Metropolitanos Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan professional

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club based in

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. Founded in 2012, they play in the

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, holding home matches at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.

History

Founded on 3 August 2012 under the name of ''Deportivo Metropolitano'', the club took Lara FC's place in the

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for the 2012–13 season, as the latter had severe financial problems. After Lara's dissolution, Unión Lara SC was refounded and started to play in the

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. After finishing fourth and missing out promotion, Metropolitanos achieved promotion to the Primera División at the end of the 2013–14 campaign, after finishing in the second position. After suffering relegation in

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, the club immediately returned to the top tier after winning the second division in 2016. After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2017, Metropolitanos finished in the penultimate position overall in 2018, but benefitted from the league's expansion to remain in the first division. After the arrival of José María Morr as manager, the club qualified to the

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in 2020 and 2021, aside from winning a first-ever title in 2022.

Honours

: 1 ::

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Venezuelan Segunda División Segunda División, officially known as Liga FUTVE 2, is the men's second professional football division of the Venezuelan football league system. The Venezuelan second division was established in 1979. List of champions Titles by Team Refer ...

: 1 ::2016

Players

Current first team squad

Managers

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(2012–2014) * Hugo Savarese (2014–2015) *

(2016–2017) * Daniel de Oliveira (2018) * Manuel di Maio (interim) (2018) * Jhon Giraldo (2018) * José María Morr (2019–2024)

References

External links

Metropolitanos F.C.
at the official Liga FUTVE website * * Association football clubs established in 2012 Metropolitanos FC Football clubs in Caracas 2012 establishments in Venezuela {{Venezuela-sport-stub