2012–13 Venezuelan Primera División season

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Season 2012–13
Champions Zamora (1st title)
Relegated Monagas
Portuguesa
2014 Copa Libertadores Zamora
Deportivo Anzoátegui
Caracas
2013 Copa Sudamericana Deportivo Anzoátegui (cup winner)
Deportivo Lara
Trujillanos
Mineros

The 2012-13 Primera División season was the 31st professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Eighteen teams participated this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Carabobo and Tucanes were relegated after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2011–12 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Atlético Venezuela and Portuguesa, the 2011–12 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.

Team City Stadium
Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético Venezuela Caracas Brígido Iriarte
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
El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández
Estudiantes Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida
Mineros Ciudad Guayana Polideportivo Cachamay
Llaneros Guanare Rafael Calles Pinto
Monagas Maturín Monumental de Maturín
Portuguesa Acarigua General José Antonio Paez
Real Esppor Caracas Brígido Iriarte
Trujillanos Valera Luis Loreto Lira
Yaracuyanos San Felipe Florentino Oropeza
Zamora Barinas Agustín Tovar
Zulia Maracaibo José "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2012 and ended on December 2012.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Anzoátegui 17 12 3 2 31 18 +13 39 Serie Final and the 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Caracas 17 12 2 3 25 10 +15 38
3 Deportivo Lara 17 9 4 4 24 17 +7 31
4 Zamora 17 9 4 4 26 15 +11 31
5 Mineros 17 9 2 6 22 23 1 29
6 Trujillanos 17 8 3 6 28 21 +7 27
7 Llaneros 17 7 4 6 29 26 +3 25
8 Deportivo Petare 17 7 3 7 24 23 +1 24
9 Aragua 17 6 5 6 24 24 0 23
10 Atlético Venezuela 17 5 6 6 21 19 +2 21
11 Deportivo Táchira 17 6 3 8 25 26 1 21
12 Zulia 17 6 3 8 20 24 4 21
13 Portuguesa 17 6 3 8 17 21 4 21
14 El Vigía 17 5 3 9 18 25 7 18
15 Yaracuyanos 17 5 3 9 11 18 7 18
16 Real Esppor 17 5 2 10 19 28 9 17
17 Monagas 17 4 3 10 18 31 13 15
18 Estudiantes 17 0 8 9 11 24 13 8

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARA ATV AVECRCDANDLADPEDTAEMELLAMGUMONPORRESTRUYARZAMZUL
Aragua 02 21 33 11 20 31 31 03 10
El Vigía 12 13 01 10 34 31 11 10 20
Atlético Venezuela 11 00 00 12 11 10 41 04
Caracas 10 00 10 41 01 21 10 30 10
Deportivo Anzoátegui 21 10 20 32 21 51 10 20 31
Deportivo Lara 00 12 12 32 00 10 10 32
Deportivo Petare 32 41 11 10 00 31 01 12
Deportivo Táchira 03 13 10 12 30 21 30 20
Estudiantes 00 14 01 22 22 00 02 00
Llaneros 21 13 20 33 13 40 23 30
Mineros 11 02 21 13 21 20 10 31
Monagas 21 30 22 22 12 02 21 02
Portuguesa 41 00 10 00 31 02 20 12 13
Real Esppor 12 21 01 11 00 12 21 12 12
Trujillanos 21 00 50 30 31 03 20 11
Yaracuyanos 21 02 00 10 10 01 23 00 11
Zamora 21 31 11 03 20 02 30 20 52
Zulia 10 02 32 31 12 20 10 12 00

Updated to games played on 21 October 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura was the second tournament of the season.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Zamora 17 10 5 2 31 11 +20 35 Serie Final and the 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Deportivo Anzoátegui 17 10 4 3 21 14 +7 34
3 Deportivo Lara 17 9 6 2 29 23 +6 33
4 Trujillanos 17 8 6 3 19 10 +9 30
5 Caracas 17 7 9 1 23 15 +8 30
6 Mineros 17 7 6 4 26 17 +9 27
7 Atlético Venezuela 17 7 5 5 19 19 0 26
8 Estudiantes 17 6 5 6 21 20 +1 23
9 Llaneros 17 5 8 4 13 14 1 23
10 Deportivo Táchira 17 5 7 5 20 16 +4 22
11 Real Esppor 17 6 4 7 17 19 2 22
12 El Vigía 17 5 5 7 13 25 12 20
13 Yaracuyanos 17 5 3 9 20 21 1 18
14 Aragua 17 4 5 8 14 19 5 17
15 Zulia 17 2 9 6 17 18 1 15
16 Monagas 17 3 3 11 14 24 10 12
17 Deportivo Petare 17 2 6 9 7 24 17 12
18 Portuguesa 17 2 4 11 16 31 15 10

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARA ATV AVECRCDANDLADPEDTAEMELLAMGUMONPORRESTRUYARZAMZUL
Aragua 00 11 01 23 20 31 12 12
El Vigía 01 11 11 20 20 30 10 05
Atlético Venezuela 00 20 10 11 33 21 02 20
Caracas 11 30 30 00 00 10 21
Deportivo Anzoátegui 11 10 11 20 32 21 10 10
Deportivo Lara 21 30 22 00 10 32 42 32 03
Deportivo Petare 01 02 00 02 00 11 11
Deportivo Táchira 30 40 00 13 01 11 10 11
Estudiantes 41 11 51 10 11 00 10 10
Llaneros 00 00 11 31 10 20 10 01
Mineros 40 20 11 31 22 00 11 10
Monagas 02 12 10 01 01 01 23 21
Portuguesa 01 34 01 00 02 32 02 00
Real Esppor 10 11 10 10 13 02 00
Trujillanos 20 12 11 21 30 10 10 10
Yaracuyanos 01 31 01 01 22 22 10
Zamora 11 11 30 21 10 40 32
Zulia 20 00 12 11 40 00 00 33

Updated to games played on August, 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 Anzoátegui 34 22 7 5 52 32 +20 73 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 1
2 Caracas 34 19 11 4 48 25 +23 68 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3 Zamora 34 19 9 6 57 26 +31 66 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4 Deportivo Lara 34 18 10 6 53 40 +13 64 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Trujillanos 34 16 9 9 47 31 +16 57 Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
6 Mineros 34 16 8 10 48 40 +8 56
7 Llaneros 34 12 12 10 42 40 +2 48
8 Atlético Venezuela 34 12 11 11 40 38 +2 47
9 Deportivo Táchira 34 11 10 13 45 42 +3 43
10 Aragua 34 10 10 14 38 43 5 40
11 Real Esppor 34 11 6 17 36 47 11 39
12 El Vigía 34 10 8 16 31 50 19 38
13 Zulia 34 8 12 14 37 42 5 36
14 Yaracuyanos 34 10 6 18 31 39 8 36
15 Deportivo Petare 34 9 9 16 31 47 16 36
16 Estudiantes 34 6 13 15 32 44 12 31
17 Portuguesa 34 8 7 19 33 52 19 31 Relegated to the Segunda División
18 Monagas 34 7 6 21 32 55 23 27

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
1Deportivo Anzoátegui qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012 Copa Venezuela champion.

Serie Final

Deportivo Anzoátegui and Zamora qualified to the Serie Final, which was contested on a home and away basis.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Zamora 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
2 Deportivo Anzoátegui 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Primera División
2012–13 Champion
Zamora
1st title

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 and the second best-placed team in the aggregate table), 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:

In the second round, the matchups are:

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 or relegation
1 Trujillanos 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Second Round
2 El Vigía 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Match B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Mineros 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Second Round
2 Real Esppor 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Match C

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Táchira 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Second Round
2 Atlético Venezuela 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Match D

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Aragua 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Second Round
2 Llaneros 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Second round

Winner A vs. Winner C

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Trujillanos 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Deportivo Táchira 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Winner B vs. Winner D

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Mineros 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Aragua 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

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