American football team

Deportivo Táchira

Club · Venezuela · Primera División

«Aurinegro»

273 Matches

134 wins

74 draws

65 losses

398–262 Goals

+136 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L D W W L D

A Uruguayan coach, José "Pocho" Gill, looked at a side playing in blue and white in January 1975 and told them to change. Yellow and black, he argued — the colours of Peñarol, and a better fit for the state of Táchira. The club has worn vertical yellow-and-black stripes ever since, and the nickname Aurinegro , outlasted everyone who chose it.

The club itself grew out of San Cristóbal, where an Italian, Gaetano Greco, put it together on 11 January 1974. It began as San Cristóbal Fútbol Club and only took the name of the state in 1978, by which time it was a year away from its first national title.

What sets Deportivo Táchira apart in Venezuela is less the count of championships — 11, more than anyone — than the fact that it has never gone down. Since 1975 no season has ended with the club leaving the top flight, and no other Venezuelan side can say the same. That continuity is why it sits top of the all-time league table, and why it has appeared in the Copa Libertadores 25 times, again a national record. The best of those runs came in 2004, when the team reached the quarter-finals without losing a match.

The titles have arrived in clusters — the early 1980s, the turn of the century, back-to-back seasons in the 2010s, then 2021, 2023 and 2024 — with two Copa Venezuela wins, in 1982 and 1983, filling the gap between the first two.

The rivalry that defines it is regional before it is sporting.

Latest results

All matches

20 Sep	Primera División	Real Esppor Club A
15 Sep	Primera División	Puerto Cabello H	1:1	D
12 Sep	Primera División	Estudiantes de Merida FC A	0:2	L
6 Sep	Primera División	Rayo Zuliano H	3:1	W
2 Sep	Primera División	Zamora A	5:2	W
2 Sep	Primera División	Rayo Zuliano H

Standing

Primera División

Group stage · Primera Division: Apertura

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Real Esppor Club	13	7	6	0	15:6	27
2	Metropolitanos FC	13	7	4	2	17:10	25
3	Deportivo Táchira	13	7	3	3	17:12	24
4	UCV	13	7	2	4	24:20	23
5	Portuguesa FC	13	5	5	3	20:12	20

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 273

273 Matches

134 wins

74 draws

65 losses

398–262 Goals

+136 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 273

134 74 65

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	273	137	136
Scored	398	232	166
Conceded	262	105	157
Scored per game	1.5	1.7	1.2
Conceded per game	1.0	0.8	1.2
Difference	+136	+127	+9

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Juan Sanchez Defender 8 Matches

Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre Forward 8 Matches

L. Suniga Forward 8 Matches

Pablo Jesús Camacho Figueira Defender 8 Matches

Edickson Tamise Defender 8 Matches

José Agustín Pérez Siri Midfielder 8 Matches

Rodrigo Pollero López Forward 7 Matches

Guillermo Fratta Cabrera Defender 7 Matches

Squad of Deportivo Táchira

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
2	Juan Sanchez	Defender		8
7	Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre	Forward		8
27	L. Suniga	Forward	22	8
13	Pablo Jesús Camacho Figueira	Defender		8
44	Edickson Tamise	Defender		8
25	José Agustín Pérez Siri	Midfielder	26	8
9	Rodrigo Pollero López	Forward		7
4	Guillermo Fratta Cabrera	Defender		7
3	Lautaro Cruz Lusnig	Defender		7
23	Óscar Javier Hernández Niño	Midfielder		7
1	Alejandro José Araque Peña	Goalkeeper		7
88	Delvin José Alfonzo Briceño	Defender		7
10	Carlos José Sosa Moreno	Midfielder		7
38	Gustavo Lozano	Midfielder		5
14	Brayan Enrique Palmezano Reyes	Midfielder	26	4
21	Valentín Nicolás Adamo Reyes	Forward	24	4
24	Jeferson Tony Caraballo Pinto	Midfielder		4
37	J. Duarte	Forward		4
31	C. Méndez	Midfielder		4
45	Franco Provenzano	Defender		4
30	Edwin Vargas	Goalkeeper		4
11	A. Woiski	Forward		4
11	Luis Daniel González Cova	Midfielder	35	4
17	José Manuel Balza Liscano	Forward		4
8	Jairo Damián Villalpando Modesto	Midfielder		4
50	Jesús David Camargo Villafañe	Goalkeeper		4
20	Carlos Daniel Calzadilla Durán	Midfielder		4
41	W. Vilchez	Defender		3
19	Alexander Rondón	Forward		3
6	A. Montañés	Defender		3
22	Alexander Jose Rondon Oliveros	Forward		3
45	F. Provenzano	Midfielder		3
30	Edwin Vargas	Goalkeeper		2
70	Heiderber Antonio Ramírez Carruyo	Forward	24	1
42	E. Barroso			1
43	Manuel Roa	Midfielder		1