Inauguration of Estadio San Agustín (Caracas, Venezuela) 1925

This was the most important stadium in the history of Venezolan football because the majority of games in the 1920s and 1930s, was played there, such as the National Championship of Venezuela and Venezuela Cup.

Also foreign guest sides played here, such as Association Ciclista Lima (Peru, 1929), Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Santa Fé de Bogotá (Colombia, 1930), Association Ciclista Lima (Peru, 1931), and Atlético Corrales (Paraguay, 1939-40).

As for national tournaments, Venezolan teams like Unión Sport Club, Centro Atético, Dos Caminos, Loyola SC, Litoral FC, Deportivo Venezuela, Deportivo Vasco and others played here.

Curtain raiser [youth match] [July 29th, 1925]
Unión Sport Club         2-2      Loyola
 
Main event [July 29th, 1925]
Unión Sport Club         2-2      Centro Atlético
  [Antonio “el mago” Peche, Alberto “cherro” Castillo;
   Carlos “catire” Maal (2)]
  [Unión Sport Club: Adolfo Herrera Pinto – Luis Guillermo Blank, Ernesto 
     De Aramburu – Nicolás Cótchico, Harold Duprés (trinitarian), Jorge
     Clavier – Antonio “el mago” Peche, Alberto “cherro” Castillo, Max 
     Wolfensohn (austrian), Ernesto “Fuper” Fushemberger, Ángel Vicente 
     Ochoa;
   Centro Atlético: Osorio – Chucho Lavié, Romero – Espíritu Santos Mendoza,
     Julio Bustamante, Burlingham (britain) – Emilio Vicente Valarino,
     Teasdale (britain), Franco Russo, Carlos “catire” Maal, Short (britain);
   Ref: Pedro Luis Betancourt Sucre]

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Sources: book “Caracas y su fútbol de antaño” of Napoleón Arráiz “El Hermanito”, and El Universal, Venezolan newspaper.

Prepared and maintained by Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez (eliezersebastian@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 12 Feb 2006