Carabobo Fútbol Club
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Carabobo FC is a Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team playing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana
Primera División Venezolana
The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

. It is based in Valencia.

History

Originally founded by Ralph Guimarães, David Klein, Victor Hugo Pereira, Eric Costa, Renan Rascão, Lucas Mathias, Igor Mathias, Francisco Gonçalves, Matheusz Rodrigues and Eliseu Xavier. Founded as Valencia FC, known with that name until the 90's when they changed their name to Carabobo FC; also they decided to change the colours of the team, to the colours that identifies the Carabobo state (Vinotinto), because in the past the colors were white and green.

Titles

  • Primera División Venezolana
    Primera División Venezolana
    The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

    : 1
Amateur Era (0):
Professional Era (1): 1971 (as Valencia FC)

  • Segunda División Venezolana: 1
1990 (as Valencia FC)

  • Segunda División B Venezolana: 0

  • Tercera División Venezolana: 0

  • Copa de Venezuela
    Copa de Venezuela
    The Copa Venezuela is the national cup football competition of Venezuela. Organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation, is it disputed in the first half of the season by the teams in the Primera División, Segunda División A, and Segunda División B....

    : 2
1965, 1978 (both as Valencia FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

  • Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances
1970: First Round
1972: First Round
1974: First Round

  • Copa Sudamericana
    Copa Sudamericana
    The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

    : 3 appearances
2004: Second Preliminary Round
2006: Preliminary Round
2007: Preliminary Round

  • Recopa Sudamericana
    Recopa Sudamericana
    The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....

    : 0 appearances

Current first team squad

Lider; Jugadores del Carabobo

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