List of football stadiums in Venezuela
Table:
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Stadium
Capacity
City
Home team

1
Estadio Monumental de Maturín
52,000
Maturín
Monagas Sport Club

2
Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida
42,200
Mérida
Estudiantes de Mérida FC

3
Polideportivo Cachamay
41,600
Ciudad Guayana
Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana

4
Estadio José Pachencho Romero
40,800
Maracaibo
Unión Atlético Maracaibo

5
Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara
40,312
Barquisimeto
Unión Lara

6
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
38,755
San Cristóbal
Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club

7
Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
37,485
Puerto la Cruz
Deportivo Anzoátegui

8
Estadio Agustín Tovar
30,000
Barinas
Zamora Fútbol Club

9
Estadio Olímpico
24,900
Caracas
Deportivo Italia, some Caracas Fútbol Club matches

10
Estadio General José Antonio Paez
18,000
Acarigua
Portuguesa Fútbol Club

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The Estadio Monumental de Maturín ( Monumental Stadium of Maturin ) is the largest stadium in Venezuela by seating capacity , with 52,000 spectators . It was one of the venues of the 2007 Copa America . It is also the home stadium of the Monagas Sport Club . It is located in the Industrial Zone of Maturin .
Maturín ( Spanish pronunciation : [ matuˈɾin ] ) is a city in Venezuela , the capital of the Venezuelan state of Monagas and a centre for instrumental exploration and development of the petroleum industry in Venezuela . The metropolitan area of Maturín has a population of 401,384 inhabitants . Maturín is also a busy regional transportation hub , connecting routes from the northeastern coast to the Orinoco Delta and the Gran Sabana .
Monagas Sport Club is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level , the Primera División Venezolana . It is based in Maturín . Their home stadium is the Estadio Monumental de Maturín . The club received the nickname of Los Guerreros del Guarapiche ( The Warriors from the Guarapiche ) , because of the never giving up mentality of its players and the name of the river which crosses the city where the team has its headquarters ( River Guarapiche ) .
The Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano de Mérida or Estadio Metropolitano is a soccer stadium located in the city of Mérida in Venezuela . It was built to be one venues of the Copa America 2007 and it would also serve as one of the venues for the National Games of Venezuela Andes 2005 . The stadium is part of a major sports complex , called Cinco Águilas Blancas located in the south of the city , in a zone called Urbanizacion Hacienda .
Mérida , officially known as Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida , is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida , and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes . It was founded in 1558 by Captain Juan Rodríguez Suárez , forming part of Nueva Granada , but later became part of the Captaincy General of Venezuela and played an active role in the War of Independence . The capital city 's population is 204,879 inhabitants , and the metropolitan area , that includes the municipality of Libertador , reaches 345,489 people ( Census 2001 ) . The city accounts for 28% of the total population of Mérida State , which has more than 750,000 inhabitants ( Census 2001 ) . It is home to the University of Los Andes and the Archdiocese of Mérida . It also has the highest and longest cable car in the world . It is the largest student and tourist center of western Venezuela . The mass transit system ( Trolebús Mérida ) is available as a means of tourist transport . This city sits on a plateau nestled in the valley of the Chama River , which runs from end to end . The town of Mérida is located at an altitude of 1,600 metres ( 5,200 feet ) . As background on the horizon rises the country 's highest summit : the Pico Bolívar with an altitude of 4,981 metres ( 16,342 feet ) .
Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club ( usually called Estudiantes de Mérida , or simply Estudiantes ) is a professional football club of the Venezuelan league , based in Mérida , Venezuela . It has performed well in both national and international competitions , like Copa Libertadores , and has won titles in several regional and national competitions .
The Estadio Cachamay is part of the Centro Total de Entretenimiento Cachamay ( English : The Total Entertainment Center of Cachamay ) . It is a multipurpose stadium located on Avenida Guayana in Puerto Ordaz ( Part of Ciudad Guayana ) Bolivar State , Venezuela . The old stadium was opened in 1990 and subjected to an expansion , modernization and remodeling over the years 2006-2007 , which involved the demolition of some parts and redesign of its structure to point to double its capacity before 2006 , being one of the 9 host stadiums of the 2007 Copa América , when it reopened as Cachamay CTE . It is set in grounds with beautiful natural landscapes , surrounded by the mighty river Caroni and waterfalls Cachamay Park . The sports center is managed by the Cachamay Foundation , with home court advantage for soccer teams AC Mineros de Guayana and AC Minervén FC Bolivar . The CTE is known popularly as Cachamay Cachamay Stadium .
Ciudad Guayana ( Spanish pronunciation : [ sjuˈðað ɣwaˈʝana ] ) is a city in Bolívar State , Venezuela . It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river , at the point where it is joined by its main tributary , the Caroní river . The Caroni crosses the city south-north and divides it on its two main halves : the old town of San Félix in the east , and the new town of Puerto Ordaz ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈpweɾto oɾˈðas ] ) in the west . The city was officially founded in 1961 by the unification of this two former settlements , but the history of San Félix goes back to its foundation in 1724 . Within the city limits are located the site of Cachamay Falls and Llovizna Falls . There are three bridges across the Caroni and the second crossing over the Orinoco , the Orinoquia Bridge , was inaugurated in the city in 2006 . With approximately one million people , it is Venezuela 's fastest-growing city [ citation needed ] due to its important iron , steel , aluminium and hydroelectric industries . Ciudad Guayana is one of Venezuela 's five most important ports , since most goods produced in the industry-rich Bolívar state are shipped through it , as ocean-going vessels can sail to it from the Atlantic Ocean up the Orinoco river . Due to its planned nature , the city has a drastically different feel from many other South American cities . The towers of the Alta Vista district recall Barranquilla , and many of the residential neighborhoods have architecture and landscaping that are similar to suburbs in the United States in the 1950s , including 'cookie cutter ' homes , sidewalks , and patterned lawns . This is an artifact due to the presence in the 1960s and early 1970s of US Steel , an American company with iron mining operations in the region . US Steel built housing for hundreds of its American expatriate workers and families , who lived in Puerto Ordaz and other communities until the nationalization of the Venezuelan steel industry forced the company and its workers to leave .
The ACCD Mineros de Guayana , usually known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros , is a Venezuelan football ( soccer ) club based in Puerto Ordaz .
Estadio José Encarnación Pachencho Romero is a sports stadium in Maracaibo , capital of the Zulia state , in Venezuela . The stadium holds 40,800 spectators . The pitch was originally surrounded by both a running track and a scorched concrete cycling track , the latter being replaced with new stands due to the celebration of Copa América 2007 . The building is regarded as national cultural heritage of the Zulia state ( code IFA 063,045 ) . And their maintenance responsibility Case runs idem , Foundation attached to the Mayoralty Maracaibo . It was built because of the Bolivarian Sports Games of 1971 and remodeled on the occasion of the Games Central American and Caribbean Maracaibo 1998 in which the national team won a gold medal at the selection of Mexico . His name is in honor of a prominent athlete Zulia dedicated to athletics . It was one of 9 locations in the Copa América Venezuela 2007 being the headquarters of the Grand Final , where they conducted a classic South American football selections found Argentina and Brazil , where the latter was entitled to defend his champion title Perú 2004 . On 2 July 2007 when he was still in development in the country 's Copa América , the President of CONMEBOL Dr. Nicolás Leoz , announced that the Pachencho Romero stadium would host the World Cup Under-15 category 2008 . This stadium is one of many who belong to a conglomerate of several sports stadiums known as Polideportivo Luis Aparicio Jr. where others are also among the Luis Aparicio el Grande ( baseball ) and Peter Elías Belisario Aponte Gymnasium ( basketball ) .
Maracaibo ( /ˌmærəˈkaɪboʊ/ ; Spanish pronunciation : [ maɾaˈkaiβo ] ( listen ) ) is a city and the municipal seat of Maracaibo Municipality in northwestern Venezuela , on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela . It is the second-largest city in Venezuela , after the national capital , Caracas , and the capital of the state of Zulia . The population of the city is approximately 2,658,355 with the metropolitan area estimated at 5,278,448 as of 2010 [ update ] . Maracaibo is nicknamed The Beloved Land of the Sun ( Spanish : La Tierra del Sol Amada ) . Maracaibo is considered the economic center of the western part of Venezuela , owing to the petroleum industry that developed in the shores of Lake Maracaibo . It is sometimes known as The First City of Venezuela , for being the first city in Venezuela to adopt various types of public services , including electricity , as well as for being located adjacent to shores of Lake Maracaibo , where the name of Venezuela allegedly originates . Early indigenous settlements around the area were of Arawak and Carib origin . Maracaibos founding date is disputed . There were failed attempts to found the city - in 1529 , by Captain Ambrosio Ehinger , and in 1569 , by Captain Alonso Pacheco . Founded in 1574 as Nueva Zamora de la Laguna de Maracaibo by Captain Captain Pedro Maldonado , the city became a transshipment point for inland settlements after Gibraltar , at the head of the lake , had been destroyed by pirates in 1669 . It was not until the first decades of the 17th century that the first town was settled . Petroleum was discovered in 1917 , leading to a large increase in population from migration .
Club Unión Atlético Maracaibo ( usually called Maracaibo ) was a professional club founded in 2001 and the club had one First Division title in the professional era . The club was based in Maracaibo .
The Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare is a football stadium , located in Cabudare near the city of Barquisimeto in Lara state , in the west-central Venezuela , built between 2006 and 2009 on behalf of the Government of that country , and on the state of Lara in the Venezuelan Jantesa firm , and worked as one of the 9 venues of the 2007 Copa América , with a capacity that can reach up to 47,913 seated spectators , with 110 meters long and 70 meters wide , has grass Bermuda , has 3 parking lots with capacity for 4,000 vehicles , lifts , stage , dressing rooms for up to 4 teams , anti doping control room , dressing room for umpires , medical room and 2 big screens , press gallery , stage , VIP cabins for translation The lighting will be among the best in the country with the installation of 240 lamps ( Phillips ) with 2,000 watts each , suitable for television , among others . Estviera was expected to complete by the end of the first quarter of 2007 . Due to delays , the stadium may definitely be inaugurated in October 2009 . The field is made out of Aloha Seashore Paspalum grass and measures 110 x 70 m. The Metropolitano de Cabudare is the only large football stadium in Venezuela with no athletics track . Therefore , the spectators are seated very close to the game action . Because of this construction , it is often compared with Old Trafford , the Manchester United Stadium in England Lara F.C . opened Venezuela to many opportunities by playing in the Copa Libertadores in 1969 . In 2005 , the CONMEBOL chose the Copa América 2007 venues ; in those selected Barquisimeto was not one of the venues selected . In 2006 the CONMEBOL decided to add Barquisimeto as a venue for the Copa América 2007 in honour of Lara FC .
Barquisimeto ( Spanish pronunciation : [ baɾkisiˈmeto ] ) is a city in Venezuela . It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality . It is an important urban , industrial , commercial and transportation center of the country , recognized as the fourth-largest city by population and area in Venezuela after Caracas , Maracaibo and Valencia .
Unión Lara Sport Club ( Originally Union Lara Soccer Club ) is a Venezuelan football team founded in 1999 , based in Barquisimeto , Lara State disputes its home games at the Farid Richa Stadium in the Venezuelan city . managed to ascend to the First Division of Venezuela in the year 2007 . During its participation in the First Division it maintained a staunch rival with the Lara FC and the Guaros FC , after the descent of the Union and the disappearance of Lara and Guaros these rivalries disappeared . Currently there is no rivalry with any club .
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo is a multi-purpose stadium in San Cristóbal , Venezuela . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club . The stadium holds 38,755 people . It is known as the sacred temple of football in Venezuela , for it is in this stadium where Venezuela had some of its best football results , and it lies in the typically football-loving Andes region , which contrasts with much of the country , where baseball is more popular . [ citation needed ]
San Cristóbal ( Spanish pronunciation : [ saŋ kɾisˈtoβal ] ) is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira . It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela . The city is situated 818 metres ( 2,684 ft ) above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River , 56 kilometres ( 35 mi ) from the Colombian border . San Cristóbal was founded on March 31 , 1561 , by Juan de Maldonado . From its inception , the city evolved rapidly as one of the most progressive and important centers of commerce in the country , due primarily to its rich soil and its proximity to the border with Colombia .
The Deportivo Táchira Futbol Club is a professional football club of the city of San Cristóbal , Venezuela . It was founded on January 11 , 1974 by Gaetano Greco , and was originally called the San Cristobal Football Club . It is Venezuela 's most popular football club . The club plays its home matches at the Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo , which has a capacity of 42,500 . Since 1975 , it participates in the Venezuelan Primera División , making it the only Venezuelan team that has never fallen or participated in the lower category . Currently it holds the first position of the historical classification of the Venezuelan Primera División with 2229 points . At the international level , it is the Venezuelan club with the most appearances in the Copa Libertadores . Its best international participation was its advance to the quarter-finals unbeaten in the Copa Libertadores 2004 . It is the only Venezuelan club that has advanced past the first phase of the Copa Libertadores . Deportivo Tachira has a subsidiary named Deportivo Táchira team B , which participates in the Venezuelan Segunda División . It also has a Futsal team called Deportivo Tachira Fútsal Club , which plays in the Venezuelan Futsal League and the Superior Futsal Tournament . Its fiercest rival is the Caracas FC , with whom it disputes the Modern Derby ( Clásico Moderno ) of Venezuelan football .
The Estadio Olímpico General José Antonio Anzoátegui before called Estadio Luis Ramos , is a stadium located in the Venezuelan city of Barcelona , in the state of Anzoátegui . It was opened on December 8 , 1965 by the former president of Venezuela , Raúl Leoni .
Puerto La Cruz ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈpweɾto la kɾus ] ) is a port city located in Anzoátegui State , in Venezuela . It is the seat of the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality . The city has road connections to the state capital , Barcelona , to Lecheria and to Guanta .
Deportivo Anzoátegui Sport Club is a professional football club based in Puerto La Cruz , Anzoátegui . It was founded in 2002 and promoted to the Venezuelan 1st division in 2007 . They won the Copa de Venezuela in 2008 .
Estadio Agustín Tovar , also known as Estadio La Carolina , is a multi-purpose stadium in Barinas , Venezuela . It is currently used mostly for football matches and it is the home stadium of Zamora FC . The stadium holds 30,000 people and was completed in 2007 . This stadium was re-built to increase its capacity from 12,000 people up to 30,000 .
Barinas ( Spanish pronunciation : [ baˈɾinas ] ) is a city in west central Venezuela . According to the 2011 census , its population is 353,442 . It is the capital of the Barinas Municipality and the State of Barinas . The city of Barinas is known as the capital of Los Llanos .
Zamora Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football club based in Barinas .
The Estadio Olímpico de la UCV is a multipurpose stadium ( football , athletics , rugby ) used mainly for the practice of associated football in Caracas , Venezuela , which is the home ground of Caracas F.C. , Deportivo La Guaira , Metropolitanos F.C. , and Universidad Central . It has a capacity of 23,940 .
Caracas ( /kəˈrækəs , -ˈrɑːk-/ , Spanish : [ kaˈɾakas ] ) , officially Santiago de León de Caracas , abbreviated as CCS , is the capital and largest city of Venezuela , and the centre of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas ( or Greater Caracas ) . Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country , following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range ( Cordillera de la Costa ) . Terrain suitable for building lies between 760 and 1,140 m ( 2,490 and 3,740 ft ) above sea level , although there is some settlement above this range . The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea , separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-metre-high ( 7,200 ft ) mountain range , Cerro El Ávila ; to the south there are more hills and mountains . The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 3 million inhabitants . It is the seventh largest metropolitan area in terms of population in Latin America . Strictly speaking , the centre of the city is still Catedral , located near Bolívar Square , even though it is assumed that it is Plaza Venezuela , located in the Los Caobos neighbourhood . Chacaíto area , Luis Brión Square and El Rosal neighborhood are also considered the geographic center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas . Businesses in the city include service companies , banks , and malls . Caracas has a largely service-based economy , apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan area . The Caracas Stock Exchange and Petróleos de Venezuela ( PDVSA ) are headquartered in Caracas . PDVSA is the largest company in Venezuela .
Petare Fútbol Club ( until summer 2010 called Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club and known as Deportivo Petare Fútbol Club until summer 2015 ) is a Venezuelan football club based in Caracas . 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 .
Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team based in Caracas . The club has won twelve First Division titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history . They are nicknamed Los Rojos del Ávila , or the Reds from Ávila . This refers to their red jerseys as well as Cerro El Ávila , a mountain near Caracas .
The Estadio General José Antonio Páez is a sports infrastructure stadium in Acarígua , Venezuela . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Portuguesa Fútbol Club the building was built in that place by the booming development of this locality llanera ; owes its name to the recognized hero of Venezuelan independence and the first president of Venezuela , Jose Antonio Páez . It is the headquarters of the Portuguese Football Club , currently located in the First Division of Venezuela . Its facilities can hold approximately 18 thousand spectators ; in 2007 underwent considerable improvements to be used in the National Plains Sports Games 2007 and was inaugurated in 1973 . The installation was submitted to a new stage of total recovery that consists of 3 stages : the first one was delivered on September 23 , 2011 , where the total recovery of the engraving , the baths of the popular tribunes were carried out , the construction of a gym for the players , bathrooms showers and dressing rooms for said gymnasium , construction of a transmission house , waterproofed and painted of all the tribunes .
Acarigua ( Spanish pronunciation : [ akaˈɾiɣwa ] ) , founded as San Miguel de Acarigua , is a city in northwestern Venezuela , in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa . Formerly the state capital , it is a major commercial center for the northern Llanos region of South America . It is contiguous with the neighboring city of Araure .
Portuguesa Fútbol Club , usually known simply as Portuguesa , is a Venezuelan football club based in Acarigua .