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.

Mineros de Guayana

Full name	Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana
Nickname(s)	Los Negriazules (The Black and Blues) La Pandilla del Sur (The Southern Gang) La Leyenda del Sur
Founded	20 November 1981; 43 years ago (1981-11-20)
Ground	Polideportivo Cachamay
Capacity	41,600[1]
Chairman	Bob Kelly Abreu
Manager	Jesús Ortiz
League	Venezuelan Segunda División
2023	Primera División, 15th of 15 (relegated)
Website	www.accdminerosdeguayana.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 11 November 1981, the club was founded as Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana.

On 20 November 1981, the club's foundation constitutive act was signed.

On 3 January 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 5 September 1982, the club won the Venezuelan Segunda División, being promoted to the following year's first division.

In 1989, the club won the first Venezuelan Primera División.

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.^[2] 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^[3]

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

Honours

• Venezuelan Primera División
  • Winners (1): 1989

• Venezuelan Segunda División
  • Winners (1): 1982

• Copa Venezuela
  • 'Winners (3): 1984, 2011, 2017

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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