Aragua FC
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| Full name | Aragua Fútbol Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
Aurirrojos (Yellow and Red) Chocolateros (Chocolatiers) |
| Founded | 20 August 2002 |
| Ground |
Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez Maracay, Venezuela |
| Capacity | 16,000 |
| Chairman | Ricardo Villaroel |
| Manager | Antonio Franco |
| League | Primera División Venezolana |
| 2016 | 11th |
Aragua Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾaɣwa ˈfuðβol kluβ]) is a Venezuelan football team based in the city of Maracay, in the state of Aragua. The club began its professional career playing in the Venezuelan Segunda División a year after the club was founded. Since 2005, Aragua plays in the Primera División Venezolana.
The club's colors are yellow and red, although they were blue and white in the club's beginnings. Home games are played at the Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi in Maracay, with a 16,000 spectator capacity.
Aragua won the 2005–06 Venezuelan Segunda División and the 2007 Copa Venezuela.
Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2002, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, when its name changed to Galicia de Aragua, playing their home games at the Giuseppe Antonelli stadium in Maracay. Coached by the Uruguayan national Carlos Maria Ravel, the team switched from their traditional blue and white colours to the state's yellow and red and changed their name to Galicia de Aragua.
At the end of the 2001–02 season, Galicia de Aragua was relegated to the Venezuelan Segunda Division. In January 2002 they became a separate entity Aragua F.C. when they moved to Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez.
For the 2002–03 season, Deportivo Galicia moves to the Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi and changes name to Aragua Fútbol Club. The team continues to play in the Venezuelan Segunda División until the 2004–05 season, when they achieve promotion to the Venezuelan Primera División.
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