Deportivo Petare

Deportivo Petare Fútbol Club (until summer 2010 called Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club) is a Venezuelan football club based in Caracas. Formed in 1948 as "Deportivo Italia F.C.", the club after fifty years merged with "Deportivo Chacao F.C." in 1998, and was called Deportivo Italchacao for eight years. The club has won the Primera División Venezolana five times and the Copa de Venezuela three times.

History

Logo of Deportivo Italia when was founded


The actual "Deportivo Petare" was founded on 18 August 1948 with the name "Deportivo Italia" by nine Italian immigrants: Carlo Pescifeltri, Lorenzo Tommasi, Bruno Bianchi, Giordano Valentini, Samuel Rovatti, Angelo Bragaglia, Giovanni de Stefano, Giuseppe Pane and Alfredo Sacchi.

The golden years of the team were those of the "D'Ambrosio era", that lasted from 1958 to 1978. In those golden years, Deportivo Italia won the Venezuelan First Division tournament four times (1961, 1963, 1966 and 1972) and the Copa Venezuela three times (1961,1962 and 1970), and was runner up in the first division in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971 and in the Copa Venezuela in 1976.

This period was crowned by the victory 1:0 with the Fluminense, champion team of Brazil in 1971.

Name change: Deportivo Petare

Deportivo Italia changed their name to "Deportivo Petare" in the summer of 2010. There is an ongoing dispute because of the strong opposition from the Italian community in Caracas.[1]

2010/2011 season

Deportivo Petare has started de 2010/2011 season with good results,[2] ending fourth at the end of the first half of the season in December 2010. The last match ended in a draw with Deportivo Tachira, the eventual "Torneo Apertura" champion.[3]


"Torneo Apertura 2010" Standings

Team / Match 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Deportivo Táchira43111111132222211
Real Esppor178422222211111122
Caracas12244543323333543
Deportivo Petare75377468544444334
Trujillanos12111615151297975565455
Aragua35796975446656786
Deportivo Anzoátegui713141312131112131311987677
Yaracuyanos1211121087810101010878868
Estudiantes de Mérida479596566881112111099
Zulia4153581298997910111110
Mineros de Guayana17161112111110111212131210991011
Monagas16141063334767101112121212
Deportivo Lara1210151413141415141415151717151613
Carabobo246810101314111114141413161414
Atlético Venezuela9971114151513151512131314141315
Atlético El Vigía914131616161617171716161616171716
Zamora1118181717171716161617171515131517
Caroní1517171818181818181818181818181818

Stadium

The Olimpico stadium of Deportivo Petare.

The club played their home matches at Estadio Brígido Iriarte until 2006, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people. Now the team plays at the Estadio Olímpico (Caracas), with a capacity of 30,000.

The Olimpico stadium is also used as headquarters for some of the matches of the national team, as well as FC Caracas.

Colors

The colors from 1948 to 2010 were the same as the Italian national football team (blue and white). After the name change, the actual Deportivo Petare uses those colors as second choice. In the 2010-2011 championship the main colors are white and black.

Titles

  • Primera División Venezolana: 5
Professional Era (5): 1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1999 (as Deportivo Italchacao)
  • Copa de Venezuela: 3
1961, 1962, 1970

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2003: Second Preliminary Round
2004: Preliminary Round
  • Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
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  • Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearances
1998: First Round
  • Copa Merconorte: 1 appearances
2001: First Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Venezuela Venezuela Geancarlos Martínez
2 DF Venezuela Venezuela David McIntosh
3 DF Venezuela Venezuela Armin Márquez
4 DF Venezuela Venezuela Javier González
5 MF Venezuela Venezuela Bladimir Morales
6 DF Argentina Argentina Marcelo Maidana
7 MF Venezuela Venezuela Gianfranco Di Julio
8 MF Venezuela Venezuela Alain Giroletti
9 FW Venezuela Venezuela Richard Blanco
10 MF Venezuela Venezuela Evelio Hernández
11 FW Colombia Colombia John Córdoba
13 DF Venezuela Venezuela Juan Pablo Villarroel
14 MF Venezuela Venezuela Johnny Salcedo
15 MF Venezuela Venezuela Ricardo Andreutti
16 MF Venezuela Venezuela Raigel Márquez
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Venezuela Venezuela Félix Casseres
18 FW Colombia Colombia Alex Sinisterra
19 DF Venezuela Venezuela Rafael Lobo
20 MF Venezuela Venezuela Diomar Díaz
21 DF Venezuela Venezuela Nolberto Riascos
23 GK Venezuela Venezuela Alan Liebeskind
24 DF Venezuela Venezuela Andrés Sánchez
26 DF Venezuela Venezuela Alejandro Valldeperas
27 MF Venezuela Venezuela Yhonger Guerrero
28 FW Venezuela Venezuela Franco Arévalo
29 MF Venezuela Venezuela Daniel Vallera
30 GK Venezuela Venezuela Ciro Zamora
FW Venezuela Venezuela Gerardo Hernández
FW Colombia Colombia Víctor Guazá

Former players

  • Argentina Hugo Maradona
  • Venezuela Pablo Camacho
  • Venezuela Alejandro Valldeperas
  • Venezuela Daniel De Oliveira

References

  1. "Video about the strong opposition to the name change". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  2. Victory with Trujillanos FC
  3. "Table of "Torneo Apertura 2010"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-04-11.

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