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2007–08 In Venezuelan Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2007-08 football season in Venezuela. Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament) Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament) Results The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top. Last updated: May 25, 2008SourceApertura 2007 FixturebrClausura 2008 Fixturebr>Fixtures in green represent games played during the Apertura 2007 tournament, fixtures in red represent those played during the Clausura 2008. Aggregate Table Last updated: May 25, 2008SourceFVFbr> Winner of 2007–08 Copa VenezuelaPos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points. "Championship" playoff Caracas F.C. and Deportivo Táchira F.C. ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required. Deportivo Táchira won on awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carabobo Fútbol Club
Carabobo FC is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level, the Venezuelan Primera División. It is based in Valencia. History Stadium Their home stadium is Estadio Misael Delgado. Titles * Primera División Venezolana: 1 ::Amateur Era (0): ::Professional Era (1): 1971 (as Valencia FC) * Segunda División Venezolana: 1 ::1990 (as Valencia FC) * Segunda División B Venezolana: 0 :: : * Tercera División Venezolana: 0 :: : *Copa de Venezuela The Copa Venezuela ( en, Venezuela Cup) is the national cup football competition of Venezuela. Organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation, it is contested in the second half of the season by the teams in the Primera División and Segunda Di ...: 2 ::1965, 1978 (both as Valencia FC) Performance in CONMEBOL competitions * Copa Libertadores: 4 appearances ::1970: First Round ::1972: First Round ::1974: First Round ::2017: Second Stage * Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances ::2004: Second Preliminary Round ::2006: Preliminary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanny Perluzzo
Giovanny Bariani Marques (born 19 September 1997), simply known as Giovanny, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian First League side Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park .... References External links * 1997 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Club Athletico Paranaense players Paraná Clube players Goiás Esporte Clube players {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristóbal, Táchira
San Cristóbal () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, from the Colombian border. San Cristóbal was founded on March 31, 1561, by Juan de Maldonado. From its inception, the city evolved rapidly as one of the most progressive and important centers of commerce in the country, due primarily to its rich soil and its proximity to the border with Colombia. The city was severely damaged by the Earthquake of Cúcuta (also known as Earthquake of the Andes) in 1875. The city is located on the Pan-American Highway. Education San Cristobal has a large student population. There are many post-secondary schools, both public and private, in San Cristobal. The main higher education facilities are: * Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira (UNET) * Universidad de los Andes (ULA) * Universidad Católica del Táchira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Polideportivo De Pueblo Nuevo
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo is a multi-purpose stadium in San Cristóbal, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club. The stadium holds 38,755 people. It is known as "the sacred temple of football" in Venezuela, for it is in this stadium where Venezuela had some of its best football results, and it lies in the typically football-loving Andes region, which contrasts with much of the country, where baseball is more popular. Copa América 2007 The stadium was one of the venues of the Copa América 2007 Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI * Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet * Canadian Owners and Pilots Asso ..., and held the following matches: References External links Video of the stadium under construction on 20 March 2007 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Argote
José Ramón Argote Vega (born 17 October 1980 in Maracaibo, Zulia) is a Venezuelan football referee. He works as a vet and became FIFA ref in 2008, and is a CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ... category 3 referee. References 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Maracaibo Venezuelan football referees Copa América referees 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV is a multipurpose stadium (football, athletics, rugby) used mainly for association football in Caracas, Venezuela, which serves the home ground of Caracas F.C., Deportivo La Guaira, Metropolitanos F.C., and Universidad Central. It has a capacity of 23,940. History The stadium was designed by Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva. It was opened in 1951 and renovated in 2007. It used to be the home ground of Unión S.C. The stadium has hosted major events such as the Copa Libertadores, the 1983 Pan American Games and the South American qualifiers for the World Cup, as well as the former Copa Merconorte and matches of the Copa América. There have been several important football teams that have played at this stadium, such as Inter Milan, A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, USSR, Argentina and Brazil. The 1975 Copa América final between Peru and Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Villafraz
Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known as Javier People * Javier (name) Places * Javier, Spain * Javier, Leyte, Philippines See also * Hurricane Javier (other) * San Javier (other) * Xavier (other) * Xavier (given name) The given name Xavier (, , , , ; es, Javier ; eu, Xabier ) is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Spanish Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier. Etymology Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavi ... * Xavier (surname) {{Disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan David Valencia
Juan David Valencia Hinestroza (born January 15, 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left back, although he can also play as a midfielder. Club career Valencia started his footballing career in the youth ranks of Independiente Medellín. After making his debut in the Colombian First Division with the Medellín club, Valencia was loaned out to Venezuelan side Caracas FC. Valencia quickly established himself as a fixture on the left side of the Caracas midfield. He has also played left back. He scored his first league goal with Caracas in a 2-1 victory over rival Unión Atlético Maracaibo. He has also started all the club's matches in the 2008 Copa Libertadores, scoring in a 1-1 draw versus Brazilian side Cruzeiro Esporte Clube on March 18, 2008. In 2012, Atlético Nacional bought the half of his rights after being champion of Liga Postobon with Atlético Junior. Honours Club Flamengo *Categoría Primera A (2): 2004-I, 2009-II Caracas FC * Venezu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 Copa Venezuela
The 2007–08 Copa Venezuela was the 38th staging of the Copa Venezuela. The competition started on August 29, 2007, and concluded on April 16, 2008, with a two leg final, in which Aragua FC Aragua Fútbol Club () is a Venezuelan football team based in the city of Maracay, in the state of Aragua. The club began its professional career playing in the Venezuelan Segunda División a year after the club was founded. Since 2005, Aragua ... won the trophy for the first time with a 2–2 draw and a 0–0 at home over Unión Atlético Maracaibo. First round The matches were played on 29 August 2007. Second round One leg - 2A/2B Division Teams v/s 1 Division Teams. The matches were played on 8–9 September 2007. Two legs - 1 Division Teams v/s 1 Division Teams. The matches were played on 9–12 September 2007. Third round The matches were played on 19–26 September 2007. Quarterfinals The matches were played on 10–14 October 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Copa Sudamericana
The 2008 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana football tournament. The draw for the tournament took place on June 10, 2008 in Buenos Aires and the competition was played between July 30 and December 3. Arsenal de Sarandí were the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season. Brazilian side Internacional won the 2008 tournament, becoming the first Brazilian winners of the trophy. Qualified teams A total of 34 teams are participating in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana, from 12 associations (10 from CONMEBOL and 2 from CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...). Preliminary stage The Preliminary Stage opened the Copa Sudamericana. All the second berths of 8 South American football associations contested thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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