Metropolitanos F.C.

Metropolitanos
Full nameMetropolitanos Fútbol Club
NicknameLos Violetas
Founded3 August 2012 (2012-08-03)
GroundEstadio Olímpico de la UCV
Caracas, Venezuela
Capacity23,940
ChairmanJuan Carlos Ferro
ManagerFrancesco Stifano
LeagueLiga FUTVE
2025Liga FUTVE, 8th of 14

Metropolitanos Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan professional football club based in Caracas. Founded in 2012, they play in the Venezuelan Primera División, holding home matches at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.

History

Founded on 3 August 2012 under the name of Deportivo Metropolitano, the club took Lara FC's place in the Segunda División for the 2012–13 season, as the latter had severe financial problems. After Lara's dissolution, Unión Lara SC was refounded and started to play in the Tercera División.

After finishing fourth and missing out on promotion, Metropolitanos achieved promotion to the Primera División at the end of the 2013–14 campaign, after finishing in the second position. After suffering relegation in 2015, the club immediately returned to the top tier after winning the second division in 2016.

After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2017, Metropolitanos finished in the penultimate position overall in 2018, but benefitted from the league's expansion to remain in the first division. After the arrival of José María Morr as manager, the club qualified to the Copa Sudamericana in 2020 and 2021, aside from winning a first-ever title in 2022.[1]

Honours

2022
2016

Players

Current first team squad

As of 10 March 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  VEN Yhonatann Yustiz
2 DF  ARG Francisco Manenti
4 DF  VEN Andrés Ferro
5 MF  ARG Rafael Sangiovani
6 DF  VEN Yolfran Caricote
7 FW  VEN Miku
8 MF  GHA George Ayine
9 FW  COL Kavier Ortiz (on loan from Atlético Albacete)
10 FW  VEN Jeyson Ramírez
11 FW  VEN Saimon Ramírez
13 MF  VEN Jaiver Gímenez
14 DF  VEN Leonardo Pérez
15 MF  VEN David Zalzman
17 MF  VEN Ely Valderrey
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  VEN Isaac Ramírez
20 MF  VEN Rafael Acosta
21 MF  VEN Robert Garcés
22 GK  VEN Jesús Lara
23 FW  VEN Marlon Díaz
24 DF  VEN Angel Jaimes
25 GK  VEN Alan Vázquez
29 MF  VEN Nicol Martinez
30 MF  VEN Jailerth Navarro
32 DF  VEN Christian Camarillo
36 DF  VEN Alejandro Hernandez
40 FW  VEN Alexander Nieves
70 MF  VEN Alexis Rodríguez
88 FW  VEN Richard Figueroa
99 FW  ARG Agustín Bianciotti

Managers

References

  1. ^ "Metropolitanos FC es el campeón 27 de la Liga FutVe de primera división de Venezuela" [Metropolitanos FC is the champion of the 27th Liga FutVe of Venezuelan first division] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.