Deportivo Petare: Association football club

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.

 

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.

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.

Deportivo Petare has started de 2010/2011 season with good results, 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.

"Torneo Apertura 2010" Standings

 

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.

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.

• Primera División Venezolana: 5

Professional Era (5): 1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1999 (as Deportivo Italchacao)

• Copa de Venezuela: 3

1961, 1962, 1970

• Copa Libertadores: 10 appearances

• Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

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

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 Geancarlos Martínez 2 DF   Venezuela David McIntosh 3 DF   Venezuela Armin Márquez 4 DF   Venezuela Javier González 5 MF   Venezuela Bladimir Morales 6 DF   Argentina Marcelo Maidana 7 MF   Venezuela Gianfranco Di Julio 8 MF   Venezuela Alain Giroletti 9 FW   Venezuela Richard Blanco 10 MF   Venezuela Evelio Hernández 11 FW   Colombia John Córdoba 13 DF   Venezuela Juan Pablo Villarroel 14 MF   Venezuela Johnny Salcedo 15 MF   Venezuela Ricardo Andreutti 16 MF   Venezuela Raigel Márquez

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   Venezuela Félix Casseres 18 FW   Colombia Alex Sinisterra 19 DF   Venezuela Rafael Lobo 20 MF   Venezuela Diomar Díaz 21 DF   Venezuela Nolberto Riascos 23 GK   Venezuela Alan Liebeskind 24 DF   Venezuela Andrés Sánchez 26 DF   Venezuela Alejandro Valldeperas 27 MF   Venezuela Yhonger Guerrero 28 FW   Venezuela Franco Arévalo 29 MF   Venezuela Daniel Vallera 30 GK   Venezuela Ciro Zamora — FW   Venezuela Gerardo Hernández — FW   Colombia Víctor Guazá

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