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| Full name | Deportivo Anzoátegui Sport Club | ||
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| Nicknames | El Acorazado Oriental,Aurirojos,El Depor | ||
| Founded | 9 November 2002; 23 years ago (2002-11-09) | ||
| Dissolved | 2019 | ||
| Ground | Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz,Venezuela | ||
| Capacity | 37,485 | ||
| Chairman | Lisandro Altieri | ||
| Manager | José González | ||
| League | Primera División Venezolana | ||
| 2017 | 12th, aggregate table | ||
Deportivo Anzoátegui Sport Club was a professionalfootball club based inPuerto La Cruz,Anzoátegui. Founded in 2002, the club earned its promotion to theVenezuelan 1st division in 2007. They won theCopa de Venezuela in 2008, and were dissolved in 2019.
The club was founded on 9 November 2002 by Juan Pereira, starting in the third tier of Venezuelan football. In this first season they finished unbeaten, winning the division and gaining promotion.
They participated in theVenezuelan Second Division for four seasons, winning promotion at the end of the 2006–07 season when theVenezuelan Premier Division expanded from 10 to 18 teams.
In 2008, they won theCopa Venezuela by defeatingEstudiantes de Mérida in the final, winning 3–1 on aggregate with goals fromAlexander Rondon,Emerson Panigutti andNicolás Massia.
The team plays in the colours of yellow and red.The club crest contains an outline of the state ofAnzoátegui where the club is based, the year the club was formed as well as a star to commemorate their (at present) only league championship in the 3rd division
The club plays their home games atEstadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in the city ofPuerto La Cruz. It was built specially for theCopa America 2007 on the site of the previous stadium.
Current squad of Deportivo Anzoátegui:
Sources:
Carlos Maria Ravel (2002–03)
René Torres (2003)
Daniel Lanata (2003–04)Miguel Oswaldo González (2004–05)Félix Gutierrez (2005)Daniel Lanata (2005)Carlos Horacio Moreno (2005–06)Stalin Rivas (2007)César Farías (2007)Marcos Mathías (2007–08)José Hernández (2009)Daniel Farías (March 13, 2009 – Dec 31, 2012)Juvencio Betancourt (Dec 12, 2012–14)Ruberth Morán (2014)Nicolás Larcamón (201?–)
