Deportivo Galicia Fútbol Club (later Galicia de Aragua) was a traditional
football club from
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
Founded in
Caracas, the club moved, in 2002, to
Maracay
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, in the state of
Aragua
Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first n ...
, when its name changed to
Galicia de Aragua, playing their home games at the Giuseppe Antonelli stadium in Maracay. Coached by the Uruguayan national Carlos MarÍa Ravel, the team switched from their traditional blue and white colours to the state's yellow and red and changed their name to Galicia de Aragua.
At the end of the 2001–02 season, Deportivo Galicia was relegated to the
Venezuelan Segunda Division. In January 2002 they became a separate entity
Aragua F.C. when they moved to
Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez.
Deportivo Galicia had
Caracas as main training city, allowing many young prospects to play for this team, looking to get exposed in the league. Some of the solid players that were part of the squad that moved on to other bigger club as players and/or managers are:
Edson Tortolero, Alejandro Clemente, Pedro Delgado,
Stalin Rivas, Fernando Clemente, Pedro Millán,
Ángel Rivillo,
Hugo Savarese and Ramón López.
Titles
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Primera División Venezolana: 4
::Amateur Era (0):
::Professional Era (4): 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974
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Segunda División Venezolana: 3
::1988, 1992, 2001
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Tercera División Venezolana: 1
::2000
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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 ...
: 5
::1966, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981
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Copa Simón Bolívar: 1
::
1971
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
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Copa Libertadores: 9 appearances
::1965: First Round
::1967: First Round
::1968: First Round
::1970: First Round
::1971: First Round
::1975: First Round
::1976: First Round
::1979: First Round
::1980: First Round
Matches
Footnotes
:A. Points were taken from Deportivo Galicia due to irregularities in their line-up. Peñarol was awarded the points. Peñarol advanced due to goal difference.
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