2025 Copa Venezuela

The 2025 Copa Venezuela was the 52nd edition of the Venezuelan football cup, which is organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF). The competition began on 4 June 2025, with the participation of 14 Primera División and 14 Segunda División teams, and ended on 8 October 2025.^[1]

2025 Copa Venezuela

Tournament details
Country	Venezuela
Dates	4 June – 8 October 2025
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Universidad Central (1st title)
Runners-up	Carabobo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	237 (2.63 per match)
← 2024 2026 →

Universidad Central were the champions, winning their first title in the competition after defeating Carabobo 4–3 on kicks from the penalty mark in the finals.^[2] As winners, Universidad Central qualified for the 2026 Supercopa de Venezuela against the 2025 Primera División champions.^[3]

Deportivo La Guaira were the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2024, but were eliminated by Universidad Central in the semi-finals.

Format changes

Although for this year, the competition retained its group and knockout stages, the number of participating sides was reduced from 30 to 28 as the reserve sides of Academia Puerto Cabello and Monagas were not allowed to enter the competition despite competing in Segunda División, and the group stage was contested by 20 teams: the remaining 14 second tier sides and the six Primera División teams that failed to advance to the final stages of the 2025 Apertura tournament, whilst the eight Primera División teams that advanced to the semi-finals of the 2025 Apertura tournament (Deportivo La Guaira, Carabobo, Universidad Central, Deportivo Táchira, Academia Puerto Cabello, Portuguesa, Metropolitanos, and Anzoátegui) received a bye to the round of 16. In the group stage, the 20 participating teams were divided into five groups of four teams each, in which teams played each one of their group rivals twice (once at home and once away), with the five group winners and the three best group runners-up advancing to the knockout stage to join the eight teams that entered the competition at that point. Unlike the previous edition, in which matches in the knockout rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) were played over a single leg, the different knockout rounds were played over two legs in this season.^[4]

Group stage

The group stage began on 4 June and ended on 10 July 2025.^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAR	DYP	DMI	ARA
1	Caracas	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11	Advance to the knockout stage		—	2–0	0–0	4–0
2	Dynamo Puerto	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10			2–2	—	2–0	4–1
3	Deportivo Miranda	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8			0–1	3–0	—	3–0
4	Aragua	6	1	1	4	5	16	−11	4			2–1	1–3	1–1	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESM	REF	VIG	URE
1	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	5	1	0	16	1	+15	16	Advance to the knockout stage		—	3–0	4–0	5–0
2	Real Frontera	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			0–0	—	0–1	3–1
3	El Vigía	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9			1–3	1–2	—	3–1
4	Ureña	6	0	0	6	3	16	−13	0			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	ZAM	TIT	YAR
1	Marítimo de La Guaira	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to the knockout stage		—	2–1	3–2	1–0
2	Zamora	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			2–2	—	1–1	3–2
3	Titanes	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6			1–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	Yaracuyanos	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3			1–4	0–2	2–0	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	MIN	BOL	ANG
1	Monagas	6	5	1	0	13	5	+8	16	Advance to the knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	3–1
2	Mineros de Guayana	6	3	0	3	12	8	+4	9			2–3	—	5–0	2–1
3	Bolívar	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8			0–0	2–1	—	1–1
4	Angostura	6	0	1	5	6	15	−9	1			2–5	1–2	0–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAY	BAR	HEF	TRU
1	Rayo Zuliano	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to the knockout stage		—	4–0	5–0	1–1
2	Barquisimeto	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12			2–0	—	4–0	1–0
3	Héroes de Falcón	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	6			0–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	Trujillanos	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4			1–3	3–4	3–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of group runners-up

The three best teams among those ranked second in their groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Barquisimeto	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Advance to the knockout stage
2	A	Dynamo Puerto	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
3	B	Real Frontera	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
4	D	Mineros de Guayana	6	3	0	3	12	8	+4	9
5	C	Zamora	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Marítimo de La Guaira	0	2	2
	Anzoátegui	0	3	3
							Anzoátegui	2	1	3
							Universidad Central	4	1	5
	Barquisimeto	0	2	2
	Universidad Central	1	2	3
													Universidad Central	2	1	3
													Deportivo La Guaira	0	1	1
	Caracas	2	2	4
	Metropolitanos	0	2	2
							Caracas	0	0	0
							Deportivo La Guaira	1	1	2
	Real Frontera	0	0	0
	Deportivo La Guaira	1	2	3
																			Universidad Central (p)	0	0	0 (4)
																			Carabobo	0	0	0 (3)
	Monagas	2	3	5
	Academia Puerto Cabello	0	2	2
							Monagas	1	1	2
							Deportivo Táchira	0	0	0
	Rayo Zuliano	0	1	1
	Deportivo Táchira	2	4	6
													Monagas	1	1	2
													Carabobo	1	3	4
	Estudiantes de Mérida	2	0	2 (4)
	Portuguesa (p)	2	0	2 (5)
							Portuguesa	1	0	1
							Carabobo	1	5	6
	Dynamo Puerto	0	0	0
	Carabobo	1	5	6

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Frontera	0–3	Deportivo La Guaira	0–1	0–2
Dynamo Puerto	0–6	Carabobo	0–1	0–5
Barquisimeto	2–3	Universidad Central	0–1	2–2
Rayo Zuliano	1–6	Deportivo Táchira	0–2	1–4
Monagas	5–2	Academia Puerto Cabello	2–0	3–2
Marítimo de La Guaira	2–3	Anzoátegui	0–0	2–3
Estudiantes de Mérida	2–2 (4–5 p)	Portuguesa	2–2	0–0
Caracas	4–2	Metropolitanos	2–0	2–2

First leg

Real Frontera v Deportivo La Guaira

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Real Frontera	0–1	Deportivo La Guaira	San Cristóbal
15:30 UTC−4		Report	Osío 56'	Stadium: JHS Referee: Rafael Torres

Rayo Zuliano v Deportivo Táchira

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Rayo Zuliano	0–2	Deportivo Táchira	Maracaibo
15:30 UTC−4		Report	Zúñiga 47' Duarte 59'	Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Referee: Miguel Rosales

Monagas v Academia Puerto Cabello

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Monagas	2–0	Academia Puerto Cabello	Maturín
15:30 UTC−4	Romero 59' L. Rodríguez 76'	Report		Stadium: Alexander Botinni Referee: Reyes Soto

Marítimo de La Guaira v Anzoátegui

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Marítimo de La Guaira	0–0	Anzoátegui	Caraballeda
17:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Camurí Chico Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Estudiantes de Mérida v Portuguesa

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Estudiantes de Mérida	2–2	Portuguesa	Mérida
18:00 UTC−4	Alderete 2' Hernández 65'	Report	Zúñiga 67' Gómez 71'	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Alexis Herrera

Caracas v Metropolitanos

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Caracas	2–0	Metropolitanos	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4	Tegües 62' Covea 89'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Yeferzon Miranda

Dynamo Puerto v Carabobo

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Dynamo Puerto	0–1	Carabobo	Puerto La Cruz
19:30 UTC−4		Report	Silva 16'	Stadium: Francisco Massiani Referee: Gabriel Velásquez

Barquisimeto v Universidad Central

30 July 2025 (2025-07-30)	Barquisimeto	0–1	Universidad Central	Barquisimeto
17:30 UTC−4		Report	Sosa 57'	Stadium: Farid Richa Referee: Yember Mora

Second leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Real Frontera

5 August 2025 (2025-08-05)	Deportivo La Guaira	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Real Frontera	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4	Castillo 44' Sulbarán 45+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Alexis Herrera

Carabobo v Dynamo Puerto

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Carabobo	5–0 (6–0 agg.)	Dynamo Puerto	Valencia
16:00 UTC−4	Riasco 30', 46', 90+3' Ramos 44' Lucena 79'	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Referee: Leinny Rodríguez

Metropolitanos v Caracas

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Metropolitanos	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Caracas	Caracas
16:00 UTC−4	Ramírez 41' Blanco 90+2'	Report	Vegas 19' Murillo 57'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Academia Puerto Cabello v Monagas

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Academia Puerto Cabello	2–3 (2–5 agg.)	Monagas	Puerto Cabello
18:00 UTC−4	Arace 31' (pen.), 63' (pen.)	Report	Basante 27', 66' Sulbarán 42'	Stadium: La Bombonerita Referee: Stalin Rondón

Anzoátegui v Marítimo de La Guaira

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Anzoátegui	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Marítimo de La Guaira	Puerto La Cruz
18:00 UTC−4	Castellano 12' Graterol 35' Blanco 71' (pen.)	Report	Altamar 19' Escobar 83'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: José Uzcátegui

Portuguesa v Estudiantes de Mérida

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Portuguesa	0–0 (2–2 agg.) (5–4 p)	Estudiantes de Mérida	Acarigua
18:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: General José Antonio Páez Referee: Carlos Parra
	Penalties
	Marchán Montero Colmenarez Soto López		Rojas Alderete Ramírez Fernández Hernández

Deportivo Táchira v Rayo Zuliano

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Deportivo Táchira	4–1 (6–1 agg.)	Rayo Zuliano	San Cristóbal
19:00 UTC−4	Duarte 32' Jiménez 45+2' (o.g.) J. Castillo 57' Cano 77'	Report	Paz 35'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Referee: Reyes Soto

Universidad Central v Barquisimeto

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Universidad Central	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Barquisimeto	Caracas
20:00 UTC−4	Carrillo 87', 90+3'	Report	Ramos 5' Flores 15'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Rony Cueva

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Caracas	0–2	Deportivo La Guaira	0–1	0–1
Portuguesa	1–6	Carabobo	1–1	0–5
Anzoátegui	3–5	Universidad Central	2–4	1–1
Monagas	2–0	Deportivo Táchira	1–0	1–0

First leg

Portuguesa v Carabobo

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)	Portuguesa	1–1	Carabobo	Acarigua
18:00 UTC−4	Silva 19' (o.g.)	Report	Lucena 35'	Stadium: General José Antonio Páez Referee: Alejandro Velásquez

Anzoátegui v Universidad Central

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)	Anzoátegui	2–4	Universidad Central	Puerto La Cruz
18:00 UTC−4	Santos 19' Blanco 90+3'	Report	Polo 33' Simarra 38' De Souza 74' Machís 77'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: Carlos Parra

Monagas v Deportivo Táchira

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20)	Monagas	1–0	Deportivo Táchira	Maturín
15:30 UTC−4	Basante 68'	Report		Stadium: Alexander Botinni Referee: Reyes Soto

Caracas v Deportivo La Guaira

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20)	Caracas	0–1	Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Rivas 90+5'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: José Uzcátegui

Second leg

Carabobo v Portuguesa

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Carabobo	5–0 (6–1 agg.)	Portuguesa	Valencia
16:00 UTC−4	Lucena 6' Riasco 41' (pen.) Orozco 63' Londoño 72', 76'	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Referee: Carlos Parra

Universidad Central v Anzoátegui

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Universidad Central	1–1 (5–3 agg.)	Anzoátegui	Caracas
16:00 UTC−4	De Souza 67'	Report	Castellano 7'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Alexis Herrera

Deportivo La Guaira v Caracas

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Deportivo La Guaira	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Caracas	Caracas
20:00 UTC−4	Rivas 26'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Emikar Calderas

Deportivo Táchira v Monagas

3 September 2025 (2025-09-03)	Deportivo Táchira	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Monagas	San Cristóbal
19:00 UTC−4		Report	Navas 35'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Referee: Yender Herrera
Note: Match originally scheduled for 27 August 2025.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad Central	3–1	Deportivo La Guaira	2–0	1–1
Monagas	2–4	Carabobo	1–1	1–3

First leg

Universidad Central v Deportivo La Guaira

10 September 2025 (2025-09-10)	Universidad Central	2–0	Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4	Cuesta 61' De Souza 72'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Alexis Herrera

Monagas v Carabobo

17 September 2025 (2025-09-17)	Monagas	1–1	Carabobo	Maturín
15:30 UTC−4	Caraballo 78'	Report	Alegría 65'	Stadium: Alexander Botinni Referee: Alejandro Velásquez

Second leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Universidad Central

17 September 2025 (2025-09-17)	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Universidad Central	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4	Uribe 47'	Report	De Souza 90+2'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Rony Cueva

Carabobo v Monagas

24 September 2025 (2025-09-24)	Carabobo	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Monagas	Valencia
16:00 UTC−4	Riasco 43' N. Rodríguez 82' Londoño 86'	Report	T. Rodríguez 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Misael Delgado Referee: Carlos Parra

Finals

1 October 2025 (2025-10-01)

19:00 UTC−4

Universidad Central	0–0	Carabobo
	Report

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Yender Herrera

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8 October 2025 (2025-10-08)

19:00 UTC−4

Carabobo	0–0	Universidad Central
	Report
Penalties
Núñez Aponte Rodríguez Del Valle Orozco	3–4	Zapata Sosa Cuesta De Souza Solé

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Rony Cueva

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Universidad Central won on penalties.

See also

• 2025 Venezuelan Primera División season