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Real Esppor

The club was founded in Caracas on 21 July 2008 under the name Real Esppor Club, with Esppor being a combination of the words España (Spain) and Portugal because the founders of the club were entrepreneurs with Spanish and Portuguese ancestry. It was originally intended to be the reincarnation of Deportivo Galicia, four-time champions of the Venezuelan Primera División, however the debts the original club still had with the Venezuelan Football Federation prevented the founders from using said name. Real Esppor entered the Venezuelan Segunda División for its 2008–09 season and played its first match in the competition on 16 August 2008, a 2–1 win over Trujillanos. The team only played one season in the second tier, being promoted to Primera División after they merged with the Segunda División champions Unión Atlético Trujillo. Their first campaign in Primera División began with a 1–0 win over Zulia in Maracaibo, as well as victories against Deportivo Anzoátegui, Yaracuyanos, and a draw against Deportivo Táchira in San Cristóbal. Although Real Esppor's performance started to dwindle after that string of positive results, their results in the Clausura tournament were enough for them to ensure safety from relegation in their first season in Primera División as they placed 14th with 10 wins, 8 draws, and 16 losses.

For the 2010–11 season, Real Esppor hired Noel Sanvicente as their new manager. In the Apertura, the team managed to stay on top of the table for…