Rugby team

Deportivo Táchira

Club · Venezuela · Primera División

«Aurinegro»

271 Matches

134 wins

73 draws

64 losses

397–259 Goals

+138 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form W W L D W W

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

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
30 Aug	Primera División	Caracas FC H	0:0	D
30 Aug	Primera División	Zamora A
30 Aug	Primera División	Zamora A

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: 271

271 Matches

134 wins

73 draws

64 losses

397–259 Goals

+138 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 271

134 73 64

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	271	136	135
Scored	397	231	166
Conceded	259	104	155
Scored per game	1.5	1.7	1.2
Conceded per game	1.0	0.8	1.1
Difference	+138	+127	+11

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Edickson Tamise Defender 6 Matches

Juan Sanchez Defender 6 Matches

José Agustín Pérez Siri Midfielder 6 Matches

Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre Forward 6 Matches

Delvin José Alfonzo Briceño Defender 6 Matches

Pablo Jesús Camacho Figueira Defender 6 Matches

L. Suniga Forward 6 Matches

Rodrigo Pollero López Forward 5 Matches

Squad of Deportivo Táchira

by appearances over the last year

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