2013–14 Venezuelan Primera División season

Liga Movistar
Season2013–14
ChampionsZamora (2nd title)
2015 Copa LibertadoresZamora
Mineros
Deportivo Táchira
2014 Copa SudamericanaCaracas (cup winner)
Deportivo Anzoátegui
Trujillanos
La Guaira

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 fewest 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.

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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 in August 2013 and ended in December 2013.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]

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
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
Source: [citation needed]

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
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[a]
5 Deportivo Anzoátegui 34 17 9 8 52 38 +14 60
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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Caracas 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
Source: [citation needed]
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
1 Trujillanos 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Second Round
2 Deportivo Petare 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
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
1 Aragua 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Second Round
2 Atlético Venezuela 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.

Match C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Guaira 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Second Round
2 Tucanes 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.

Match D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carabobo 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Second Round
2 Deportivo Lara 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
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
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
Source: [citation needed]
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
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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

References