 Their home stadium is the Estadio Monumental de Maturín.The club received the nickname of “Los Guerreros del Guarapiche” (The Warriors from the Guarapiche), because of the never giving up mentality of its players and the name of the river which crosses the city where the team has its headquarters (River Guarapiche).Monagas Sport Club was founded on 23 September 1987 by Joaquín (Fariñas) da Silva, Ramón Ramírez,Enrique Polo, Rubén León, Francisco "Paco" Espinoza and Luis Enrique Rodríguez.