The club Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club (usually called Estudiantes de Mérida, or simply Estudiantes) is a professional football

Football (soccer)

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 club of the Venezuelan league

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...

, based in Mérida

Mérida, Mérida

Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, Venezuela, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the principal cities of the Venezuelan Andes...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

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. It has performed well in both national and international competitions, like Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores de América

The Copa Santander Libertadores de América , known simply as the Copa Libertadores and originally known as the Copa Campeones de América , is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960...

, and has won titles in several regional and national competitions.

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...
  
  : 2

Amateur Era (0):

Professional Era (2): 1980, 1985

• Segunda División Venezolana: 0

• Segunda División B Venezolana: 0

• 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....
  
  : 3

1971, 1975, 1985

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 7 appearances

1977: First Round

1978: First Round

1981: First Round

1982: First Round

1987: First Round

1999: Quarter-Finals

2003: 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...
  
  : 0 appearances

• 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

1999: Quarter-Finals

• Copa Merconorte
  Copa Merconorte
  The Copa Merconorte was an international football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and later the United States, Costa Rica and Mexico...
  
  : 1 appearance

2000: First Round

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida

Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida

The Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano de Mérida or Estadio Metropolitano is a soccer stadium located in the city of Mérida in Venezuela.It was built to be one venues of the Copa America 2007 and it would also serve as one of the venues for the National Games of Venezuela Andes 2005...

, which seats 42,200 people and was inaugurated on December 7, 2005. The club previously played their home matches at Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa

Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa

Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa is a multi-use stadium in Mérida, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club until Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida opened in 2005. It currently hosts the home matches of the ULA football...

, which seats 14,000 and was inaugurated on September 5, 1969.

Current First Team Players

External links

• Official website