The History of Football in Venezuela

The History of Football in Venezuela

Football arrived in Venezuela around 1870, when foreign companies arrived in the country to participate in mining. The first set of relatively organized football that took place in Venezuela was held on a Sunday in July 1876 in the town of El Callao between a shaped by British workers at a British mining equipment and a group of Creole and Antillean . The meeting began the footballing activity in the country was prepared by a Welsh teacher named A.W. Simpson.
Later, in the twentieth century, Caracas became the epicenter of the Venezuelan futbolíctica activity. In the San Bernardino Sport Club he practiced a rudimentary football and gradually more fields and equipment joined the practice of this sport.
Father Feliciano Gastaminza S.J. He did a great job in the proper dissemination of football in the field of the Salesians and the St. Ignatius of Loyola College.
In the 20's the first tournament with several teams later disappear or change their name, including Arizona, National City, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Caracas SC, Olympic and America were organized.
By the end of 1925 the football movement was consolidated with three teams dominating the scene: the Athletic Center, initially the Americas; the Venzóleo, based on the 24 employees of the Caribean Petroleum Company (later Shell Venezuela) and Loyola, Father Gastaminza work.
Due to the rapid and disorderly growth of the footballing activity the High Court of Foot Ball, being created which, together with the directors of the Athletic Center, Venzóleo, Venezuela, Caracas Sport, Barcelona, ​​Loyola, Union, Nueva Esparta, Alliance, Campeador equipment Freedom and founded the National Football Federation at a meeting held on December 1925.
The National Football Federation officially took over the criollo football from 1926, when on January 31 the first championship, contesting the Venezuela Cup (Donated by the Caribean Petroleum Company), with the match Atletico-Venzóleo Center was inaugurated.
During the decade of the 20 international teams like Ciclista Lima Asociation and the team of the Faculty of Medicine of the University santafecina emerged.
In the early 30s, the European colonies in Venezuela gave their contribution to Creole balomíé with the creation of teams like Deportivo Spanish.
In 1932 the National Federation disappeared organizational failures and the Venezuelan League, which ran until the end of 38. A year later the league was replaced by the National Football Association was born.
In 51 Venezuelan football organization he suffered a further amendment constituting the Venezuelan Football Federation in November the same year won the official recognition of FIFA and the Venezuelan Olympic Committee.
On January 15, 57, Major League received, after several months of discussions, recognition of the District Football Association.
That year the Olympic Stadium of the University City opened and the League was played with six teams and 106 players registered (28 of them imported). Each team played 15 games and the entire Central University champion with 23 points calld.
In the 50s the Central University and the Salle dominated the professional football scene with three titles criollo the first (51, 53, 57) and two second (52.55).
In the sixties and seventies teams of European colonies, Deportivo Galicia, Italy and Portuguese imposed their rhythm.
In the eighties the Andean teams virtually monopolized the local championship titles with three titles for Deportivo Tachira (79, 91.84), two for Estudiantes de Mérida (80.85), and one for Atletico San Cristobal (82) the ULA Merida Futbol Club (83) and Unión Atlético Táchira (86).
90 In the capital returned to prominence with four victories Caracas FC (1991/1992, 1993/1994, 1994/1995, 1996/1997) and one for Deportivo Italchacao (1998/1999).