American football team

Rayo Zuliano

Club · Venezuela · Primera División

«Azul y Amarillo»

178 Matches

52 wins

48 draws

78 losses

202–254 Goals

−52 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Form W L W L D D

The 1/8 final of the 2025 Copa Venezuela ended 4-1 to Deportivo Táchira. What the club does have is the ground and the city.

That merger was announced on 12 December 2022 and confirmed on 28 January 2023. Before it, Rayo had never played a minute in the Primera División. Fidel Madronero had bought the sporting rights of Atlético Furrial in 2021, when that club withdrew from the Segunda División.

Elvis Martínez took an eighth-place finish in 2023, enough for the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, and there Rayo knocked out Deportivo La Guaira. Martínez also reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 Copa Venezuela before Javier Villafranca replaced him. There are no championships behind any of this, in the Primera or the second tier, and no Copa Venezuela.

Andrés Montero captained the side through 2024 and finished as its leading scorer with six goals in the regular stage.

Blue and yellow gave the club its nickname, Azul y Amarillo, though the home shirt is closer to sky blue. The colours go back to 2005, when Rayo Zuliano played a single season in the third tier and then stopped for a year. It came back in 2007, spent three seasons in the fourth division, and disappeared again in 2010.

Latest results

All matches

17 Sep	Primera División	Trujillanos FC A
13 Sep	Primera División	Trujillanos FC A
13 Sep	Primera División	Portuguesa FC H	1:1	D
9 Sep	Copa Venezuela	Urena SC A	0:0	D
6 Sep	Primera División	Deportivo Táchira A	1:3	L
3 Sep	Primera División	Carabobo FC H	4:3	W

Standing

Primera División

Group stage · Primera Division: Apertura

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	Zamora	13	4	5	4	14:14	17
10	Caracas FC	13	3	6	4	15:17	15
11	Rayo Zuliano	13	4	2	7	13:23	14
12	Monagas SC	13	3	2	8	14:22	11
13	Academia Anzoátegui	13	2	3	8	15:25	9

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 178

178 Matches

52 wins

48 draws

78 losses

202–254 Goals

−52 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 178

52 48 78

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	178	88	90
Scored	202	116	86
Conceded	254	96	158
Scored per game	1.1	1.3	1.0
Conceded per game	1.4	1.1	1.8
Difference	−52	+20	−72

Key players

by appearances over the last year

J. Ochoa Forward 3 Matches

Deyson David Copete Cuesta Midfielder 3 Matches

L. Dugarde Defender 3 Matches

Jorge Luis Gómez Rodríguez Midfielder 3 Matches

S. Garces Defender 3 Matches

Joiser Daniel Arias Maza Defender 3 Matches

J. Julio Defender 3 Matches

G. Martinez Forward 3 Matches

Squad of Rayo Zuliano

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
23	J. Ochoa	Forward	28	3
66	Deyson David Copete Cuesta	Midfielder	25	3
31	L. Dugarde	Defender	21	3
26	Jorge Luis Gómez Rodríguez	Midfielder	29	3
79	S. Garces	Defender		3
10	Joiser Daniel Arias Maza	Defender		3
25	J. Julio	Defender		3
19	G. Martinez	Forward		3
20	Edilmer Paolo Chacón Rojas	Defender		3
18	K. Maldonado	Forward		3
55	W. Bustamante			3
12	L. Corredor	Goalkeeper		3
32	J. Moran	Defender		3
34	F. Díaz	Midfielder		3
3	J. Marquez	Defender		3
99	J. Barrios			2
7	D. A. Vazquez Ferrer	Forward	21	2
2	F. Chavez	Defender	21	2
6	A. Kinsler	Defender	21	2
24	Jean Sanchez	Midfielder		2
1	J. Camacaro	Goalkeeper		2
22	S. Orejuela	Defender	25	2
30	R. Ramírez	Goalkeeper		1
70	J. Colina	Midfielder		1
97	L. Urbina	Forward		1
15	D. Valencia	Defender		1
36	A. Jimenez	Midfielder	20	1
5	Johao Alberto Martínez Villegas	Midfielder		1
11	K. Romero	Midfielder	21	1