- Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club
Football club infobox
clubname = Estudiantes de Mérida FC
fullname = Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club
nickname = "Rojiblancos, Los Académicos"
founded =April 4 ,1971
ground =Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida
Mérida,Venezuela
capacity = 42,200
chairman =
manager =
league =Primera División Venezolana
season = Apertura 2007
position = 14th
pattern_la1=_redshoulders|pattern_b1=_red_stripes|pattern_ra1=_redshoulders|leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=205194|socks1=FFFFFF
pattern_la2=_white_stripes|pattern_b2=_whitestripes|pattern_ra2=_white_stripes|leftarm2=009900|body2=009900|rightarm2=009900|shorts2=009900|socks2=FFFFFF|The club Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club (usually called Estudiantes de Mérida, or simply Estudiantes) is a professional football club of the Venezuelan league, based in Mérida,
Venezuela . It has performed well in both national and international competitions, like Copa Libertadores, and has won titles in several regional and national competitions.History
The club was founded on
April 4 ,1971 .Titles
*
Primera División Venezolana
**Amateur Era (0): .
**Professional Era (2):1980 ,1985 .
*Segunda División Venezolana :
*Segunda División B Venezolana :
*Tercera División Venezolana :
*Copa de Venezuela (3):1971 ,1975 ,1985 Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
*
Copa Libertadores : 7 appearances::Best: Quarter-Final in 1999::1977: First Round::1978: First Round::1981: First Round::1982: First Round::1987: First Round::1999: Quarter-Final::2003: Preliminary Round
*Copa Sudamericana : 0 appearances:: :
*Recopa Sudamericana : 0 appearances:: :
*Copa CONMEBOL : 1 appearances::Best: Quarter-Final in 1999::1999: Quarter-Final
*Copa Merconorte : 1 appearances::Best: First Round in 2000::2000: First RoundColors
The club's colors are red, black and blue.
tadium
The club plays their home matches at
Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida , which seats 42,200 people and was inaugurated onDecember 7 ,2005 . The club previously played their home matches atEstadio Guillermo Soto Rosa , which seats 14,000 and was inaugurated onSeptember 5 ,1969 .References
*Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language wikipedia article and from the the equivalent French-language wikipedia article (retrieved
January 16 ,2006 ).External links
* [http://www.estudiantesdemerida.org/ Official website]
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