Rugby team

Rayo Zuliano

Club · Venezuela · Primera División

«Azul y Amarillo»

177 Matches

52 wins

47 draws

78 losses

201–253 Goals

−52 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Form L W L W L 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

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
2 Sep	Primera División	Deportivo Táchira A
31 Aug	Primera División	UCV A	1:4	L
30 Aug	Primera División	Carabobo FC H

Standing

Copa Venezuela

Group stage · Round 1 - Group D

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Rayo Zuliano	4	2	2	0	6:1	8
2	Urena SC	4	1	2	1	3:5	5
3	Deportivo Lara	4	1	1	2	3:5	4
4	Trujillanos FC	4	0	3	1	3:4	3

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 177

177 Matches

52 wins

47 draws

78 losses

201–253 Goals

−52 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 177

52 47 78

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	177	87	90
Scored	201	115	86
Conceded	253	95	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

W. Bustamante 2 Matches

J. Camacaro Goalkeeper 2 Matches

L. Corredor Goalkeeper 2 Matches

J. Moran Defender 2 Matches

Deyson David Copete Cuesta Midfielder 2 Matches

F. Díaz Midfielder 2 Matches

L. Dugarde Defender 2 Matches

J. Marquez Defender 2 Matches

Squad of Rayo Zuliano

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
55	W. Bustamante			2
1	J. Camacaro	Goalkeeper		2
40	L. Corredor	Goalkeeper		2
32	J. Moran	Defender		2
66	Deyson David Copete Cuesta	Midfielder	25	2
34	F. Díaz	Midfielder		2
31	L. Dugarde	Defender	21	2
3	J. Marquez	Defender		2
26	Jorge Luis Gómez Rodríguez	Midfielder	29	2
22	S. Orejuela	Defender	25	2
79	S. Garces	Defender		2
10	Joiser Daniel Arias Maza	Defender		2
25	J. Julio	Defender		2
23	J. Ochoa	Forward	27	2
19	G. Martinez	Forward		2
20	Edilmer Paolo Chacón Rojas	Defender		2
18	K. Maldonado	Forward		2
15	D. Valencia	Defender		1
7	D. A. Vazquez Ferrer	Forward	21	1
2	F. Chavez	Defender	21	1
36	A. Jimenez	Midfielder	20	1
5	Johao Alberto Martínez Villegas	Midfielder		1
97	L. Urbina	Forward		1
24	Jean Sanchez	Midfielder		1
99	J. Barrios			1
6	A. Kinsler	Defender	21	1
11	K. Romero	Midfielder	21	1