Carabobo Fútbol Club

Football club infobox
clubname = Carabobo FC


fullname = Carabobo Fútbol Club
nickname = "El Granate", "El Vinotinto Regional"
founded = July 24, 1964

ground = Estadio Misael Delgado
Valencia, Venezuela
capacity = 10,000
chairman = flagicon|Venezuela Emerson Atacho
manager = flagicon|Venezuela Jose Luis Dolgetta
league = Primera División Venezolana
season = Clausura 2008
position = 7º
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Carabobo FC is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana. It is based in Valencia.

History

Originally founded as Valencia FC, known with that name until the 90's when they changed their name to Carabobo FC; also they decided to change the colours of the team, to the colours that identifies the Carabobo state ("Vinotinto"), because in the past the colors were white and green.

Titles

*Primera División Venezolana
**Amateur Era (0): .
**Professional Era (1): (1971 as Valencia FC).
*Segunda División Venezolana: (1990 as Valencia FC)
*Segunda División B Venezolana:
*Tercera División Venezolana:
*Copa de Venezuela (2): (1965, 1978 as Valencia FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances::Best: First Round in 1970, 1972, 1974::1970: First Round::1972: First Round::1974: First Round
*Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances::Best: Second Preliminary Round in 2004::2004: Second Preliminary Round::2006: Preliminary Round::2007: Preliminary Round
*Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances:: :

tadium

Their home stadium is Estadio Misael Delgado.

References

*Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language wikipedia article (retrieved June 1, 2007).

Current first team squad

[http://www.liderendeportes.com/futbol/equipo.asp?equipo=22&sid=46&return=equipos Lider; Jugadores del Carabobo]

External links

* [http://www.carabobofc.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.soygranate.com/ SoyGranate / Unofficial website]