2011–12 Venezuelan Primera División season

The 2011–12 Primera División season was the 30th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Copa Movilnet

Season	2011–12
Champions	Deportivo Lara (1st title)
Relegated	Carabobo Tucanes
2013 Copa Libertadores	Deportivo Lara Caracas Deportivo Anzoátegui
2012 Copa Sudamericana	Deportivo Lara Monagas Deportivo Táchira
Top goalscorer	Rafael Castellín (20 goals)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Teams

Eighteen teams will participate this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Caroní and Atlético Venezuela were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the 2010–11 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Llaneros and Tucanes, the 2010–11 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.

Aragua

Atlético El Vigía

Carabobo

Caracas

Deportivo Anzoátegui

Deportivo Lara

Deportivo Táchira

Estudiantes

Llaneros

Mineros de Guayana

Monagas

Tucanes

Trujillanos

Yaracuyanos

Zamora

Zulia

Caracas teams:
Caracas FC
Deportivo Petare
Real Esppor

Locations of the 2011–12 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
El Vigía	El Vigía	Ramón "Gato" Hernández
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo Lara	Barquisimeto	Metropolitano de Barquisimeto
Deportivo Petare	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Estudiantes	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay
Llaneros	Guanare	Rafael Calles Pinto
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín
Real Esppor	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Trujillanos	Valera	Luis Loreto Lira
Tucanes	Puerto Ayacucho	Antonio José de Sucre
Yaracuyanos	San Felipe	Florentino Oropeza
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar
Zulia	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began in August 2011 and ended in December 2011.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Lara (C)	17	12	5	0	39	12	+27	41	Serie Final and the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Caracas	17	11	3	3	27	13	+14	36
3	Deportivo Petare	17	10	5	2	28	15	+13	35
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	9	3	5	16	11	+5	30
5	Mineros	17	8	4	5	21	21	0	28
6	Zulia	17	7	6	4	28	20	+8	27
7	Yaracuyanos	17	6	6	5	24	17	+7	24
8	Zamora	17	5	8	4	23	19	+4	23
9	Aragua	17	5	8	4	15	19	−4	23
10	Monagas	17	6	3	8	20	23	−3	21
11	Trujillanos	17	5	5	7	22	21	+1	20
12	Real Esppor	17	5	5	7	18	23	−5	20
13	Deportivo Táchira	17	5	5	7	14	21	−7	20
14	El Vigía	17	4	5	8	17	25	−8	17
15	Tucanes	17	3	4	10	21	30	−9	13
16	Llaneros	17	2	7	8	18	28	−10	13
17	Estudiantes	17	1	8	8	15	37	−22	11
18	Carabobo	17	1	6	10	17	27	−10	8[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Carabobo deducted 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	ATV	CBO	CRC	DAN	DLA	DPE	DTA	EME	LLA	MGU	MON	RES	TRU	TUC	YAR	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua		3–2		0–0			0–0				1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0		0–3		1–4
El Vigía							3–2			2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1		1–1
Carabobo	1–1	1–1		1–2	0–1	2–3			2–2		2–2						0–0
Caracas		2–1					1–4				4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		2–0		2–1
Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–1	2–1		1–0			1–3				0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1				3–2
Deportivo Lara	1–1	3–0		0–0	0–0				3–1		5–1		4–0				4–0	1–0
Deportivo Petare			2–1			3–4		1–0	1–1	0–0		1–1		2–2	1–0	1–0
Deportivo Táchira	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1			3–0								0–0
Estudiantes	1–1	1–0		0–2	0–0						1–1		0–5				1–1	2–2
Llaneros	0–0		1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2		3–0	1–1								2–2
Mineros							0–1	2–0		2–1		3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1		0–2
Monagas			2–0			0–2		3–0	3–2	1–1					3–2	0–0	3–1
Real Esppor			0–2				0–3	2–0		3–2		2–0		1–1	3–1	0–0
Trujillanos			1–1			1–3		1–1	2–0	4–0		2–0			2–0	2–2
Tucanes	0–1		1–0	1–4	0–1	1–1		1–2	5–1	1–1							1–3
Yaracuyanos			3–2		1–0	0–2		2–0	5–1	4–0					2–3		0–0
Zamora	2–2	3–0		0–0	1–0		1–2				1–2		4–0	3–1				1–1
Zulia			3–1				0–1	1–1		3–3		1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on December 18, 2011. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Lara (C)	17	13	3	1	32	12	+20	42	Serie Final and the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Mineros	17	9	7	1	29	14	+15	34
3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	9	5	3	21	10	+11	32
4	Caracas	17	8	4	5	23	20	+3	28
5	Llaneros	17	7	5	5	17	14	+3	26
6	Zamora	17	7	4	6	23	23	0	25
7	Zulia	17	8	1	8	13	13	0	25
8	Trujillanos	17	5	8	4	17	16	+1	23
9	Aragua	17	5	6	6	16	17	−1	21
10	Carabobo	17	5	6	6	14	15	−1	21
11	Deportivo Táchira	17	5	5	7	18	19	−1	20
12	Monagas	17	5	5	7	14	15	−1	20
13	Yaracuyanos	17	5	5	7	18	20	−2	20
14	Estudiantes	17	4	7	6	17	19	−2	19
15	Real Esppor	17	4	6	7	9	14	−5	18
16	Deportivo Petare	17	3	7	7	16	22	−6	16
17	El Vigía	17	4	4	9	11	24	−13	16
18	Tucanes	17	2	2	13	15	36	−21	8

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2012. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	ATV	CBO	CRC	DAN	DLA	DPE	DTA	EME	LLA	MGU	MON	RES	TRU	TUC	YAR	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua			0–0		0–2	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–1					1–1		2–1
El Vigía	2–1		1–0	2–3	1–0	0–2		0–0	1–1								1–2
Carabobo							2–0	1–0		0–0		2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–1
Caracas	2–1		2–1		0–0	2–3		1–1	2–1	1–0					3–0		1–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui			0–0			1–0		2–1	3–1	1–0					6–1	2–1	1–0
Deportivo Lara			2–0				2–1	3–1		1–0		2–1		1–1	6–1	1–0
Deportivo Petare	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–1						2–4	0–1	0–0				2–2	1–2
Deportivo Táchira							3–3			3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0
Estudiantes			2–2			1–2	1–1	2–1		1–2		0–0		1–0	2–0	1–0
Llaneros		2–0					1–0				1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–0
Mineros	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1			1–1								3–1
Monagas	0–0	2–1		2–0	1–1		2–0				0–1		1–0	1–1				1–0
Real Esppor	1–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	0–0			0–0		0–1						1–2	1–0
Trujillanos	2–1	3–0		2–1	0–0		0–0				1–1		0–2				1–3	1–0
Tucanes		1–2					2–2				1–2	3–1	2–0	1–3		0–1		0–1
Yaracuyanos	1–0	2–0		3–3			0–2				2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0				1–2
Zamora			2–1			1–3		1–1	3–2	0–0		1–0			2–2	1–2
Zulia	1–3	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–2			1–0		1–0						0–1

Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2012. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Lara	34	25	8	1	71	24	+47	83	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
2	Caracas	34	19	7	8	50	33	+17	64	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[b]
3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	34	18	8	8	37	21	+16	62	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage[b]
4	Mineros	34	17	10	7	50	37	+13	61	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[c]
5	Zulia	34	16	6	12	42	33	+9	54	Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
6	Deportivo Petare	34	13	12	9	44	37	+7	51
7	Zamora	34	12	12	10	46	41	+5	48
8	Yaracuyanos	34	11	11	12	42	37	+5	44
9	Aragua	34	10	14	10	31	36	−5	44
10	Trujillanos	34	10	13	11	39	37	+2	43
11	Monagas	34	11	8	15	34	37	−3	41
12	Deportivo Táchira	34	10	10	14	32	40	−8	40
13	Llaneros	34	9	12	13	35	42	−7	39
14	Real Esppor	34	9	11	14	27	37	−10	38
15	El Vigía	34	8	9	17	28	49	−21	33
16	Estudiantes	34	5	15	14	32	56	−24	30
17	Carabobo	34	6	12	16	31	42	−11	29[d]	Relegated to the Segunda División
18	Tucanes	34	5	6	23	36	66	−30	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Deportivo Lara qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the overall champion, and for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the best team in the aggregate table.
2. Since Deportivo Lara won both the Apertura and Clausura, the next two teams in the aggregate table qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores.
3. Mineros de Guayana qualified for 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the winners of the 2011 Copa Venezuela.
4. Carabobo deducted 1 point.

Season top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Rafael Castellín	Venezuelan	Deportivo Lara	20
2	Richard Blanco	Venezuelan	Deportivo Petare	14
3	Heiber Díaz	Venezuelan	Carabobo	13
4	Víctor Renteria	Colombian	Tucanes	12
5	Alexander Rondón	Venezuelan	Aragua	11
	Fernando Aristeguieta	Venezuelan	Caracas	11
7	Edgar Pérez Greco	Venezuelan	Deportivo Lara	10
	Jorge Rojas	Venezuelan	Mineros	10
	Julio Gutiérrez	Chilean	Mineros	10
	Edder Farías	Venezuelan	Monagas	10

Source:^[1]

Serie Final

Because Deportivo Lara won both the Apertura and Clausura, the Serie Final was not played, and Deportivo Lara was declared champion automatically.

Serie Sudamericana

Other than the teams which already qualify for the Copa Libertadores (Apertura and Clausura champions and the best-placed team in the aggregate table) and the Copa Sudamericana (Copa Venezuela champion), the eight best-placed teams in the aggregate table will contest in the Serie Sudamericana for the remaining two berths to the Copa Sudamericana, which qualify the two winners to the First Stage.

In the first round, the matchups are:

• Match A (1 vs. 8)
• Match B (2 vs. 7)
• Match C (3 vs. 6)
• Match D (4 vs. 5)

In the second round, the matchups are:

• Winner A vs. Winner C
• Winner B vs. Winner D

For the two second round winners, the team with the better record in the aggregate table will receive the Venezuela 3 berth, while the other team will receive the Venezuela 4 berth.

First round

Match A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3	Second Round
2	Zulia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 20, 2012

16:00 UTC−04:30

Deportivo Táchira	5–0	Zulia
Ángel 36' Chourio 54' Parra 75' Cova 90' Herrera 90+3'	Report

Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 6.721

Referee: Juan Soto (Dtto Capital)

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May 23, 2012

16:00 UTC−04:30

Zulia	3–0	Deportivo Táchira
Rojas 4' Bolívar 64' (pen.) Cassiani 88'	Report

José "Pachencho" Romero, Maracaibo

Attendance: 2.000

Referee: Héctor Rojas (Monagas)

Match B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yaracuyanos	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Second Round
2	Aragua	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 20, 2012

15:30 UTC−04:30

Aragua	2–3	Yaracuyanos
Rondón 24', 54'	Report	Moreno 35' Osorio 68', 82'

Giuseppe Antonelli, Maracay

Attendance: 2.018

Referee: José Argote (Zulia)

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May 23, 2012

19:30 UTC−04:30

Yaracuyanos	1–1	Aragua
Aguilar 61'	Report	Febles 56'

Florentino Oropeza, San Felipe

Attendance: 5.281

Referee: José Marquina (Mérida)

Match C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monagas	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Second Round
2	Deportivo Petare	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 20, 2012

16:00 UTC−04:30

Monagas	1–1	Deportivo Petare
Farías 72'	Report	Márquez 90+3'

Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 3.024

Referee: Marlon Escalante (Táchira)

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May 23, 2012

19:00 UTC−04:30

Deportivo Petare	0–1	Monagas
	Report	Farías 64'

Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Attendance: 610

Referee: Rafael López (Cojedes)

Match D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zamora	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Second Round
2	Trujillanos	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 20, 2012

16:00 UTC−04:30

Trujillanos	2–1	Zamora
España 14' Alzáte 32'	Report	Yánez 16'

José Alberto Pérez, Valera

Attendance: 4.024

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Portuguesa)

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May 23, 2012

19:30 UTC−04:30

Zamora	2–0	Trujillanos
J. Torres 39' Ramírez 90+3'	Report

Agustín Tovar, Barinas

Attendance: 3.405

Referee: Edson Suárez (Lara)

Second round

Winner A vs. Winner C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Yaracuyanos	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 27, 2012

16:00 UTC−04:30

Deportivo Táchira	0–0	Yaracuyanos
	Report

Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 8.950

Referee: Adrian Cabello (Bolívar)

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May 30, 2012

19:30 UTC−04:30

Yaracuyanos	1–1	Deportivo Táchira
Osorio 55'	Report	Ángel 40'

Florentino Oropeza, San Felipe

Attendance: 10.724

Referee: Rafael López (Cojedes)

Winner B vs. Winner D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monagas	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Zamora	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 27, 2012

16:00 UTC−04:30

Monagas	2–0	Zamora
Ulloque 3' Cabezas 88'	Report

Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 5.535

Referee: Yimmi García (Táchira)

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May 30, 2012

19:30 UTC−04:30

Zamora	2–0	Monagas
Yánez 55' G. Torres 71'	Report
Penalties
Yánez G. Torres J. Torres Ramírez Noriega	4–5	Herrera Farías Briceño Sánchez Boada

Agustín Tovar, Barinas

Attendance: 3.413

Referee: Luis Márquez (Portuguesa)