Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana
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| Full name | Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Polideportivo Cachamay Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela |
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| Capacity | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Raúl Yusef |
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| Manager | César Farias |
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| League | Primera División Venezolana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana, usually known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a Venezuelan football (soccer) club based in Ciudad Guayana.
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[edit] History
The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz, was used in football matches. The people who played at the field decided to found a football club. On November 11, 1981, the club was founded as Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana.
On November 20, 1981, the club's foundation constitutive act was signed.
On January 3, 1982, the club played its first match, against Villa Colombia FC, a Guayana's amateur club. Mineros won 2-0, both goals scored by José Pacheco.
On September 5, 1982, the club won the Segunda División Venezolana, being promoted to the following year's first division.
In 1989, the club won the Venezuelan league.
[edit] Titles
- Primera División Venezolana: 1989
- Segunda División Venezolana: 1982
[edit] Colors
The club's colors are blue and black.
[edit] Trivia
- The club's name means Miners of Guayana.
- Minero's blue color was chose after Cruzeiro of Brazil.
[edit] Logo
The club's logo is composed of a geometrical figure, which is a carbon diamond crystal zoomed millions of times with a microscope.
[edit] Stadium
Mineros plays their home matches at Polideportivo Cachamay, which has a maximum capacity of 12,000 people.
[edit] References
- Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language wikipedia article and from the the equivalent French-language wikipedia article (retrieved February 19, 2006).
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official website
| Primera División Venezolana 2006/07 teams: |
| Aragua FC | Carabobo FC | Caracas FC | Mineros de Guayana | Monagas SC |
| Portuguesa FC | Deportivo Táchira FC | Trujillanos FC | Unión Atlético Maracaibo | Zamora FC |
