Deportivo Galicia
Deportivo Galicia Fútbol Club (later Galicia de Aragua) was a traditional football club from Venezuela.
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| Full name | Galicia de Aragua | ||
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| Founded | September 19, 1985 | ||
| Dissolved | 2002 (became Aragua F.C.) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Brígido Iriarte Caracas, Venezuela | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| League | Segunda División Venezolana | ||
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Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2002, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, 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 Maria 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 Millan, Angel Rivillo, Hugo Savarese and Ramon Lopez.
Titles
- Amateur Era (0):
- Professional Era (4): 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974
- Segunda División Venezolana: 3
- 1988, 1992, 2001
- Segunda División B Venezolana: 0
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- Tercera División Venezolana: 1
- 2000
- 1966, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 9 appearances
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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.