Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana
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The Asociación Civil Mineros de Guayana, usually known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Puerto Ordaz
Puerto Ordaz
Puerto Ordaz is a planned city which, together with the older settlement of San Felix, forms Ciudad Guayana in Bolívar State, eastern Venezuela. Puerto Ordaz is located at the confluence of the Caroní and Orinoco Rivers and is the site of the Llovizna Falls. There are bridges across the Caroni and...

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History

The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz
Puerto Ordaz
Puerto Ordaz is a planned city which, together with the older settlement of San Felix, forms Ciudad Guayana in Bolívar State, eastern Venezuela. Puerto Ordaz is located at the confluence of the Caroní and Orinoco Rivers and is the site of the Llovizna Falls. There are bridges across the Caroni and...

, 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
Primera División Venezolana
The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

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In 1989, the club won the first Primera División Venezolana
Primera División Venezolana
The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

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Titles

  • Primera División Venezolana
    Primera División Venezolana
    The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

    : 1
Amateur Era (0):
Professional Era (1): 1989

  • Segunda División Venezolana: 1
1982

  • Segunda División B Venezolana:

  • Tercera División Venezolana: 0

  • Copa de Venezuela
    Copa de Venezuela
    The Copa Venezuela is the national cup football competition of Venezuela. Organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation, is it disputed in the first half of the season by the teams in the Primera División, Segunda División A, and Segunda División B....

    : 1
1984

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

  • Copa Libertadores: 4 appearances
1990: First Round
1997: First Round
2005: Preliminary Round
2008: Preliminary Round

  • Copa Sudamericana
    Copa Sudamericana
    The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

    : 2 appearances
2005: Preliminary Round
2006: Second Preliminary Round

  • Recopa Sudamericana
    Recopa Sudamericana
    The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....

    : 0 appearances

  • Copa CONMEBOL
    Copa CONMEBOL
    The Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...

    : 1 appearance
1995: Quarter-Finals

Current first team squad

Notable players

Josimar
Josimar
Josimar Higino Pereira more commonly known as Josimar, was a Brazilian footballer. He played right-back mainly with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and the Brazilian national team. He is currently assistant coach at Botafogo.-International career:Josimar won 16 caps with the Brazilian national team,...

 (1986 FIFA World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

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) Daniel Arismendi
Daniel Arismendi
Daniel Enrique "El Cafú" Arismendi Marchán is a Venezuelan footballer currently playing as a striker for Deportivo Anzoátegui in Primera División Venezolana...

 Juan Enrique García Giancarlo Maldonado
Giancarlo Maldonado
Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero is a Venezuelan footballer who currently plays for Atlante. The striker, who was born in Caracas, is the all-time leading Venezuelan goalscorer, where he has the nickname Maldogol.-River Plate:...

 Stalin Rivas
Stalin Rivas
Stalin José Rivas is a retired Venezuelan football midfielder.-Club career:During his professional career, Rivas played for several clubs in Latin America and Belgium, including Caracas Fútbol Club, Club Deportivo Los Millonarios and Standard Liège.-International career:Rivas received 34 caps,...


Logo

The club's logo is composed of a geometrical figure, which is a carbon diamond crystal zoomed millions of times with a microscope.

Stadium

Mineros plays their home matches at CTE Cachamay
Polideportivo Cachamay
The Polideportivo Cachamay or Centro Total de Entretenimiento Cachamay is a multipurpose stadium located on Avenida Guayana in Puerto Ordaz Bolivar State, Venezuela...

, which has a maximum capacity of 41,600 people. http://www.worldstadiums.com/south_america/countries/venezuela.shtml It was 1 of the 9 venues of the Copa America 2007, for this, US$160,000 were invested for the expansion of the stadium. The stadium has multiple uses, like a special kids area, an indoor gym, basketball and volleyball courts, a racing track, ten media station booths, a commercial center, movie theaters and three enormous parking lots. The stadium is surrounded by the river Caroní and the waterfall of the Cachamay Park.

External links

Official website
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