Minervén Bolívar FC

Asociación Civil Minerven Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football club based in Ciudad Guayana. The club was founded in 1985 and plays its home matches at the Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay, which seats 41,600 spectators. AC Minerven FC, ​​the Venezuelan football champion once, currently plays in the Tercera División, the fourth- highest division in Venezuela.

History

AC Minerven FC was founded on 15 January 1985 as a club Minerven in Ciudad Guayana. The club had only a short time to establish himself in professional football Venezuela and in 1992 was only seven years after the club was founded in second. 1992/93 and 1994/95 it was two more times runner-up. In the season 1995/96 AC Minerven FC won its first and so far only Venezuelan football championship. Another title could not win the club. After a few years in the middle of the Primera División rose to 2005 in the Segunda División. 2007, the association changed its name and became the independent Asociación Civil Minerven Fútbol Club Bolívar, but this was changed again a little later. Today, the club is officially called Asociación Civil Minerven Fútbol Club. Currently the club plays in the fourth Venezuelan league Tercera División after being relegated in the previous season (2009/ 10) from the Segunda División B.

AC Minerven FC celebrated in the nineties and at the continental level successes. Above all, reaching the quarter- finals in the Copa Libertadores is to call 1994. In the group stage of the club third behind Club Bolívar and The Strongest La Paz was, both from Bolivia, and before the league rivals Club Sport Marítimo and reached by these third the second round. There they met the Ecuadorian representative Emelec Guayaquil. The first leg won Minerven in Guayaquil 2-0, but suffered in the second leg a 1-3 defeat. The overdue penalty shootout decided Minerven for himself and moved into the quarter-finals. Also, there is initially caused a sensation when they reached a goalless draw in the first leg at the Argentine representative CA Velez Sarsfield. However, the return match in Venezuela went 0-2 lost and AC Minerven FC was eliminated by the eventual tournament victory of Buenos Aires. AC Minerven FC took part still three more times in the Copa Libertadores and always reached the knockout stages. In the Copa Libertadores in 1993 you failed to Flamengo Rio de Janeiro, 1996, América de Cali and 1997 Club Bolívar.

Achievements

• La Liga: 1x (1995 /96)
• Copa Libertadores: Quarterfinals 1994
• Copa Conmebol: Quarter-finals 1994