Deportivo Petare

Deportivo Petare Fútbol Club (until 2010 Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club ) is a Venezuelan football club based in Caracas. The club was founded in 1948 and plays its home games at the Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, which seats 24,900 spectators. Deportivo Petare, the Venezuelan football champions five times, currently plays in La Liga, the top division in Venezuela.

History

Deportivo Petare was founded on August 18, 1948 under the name Deportivo Italia in Caracas, capital of Venezuela. The name of the association is due to the Italian origin of the founder Carlo Pescifeltri, Lorenzo Tommasi, Bruno Bianchi, Giordano Valentini, Samuel Rovatti, Angelo Bragaglia, Giovanni de Stefano, Giuseppe Pane and Alfredo Sacchi. The club colors you choose on the basis of Italy. So Deportivo Italia played in the colors of the Squadra Azzurra, ie in blue and white. Today, the club uses the original jerseys at away games, the home jerseys are made since the name change to Deportivo Petare 2010 from the colors black and white.

The D' Ambrosio era

In 1958 Mino D'Ambrosio took over with his brother Pompeo the lead in Deportivo Italia. With financial support, Pompeo D' Ambrosio had one of the largest banks in Venezuela's Deportivo Italia was in the twenty years of leadership by the D' Ambrosio brothers the most successful club of Venezuela.

Achievements in league and cup

Four times Deportivo Italia won in that time, the Venezuelan football championship. In the sixties alone, winning the title three times succeeded. After 1961, the first title was a success, Deportivo Italia repeated the championship two years later with a victory in the final against Deportivo Portuguesa, today Portuguesa FC after, was tied at the end of the championship, which was held in league mode. 1966 Deportivo Italia was the third time Venezuelan football champions. Again, could Deportivo Portuguesa be relegated to second place in the standings. Only in 1972 could Deportivo Italia after three runner-up in the years 1968, 1970 and 1971, again winning the national championship, this time you stood in the table on the list ahead of Deportivo Galicia. The 1972 season was the last for a long time successful Deportivo Italia in the national championship, followed by 27 years without a title. The successes in the Copa Venezuela remained from now. Previously Deportivo Italia won in 1961, 1962 and 1970 three times the national cup competition in Venezuela.

The Pequeno Maracanaço

Due to the success at the national level Deportivo Italia has also several times in the Copa Libertadores, attend the major competition for club teams in South America. In the Copa Libertadores 1971, they met in the group stage on Fluminense Rio de Janeiro. Having lost the first leg in Caracas with 0:6, we went as a big underdog to Rio de Janeiro. In the legendary Maracana stadium, where once Uruguay had won as underdogs against Brazil in known as Maracanaço decisive final round match at the FIFA World Cup 1950 World Cup title, Deportivo Italia won against the trained of Brazil's World Cup coach Mario Zagallo team of Fluminense with a goal by Tenorio 1-0. By this surprise victory at the place of the previously probably the biggest surprises of the World Cup history was the victory of Deportivo Italia over Fluminense as Pequeno Maracanaço to German Small Maracanaço in the history of Venezuelan football one. To progress, it was enough, not because this victory the only one in this competition was for Deportivo Italia, but the opponent from Brazil failed after the defeat, since you had to leave at Palmeiras Sao Paulo previously seemed to be sure first place in the standings.

Two years earlier, Deportivo Italia was in the Copa Libertadores as a surprise successful. In the tournament of 1969, the club survived the group stage sensational second behind Deportivo Cali of Colombia. This second course entitled to participate in the second group stage, where Deportivo Italia Last but was behind CD Universidad Católica of Chile and Club Cerro Porteño from Paraguay. Reaching the second group stage of the Copa Libertadores in 1969 remains to this day the only trip Deportivo Italia in the second round of the continental competition in nine other participations was in the first round or already in the qualifying final destination. Even with the two participations in the Copa Sudamericana, 2003 and 2004, you can not make it past the qualifying round.

Time of the few successes

The era of D' Ambrosio brothers ended in 1978. With the departure of the club management ended the successful period of Deportivo Italia. After a few years in the middle of the Venezuelan league you changed the name of the club, his name was August 1998 Deportivo Italchacao Fútbol Club. Deportivo won the 1999 Italchacao up today last Venezuelan Championship for today's Deportivo Petare. However, the new name was not retained long, 2006 saw the return to Deportivo Italia nomination. 2008/ 09 Deportivo Italia won under the leadership of coach Eduardo sarago Torneo Apertura the thing to participate in the Copa Libertadores in 2010 entitled, where Deportivo Italia is the only point profit managed a draw against Cruzeiro.

Current Development

Since summer 2010, the club is named Deportivo Petare. It currently plays in the Venezuelan football league, La Liga Venezolano where one has finished third in the Apertura 2010.

Achievements

  • Primera División Venezolano: 5x (1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1999)
  • Copa Venezuela: 3x (1961, 1962, 1970 )

Known player

  • Venezuela Gilberto Angelucci
  • Venezuela Raúl González Guzmán
  • Hugo Maradona Argentina
  • Serbia Dušan Maravić
  • Venezuela Stalin Rivas
  • Venezuela Renny Vega
  • Venezuela Leonel Vielma
1971 Copa Libertadores 1969 Copa Libertadores 2003 Copa Sudamericana 2010 Copa Libertadores Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Mineros de Guayana Aragua FC Carabobo FC Deportivo Lara Llaneros FC Monagas Sport Club Yaracuyanos FC Zamora FC Zulia FC
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