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Wikipedia - Aragua F.C.
Aragua Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾaɣwa ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ]) 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. From 2005 to 2022, Aragua played 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.
History
For the 2002–03 season, Deportivo Galicia moved to the Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi and a new franchise named Aragua Fútbol Club was born. The team played in the Venezuelan Segunda División until the 2004–05 season, when they achieved promotion to the Venezuelan Primera División.
Aragua F.C. made their debut in Primera División with a goalless tie against Trujillanos on 5 August 2005, and remained unbeaten during the first five games of the season. Rafael Mea Vitali scored Aragua's first goal in the top flight. Aragua ended up finishing the 2005–06 season in seventh place.
At the start of the 2006–07 season, goalkeeper Renny Vega was called up by national team coach Richard Páez to represent the Venezuela national football team in a match against Colombia, making Vega the first player to receive an international call-up while playing for Aragua F.C.
In 2008, led by manager Manolo Contreras, Aragua won the Copa Venezuela and automatically qualified to participate in the 2008 edition of the Copa Sudamericana, where they were eliminated in the first round by Guadalajara. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Salomón Rondón was awarded as Youth of the Year, marking the first time that an Aragua F.C. player received the distinction.
Aragua played in Primera División until the 2022 season, in which it placed last and was relegated to Segunda División. On 3 March 2023, the club announced that it would not take part in the Segunda División season and would instead go on a one-year hiatus to solve its financial issues. On 9 March 2024, Aragua's return to the league was confirmed, joining the second tier for the 2024 season.
Aragua și-a câștigat primul titlu de campionat în 2002, când a terminat pe primul loc în turneul Clausura. Clubul a câștigat al doilea titlu în 2005, terminând din nou pe primul loc în turneul Clausura. Aragua a câștigat și Cupa Venezuelei de trei ori, în 1995, 1999 și 2007.
Pe plan internațional, Aragua a participat în mai multe ediții ale Cupei Libertadores, cea mai prestigioasă competiție interclub din America de Sud. Cea mai bună performanță a clubului a fost în 2009, când a ajuns în sferturile de finală.
Aragua este cunoscută pentru stilul său ofensiv de joc și pentru formarea de tineri jucători. Clubul are o bază puternică de fani în orașul Maracay și în statul Aragua.