Monagas Sport Club
| Full name | Monagas Sport Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) |
Guerreros de Guarapiche Los Guerreros Chaima Los Azulgrana |
| Founded | September 23, 1987 |
| Ground |
Monumental de Maturín Maturín, Venezuela |
| Capacity | 51,796 |
| President | José Ángel González Espín |
| Head coach | Jhonny Ferreira |
| League | Primera División |
| 2016 | 12th |
| Website | www |
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).
Monagas Sport Club was founded on 23 September 1987 by Joaquín (Fariñas) da Silva, Ramón Ramírez and others. Its first official match was against "Unión Deportivo Puerto la Cruz" on 22 May 1988; however the club had had friendly matches against the teams "Atlético Cumaná”, “Cachorros del Tigrito” and “Mariscales de Sucre”. The team started as a second division team and its first official league game, which it won with a final score of 4-0, was against the "Unión Deportivo Puerto La Cruz".
The team participed in the Venezuelan second division until 1990 when the club was promoted to the first division. Since then Monagas Sport Club have tried to remain in this division. For the moment the team has not won a championship although it has qualified twice for the South American Cup.
Monagas Sport Club obtained awful results in the season 2006/ 2007 of Venezuela’s first division. As the consequence of this bad patch three previous coaches (Franco Fasciana, Del Valle Rojas and Bernardo Redín) had led the club before the arrival of Alí Cañas. Some football players resigned to the team before the conclusion of the tournament and Ramón Caballero, president of the club, gave up.
Monagas Sport Club finished in the relegation places at the end of the season, but the club won a reprieve when the Primera División Venezolana decided to expand from 10 to 18 teams, thus allowing the two teams in the relegation places to remain in the league.
The Estadio Monumental de Maturin is a football stadium located in the city of Maturin, Monagas state. It is the biggest stadium in Venezuela with a capacity of 51,796 spectators. It is competing for the football matches that Monagas Sport Club home game. It was built to host the Copa America Venezuela 2007.
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