2013–14 Venezuelan Primera División season

Liga Movistar
Season	2013–14
Champions	Zamora (2nd title)
2015 Copa Libertadores	Zamora Mineros Deportivo Táchira
2014 Copa Sudamericana	Caracas (cup winner) Deportivo Anzoátegui Trujillanos La Guaira
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013-14 Primera División season was the 32nd professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Eighteen teams participated this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Monagas and Portuguesa were relegated after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2012–13 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Carabobo and Tucanes, the 2012–13 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.

Caracas

Caracas teams:
Caracas FC
Deportivo Petare
Deportivo La Guaira
Atlético Venezuela

Locations of the 2013–14 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético Venezuela	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo Lara	Barquisimeto	Metropolitano de Barquisimeto
El Vigía	El Vigía	Ramón "Gato" Hernández
Deportivo Petare	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Estudiantes	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida
La Guaira	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Llaneros	Guanare	Rafael Calles Pinto
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay
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 will be the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2013 and ended in December 2013.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mineros	17	11	5	1	28	15	+13	38	Serie Final and the 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Caracas	17	10	5	2	30	15	+15	35
3	Zamora	17	9	6	2	22	11	+11	33
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	10	3	4	27	21	+6	33
5	Carabobo	17	9	3	5	30	20	+10	30
6	Deportivo Táchira	17	8	5	4	31	18	+13	29
7	Atlético Venezuela	17	6	7	4	18	19	−1	25
8	Estudiantes	17	5	7	5	21	28	−7	22
9	Trujillanos	17	3	12	2	24	19	+5	21
10	Aragua	17	5	5	7	26	25	+1	20
11	Llaneros	17	5	4	8	21	25	−4	19
12	Zulia	17	4	7	6	18	22	−4	19
13	Deportivo Petare	17	3	9	5	14	19	−5	18
14	Tucanes	17	4	5	8	23	28	−5	17
15	Deportivo Lara	17	4	3	10	13	23	−10	15
16	El Vigía	17	4	3	10	23	35	−12	15
17	La Guaira	17	2	8	7	12	20	−8	14
18	Yaracuyanos	17	1	3	13	15	33	−18	6

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will be the second tournament of the season.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamora	17	12	3	2	45	20	+25	39	Serie Final and the 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Mineros	17	11	4	2	28	12	+16	37
3	Deportivo Táchira	17	11	4	2	32	20	+12	37
4	Trujillanos	17	10	3	4	29	15	+14	33
5	Tucanes	17	9	6	2	23	14	+9	33
6	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	7	6	4	25	17	+8	27
7	Caracas	17	6	9	2	25	18	+7	27
8	Deportivo Lara	17	5	9	3	25	17	+8	24
9	Aragua	17	6	5	6	13	14	−1	23
10	La Guaira	17	6	5	6	15	18	−3	23
11	Atlético Venezuela	17	5	7	5	14	20	−6	22
12	Carabobo	17	5	4	8	17	22	−5	19
13	Deportivo Petare	17	4	5	8	14	20	−6	17
14	Zulia	17	4	3	10	22	31	−9	15
15	Llaneros	17	3	3	11	16	31	−15	12
16	Yaracuyanos	17	2	4	11	14	30	−16	10
17	Estudiantes	17	1	6	10	16	32	−16	9
18	El Vigía	17	3	0	14	14	36	−22	9

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mineros	34	22	9	3	56	27	+29	75	2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Zamora	34	21	9	4	67	31	+36	72	2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	Deportivo Táchira	34	19	9	6	63	38	+25	66	2015 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	Caracas	34	16	14	4	55	33	+22	62	2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage ¹
5	Deportivo Anzoátegui	34	17	9	8	52	38	+14	60	2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Trujillanos	34	13	15	6	53	34	+19	54	Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
7	Tucanes	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	50
8	Carabobo	34	14	7	13	47	42	+5	49
9	Atlético Venezuela	34	11	14	9	32	39	−7	47
10	Aragua	34	11	10	13	39	39	0	43
11	Deportivo Lara	34	9	12	13	38	40	−2	39
12	La Guaira	34	8	13	13	27	38	−11	37
13	Deportivo Petare	34	7	14	13	28	39	−11	35
14	Zulia	34	8	10	16	34	52	−18	34
15	Llaneros	34	8	7	19	37	56	−19	31
16	Estudiantes	34	6	13	15	37	60	−23	31
17	El Vigía	34	7	3	24	36	71	−35	24	Relegated to the Segunda División
18	Yaracuyanos	34	3	7	24	29	63	−34	16	Relegated to the Segunda División

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.
¹Caracas qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2013 Copa Venezuela champion.

Serie Final

Mineros 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	0	1	4	3	+1	3
2	Mineros	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3

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

Primera División 2013–14 Champion
Zamora 2nd 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:

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 or relegation
1	Trujillanos	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Second Round
2	Deportivo Petare	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

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	Aragua	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Second Round
2	Atlético Venezuela	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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	La Guaira	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Second Round
2	Tucanes	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

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	Carabobo	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3	Second Round
2	Deportivo Lara	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3

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	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Aragua	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1

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	La Guaira	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Carabobo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

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

References

External links

Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation (Spanish)
- Season regulations (Spanish)
Football-Lineups (English)

Copa Movistar

Current teams	Aragua Atlético Venezuela Carabobo Caracas Deportivo Anzoátegui Deportivo Lara Deportivo Táchira Estudiantes de Caracas Estudiantes de Mérida JBL del Zulia La Guaira Llaneros Mineros Monagas Petare Portuguesa Trujillanos Ureña Zamora Zulia

Seasons	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015 2016

2013 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2012–13, 2013–14) Bolivia (2012–13, 2013–14) Brazil Chile (2013, 2013–14) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2012–13, 2013–14) Venezuela (2012–13, 2013–14)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2012–13, 2013–14) Brazil Chile (2012–13, 2013–14) Colombia Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination phase, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

2014 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2013–14, 2014) Bolivia (2013–14, 2014–15) Brazil Chile (2013–14, 2014–15) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2013–14, 2014–15) Venezuela (2013–14, 2014–15)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2013–14, 2014–15) Brazil Chile (2013–14, 2014–15) Colombia Peru Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination phase, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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