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Venezuelan Primera División

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This article is about the association football league. For the baseball league, see Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. For the basketball league, see Liga Profesional de Baloncesto.
Association football league in Venezuela
Football league
Liga FUTVE
Founded1921; 104 years ago (1921)
CountryVenezuela
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of clubs14
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSegunda División
Domestic cup(s)Copa Venezuela
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Current championsDeportivo Táchira (11th title)
(2024 season)
Most championshipsCaracas (12 titles)
Top goalscorerJuan García
(271 goals)
TV partnersTVes, GolTV, Star+
WebsiteLiga FUTVE (in Spanish)
Venezuelan Football Federation (in Spanish)
Current: 2025 season

The Primera División (pronounced [pɾiˈmeɾaðiβiˈsjon] ; English: First Division), or Liga Venezolana (locally [ˈliɣaβenesoˈlana] ; English: Venezuelan League) is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957. It is organized by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol.

Format

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Starting in the 2020 season, 20 teams play in a home-and-away round-robin tournament, with the top eight teams advancing to the semi-final stage.

At the semi-final stage, the eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each, facing the other teams in their group twice. The two group winners advance to the Serie Final to decide the league champions.

International qualification

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  • The champions and runners-up qualify to the group phase of the Copa Libertadores.
  • The team with the most points in the entire season qualifies to the preliminary round of the Copa Libertadores as Venezuela 3.
  • The second and third team with the most points in the entire season qualifies to the Copa Sudamericana as Venezuela 1 and Venezuela 2.
  • If a team won both tournaments that team qualify to the Copa Libertadores as Venezuela 1, then the first and second team with the most points in the entire season qualify to the Copa Libertadores as Venezuela 2 and Venezuela 3 and the fourth and fifth team with the most points in the entire season qualify to the Copa Sudamericana as Venezuela 1 and Venezuela 2.
  • If the winner of the Copa Venezuela does not qualify to the Copa Libertadores through the aforementioned manners or through the point total in the entire season, they take the Venezuela 2 spot in the Copa Sudamericana.

Relegation

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  • The two lowest placed teams in the entire season are automatically relegated to the Segunda División.

2024 teams

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Venezuelan Primera División is located in Venezuela
Pto. Cabello
Angostura
Barinas
Barinas
Carabobo
Caracas
Caracas
Deportivo Táchira
Est. Mérida
Portuguesa
Monagas
Rayo Zuliano
Barinas teams: Inter de Barinas Zamora Caracas teams: Caracas Deportivo La Guaira Metropolitanos Universidad Central
Locations of the 2024 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
Academia Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello La Bombonerita 7,500
Angostura Ciudad Bolívar Ricardo Tulio Maya 2,500
Carabobo Valencia Misael Delgado 10,400
Caracas Caracas Olímpico de la UCV 23,940
Deportivo La Guaira Caracas Olímpico de la UCV 23,940
Deportivo Táchira San Cristóbal Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo 38,755
Estudiantes de Mérida Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida 42,200
Inter de Barinas Barinas Agustín Tovar 29,800
Metropolitanos Caracas Olímpico de la UCV 23,940
Monagas Maturín Monumental de Maturín 51,796
Portuguesa Acarigua General José Antonio Páez 18,000
Rayo Zuliano Maracaibo José "Pachencho" Romero 40,800
Universidad Central Caracas Olímpico de la UCV 23,940
Zamora Barinas Agustín Tovar 29,800

List of champions

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List of champions since the first championship held in 1920. The Primera División turned professional on 21 February 1957.[citation needed ]

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up
Amateur era
1
 1921 América (1) Centro Atlético
2
 1922 Centro Atlético (1) América
3
 1923 América (2) Centro Atlético
4
 1924 Centro Atlético (2) Vargas
5
 1925 Loyola (1) Venzóleo
6
 1926 Centro Atlético (3) Venzóleo
7
 1927 Venzóleo (1) Centro Atlético
8
 1928 Deportivo Venezuela (1) Centro Atlético
9
 1929 Deportivo Venezuela (2) Unión
10
 1930 Centro Atlético (4) Unión
11
 1931 Deportivo Venezuela (3) Centro Atlético
12
 1932 Unión (1) Dos Caminos
13
 1933 Deportivo Venezuela (4) Dos Caminos
14
 1934 Unión (2) Dos Caminos
15
 1935 Unión (3) Dos Caminos
16
 1936 Dos Caminos (1) Centro Atlético
17
 1937 Dos Caminos (2) Litoral
18
 1938 Dos Caminos (3) Litoral
19
 1939 Unión (4) Litoral
20
 1940 Unión (5) Dos Caminos
21
 1941 Litoral (1) Dos Caminos
22
 1942 Dos Caminos (4) Loyola
23
 1943 Loyola (2) Litoral
24
 1944 Loyola (3) Dos Caminos
25
 1945 Dos Caminos (5) Loyola
26
 1946 Deportivo Español (1) Centro Atlético
27
 1947 Unión (6) Universidad Central
28
 1948 Loyola (4) Unión
29
 1949 Dos Caminos (6) Universidad Central
30
 1950 Unión (7) La Salle
31
 1951 Universidad Central (1) Loyola
32
 1952 La Salle (1) Loyola
33
 1953 Universidad Central (2) La Salle
34
 1954 Deportivo Vasco (1) Loyola
35
 1955 La Salle (2) Deportivo Español
36
 1956 Banco Obrero (1) La Salle
Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Winning manager Top scorer
Professional era
37
 1957 Universidad Central (3) La Salle Brazil Orlando Fantoni Brazil Tonho (Universidad Central, 12 goals)
38
 1958 Deportivo Portugués (1) Deportivo Español Brazil Orlando Fantoni Venezuela René Irazque (Portugués, 6 goals)
39
 1959 Deportivo Español (2) Deportivo Portugués Paraguay Delfín Benítez Cáceres Spain Abel Benítez (Deportivo Español, 15 goals)
40
 1960 Deportivo Portugués (2) Deportivo Español Portugal Javier Ferreira Spain José Luis Iglesias (Deportivo Portugués, 9 goals)
41
 1961 Deportivo Italia (1) Banco Agrícola y Pecuario Brazil Orlando Fantoni Venezuela Antonio Ravelo (Banco Agrícola y Pecuario, 11 goals)
42
 1962 Deportivo Portugués (3) Universidad Central Spain Emilio Huguet Brazil Jaime da Silva (Universidad Central, 16)
43
 1963 Deportivo Italia (2) Deportivo Portugués Brazil Orlando Fantoni Brazil Nino (Deportivo Portugués, 15 goals)
44
 1964 Deportivo Galicia (1) Tiquire Flores Uruguay Julio César Britos Brazil Helio Rodrigues (Tiquire Flores, 12 goals)
45
 1965 Lara (1) Deportivo Italia Brazil Gaetano Pintón Argentina Mario Mateo (Lara, 16 goals)
46
 1966 Deportivo Italia (3) Deportivo Portugués Brazil Orlando Fantoni Brazil Ratto (Deportivo Portugués, 20 goals)
47
 1967 Deportivo Portugués (4) Deportivo Galicia Spain José Julián Hernández Brazil Joao Ramos (Deportivo Portugués, 28 goals)
48
 1968 Unión Deportiva Canarias (1) Deportivo Italia Uruguay Manuel Arias Brazil Raimundinho (Deportivo Portugués, 21 goals)
49
 1969 Deportivo Galicia (2) Valencia Uruguay Julio César Britos Brazil Eustaquio Batista (Deportivo Italia, 19 goals)
Brazil Lelo (Valencia, 19 goals)
50
 1970 Deportivo Galicia (3) Deportivo Italia Brazil Silvio Leite Uruguay Roland Langon (Deportivo Galicia, 13 goals)
51
 1971 Valencia (1) Deportivo Italia Uruguay Walter Roque Brazil Agostinho Sabara (Tiquire Aragua, 20 goals)
52
 1972 Deportivo Italia (4) Deportivo Galicia Brazil Elmo Correa Venezuela Francisco Rodriguez (Anzoátegui FC, 18 goals)
53
 1973 Portuguesa (1) Valencia Uruguay Walter Roque Uruguay Jose Chiazzaro (Estudiantes de Mérida, 14 goals)
54
 1974 Deportivo Galicia (4) Portuguesa Uruguay Walter Roque Uruguay Jose Chiazzaro (Estudiantes de Mérida, 15 goals)
Uruguay Sergio Hugo Castillo (Anzoátegui FC, 15 goals)
55
 1975 Portuguesa (2) Estudiantes de Mérida Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladica Popović Paraguay Pedro Pascual Peralta (Portuguesa, 20 goals)
56
 1976 Portuguesa (3) Estudiantes de Mérida Paraguay Benjamín Fernández Paraguay Pedro Pascual Peralta (Portuguesa, 25 goals)
57
 1977 Portuguesa (4) Estudiantes de Mérida Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladica Popović Brazil Jairzinho (Portuguesa, 20 goals)
Brazil Juan Cesar Silva (Portuguesa, 20 goals)
58
 1978 Portuguesa (5) Deportivo Galicia Paraguay Celino Mora Brazil Andrade (ULA Mérida, 23 goals)
59
 1979 Deportivo Táchira (1) Deportivo Galicia Uruguay Esteban Beracochea Uruguay Omar Ferrari (Deportivo Táchira, 15 goals)
60
 1980 Estudiantes de Mérida (1) Portuguesa Paraguay Ramón Rodríguez Brazil Wilfrido Campos (Portuguesa, 12 goals)
61
 1981 Deportivo Táchira (2) Estudiantes de Mérida Uruguay Esteban Beracochea Colombia Rafael Angulo (Deportivo Táchira, 14 goals)
62
 1982 San Cristóbal (1) Deportivo Táchira Uruguay Walter Roque Uruguay German Montero (Estudiantes, 21 goals)
63
 1983 Universidad de Los Andes (1) Portuguesa Venezuela Iván García Venezuela Johnny Castellanos (Atlético Zamora, 13 goals)
64
 1984 Deportivo Táchira (3) Deportivo Italia Argentina Venezuela Carlos Horacio Moreno Brazil Sergio Meckler (Zamora, 15 goals)
65
 1985 Estudiantes de Mérida (2) Deportivo Táchira Venezuela Iván García Brazil Sergio Meckler (Deportivo Táchira, 17 goals)
66
 1986 Unión Atlético Táchira (4) Estudiantes de Mérida Argentina Venezuela Carlos Horacio Moreno Venezuela Wilton Arreaza (Caracas, 8 goals)
67
 1986–87 Marítimo (1) Unión Atlético Táchira Venezuela Rafael Santana Venezuela Johnny Castellanos (Portuguesa, 16 goals)
68
 1987–88 Marítimo (2) Unión Atlético Táchira Uruguay Alfredo López Argentina Miguel González (Unión Atlético Táchira, 22 goals)
69
 1988–89 Mineros de Guayana (1) Pepeganga Margarita Uruguay Alfredo López Venezuela Johnny Castellanos (Mineros, 24 goals)
70
 1989–90 Marítimo (3) Unión Atlético Táchira Venezuela Rafael Santana Venezuela Herbert Márquez (Marítimo, 19 goals)
71
 1990–91 Universidad de Los Andes (2) Marítimo Argentina Carlos Diéz Venezuela Alexander Bottini (Monagas, 15 goals)
72
 1991–92 Caracas (1) Minervén Venezuela Manuel Plasencia Germany Andreas Vogler (Caracas, 25 goals)
73
 1992–93 Marítimo (4) Minervén Cuba Miguel Sabina Venezuela Herbert Márquez (Marítimo, 21 goals)
74
 1993–94 Caracas (2) Trujillanos Venezuela Manuel Plasencia Colombia Rodrigo Soto (Trujillanos, 20 goals)
75
 1994–95 Caracas (3) Minervén Venezuela Pedro Febles Brazil Rogeiro da Silva (Mineros, 30 goals)
76
 1995–96 Minervén (1) Mineros de Guayana Argentina Raúl Cavalleri Venezuela Jose Luis Dolgetta (Caracas, 24 goals)
77
 1996–97 Caracas (4) Atlético Zulia Venezuela Manuel Plasencia Venezuela Rafael Castellín (Caracas, 19 goals)
78
 1997–98 Atlético Zulia (1) Estudiantes de Mérida Serbia Ratomir Dujkovic Venezuela Jose Luis Dolgetta (Estudiantes de Mérida/Carabobo, 22 goals)
79
 1998–99 Deportivo Italchacao (5) Unión Atlético Táchira Argentina Raúl Cavalleri Colombia Gustavo Fonseca (Internacional Lara, 24 goals)
80
 1999–00 Deportivo Táchira (5) Deportivo Italchacao Uruguay Walter Roque Venezuela Juan Enrique García (Caracas, 24 goals)
81
 2000–01 Caracas (5) Trujillanos Argentina Venezuela Carlos Horacio Moreno Argentina Martín Brignani (Estudiantes de Mérida, 12 goals)
82
 2001–02 Nacional Táchira Estudiantes de Mérida Uruguay Venezuela Carlos Maldonado Venezuela Juan Enrique García (Nacional Táchira, 34 goals)
83
 2002–03 Caracas (6) Unión Atlético Maracaibo Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Venezuela Juan Enrique García (Monagas/Mineros, 19 goals)
84
 2003–04 Caracas (7) Deportivo Táchira Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Venezuela Juan Enrique García (Mineros, 18 goals)
85
 2004–05 Unión Atlético Maracaibo (1) Caracas Uruguay Venezuela Carlos Maldonado Argentina Daniel Delfino (Carabobo, 19 goals)
86
 2005–06 Caracas (8) Unión Atlético Maracaibo Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Venezuela Juan Enrique García (Deportivo Táchira, 21 goals)
87
 2006–07 Caracas (9) Unión Atlético Maracaibo Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Colombia Robinson Rentería (Trujillanos, 19 goals)
88
 2007–08 Deportivo Táchira (6) Caracas Uruguay Venezuela Carlos Maldonado Venezuela Alexander Rondon (Deportivo Anzoátegui, 19 goals)
89
 2008–09 Caracas (10) Deportivo Italia Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Venezuela Daniel Arismendi (Maracaibo/Deportivo Táchira, 17 goals)
Venezuela Heatklif Castillo (Aragua, 17 goals)
90
 2009–10 Caracas (11) Deportivo Táchira Venezuela Ceferino Bencomo Colombia Norman Cabrera (Atlético El Vigía, 20 goals)
91
 2010–11 Deportivo Táchira (7) Zamora Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto Venezuela Daniel Arismendi (Deportivo Anzoátegui, 20 goals)
92
 2011–12 Deportivo Lara (1) Caracas Venezuela Eduardo Saragó Venezuela Rafael Castellín (Deportivo Lara, 21 goals)
93
 2012–13 Zamora (1) Deportivo Anzoátegui Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Panama Gabriel Torres (Zamora, 19 goals)
94
 2013–14 Zamora (2) Mineros de Guayana Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Venezuela Juan Falcón (Zamora, 19 goals)
95
 2014–15 Deportivo Táchira (8) Trujillanos Venezuela Daniel Farías Panama Edwin Aguilar (Deportivo Anzoategui, 23 goals)
96
 2016 Zamora (3) Zulia Venezuela Francesco Stifano Panama Gabriel Torres (Zamora, 22 goals)
97
 2017 Monagas (1) Deportivo Lara Venezuela Jhonny Ferreira Venezuela Anthony Blondell (Monagas, 24 goals)
98
 2018 Zamora (4) Deportivo Lara Venezuela Alí Cañas Venezuela Anthony Uribe (Zamora, 16 goals)
99
 2019 Caracas (12) Estudiantes de Mérida Venezuela Noel Sanvicente Venezuela Edder Farías (Atlético Venezuela, 18 goals)
100
 2020 Deportivo La Guaira (1) Deportivo Táchira Venezuela Daniel Farías Venezuela Richard Blanco (Mineros, 8 goals)
Venezuela Edder Farías (Atlético Venezuela, 8 goals)
101
 2021 Deportivo Táchira (9) Caracas Venezuela Juan Domingo Tolisano Benin Samson Akinyoola (Caracas, 18 goals)
102
 2022 Metropolitanos (1) Monagas Venezuela José María Morr Colombia Kevin Viveros (Carabobo, 21 goals)
103
 2023 Deportivo Táchira (10) Caracas Venezuela Eduardo Saragó Venezuela Luifer Hernández (Academia Puerto Cabello, 18 goals)
104
 2024 Deportivo Táchira (11) Carabobo Venezuela Edgar Pérez Greco Colombia Juan Camilo Zapata (Inter de Barinas/Universidad Central, 16 goals)

Titles by club

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Clubs in bold compete in Primera División as of the current season. Clubs in italic no longer exist.

Rank Club Winners Runners-Up Winning years Runners-Up years
1 Caracas 12 5 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2019 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2021, 2023
2 Deportivo Táchira 11 9 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2021, 2023, 2024 1982, 1985, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2020
3 Unión 7 3 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1950 1929, 1930, 1948
4 Dos Caminos 6 7 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1949 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1944
5 Deportivo Petare 5 7 1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1998–99 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1984, 1999–00, 2008–09
Portuguesa 5 3 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 1974, 1980, 1983
7 Centro Atlético 4 7 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930 1921, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1946
Deportivo Galicia 4 5 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974 1967, 1972, 1978, 1979
Deportivo Portugués 4 3 1958, 1960, 1962, 1967 1959, 1963, 1966
Marítimo 4 1 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992–93 1990–91
Zamora 4[note 1] 1 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016, 2018 2010–11
Deportivo Venezuela 4 — 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933 —
13 Loyola 3 5 1925, 1943, 1944 1942, 1945, 1951, 1952, 1954
Universidad Central 3 3 1951, 1953, 1957 1947, 1949, 1962
15 Estudiantes de Mérida 2 8 1980, 1985 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2019
Deportivo Español 2 3 1946, 1959 1955, 1958, 1960
La Salle 2 3 1952, 1955 1950, 1953, 1956
América 2 1 1921, 1923 1922
Universidad de Los Andes 2 — 1983, 1990–91 —
20 Litoral 1 4 1941 1937, 1938, 1939, 1943
Carabobo 1 3 1971 1969, 1973, 2024
Unión Atlético Maracaibo 1 3 2004–05 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07
Minervén 1 3 1995–96 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95
Deportivo Lara 1 2 2011–12 2017, 2018
Mineros de Guayana 1 2 1988–89 1995–96, 2013–14
Venzóleo 1 2 1927 1925, 1926
Atlético Zulia 1 1 1997–98 1996–97
Monagas 1 1 2017 2022
Banco Obrero 1 — 1956 —
Deportivo La Guaira 1 — 2020 —
Deportivo Vasco 1 — 1954 —
Lara 1 — 1965 —
Metropolitanos 1 — 2022 —
Nacional Táchira 1 — 2001–02 —
San Cristóbal 1 — 1982 —
Unión Deportiva Canarias 1 — 1968 —
  1. ^ Zamora won the Torneo de Adecuación in 2015, but this title is not counted as it was not a full season.

Half-year / Short tournaments

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Apertura and Clausura seasons

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Season Champion Runner-up
1996–97 Apertura Atlético Zulia Minervén
Clausura Caracas Unión Atlético Táchira
1997–98 Apertura Atlético Zulia Deportivo Italia
Clausura Estudiantes de Mérida Trujillanos
1998–99 Apertura Unión Atlético Táchira Estudiantes de Mérida
Clausura Deportivo Italchacao Estudiantes de Mérida
1999–00 Apertura Deportivo Táchira Estudiantes de Mérida
Clausura Deportivo Táchira Deportivo Italchacao
2001–02 Apertura Estudiantes de Mérida Monagas
Clausura Nacional Táchira Monagas
2002–03 Apertura Caracas Deportivo Italchacao
Clausura Unión Atlético Maracaibo Deportivo Italchacao
2003–04 Apertura Caracas Deportivo Táchira
Clausura Caracas Deportivo Táchira
2004–05 Apertura Unión Atlético Maracaibo Caracas
Clausura Unión Atlético Maracaibo Caracas
2005–06 Apertura Unión Atlético Maracaibo Deportivo Táchira
Clausura Caracas Deportivo Táchira
2006–07 Apertura Caracas Unión Atlético Maracaibo
Clausura Unión Atlético Maracaibo Caracas
2007–08 Apertura Caracas Deportivo Anzoátegui
Clausura Deportivo Táchira Caracas
2008–09 Apertura Deportivo Italia Monagas
Clausura Caracas Deportivo Táchira
2009–10 Apertura Deportivo Táchira Deportivo Italia
Clausura Caracas Deportivo Táchira
2010–11 Apertura Deportivo Táchira Real Esppor
Clausura Zamora Caracas
2011–12 Apertura Deportivo Lara Caracas
Clausura Deportivo Lara Mineros de Guayana
2012–13 Apertura Deportivo Anzoátegui Caracas
Clausura Zamora Deportivo Anzoátegui
2013–14 Apertura Mineros de Guayana Caracas
Clausura Zamora Mineros de Guayana
2014–15 Apertura Trujillanos Deportivo La Guaira
Clausura Deportivo Táchira Caracas
2015 Adecuación Zamora Deportivo La Guaira
2016 Apertura Zamora Deportivo Anzoátegui
Clausura Zulia Deportivo Táchira
2017 Apertura Monagas Caracas
Clausura Deportivo Lara Mineros de Guayana
2018 Apertura Zamora Mineros de Guayana
Clausura Deportivo Lara Deportivo La Guaira
2019 Apertura Estudiantes de Mérida Mineros de Guayana
Clausura Caracas Deportivo Táchira
2024 Apertura Carabobo Metropolitanos
Clausura Deportivo Táchira Carabobo

See also

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References

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