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| Full name | Portuguesa Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname | Los rojinegros (The red-and-black) | |||
| Founded | 2 March 1972; 53 years ago (1972-03-02) | |||
| Ground | Estadio General José Antonio Paez | |||
| Capacity | 18,000[1] | |||
| Chairman | Vito Recchimurzo | |||
| Manager | Giancarlo Maldonado | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| 2024 | Primera División, 9th of 14 | |||
Portuguesa Fútbol Club, usually known simply asPortuguesa, is a Venezuelan professionalfootball club based inAcarigua. It currently competes in thePrimera División.
The club was founded on 10 April 1972, inAcarigua in the northern part of the state ofPortuguesa. In 1973 the club won the Primera División for the first time and four more titles followed until 1978.The club has played a total 9 times in theCopa Libertadores.
The encounter between Portuguesa andEstudiantes de Mérida is one of the most classic and oldest of Venezuelan football, they are two of the most traditional clubs in the country. The first match played between both teams was on 28 May 1972, in theCopa Venezuela. The match ended with a 1–1 draw, with goals from Chiazzaro at the 73rd minute and Cholo Mendoza at the 79th minute, and so beginning the oldest ongoing classic in the country.
Portuguesa played the so-calledClásico portugueseño againstLlaneros de Guanare, these are the two most important clubs in thestate of Portuguesa, both having a good number of fans. The first meeting between the two took place on September 28, 1986 (with a scoreless draw) and continued, for now, until 2022 when Llaneros was dissolved.
| Club | Victories | Draws |
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| Portuguesa | 15 | 7 |
| Llaneros FC | 12 | 7 |
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The José Antonio Páez Stadium is a sports infrastructure built for the practice of football, located in the city ofAcarigua in the state ofPortuguesa of the western plains of Venezuela. Despite not being the capital of the region, the building was built in that place by the booming development of the place; owes its name to the recognized hero of Venezuelan independence and the first president of Venezuela,José Antonio Páez.
It is the headquarters of Portuguesa Fútbol Club, currently playing in theFirst Division of Venezuela. Its facilities have the capacity to hold approximately 14,000 spectators; in 2007 it underwent considerable improvements to be used in the National Sports Games of 2007.
It has a good fan base, having been a successful club in the past in Venezuelan football, with organised groups such as theLanceros Rojinegros who are usually located in the south stand of the stadium.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Isidoro 'Pescaito' Rodríguez 1972
Walter Roque 1973 -1974
Vladica Popović 1974 – 1975
Benjamín Fernández 1975 – 1976Celino Mora 1977 – 1979
Carlos Felipe Núñez 2003 – 2004Liberio Mora 2006 – 2007Celino Mora 2007 – 2008William Pacheco 2008Eduardo Contreras 2008 – 2009José Luis Jiménez 2009Gustavo Valencia 2010Johnny Lucena 2010 – 2012Carlos Felipe Núñez 2012José Luis Dolgetta 2013Francesco Stifano 2013 – 2014Lenin Bastidas 2014 – 2015Renato Renauro 2016
Horacio Matuszyczk 2016 – 2017Carlos Horacio Moreno 2017 – 2018Yobanny Rivero 2019 – 2020
José Parada 2019 – 2020Alí Cañas 2020 – 2022Martín Brignani 2022 – 2023Jesús Ortíz 2023 –President
Media and Press ||VENPatricia Almao – Media DirectorFrancisco Miliani – Media AssistantMaría Gabriela Almao – Social NetworksJuan Sánchez – PhotographerRaiber Jiménez – Graphic Designer
Don Gaetano Costa (1972 – 1978) Juan Rondon (2008 – 2010) Nelson Escobar (2010 – 2014) Generozo Mazzoca (2014 – 2019) Maiker Frías (2019 – 2024) Vito Recchimurzo (2024 – )The radio station that broadcasts the games of the five-time Venezuelan champions.
