 2018 – 2021) *

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(Dec 27, 2021 – 2022) * Leonardo González (Nov 2022 – March 2024)

References

External links

*
Soccernet profile
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Barra Official del Caracas FC
(archived 19 June 2008) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caracas Futbol Club Association football clubs established in 1967 Football clubs in Venezuela Football clubs in Caracas