Deportivo Lara

Deportivo Lara

Full name	Club Deportivo Lara
Nickname(s)	"Depor", "Rojinegros"
Founded	2006
Ground	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara Barquisimeto, Venezuela (Capacity: 45.312)
Chairman	Arid Garcia
Manager	Carlos Hernández
League	Primera División Venezolana
2009-2010	Copa Movilnet, 4th
Home colours Away colours

The club Club Deportivo Lara (usually called Deportivo Lara) is a professional football club based in Barquisimeto, Lara State, that was promoted to Venezuelan league in 2007, in their first year of existence.

History

When the team was founded in 2006 as Guaros de Lara FC, they were placed in the Segunda División Venezolana but at the end of the 2006 season the team was promoted to the Primera División Venezolana, after a win in the last round of the Segunda División against Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club that left them in 2nd place of division 2. For the 2007/08 season, Guaros de Lara bought the former outstanding Colombian World Cup goal-keeper René Higuita, who returned to play football at the age of 41. In 2009 the club was sold in an effort to fight against the other clubs for the championship and changed its name to Club Deportivo Lara.[1]

Club Deportivo Lara

Club Deportivo Lara Lara was born July 1, 2009 through the purchase of the club by some employers (Arid García, Luis Yepez, Juan Conde, Carlos Hernandez) and the former team had been struggling financially. This new policy for football betting in the state lara and I think this team under the slogan "Believe in Lara."

The team achieved its first year stay in the top four of the cumulative overall, just behind Caracas FC, Deportivo Italia and Deportivo Táchira and, the latter being the worst hit since the last dates of the Apertura and Clausura was severed its aspiration in the hands of the team.

Copa Sudamericana

The May 9, 2010 sealed his team their place in the Copa Sudamericana 2010, after being in 4th place in the Venezuelan First Division tournament, and so after 44 years bringing back to land an international tournament after Lara FC do so in 1966 but in Copa Libertadores. The CDL will play their first leg at home against the Santa Fe of Colombia at the Estadio Metropolitano de Barquisimeto, and the return leg at Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin. The winner of this key moves to the next round as "Winner H" and the next team will be the Caracas FC.

Recent seasons

Year	Division	Position
2006-07	Segunda División	2nd
2007-08	Primera División	5th
2008-09	Primera División	12th
2009-10	Primera División	4rd

Titles

• Primera División Venezolana

Amateur Era (0):

Professional Era (0):

• Segunda División Venezolana: 0

 :

• Segunda División B Venezolana: 0

 :

• Tercera División Venezolana: 0

 :

• Copa de Venezuela: 0

 :

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 0 appearances

 :

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2010: First Round

• Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances

 :

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Andrade 3 DF Daniel Godoy 5 DF Jarvy Mejías 6 DF Alexander Becerra 7 MF Rafael de Fex 8 MF Francisco Flores (Captain) 9 FW Mauricio Chalar 10 MF David Montoya 11 FW Aquiles Ocanto

No. Position Player 12 GK Hector Pérez 15 DF Yolvi Granados 16 DF Anderson Orozco 17 DF Yuber Mosquera 18 MF Engelberth Briceño 19 FW Alexander Rondón 21 MF Marlon Fernández 23 FW Johan Marín 25 DF Elvis Martínez

Notable players

• John Jairo Castillo
• René Higuita
• David Montoya
• Rolando Escobar
• Francisco Flores
• Daniel Noriega

See also

Venezuelan Primera División

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)
• Fan site (Spanish)