Universitario is Spanish for university student. It is the name of several football clubs, sports clubs, and stadiums in Latin America and Europe.
The Caracas Base Ball Club C.A., better known by its commercial name as the Leones del Caracas, is a professional baseball team of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVPB). The owner and sole shareholder of the sports club is Ricardo Cisneros, president of Ateneas Sports Holding.
The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League is the top-level professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV is a multipurpose stadium used mainly for association football in Caracas, Venezuela, which serves the home ground of Caracas F.C., Deportivo La Guaira, Metropolitanos F.C., and Universidad Central. It has a capacity of 24,264.
Estadio Brígido Iriarte is a multi-purpose stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Venezuelan Primera División team Atlético Venezuela, as well as second-tier league team Estudiantes de Caracas. The stadium currently holds 10,000 people.
Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande is a multi-use stadium in Maracaibo, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and serves as the home of Águilas del Zulia. The stadium holds 23,900 people and opened in 1963. It also hosted the 1986 Caribbean Series. It is named after longtime Maracaibo shortstop Luis Aparicio, Sr., the father of Luis Aparicio.
Estadio Nido de los Aguilas, is a stadium in Mexicali, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball and has a capacity of 20,000 seated spectators. It serves as the home stadium for the Águilas de Mexicali of the Mexican Pacific League.
The Tiburones de La Guaira are a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). Though they nominally represent La Guaira, they also play home games at the Estadio Universitario in nearby Caracas. Tiburones have won eight national championships since their founding in 1962, most recently in 2024.
After nine years of absence, the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Series was revived in 1970 without the representing baseball clubs of Cuba and Panama. It was held in Caracas, Venezuela from February 5 to February 10 at Estadio Universitario, featuring the original members of the first stage. Puerto Rico was represented by the Leones de Ponce, while the host Navegantes del Magallanes represented Venezuela. The Dominican Republic debuted in the Series and was represented by the Tigres del Licey to complete a three-team tournament. The format consisted of 12 games, with each team facing the other competitors three times. Because the series was so small, each team had to face each other in one night.
Stadium Nueva Esparta, also known as Estadio Guatamare, is a stadium in Porlamar, Venezuela. It is primarily used as a baseball park, and hosted the Bravos de Margarita's home games until 2019. It holds 18,000 people and was opened in 1956.
Estadio de Fútbol Universidad Simón Bolívar, is a football field located on the campus of the Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, Venezuela. The stadium is primarily used as a concert venue, operated by Evenpro, bringing many international acts to Caracas. Within the university, it is used as a practice field for many athletic events.
The Llaneros de Acarigua were a baseball club which played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 1968–1969 season. They were managed by Alfonso Carrasquel and played its home games at the Estadio BR Julio Hernández Molina in Acarigua, Portuguesa.
The Llaneros de Portuguesa were a baseball club which played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 1975–1976 season. They were managed by Jim Williams and played its home games at the Estadio BR Julio Hernández Molina in Acarigua, Portuguesa.
The Samanes del Santa Marta BBC were a baseball team that played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 1954–1955 season. The team represented the city of La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela, and played its home games at Estadio Universitario de Caracas.
The Licoreros de Pampero was a baseball club who played from 1955 through 1962 in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. The team joined the league as a replacement for the Patriotas de Venezuela and played its home games at the Estadio Universitario in Caracas.
The 2018 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, was the 37th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Monagas were the defending champions, but did not qualify to the Serie Final, after being eliminated in the regular season of the Torneo Apertura and by Caracas in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Clausura.
Estadio Jorge Luis García Carneiro is a baseball stadium located in Macuto, Vargas, Venezuela and the current home of the Tiburones de La Guaira. It has a capacity of 14,300, along with 1200 parking spaces.
The 2023 Copa Sudamericana first stage was played from 7 to 9 March 2023. A total of 32 teams competed in the first stage to decide 16 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.
The 2023 Caribbean Series was the 65th edition of the Caribbean Series, played at La Rinconada Baseball Stadium in Caracas and Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela from February 2 to February 10, 2023.
Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar is a baseball stadium in the city of Caracas. Specifically, it is located in the neighborhood of La Rinconada next to the Poliedro de Caracas, the Rinconada Racetrack and the future Venezuelan National Football Stadium in the so-called "Hugo Chávez" Park in the Coche parish, south of the Libertador municipality and the Capital District and west of the metropolitan area of Caracas in Venezuela. For this reason, it is also known as Estadio de Béisbol La Rinconada.
