# A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana

Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana, known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a professional football club based in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela.

## History

The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz, was used in football matches. The people who played at the field decided to found a football club. On November 11, 1981, the club was founded as Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana.
On November 20, 1981, the club's foundation constitutive act was signed.
On January 3, 1982, the club played its first match, against Villa Colombia FC, a Guayana's amateur club. Mineros won 2-0, both goals scored by José Pacheco.
On September 5, 1982, the club won the Segunda División Venezolana, being promoted to the following year's first division.
In 1989, the club won the first Primera División Venezolana.

## Crest and colours

The club's logo is composed of a geometrical figure, which is a carbon diamond crystal zoomed millions of times with a microscope. The club's colors are blue and black.

## Stadium

Mineros plays their home matches at CTE Cachamay, which has a maximum capacity of 41,600 people. It was 1 of the 9 venues of the Copa America 2007, for this, US$160,000 were invested for the expansion of the stadium. The stadium has multiple uses, like a special kids area, an indoor gym, basketball and volleyball courts, a racing track, ten media station booths, a commercial center, movie theaters and three enormous parking lots. The stadium is surrounded by the river Caroní and the waterfall of the Cachamay Park.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 13 December 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | VEN | Alan Liebeskind |
| 1 | GK | VEN | Daniel Iemma |
| 2 | DF | VEN | Adrian Martinez |
| 3 | DF | VEN | Karim Saab |
| 4 | DF | COL | Luis Vergara |
| 5 | DF | VEN | Julio Machado |
| 6 | FW | VEN | Alfredo Mendoza |
| 7 | MF | VEN | Argenis Gómez |
| 8 | DF | VEN | Johan Micolta |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Édgar Jiménez |
| 9 | FW | VEN | Richard Blanco |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Pierangelo Pagnano |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Michael Covea |
| 11 | FW | VEN | Darwin Gómez |
| 12 | GK | VEN | Edgar Pérez |
| 13 | DF | VEN | Anthony Matos |
| 14 | DF | VEN | Danny Hernández |
| 16 | FW | VEN | Gustavo Páez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | VEN | Pedro Zaragoza |
| 17 | MF | VEN | Ely Valderrey |
| 18 | MF | VEN | Nelson Hernández |
| 19 | MF | VEN | Francisco Pol Hurtado |
| 19 | MF | VEN | Andrés Godoy |
| 20 | MF | VEN | Arnold López |
| 20 | DF | VEN | José González |
| 21 | FW | CRC | Mynor Escoe |
| 22 | DF | VEN | Jorbert Trillo |
| 22 | DF | VEN | Ángel Faria |
| 23 | MF | VEN | Josmar Zambrano |
| 24 | DF | VEN | Brayan Hurtado |
| 25 | FW | VEN | Andres Saavedra |
| 26 | GK | VEN | Edixson González |
| 28 | DF | VEN | Christian Gómez |
| 30 | FW | VEN | Víctor Navas |
| 30 | DF | VEN | José Luis Granados |

## Former managers

* Mario Kempes (Feb 10, 1997–Feb 23, 1998)
* Armando Londoño
* César Maturana
* César Farías (Oct 2005–07)
* Álvaro Gómez (June 15, 2007–Dec 24, 2007)
* Stalin Rivas (Dec 27, 2007–April 14, 2008)
* Alí Cañas (March 17, 2008–Sept 23, 2008)
* Del Valle Rojas (Sept 24, 2008–March 6, 2009)
* José Hernández (March 12, 2009 – March 1, 2010)
* Carlos Maldonado (July 4, 2010–Nov 20, 2012)
* Richard Páez (Nov 28, 2012–Jan 18, 2014)

## Honours

* Primera División Venezolana
** Winners (1): 1989
* Segunda División Venezolana
** Winners (1): 1982
* Copa de Venezuela
** 'Winners (3): 1984, 2011, 2017

## South American record

* Copa Libertadores: 4 appearances
       1990: Group stage
       1997: Group stage
       2005: Preliminary round
       2008: First stage
* Copa Sudamericana: 4 appearances
       2005: Preliminary round
       2006: Preliminary round
       2012: Second stage
       2013: TBD
* Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
       1995: Quarter-finals