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| Full name | Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana | |||
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| Nicknames | Los Negriazules (The Black and Blues) La Pandilla del Sur (The Southern Gang) La Leyenda del Sur | |||
| Founded | 20 November 1981; 44 years ago (1981-11-20) | |||
| Ground | Polideportivo Cachamay | |||
| Capacity | 41,600[1] | |||
| Chairman | Bob Kelly Abreu | |||
| Manager | Jesús Ortiz | |||
| League | Venezuelan Segunda División | |||
| 2023 | Primera División, 15th of 15 (relegated) | |||
| Website | www | |||
Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana, known asMineros de Guayana or simplyMineros, is a professionalfootball club based inPuerto Ordaz, Venezuela.
The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located inPuerto Ordaz, was used in football matches. The people who played at the field decided to found a football club. On 11 November 1981, the club was founded asClub Deportivo Mineros de Guayana.
On 20 November 1981, the club's foundation constitutive act was signed.
On 3 January 1982, the club played its first match, against Villa Colombia FC, a Guayana's amateur club. Mineros won 2-0, both goals scored byJosé Pacheco.
On 5 September 1982, the club won theVenezuelan Segunda División, being promoted to the following year'sfirst division.
In 1989, the club won the firstVenezuelan Primera División.
The club's logo is composed of a geometrical figure, which is a carbon diamond crystal zoomed millions of times with a microscope. The club's colors are blue and black.
Mineros plays their home matches atCTE Cachamay, which has a maximum capacity of 41,600 people.[2] It was 1 of the 9 venues of the Copa America 2007, for this, US$160,000 were invested for the expansion of the stadium. The stadium has multiple uses, like a special kids area, an indoor gym, basketball and volleyball courts, a racing track, ten media station booths, a commercial center, movie theaters and three enormous parking lots. The stadium is surrounded by the river Caroní and the waterfall of the Cachamay Park.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Mario Kempes (10 Feb 1997 – 23 Feb 1998)
Armando LondoñoCésar Maturana
César Farías (Oct 2005–07)Álvaro Gómez (15 June 2007 – 24 Dec 2007)Stalin Rivas (27 Dec 2007 – 14 April 2008)Alí Cañas (17 March 2008–Sept 23, 2008)Del Valle Rojas (Sept 24, 2008–6 March 2009)José Hernández (12 March 2009 – 1 March 2010)
Carlos Maldonado (4 July 2010 – 20 Nov 2012)Richard Páez (28 Nov 2012 – 18 Jan 2014)
