Metropolitanos F.C.

{{Short description|Venezuelan football club}} {{for|the defunct Cuban baseball team|Metropolitanos}} {{Football club infobox | clubname = Metropolitanos | image = Metropolitanos FC.png | image_size = 190px | fullname = Metropolitanos Fútbol Club | nickname = ''Los Violetas'' | founded = {{Start date and age|2012|8|3|df=y}} | ground = Estadio Olímpico de la UCV<br />Caracas, Venezuela | capacity = 23,940 | chairman = Juan Carlos Ferro | manager = Francesco Stifano | league = Liga FUTVE | season = 2025 | position = Liga FUTVE, 8th of 14 | pattern_la1 = _metropolitanos24h | pattern_b1 = _metropolitanos24h | pattern_ra1 = _metropolitanos24h | pattern_sh1 = _shorts | pattern_so1 = _socks | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = 3C119D | socks1 = 3C119D | pattern_la2 = _metropolitanos24a | pattern_b2 = _metropolitanos24a | pattern_ra2 = _metropolitanos24a | pattern_sh2 = _metropolitanos24a | pattern_so2 = _socks | leftarm2 = FF1493 | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FF1493 | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la3 = _metropolitanos24t | pattern_b3 = _metropolitanos24t | pattern_ra3 = _metropolitanos24t | pattern_sh3 = _shorts | pattern_so3 = _socks | leftarm3 = FFFFFF | body3 = FFFFFF | rightarm3 = FFFFFF | shorts3 = 000000 | socks3 = 000000 }} '''Metropolitanos Fútbol Club''' is a Venezuelan professional football club based in Caracas. Founded in 2012, they play in the Venezuelan Primera División, holding home matches at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.

==History== Founded on 3 August 2012 under the name of ''Deportivo Metropolitano'', the club took Lara FC's place in the Segunda División for the 2012–13 season, as the latter had severe financial problems. After Lara's dissolution, Unión Lara SC was refounded and started to play in the Tercera División.

After finishing fourth and missing out on promotion, Metropolitanos achieved promotion to the Primera División at the end of the 2013–14 campaign, after finishing in the second position. After suffering relegation in 2015, the club immediately returned to the top tier after winning the second division in 2016.

After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2017, Metropolitanos finished in the penultimate position overall in 2018, but benefitted from the league's expansion to remain in the first division. After the arrival of José María Morr as manager, the club qualified to the Copa Sudamericana in 2020 and 2021, aside from winning a first-ever title in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.balonazos.com/metropolitanos-fc-es-el-campeon-27-de-la-liga-futve-de-primera-division-de-venezuela/|title=Metropolitanos FC es el campeón 27 de la Liga FutVe de primera división de Venezuela|trans-title=Metropolitanos FC is the champion of the 27th Liga FutVe of Venezuelan first division|publisher=Balonazos|language=es|date=31 October 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

==Honours== *'''Venezuelan Primera División: 1''' ::2022 *'''Venezuelan Segunda División: 1''' ::2016

==Players== ===Current first team squad=== {{updated|10 March 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=VEN|name=Yhonatann Yustiz}} {{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=ARG|name=Francisco Manenti}} {{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Andrés Ferro}} {{Fs player|no= 5|pos=MF|nat=ARG|name=Rafael Sangiovani}} {{Fs player|no= 6|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Yolfran Caricote}} {{Fs player|no= 7|pos=FW|nat=VEN|name=Miku}} {{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=GHA|name=George Ayine}} {{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=COL|name=Kavier Ortiz|other={{small|on loan from Atlético Albacete}}}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=VEN|name=Jeyson Ramírez}} {{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=VEN|name=Saimon Ramírez}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Jaiver Gímenez}} {{Fs player|no=14|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Leonardo Pérez}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=David Zalzman}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Ely Valderrey}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Isaac Ramírez}} {{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Rafael Acosta}} {{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Robert Garcés}} {{Fs player|no=22|pos=GK|nat=VEN|name=Jesús Lara}} {{Fs player|no=23|pos=FW|nat=VEN|name=Marlon Díaz}} {{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Angel Jaimes}} {{Fs player|no=25|pos=GK|nat=VEN|name=Alan Vázquez}} {{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Nicol Martinez}} {{Fs player|no=30|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Jailerth Navarro}} {{Fs player|no=32|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Christian Camarillo}} {{Fs player|no=36|pos=DF|nat=VEN|name=Alejandro Hernandez}} {{Fs player|no=40|pos=FW|nat=VEN|name=Alexander Nieves}} {{Fs player|no=70|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=Alexis Rodríguez}} {{Fs player|no=88|pos=FW|nat=VEN|name=Richard Figueroa}} {{Fs player|no=99|pos=FW|nat=ARG|name=Agustín Bianciotti}} {{Fs end}}

==Managers== *{{flagicon|VEN}} Rafael Santana (2012–2014) *{{flagicon|VEN}} Hugo Savarese (2014–2015) *{{flagicon|VEN}} Rafael Santana (2016–2017) *{{flagicon|VEN}} Daniel de Oliveira (2018) *{{flagicon|VEN}} Manuel di Maio (interim) (2018) *{{flagicon|VEN}} Jhon Giraldo (2018) *{{flagicon|VEN}} José María Morr (2019–2024)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://ligafutve.org/team/metropolitanos-fc/ Metropolitanos F.C.] at the official Liga FUTVE website * {{facebook|MetropolitanosFC}} * {{twitter|Metropolitanos_}}

Category:Association football clubs established in 2012 Metropolitanos FC Category:Football clubs in Caracas Category:2012 establishments in Venezuela