Metropolitanos

Full name	Metropolitanos Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Los Violetas
Founded	3 August 2012; 11 years ago (2012-08-03)
Ground	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Caracas, Venezuela
Capacity	23,940
Chairman	Juan Carlos Ferro
Manager	José María Morr
League	Primera División
2023	Primera División, 7th of 15
Home colours Away colours

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 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.^[1]

Honours

• Venezuelan Primera División: 1

2022

• Venezuelan Segunda División: 1

2016

Managers

• Rafael Santana (2012–14)
• Hugo Savarese (2014–15)
• Rafael Santana (2016–17)
• Daniel de Oliveira (2018)
• Manuel di Maio (interim; 2018)
• Jhon Giraldo (2018)
• José María Morr (2019–)