Deportivo Táchira F.C.
Venezuelan association football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Deportivo Táchira Futbol Club is a professional football club of the city of San Cristóbal, Venezuela. Founded on January 11, 1974, by Gaetano Greco, the club was originally known as "San Cristobal Football Club".
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Full name | Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Aurinegro (Gold-and-black) El carrusel aurinegro | |||
Founded | January 11, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-01-11) | |||
Ground | Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela | |||
Capacity | 42,500 | |||
Chairman | Jorge Silva | |||
Manager | Eduardo Saragó | |||
League | Primera División Venezolana | |||
2023 | Primera División, 1st of 15 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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The club plays its home matches at the Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, which has a capacity of 42,500. Since 1975, it participates in the Venezuelan Primera División, making it the only Venezuelan team that has never fallen or participated in the lower category. Currently it holds the first position of the historical classification of the Venezuelan Primera División with 2229 points.
At the international level, Táchira is the Venezuelan club with the most appearances in the Copa Libertadores. Its best international participation was its advance to the quarter-finals unbeaten in the Copa Libertadores 2004. It is one of two Venezuelan clubs that have advanced past the first phase of the Copa Libertadores, or reached the quarter-finals.
Táchira has a B team which participates in the Venezuelan Segunda División. It also has a Futsal team called Deportivo Tachira Fútsal Club, which plays in the Venezuelan Futsal League and the Superior Futsal Tournament.
Táchira's fiercest rival is Caracas FC, with whom it contests the "Clásico Moderno" of Venezuelan football. It also plays the so-called "Andean Derby" (Clásico Andino) against Estudiantes de Mérida.