Monagas Sport Club is a Venezuelan professional football team competing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana.
As the consequence of this bad patch three previous coaches (Franco Fasciana, Del Valle Rojas and Bernardo Redín) had led the club before the arrival of Alí Cañas.
In 2017, Monagas participated in the Primera División and qualified to the knockout stage of the Torneo Apertura, finishing 6th in the regular season.
The Estadio Monumental de Maturín is a football stadium located in the city of Maturin, Monagas state.
La Lotería de Oriente (a public lottery from Maturín) is the main sponsor of Monagas Sport Club.
In 2006 Ramón Caballero, the former president of the team, and other members of the board of directors suggested the colors of the uniform, the logo and the name of the club should be changed.
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