Academia Puerto Cabello

Academia Puerto Cabello is a Venezuelan professional football club based in the city of Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state and playing in the Venezuelan Primera División. It plays its home matches at the Complejo Deportivo Socialista, also known as La Bombonerita.^[1]

Puerto Cabello

Full name	Academia Puerto Cabello Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s)	Los Guerreros del Fortín La Academia Los Porteños
Founded	13 June 2014; 11 years ago (2014-06-13)
Ground	Complejo Deportivo Socialista
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Daniel Bonetti
Manager	Vasco Faísca
League	Venezuelan Primera División
2024	Primera División, 7th of 14
Website	www.academiapuertocabello.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

As of 20 February 2025

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 Eduardo Herrera 3 DF  VEN Óscar Conde 4 DF  VEN Riki Mangana 6 MF  VEN Junior Cedeño 7 FW  SUI Neftali Manzambi 8 MF  VEN Dimas Meza 9 FW  POR Miguel Tavares (on loan from Vizela) 11 FW  VEN Rubén Rojas 13 DF  VEN Edwin Peraza 14 MF  GHA Abdul Awudu (on loan from Vizela) 15 DF  SEN Momo Mbaye (on loan from Vizela) 16 DF  GNB Meireles Injai 17 MF  TUN Salim Khelifi 18 MF  VEN Jorge Echeverría 19 DF  VEN Óscar González

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  VEN Raudy Guerrero 21 DF  NGA Anthony Shimaga 23 MF  VEN Óscar Hernández 24 MF  VEN Harrison Contreras 25 FW  VEN Junior Paredes 26 MF  VEN Jesús Cantillo 27 DF  VEN Heiber Linares 28 FW  VEN Diego Osorio 30 DF  VEN Luis Casiani 31 FW  VEN Gabriel Monjes 37 FW  VEN Marlon Díaz 43 FW  VEN Gerardo Padrón 55 GK  VEN Luis Romero 77 MF  NGA Musa Isah 91 FW  VEN Lisandro Pérez

League rankings

Academia Puerto Cabello was promoted to the Venezuelan Primera División for the first time for the 2018 season.

• 2018: Apertura - 14th; Clausura - 12th; Overall - 14th
• 2019: Apertura - 11th; Clausura - 10th; Overall - 12th
• 2020: Group A - 3rd; Overall - 5th
• 2021: 11th
• 2022: 7th
• 2023: 4th

CONMEBOL competitions history

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

2024: Second Stage

• Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

2021: First Stage

2023: Group Stage