Deportivo Galicia

This article is about the former Venezuelan football club. For the English football club, see FC Deportivo Galicia. For the club's relocated successor, see Aragua F.C.

Galicia de Aragua

Full name	Galicia de Aragua
Founded	September 19, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-09-19)
Dissolved	2002 (became Aragua F.C.)
Ground	Estadio Brígido Iriarte Caracas, Venezuela
Capacity	15,000
League	Segunda División Venezolana
Home colours Away colours

Deportivo Galicia Fútbol Club (later Galicia de Aragua) was a traditional football club from Venezuela that competed in Segunda División Venezolana.

History

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 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.

Honours

National

• Primera División Venezolana
  • Winners (4): 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974
• Copa de Venezuela
  • Winners (5): 1966, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981
• Segunda División Venezolana
  • Winners (3): 1988, 1992, 2001
• Tercera División Venezolana
  • Winners (1): 2000

International

• Copa Simón Bolívar
  • Winners (1): 1971

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• 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

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Result
1965	Copa Libertadores	Group 3	Paraguay	Guaraní	1–2	1–2	3rd place	Eliminated
			Uruguay	Peñarol	W/O ^[A]	0–2
1967	Copa Libertadores	Group 1	Venezuela	Deportivo Italia	0–0	0–1	4th place	Eliminated
			Brazil	Cruzeiro	0–1	1–3
			Peru	Sport Boys	2–1	0–2
			Peru	Universitario	2–0	0–2
1968	Copa Libertadores	Group 5	Venezuela	C.D. Portugués	2–0	0–1	4th place	Eliminated
			Brazil	Náutico	2–1	0–1
			Brazil	Palmeiras	1–2	0–2
1970	Copa Libertadores	Group 2	Venezuela	Valencia	0–2	3–1	4th place	Eliminated
			Uruguay	Peñarol	0–1	1–4
			Uruguay	Nacional	0–4	0–2
1971	Copa Libertadores	Group 3	Venezuela	Deportivo Italia	3–3	2–3	4th place	Eliminated
			Brazil	Palmeiras	2–3	0–3
			Brazil	Fluminense	1–3	1–4
1975	Copa Libertadores	Group 4	Venezuela	Portuguesa	0–0	1–1	3rd place	Eliminated
			Ecuador	L.D.U. Quito	2–4	0–1
			Ecuador	Nacional	4–0	0–0
1976	Copa Libertadores	Group 1	Venezuela	Portuguesa	1–2	1–3	4th place	Eliminated
			Argentina	River Plate	0–1	1–4
			Argentina	Estudiantes	0–1	1–3
1979	Copa Libertadores	Group 4	Venezuela	Portuguesa	1–1	1–1	4th place	Eliminated
			Chile	Palestino	1–1	0–5
			Chile	O'Higgins	0–1	0–6
1980	Copa Libertadores	Group 3	Venezuela	Táchira	1–0	1–0	3rd place	Eliminated
			Brazil	Internacional	2–1	0–2
			Brazil	Vasco da Gama	0–0	0–4

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.