Estudiantes de Guárico

Estudiantes de Guárico
Nickname(s)Las Académicas
Founded2001
GroundEstadio Alfredo Simonpietri
Capacity1,500
ManagerVenezuela Sin Indumentaria
LeagueSuperliga Feminina

Estudiantes de Guárico are a Venezuelan women's football team based in Calabozo, Guárico. Founded in 2001, the club has won the Venezuelan women's football championship four times, most recently in 2017, and reached the final of the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

History

Estudiantes de Guárico have won the Venezuelan women's football championship (known as the Superliga Femenina from 2017 onwards, and as the Primera Division Femenino beforehand) on four occasions (2012/13, 2015,[1] and both the Apertura[2] and Clausura 2017 leagues).[3] In 2016, they reached the Copa Libertadores Femenina final without losing a match in that year's competition. In the final, they lost 2–1 to Sportivo Limpeño of Paraguay.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Venezuela – List of Women Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Flor de Patria se tituló campeón del Torneo Apertura". El Nacional (in Spanish). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Estudiantes de Guarico Conquisto La Super Liga" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ "El Sportivo Limpeño de Paraguay campeón de la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2016". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2018.