Deportivo Italia (1948–2010)
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Deportivo Italia is a Venezuela
n football team founded in 1948 and disappeared - as a team of the Italian community of Venezuela
- in summer 2010. In those 62 years of existence the team has won the Primera División Venezolana
five times and the Copa de Venezuela
three times. Actually the Deportivo Italia has been substituted (with a change of name strongly disputed) by Deportivo Petare, a team representing a neighbourhood area
of Caracas.
Indeed the arrival in Venezuela of hundreds of thousands of Europeans after the Second World War became a reason, among other things, in creating football teams for the different "colonies" of immigrants. Thus the Italians had their Deportivo Italia (while the Portuguese the "Deportivo Portuguesa", the Spanish Gallegos the Deportivo Galicia
, the Canarian immigrants their "Unión Deportiva Canarias ", etc. ...).
The early years of "Los Azules" were characterized by limited success. But in 1958 began - thanks to the "D'Ambrosio management" - the golden age of the team, which lasted until the late seventies: between 1961 and 1972, every year Deportivo Italia won an award nationally and/or internationally.
In 1958 Mino D'Ambrosio took control of the Deportivo Italia and with his brother Pompeo D'Ambrosio
(who financially controlled the team) the "Azzurri" reached the highest honors in football in Venezuela. The "D'Ambrosio Golden Era" lasted until 1978 and was characterized by four national titles and the famous Little Maracanazo 1971. Also won three times the Copa Venezuela: in 1961, 1962 and 1970 (and was second in 1976).
The age of the 1960s was the Golden Era for the Azules, as they were national champions in 1961, 1963 and 1966 (their trainer was the famous Orlando Fantoni). The fourth championship was obtained in 1972 (along with three victories in the "Copa Venezuela"). The Italo-venezuelan team was also the runner-up in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. Practically, between 1961 and 1972,every year the Deportivo Italia of Mino D'Ambrosio won an award (or an outstanding result in the Copa Libertadores).
Also - in those years of "D'Ambrosio management" - in friendly tournaments the Deportivo Italia Italy won some European teams (like the Milan
of Italy in 1968) and was the first Venezuelan team (in the entire history of football of Venezuela) to go to the second round of the Copa Libertadores (1964).
After lengthy discussions with the delegates representing the South American Confederation, it was agreed to include the representative team of Venezuela and was assigned as the first rival the "Bahia" of Brazil, who was the runner-up in that country.
This fact meant a great responsibility for the Deportivo Italia and Mino D'Ambrosio hired three reinforcements: Brazilians Roberto from the Fluminense (who was a central defender), Zequinha (good right back who came from Botafogo
) and striker Ferreira from Madureira FC. The two matches were played in Caracas
due to commitments of the "Bahia" in the United States and Europe.
The first match was played on March 8 in 1964, and ended in a tie with no goals: it was seen by some 20,000 people in the Caracas
Olympic Stadium. The second match ended 2 to 1 for the Deportivo Italia. The goals were achieved by Jaime and Elranildo (both Brazilians). So the first Venezuelan goal in the Libertadores Cup was scored by Jaime (left wing of Deportivo Italia on April 7, 1964, in the Olympic Stadium in Caracas and in front of 18,000 people, at the 52 minute of the match).
Other players who represented Venezuela's Deportivo Italia in the 1964 "Copa Libertadores de America": Fernando Fantoni, Linda, Benito Fantoni, Gustavo González, José "Papito" Gonzalez, Jaime, Danilo Marin, Fiho and the Italo-venezuelan Agostino Nitti.
stadium defeated 1:0 (with a goal done by central defender Tenorio) the Fluminense of famous Lobo Zagalo, Champion of Brazil.
The Caracas daily El Universal
wrote that:
... the night of March 3, 1971 will never be forgotten by the fans of Fluminense, who followed on radio and television the match against Deportivo Italia. More than 26,000 people went to the Maracana. The modest Venezuelan team, thrashed in their own field in the previous match, did what no none could do for over a year, not even the powerful Brazilian teams: defeat the Fluminense in their Maracana. That fateful night, Deportivo Italia achieved the victory more enjoyable in the Venezuelan national football history, winning in the largest stadium in the world the Champion of Brazil..
The Deportivo Italia - under the direct supervision of Mino D'Ambrosio - that night went to the match with Vito Fasano (who for his performance was recruited in Brazil, Vito is Italian) as goalkeeper. At the defence there were Carlos "Chiquichagua" Marín, Tenorio, Vincente Arrud and Freddie Elie, while as midfielders Delman "Pito" Useche, Negri and Rui. In the attack played Alcyr (who was replaced by Bahia), Beto and Militello.
Santander Laya-Garrido, who wrote the book "Los Italianos forjadores de la nacionalidad y del desarrollo economico en Venezuela", said that since then no other Venezuela football team has obtained a similar international result: until now the "Little Maracanazo" is the top international victory in the history of the soccer in Venezuela.
In July 1996, the Italo-venezuelan team suffered a severe economic crisis and gave the franchise through a bilateral agreement with the Mayor of Chacao Municipality in Caracas
. Later, the Mayor of Chacao Irene Sáez and the President of Deportivo Italia, Mr. Eligio Restifo, through the intervention of Mr. Jaime Meier and Brazil's Sports Minister (Mr Edson Arantes Do Nascimento - Pelé
-), entered into discussions with executives of Parmalat
in São Paulo. The Italian multinational Parmalat, after studying the case, decided to invest in the Venezuelan football. Thus, in August 1996, they founded the "Football Club Deportivo Chacao.
Subsequently, in august 1998, by joint resolution of the boards of Parmalat, the Italian Association and Deportivo Chacao FC, agreed to change the name of the club to Football Club Deportivo Italchacao, s.a., in order to preserve the colors, logos and the history of more than 50 years of the Deportivo Italia.
Italchacao was the Champion of Venezuela in the 1998–1999 season, after beating Deportivo Táchira 5 to 1 in Caracas
and 2 to 1 in San Cristóbal
. The Italchacao added another star to the logo of the 4 stars earned by Deportivo Italia, and earned the right to represent Venezuela in the 1999 Pre-Libertadores tournament against Mexican clubs.
Later in the season 1999–2000, the Italchacao was runner-up in the National Championship, winning back the right to represent Venezuela in the "Pre-Libertadores" 2000 tournament against Mexican clubs.
In the 2000–2001 season, the "Deportivo Italchacao" won the right to represent Venezuela at the Copa Club Merconorte 2001. The italo-venezuelan team played with Mexico (Guadalajara), Colombia (Millonarios of Bogotá
) and the United States (MetroStars of New York
): Italchacao won 4 of the 6 matches (with a Guadalajara forfeit) of the group B, but even so was eliminated because of goal difference with Millonarios.
In the group B of the 2001 Copa Merconorte, there were the following results:
Among the players who have passed through its ranks since the nineties until today worth mentioning, there are (among others) Manuel Sanhouse
, Gilberto Angelucci, Ailton Da Silva, Rogerio Pereira, Ruben Forestello, Giovanni Perez, Héctor Pablo Bidoglio, Rubén Yori, Emilio Renteria Alejandro Cichero
and Félix José Hernández
. Among the idols of his fans are Leopoldo Jiménez
, Daniel Ten, Vicente Suanno and Cristian Casseres
.
In 2008, with manager Eduardo Saragó, Deportivo Italia won the "Torneo Apertura", beating Aragua FC (0-2) on November 30, and this victory qualified the "Azules" for the 2010 Copa Libertadores
.
In the 2009/2010 season ranked third in the table and gained the right to play the "Pre-Libertadores" of 2011. In the "Clausura 2010" the "Azules" obtained good results.
Deportivo Italia changed name to Deportivo Petare in summer 2010. But there it is an ongoing dispute, because there it is a strong opposition to this change from the Italian community of Caracas.
Copa Libertadores 1964 (as Venezuela Champion)
Copa Libertadores 1966 (as Venezuela runner-up)
Copa Libertadores 1967 (as Venezuela Champion)
Copa Libertadores 1969 (as Venezuela runner-up)
Copa Libertadores 1971
(as Venezuela runner-up)
Copa Libertadores 1972 (as Venezuela runner-up)
Copa Libertadores 1985 (as Venezuela runner-up)
and Guadalajara
Only in the 2010 Copa Libertadores
the Italo-venezuelan team (again with the original name "Deportivo Italia") was able to reach the preliminary stage
of this CONMEBOL
Copa. But the "Azules" were able only to tie (2:2) one match in Caracas with the Cruzeiro
of Brazil, with goals of Blanco and McIntosh
in the group 7 of the second stage.
Deportivo Italia was eliminated in April 2010 after the following matches:
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 team founded in 1948 and disappeared - as a team of the Italian community of Venezuela
Italo-Venezuelans
Italian-Venezuelans are the Venezuelan citizens of Italian descent. The word may refer to someone born in Venezuela of Italian descent or to someone who has emigrated to Venezuela from Italy...
- in summer 2010. In those 62 years of existence the team has won 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...
five times and the 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....
three times. Actually the Deportivo Italia has been substituted (with a change of name strongly disputed) by Deportivo Petare, a team representing a neighbourhood area
Petare
Petare is a city in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the urban area of Caracas. It is the located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 under the name of San Jose de Guanarito...
of Caracas.
Early history
The team was founded in August 1948 by a group of Italian immigrants: Carlo Pescifeltri, Lorenzo Tommasi, Bruno Bianchi, Giorgio Valentini, Samuel Rovatti, Angelo Bragaglia, Giovanni di Stefano, Alfredo Giuseppe Pane and Sacchi. Deportivo Italia in the 1960s soon became the most important Venezuelan Football Team, popularly called "Los Azules" (Azzurri) by the color of the team shirt inspired by the Italian national team.Indeed the arrival in Venezuela of hundreds of thousands of Europeans after the Second World War became a reason, among other things, in creating football teams for the different "colonies" of immigrants. Thus the Italians had their Deportivo Italia (while the Portuguese the "Deportivo Portuguesa", the Spanish Gallegos the Deportivo Galicia
Deportivo Galicia
Deportivo Galicia Fútbol Club is a traditional football club from Venezuela. Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2005, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, when its name changed to Galicia de Aragua.-Titles:...
, the Canarian immigrants their "Unión Deportiva Canarias ", etc. ...).
The early years of "Los Azules" were characterized by limited success. But in 1958 began - thanks to the "D'Ambrosio management" - the golden age of the team, which lasted until the late seventies: between 1961 and 1972, every year Deportivo Italia won an award nationally and/or internationally.
Mino D'Ambrosio and the Golden Era
Pompeo D'Ambrosio
Pompeo D'Ambrosio was born in San Marco Evangelista on January 1, 1917 and died in Caracas on April 15, 1998....
(who financially controlled the team) the "Azzurri" reached the highest honors in football in Venezuela. The "D'Ambrosio Golden Era" lasted until 1978 and was characterized by four national titles and the famous Little Maracanazo 1971. Also won three times the Copa Venezuela: in 1961, 1962 and 1970 (and was second in 1976).
The age of the 1960s was the Golden Era for the Azules, as they were national champions in 1961, 1963 and 1966 (their trainer was the famous Orlando Fantoni). The fourth championship was obtained in 1972 (along with three victories in the "Copa Venezuela"). The Italo-venezuelan team was also the runner-up in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. Practically, between 1961 and 1972,every year the Deportivo Italia of Mino D'Ambrosio won an award (or an outstanding result in the Copa Libertadores).
Also - in those years of "D'Ambrosio management" - in friendly tournaments the Deportivo Italia Italy won some European teams (like the Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
of Italy in 1968) and was the first Venezuelan team (in the entire history of football of Venezuela) to go to the second round of the Copa Libertadores (1964).
First performance of Venezuela in the "Copa Libertadores de America"
Venezuela's debut in the "Copa Libertadores de America" was in 1964 with Deportivo Italia of the capital of the Republic. The "Azules" was the Venezuelan champion of 1963. Tulio Charter raised the desire to participate in the South American tournament, before the South American Football Confederation.After lengthy discussions with the delegates representing the South American Confederation, it was agreed to include the representative team of Venezuela and was assigned as the first rival the "Bahia" of Brazil, who was the runner-up in that country.
This fact meant a great responsibility for the Deportivo Italia and Mino D'Ambrosio hired three reinforcements: Brazilians Roberto from the Fluminense (who was a central defender), Zequinha (good right back who came from Botafogo
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas , also known as Botafogo and familiarly as Estrela Solitária, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, best known for its football team. They play in the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro's state league, and the Campeonato...
) and striker Ferreira from Madureira FC. The two matches were played in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
due to commitments of the "Bahia" in the United States and Europe.
The first match was played on March 8 in 1964, and ended in a tie with no goals: it was seen by some 20,000 people in the Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
Olympic Stadium. The second match ended 2 to 1 for the Deportivo Italia. The goals were achieved by Jaime and Elranildo (both Brazilians). So the first Venezuelan goal in the Libertadores Cup was scored by Jaime (left wing of Deportivo Italia on April 7, 1964, in the Olympic Stadium in Caracas and in front of 18,000 people, at the 52 minute of the match).
Other players who represented Venezuela's Deportivo Italia in the 1964 "Copa Libertadores de America": Fernando Fantoni, Linda, Benito Fantoni, Gustavo González, José "Papito" Gonzalez, Jaime, Danilo Marin, Fiho and the Italo-venezuelan Agostino Nitti.
The famous "Little Maracanazo"
As an important and historical Venezuelan soccer achievement there it is that the Deportivo Italia, Venezuela's Champion of the 1971 season, at the MaracanaEstádio do Maracanã
The Estádio do Maracanã , officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, and in the final...
stadium defeated 1:0 (with a goal done by central defender Tenorio) the Fluminense of famous Lobo Zagalo, Champion of Brazil.
The Caracas daily El Universal
El Universal (Caracas)
El Universal is a major Venezuelan newspaper, headquartered in Caracas with an average daily circulation of about 150,000. The online version carries news, politics, sports, economy and more....
wrote that:
... the night of March 3, 1971 will never be forgotten by the fans of Fluminense, who followed on radio and television the match against Deportivo Italia. More than 26,000 people went to the Maracana. The modest Venezuelan team, thrashed in their own field in the previous match, did what no none could do for over a year, not even the powerful Brazilian teams: defeat the Fluminense in their Maracana. That fateful night, Deportivo Italia achieved the victory more enjoyable in the Venezuelan national football history, winning in the largest stadium in the world the Champion of Brazil..
The Deportivo Italia - under the direct supervision of Mino D'Ambrosio - that night went to the match with Vito Fasano (who for his performance was recruited in Brazil, Vito is Italian) as goalkeeper. At the defence there were Carlos "Chiquichagua" Marín, Tenorio, Vincente Arrud and Freddie Elie, while as midfielders Delman "Pito" Useche, Negri and Rui. In the attack played Alcyr (who was replaced by Bahia), Beto and Militello.
Santander Laya-Garrido, who wrote the book "Los Italianos forjadores de la nacionalidad y del desarrollo economico en Venezuela", said that since then no other Venezuela football team has obtained a similar international result: until now the "Little Maracanazo" is the top international victory in the history of the soccer in Venezuela.
Italchacao
After the untimely death of Mino D'Ambrosio in 1980 (much lamented by the entire Italian community in Venezuela), Deportivo Italia failed to maintain the leadership in the Venezuelan football: the "Azules" earned only a modest runner-up title in 1984.In July 1996, the Italo-venezuelan team suffered a severe economic crisis and gave the franchise through a bilateral agreement with the Mayor of Chacao Municipality in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
. Later, the Mayor of Chacao Irene Sáez and the President of Deportivo Italia, Mr. Eligio Restifo, through the intervention of Mr. Jaime Meier and Brazil's Sports Minister (Mr Edson Arantes Do Nascimento - Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
-), entered into discussions with executives of Parmalat
Parmalat
Parmalat SpA is a multinational Italian dairy and food corporation. Having become the leading global company in the production of ultra high temperature milk, the company collapsed in 2003 with a €14 billion hole in its accounts in what remains Europe's biggest bankruptcy...
in São Paulo. The Italian multinational Parmalat, after studying the case, decided to invest in the Venezuelan football. Thus, in August 1996, they founded the "Football Club Deportivo Chacao.
Subsequently, in august 1998, by joint resolution of the boards of Parmalat, the Italian Association and Deportivo Chacao FC, agreed to change the name of the club to Football Club Deportivo Italchacao, s.a., in order to preserve the colors, logos and the history of more than 50 years of the Deportivo Italia.
Italchacao was the Champion of Venezuela in the 1998–1999 season, after beating Deportivo Táchira 5 to 1 in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
and 2 to 1 in San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal, Táchira
San Cristóbal is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated 818 m/2,625 ft above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, 56 km/35 mi from the Colombian border. San...
. The Italchacao added another star to the logo of the 4 stars earned by Deportivo Italia, and earned the right to represent Venezuela in the 1999 Pre-Libertadores tournament against Mexican clubs.
Later in the season 1999–2000, the Italchacao was runner-up in the National Championship, winning back the right to represent Venezuela in the "Pre-Libertadores" 2000 tournament against Mexican clubs.
In the 2000–2001 season, the "Deportivo Italchacao" won the right to represent Venezuela at the Copa Club Merconorte 2001. The italo-venezuelan team played with Mexico (Guadalajara), Colombia (Millonarios of Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
) and the United States (MetroStars of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
): Italchacao won 4 of the 6 matches (with a Guadalajara forfeit) of the group B, but even so was eliminated because of goal difference with Millonarios.
In the group B of the 2001 Copa Merconorte, there were the following results:
| Team (group B) | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Matches with Deportivo Italchacao |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MillonariosMillonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in Bogotá. As of 2011, Millonarios shares with rivals América de Cali the most Fútbol Profesional Colombiano championships, 13 in total, although Millonarios haven't won this tournament since 1988. They are also the third Colombian team to... |
12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Millonarios 5:0 Italchacao -------- Italchacao 3:0 Millonarios | |
 Deportivo Italchacao |
12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||
 MetroStarsMetrostars Metrostar may refer to:*New York Red Bulls, formerly called the "MetroStars", a soccer team from New York*Manila Metro Rail Transit System, popularly called "The Metrostar Express", a part of the metropolitan rail system in Manila... |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | MetroStars 2:0 Italchacao -------- Italchacao 2:1 MetroStars | |
 C.D. GuadalajaraC.D. Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara , is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Guadalajara plays in the Primera División de México and is the most successful club in Mexican football, having won 11 First Division titles, 7 Campeón de Campeones and 2 Copa México... |
3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | Guadalajara forf. Italchacao ----- Italchacao 2:0 Guadalajara |
Among the players who have passed through its ranks since the nineties until today worth mentioning, there are (among others) Manuel Sanhouse
Manuel Sanhouse
Manuel Alejandro Sanhouse is a Venezuelan football goalkeeper, currently playing for Deportivo Táchira. He obtained a total number of fourteen caps for the Venezuela national football team in the years 1999-2007. In 2000 he played for Coquimbo Unido in Chile.- External links : at Transfermarket...
, Gilberto Angelucci, Ailton Da Silva, Rogerio Pereira, Ruben Forestello, Giovanni Perez, Héctor Pablo Bidoglio, Rubén Yori, Emilio Renteria Alejandro Cichero
Alejandro Cichero
Alejandro Enrique Cíchero Konarek is a Venezuelan football defenderof Polish descent, he plays for club Millonarios-Career:...
and Félix José Hernández
Félix José Hernández
Félix José Hernández is a former Venezuelan football midfielder. Between 1996 and 1999, he made a total number of 19 appearances for the Venezuela national team. He also played professionally in Mexico and Spain....
. Among the idols of his fans are Leopoldo Jiménez
Leopoldo Jiménez
Leopoldo Rafael Jiménez is a Venezuelan football midfielder.-Career:Jiménez played club football for a number of professional clubs in both Venezuela and abroad, including Once Caldas in Colombia, Córdoba CF in Spain, FC Alania Vladikavkaz in Russia, Aris Limassol in Cyprus and lately in Carabobo...
, Daniel Ten, Vicente Suanno and Cristian Casseres
Cristian Cásseres
Cristian Alfonso Cásseres is a Venezuelan football striker who made a total number of 28 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1999 and 2008, who actually plays for Real Esppor Club. He started his professional career at Estudiantes de Mérida in 1996. Cásseres also played in...
.
Back to the name "Deportivo Italia"
For the 2006/2007 season the team returned to its original name Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club. In the 2007/2008 season the team was in sixth place when the management board at the end of the campaign decided not to continue to lead the team and gave the "Azules" leadership to Mario Hernández Cova.In 2008, with manager Eduardo Saragó, Deportivo Italia won the "Torneo Apertura", beating Aragua FC (0-2) on November 30, and this victory qualified the "Azules" for the 2010 Copa Libertadores
2010 Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18...
.
In the 2009/2010 season ranked third in the table and gained the right to play the "Pre-Libertadores" of 2011. In the "Clausura 2010" the "Azules" obtained good results.
Deportivo Italia changed name to Deportivo Petare in summer 2010. But there it is an ongoing dispute, because there it is a strong opposition to this change from the Italian community of Caracas.
Deportivo Italia in the "Copa Libertadores"
Deportivo Italia -in the D'Ambrosio Golden Age- participated 7 times in the Copa Libertadores de America, with the following performance:- Qualifications: Quarters (1969) and First Round (1964,1966,1967,1971,1972 and 1985).
- Most famous victory: 3 March 1971 (in Rio de Janeiro/Maracaná stadium) D.Italia 1:0 Fluminense (Champion of Brasil), with goal of M. Tenorio.
- Best home victory: 5 March 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:0 Unión Magdalena (Colombia), with goals of Maravic and Nitti.
- Best outside victory: 1 March 1966 (in Lima) D.Italia 2:1 Alianza Lima (Peru), with 2 goals of Zeica.
- Best performance: Quarters in 1969 Copa Libertadores.
Matches
The matches done by Deportivo Italia in the Libertadores are (within parenthesis the players who did goals):Copa Libertadores 1964 (as Venezuela Champion)
- Preliminary: 03/04/64 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:0 Bahia
- Preliminary: 07/04/64 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:1 Bahia (Jaime, Iranildo)
- First Round: 3 May 1964 (in GuayaquilGuayaquilGuayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
) D.Italia 1:0 Barcelona (Zequinha) - First Round: 7 May 1964 (in Santiago de Chile) D.Italia 0:4 Colo-Colo
- First Round: 17 May 1964 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:2 Colo-Colo (Jaime)
- First Round: 24 May 1964 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:3 Barcelona
Copa Libertadores 1966 (as Venezuela runner-up)
- First Round: 5 February 1966 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:1 Lara (A.Nitti)
- First Round: 9 February 1966 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:2 Universitario (Zeica, Tacoronte)
- First Round: 12 February 1966 (in Caracas) D.Italia 3:1 Alianza Lim (Tacoronte, Zeica, Nitti)
- First Round: 17 February 1966 (inCaracas) D.Italia 0:3 River Plate
- First Round: 23 February 1966 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:2 Boca Juniors (Vicente)
- First Round: 1 March 1966 (in LimaLimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
) D.Italia 2:1 Alianza Lima (Zeica, 2 goals) - First Round: 8 March 1966 (in Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
) D.Italia 2:5 Boca Junior (Nitti, 2 goals) - First Round: 10 March 1966 (in Buenos Aires) D.Italia 1:2 River Plate (Nitti)
- First Round: 13 March 1966 (in Lima) D.Italia 2:1 Universitario (Nitti, Tacoronte)
- First Round: 17 March 1966 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:0 Lara (A. Nitti)
Copa Libertadores 1967 (as Venezuela Champion)
- First Round: 11 February 1967 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:0 D.Galicia (Elmo)
- First Round: 22 February 1967 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:3 Cruzeiro
- First Round: 11 March 1967 (in Lima) D.Italia 0:3 Universitario
- First Round: 15 March 1967 (in Lima) D.Italia 2:5 Sport Boys (Dirceu, Cazorla: autogoal)
- First Round: 20 March 1967 (in Belo HorizonteBelo HorizonteBelo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
) D.Italia 0:4 Cruzeiro - First Round: 25 March 1967 (in Lima) D.Italia 0:0 Sport Boys
- First Round: 28 March 1967 (in Lima) D.Italia 0:1 Universitario
- First Round: 19 April 1967 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:0 D.Galicia
Copa Libertadores 1969 (as Venezuela runner-up)
- First Round: 23 February 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:0 U.D.Canarias (Mateo, Nitti)
- First Round:1 March 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:1 Deportivo Cali (M. Mateo, 2 goals)
- First Round: 5 March 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:0 Unión Magdalena (Maravic, Nitti)
- First Round: 9 March 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:1 U.D.Canarias (Maravic)
- First Round: 13 March 1969 (in CaliCalìCalì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
) D.Italia 0:3 Deportivo Cali - First Round: 16 March 1969 (in Santa MartaSanta MartaSanta Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it the oldest remaining city in Colombia...
) D.Italia 0:3 Unión Magdalena - Quarters: 27 March 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:0 Cerro Porteño
- Quarters: 31 March 1969 (in AsunciónAsunciónAsunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
) D.Italia 0:1 Cerro Porteño - Quarters: 4 April 1969 (in Santiago) D.Italia 0:4 Universidad Católica
- Quarters: 15 April 1969 (in Caracas) D.Italia 3:2 Universidad Católica (Alvez, Adair 2 goals)
Copa Libertadores 1971
1971 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1971 was the 12th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Nacional won the competition....
(as Venezuela runner-up)
- First Round: 31 January 1971 (in Caracas) D.Italia 3:3 D.Galicia (Beto, Militello 2 goals)
- First Round: 10 February 1971 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:3 Palmeiras
- First Round: 17 February 1971 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:6 Fluminense
- First Round: 25 February 1971 (in São Paulo) D.Italia 0:1 Palmeiras
- First Round: 3 March 1971 (in Rio de Janeiro) D.Italia 1:0 Fluminense (Tenorio)
- First Round: 14 March 1971 (in Caracas) D.Italia 3:2 D.Galicia (Alcyr, Negri, Useche)
Copa Libertadores 1972 (as Venezuela runner-up)
- First Round: 13 February 1972 (in Valencia) D.Italia 1:1 Valencia (Rui)
- First Round: 19 February 1972 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:1 Peñarol
- First Round: 4 March 1972 (in Caracas) D.Italia 2:0 Valencia (M.Mateo, 2 goals)
- First Round: 12 March 1972 (in MontevideoMontevideoMontevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
) D.Italia 1:5 Peñarol (Alcyr)
Copa Libertadores 1985 (as Venezuela runner-up)
- First Round: 10 March 1985 (in San CristóbalSan Cristóbal, TáchiraSan Cristóbal is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated 818 m/2,625 ft above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, 56 km/35 mi from the Colombian border. San...
) D.Italia 0:0 D.Táchira - First Round: 17 March 1985 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:3 Blooming
- First Round: 21 March 1985 (in Caracas) D.Italia 0:3 Oriente Petrolero
- First Round: 24 March 1985 (in Caracas) D.Italia 1:3 D.Táchira (Zé Luis)
- First Round: 4 April 1985 (in Santa CruzSanta Cruz de la SierraSanta Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
) D.It. 1:3 Oriente Petrolero (Carlos Alberto) - First Round: 7 April 1985 (in Santa Cruz) D.Italia 0:8 Blooming
After the D'Ambrosio Golden Era
After the D'Ambrosio leadership the Deportivo Italia did not obtained the same level of results internationally. As "Deportivo Italchacao" it was eliminated in the preliminary matches of the Torneo Pre-Libertadores in 2000 and 2001, against Mexican teams (Atlante, CF America, Atlas, Cruz Azul) in Mexico cityMexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
and Guadalajara
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Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
Only in the 2010 Copa Libertadores
2010 Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18...
the Italo-venezuelan team (again with the original name "Deportivo Italia") was able to reach the preliminary stage
2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
The Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Santander Libertadores was a group stage. It was contested from February 9 to April 22.-Format:Twenty-six teams qualified directly into this round, plus six that advanced from the First Stage. This brings the total number of teams in the Second Stage to 32. The...
of this CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
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Copa. But the "Azules" were able only to tie (2:2) one match in Caracas with the Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
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of Brazil, with goals of Blanco and McIntosh
David Andrew McIntosh
David Andrew McIntosh Parra is a Venezuelan football defender who made 26 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1996 and 1999. He started his professional career at Minervén.-External links:...
in the group 7 of the second stage.
Deportivo Italia was eliminated in April 2010 after the following matches:
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