2017 Venezuelan Primera División season

Football league season

Venezuelan Primera División
Season	2017
Champions	Monagas (1st title)
Relegated	Deportivo JBL Atlético Socopó
Copa Libertadores	Monagas Deportivo Lara Carabobo Deportivo Táchira
Copa Sudamericana	Mineros Caracas Estudiantes de Mérida Zamora
Matches played	336
Goals scored	810 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Edder Farías (13 goals) Clausura: Anthony Blondell (13 goals) Season: Anthony Blondell (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Deportivo Lara 6–0 Portuguesa 27 February 2017
Biggest away win	Metropolitanos 0–5 Carabobo 21 May 2017
Highest scoring	Mineros 4–4 Anzoátegui 16 April 2017 Deportivo Lara 6–2 Zamora 11 November 2017
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The 2017 Primera División season was the 36th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but did not qualify to the Serie Final, after being eliminated by Monagas in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Apertura and by Deportivo Lara in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Clausura.

Monagas were the champions, defeating Deportivo Lara in the Serie Final, 2–1 on aggregate.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Caracas

Caracas teams:
Caracas
Deportivo La Guaira
Atlético Venezuela
Metropolitanosclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017 Primera División teams

Relegated to 2017 Segunda División
17	Ureña
18	Llaneros
19	Petare
20	Estudiantes de Caracas

Promoted to 2017 Primera División
1	Metropolitanos
2	Atlético Socopó

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez	14,000
Atlético Socopó	Socopó	Rogelio Matos	7,500
Atlético Venezuela	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado	10,400
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui	37,485
Deportivo JBL	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800
Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Lara	Cabudare	Metropolitano de Cabudare	47,913
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755
Estudiantes de Mérida	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,200
Metropolitanos	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín	51,796
Portuguesa	Acarigua	General José Antonio Páez	18,000
Trujillanos	Valera	José Alberto Pérez	25,000
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar	29,800
Zulia	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800

Trujillanos played the matchday 11 of the Torneo Clausura (against Deportivo Lara) at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, after the Estadio José Alberto Pérez in Valera was suspended due to crowd disturbances in the Copa Venezuela round of 16 second leg against Zulia.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Aragua	José Manuel Rey	New Arrival	Gobierno Bolivariano de Aragua
Atlético Socopó	Fernando Capobianco	Kiukak	Servical
Atlético Venezuela	Alex Pallarés	Adidas	FERRYJET
Carabobo	Wilson Gutiérrez	Adidas	None
Caracas	Noel Sanvicente	Adidas	Maltín Polar
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Charles López	Academia Sport Wear	Gobierno Bolivariano de Anzoátegui
Deportivo JBL	Frank Flores	JBL Sports	SHIMGE
Deportivo La Guaira	Pedro Depablos	Adidas	Traki
Deportivo Lara	Leonardo González	Adidas	Brijot
Deportivo Táchira	Francesco Stifano	Adidas	SIMMONDS EQUIPMENTS
Estudiantes de Mérida	José Nabor Gavidia	Puma	Arand Supplies
Metropolitanos	Daniel de Oliveira	Joma	Seguros Venezuela
Mineros	Juan Tolisano	Sport Jugados	Gobernación de Bolívar
Monagas	Jhonny Ferreira	Adidas	Banplus
Portuguesa	Carlos Moreno	Mundo Creativo	Alivenza
Trujillanos	Horacio Matuszyczk	Kiukak	SUCASA
Zamora	Alí Cañas	Uhlsport	PDVSA
Zulia	Carlos Maldonado	Uhlsport	PDVSA

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Portuguesa	Horacio Matuszyczk	Sacked	22 February	16th	Carlos Moreno	24 February
Trujillanos	Darío Martínez	Sacked	21 February	17th	Cristian Ferlauto	21 February
Atlético Socopó	Giovanny Pérez	Sacked	26 March	17th	Alberto Valencia	6 April
Estudiantes de Mérida	Juan Cruz Real	Resigned	3 April	15th	José Nabor Gavidia	4 April
Deportivo JBL	Frank Flores	Mutual consent	7 April	17th	José Cortina Henríquez	12 April
Atlético Venezuela	Ignacio González	Mutual consent	29 May	11th	Alex Pallarés	30 May
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Nicolás Larcamón	Signed by Deportes Antofagasta	12 June	4th, QF	Charles López	8 July
Zamora	Francesco Stifano	Resigned	15 June	3rd, QF	Luis Vera	20 June
Torneo Clausura
Deportivo La Guaira	Eduardo Saragó	Mutual consent	7 July	Pre-season	Pedro Depablos	8 July
Deportivo JBL	José Cortina Henríquez	Sacked	13 July	Pre-season	Juan Escobar	13 July
Zulia	Daniel Farías	Signed by The Strongest	15 August	15th	Miguelángel Acosta	15 August
Zulia	Miguelángel Acosta	End of caretaker spell	18 August	13th	Carlos Maldonado	18 August
Zamora	Luis Vera	Sacked	22 August	18th	Alí Cañas	23 August
Deportivo JBL	Juan Escobar	Sacked	28 August	12th	Frank Flores	28 August
Trujillanos	Cristian Ferlauto	Mutual consent	11 September	17th	Horacio Matuszyczk	11 September
Atlético Socopó	Alberto Valencia	Sacked	18 September	16th	Fernando Capobianco	18 September
Deportivo Táchira	Santiago Escobar	Mutual consent	11 October	9th	Francesco Stifano	11 October
Metropolitanos	Rafael Santana	Mutual consent	3 November	9th	Daniel de Oliveira	4 November
Carabobo	Julio César Baldivieso	Sacked	3 December	3rd, SF	Wilson Gutiérrez	14 December
Aragua	Antonio Franco	Sacked	11 December	17th	José Manuel Rey	12 December

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The regular season started on 28 January and finished on 21 May 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	17	10	6	1	30	15	+15	36	Advance to knockout stage
2	Carabobo	17	10	5	2	36	12	+24	35
3	Zamora	17	8	6	3	26	14	+12	30
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	7	7	3	23	13	+10	28
5	Caracas	17	7	7	3	27	19	+8	28
6	Monagas	17	6	8	3	27	19	+8	26
7	Aragua	17	6	7	4	22	18	+4	25
8	Deportivo La Guaira	17	6	5	6	23	17	+6	23
9	Zulia	17	7	2	8	28	35	−7	23
10	Mineros	17	6	4	7	30	36	−6	22
11	Atlético Venezuela	17	6	3	8	22	27	−5	21
12	Deportivo Lara	17	5	4	8	22	24	−2	19
13	Trujillanos	17	4	7	6	17	21	−4	19
14	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	4	6	7	16	21	−5	18
15	Portuguesa	17	2	10	5	13	27	−14	16
16	Metropolitanos	17	4	3	10	14	32	−18	15
17	Deportivo JBL	17	4	2	11	17	31	−14	14
18	Atlético Socopó	17	3	4	10	15	27	−12	13

Source: Soccerway, FVF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head match; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	SOC	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	JBL	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESM	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua	—	1–1	—	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	5–0
Atlético Socopó	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–1	2–2	—	—	1–2	0–2	3–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1
Atlético Venezuela	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–3	2–1	—	—	1–2	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	—	1–2	—	—
Carabobo	3–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	4–0	—	0–0	—	0–0	—
Caracas	—	0–0	3–1	—	—	2–2	4–1	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	4–0	1–1	—
Deportivo Anzoátegui	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	—	—	0–0	—	2–0	1–2
Deportivo JBL	—	—	—	0–4	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–3
Deportivo La Guaira	—	4–1	2–1	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–0	4–0	3–1	—	1–1	—	0–0	—
Deportivo Lara	—	1–0	2–3	—	1–3	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	6–0	1–1	1–0	—
Deportivo Táchira	2–1	—	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	2–2	4–1	—	—	—	2–4	—	1–1	—	0–0	—
Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	—	1–1	2–3	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	1–4	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	0–0	—	—
Metropolitanos	0–2	—	—	0–5	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	3–1	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0
Mineros	3–3	1–0	—	—	—	4–4	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	0–3	4–1	—	—
Monagas	—	—	—	3–3	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–1	4–3	—	—	—	—	3–4
Portuguesa	—	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	—	0–3	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	0–2	—	0–0	—	1–1
Trujillanos	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	—	0–2	4–1	2–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	3–0
Zamora	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	6–1	2–2	—	—
Zulia	—	—	3–1	1–5	3–0	—	—	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–2	—	3–2	—	—	—	3–0	—

Source: Asociación FUTVE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Match awarded 3–0 to Atlético Venezuela due to Mineros fielding the ineligible player Ángelo Peña. The original result was a 2–1 win for Atlético Venezuela.
Match awarded 3–0 to Portuguesa due to Mineros fielding the ineligible player Ángelo Peña. The original result was a 1–0 win for Mineros.
Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Táchira due to Zulia fielding four foreign players at the same time. The original result was a 2–0 win for Zulia.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0	0	0

5	Caracas	1	0	1
					5	Caracas (p)	2	1	3 (4)

					8	Deportivo La Guaira	1	2	3 (3)
1	Deportivo Táchira	2	2	4

8	Deportivo La Guaira	3	2	5
										5	Caracas	0	2	2

										6	Monagas (a)	1	1	2
2	Carabobo	0	2	2

7	Aragua	1	0	1
					2	Carabobo	0	1	1

					6	Monagas (a)	0	1	1
3	Zamora	1	1	2

6	Monagas	3	3	6

Quarter-finals

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

First leg

Caracas v Deportivo Anzoátegui

26 May 2017	Caracas	1–0	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Caracas
15:00	E. Hernández 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Deportivo La Guaira v Deportivo Táchira

27 May 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	3–2	Deportivo Táchira	Caracas
17:00	Aguilar 14' D. González 66' Azócar 78'	Report	Ramírez 39' Benítez 72'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,847 Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

Monagas v Zamora

29 May 2017	Monagas	3–1	Zamora	Maturín
19:00	L. González 10' Blondell 58', 69'	Report	Luis Vargas 37'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Juan Soto

Aragua v Carabobo

4 June 2017	Aragua	1–0	Carabobo	Acarigua
15:30	O. García 29'	Report		Stadium: José Antonio Páez Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 28 May 2017 at Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez in Maracay, was suspended due to crowd disturbance.

Second leg

Zamora v Monagas

10 June 2017	Zamora	1–3 (2–6 agg.)	Monagas	Barinas
19:00	Clarke 6' (pen.)	Report	L. González 71' (pen.) Febles 79' Blondell 83'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 2,962 Referee: Marlón Escalante

Deportivo Táchira v Deportivo La Guaira

11 June 2017	Deportivo Táchira	2–2 (4–5 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	San Cristóbal
17:00	J. R. Reyes 10' J. González 64'	Report	Valoyes 26' Meleán 82'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Edixon España

Carabobo v Aragua

11 June 2017	Carabobo	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Aragua	Valencia
19:30	Cova 15' Tobar 38' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

Deportivo Anzoátegui v Caracas

12 June 2017	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Caracas	Puerto La Cruz
15:30		Report		Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Randy Lugo

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Guaira	3–3 (3–4 p)	Caracas	1–2	2–1
Monagas	1–1 (a)	Carabobo	0–0	1–1

First leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Caracas

17 June 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	1–2	Caracas	Caracas
17:30	D. González 8'	Report	Farías 32' (pen.) Castro 71'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 7,246 Referee: José Argote

Monagas v Carabobo

17 June 2017	Monagas	0–0	Carabobo	Maturín
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 16,357 Referee: Kevin Sánchez

Second leg

Caracas v Deportivo La Guaira

21 June 2017	Caracas	1–2 (3–3 agg.) (4–3 p)	Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas
17:00	Farías 82'	Report	D. González 21' Valoyes 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,211 Referee: José Luis Hoyo
	Penalties
	Castro Arrieta E. Pernía Rosa Farías		Aguilar La Mantía Cásseres Azócar Tucker

Carabobo v Monagas (a)

21 June 2017	Carabobo	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Monagas (a)	Valencia
19:30	Bandillo 42'	Report	Febles 3'	Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 11,440 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Final

25 June 201719:00

Monagas	1–0	Caracas
Barberi 47'	Report

Estadio Monumental, MaturínAttendance: 31,235Referee: Ángel Arteaga

2 July 201717:00

Caracas	2–1	Monagas
R. Hernández 35' Farías 57'	Report	Blondell 51'

Estadio Olímpico, CaracasAttendance: 19,405Referee: Alexis Herrera

2–2 on aggregate. Monagas won on away goals.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edder Farías	Caracas	13
2	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira	11
3	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	10
4	Juan García Reyes	Aragua	9
	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo
	Jesús Hernández	Deportivo Lara
	Luis González	Monagas
8	Richard Blanco	Mineros	8
	Zamir Valoyes	Deportivo La Guaira
	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Yohandry Orozco	Zulia	10
2	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	7
3	Evelio Hernández	Caracas	6
3	Zamir Valoyes	Deportivo La Guaira	6
5	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira	5
	Eduard Bello	Carabobo
	Richard Blanco	Mineros
	Pedro Ramírez	Deportivo Táchira

Awards

Team of the Tournament

The Asociación FUTVE chose the team of the Torneo Apertura.

Position	Player	Club
GK	Beycker Velásquez	Deportivo Anzoátegui
RB	Samuel Barberi	Monagas
CB	Lucas Trejo	Monagas
CB	Rubert Quijada	Caracas
LB	Óscar González	Monagas
DM	Ricardo Martins	Deportivo Anzoátegui
RM	Luis González	Monagas
LM	Yohandry Orozco	Zulia
RW	Anthony Blondell	Monagas
LW	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo
CF	Edder Farías	Caracas
Coach	Jhonny Ferreira	Monagas

Velásquez Barberi Trejo Quijada Ó. González L. González Martins Orozco Ocanto Blondell Farías

Player of the Tournament

The best player of Torneo Apertura was Monagas winger Anthony Blondell, chosen by the Asociación FUTVE.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura was the second tournament of the season. The regular season started on 15 July and finished on 29 October 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Lara	17	10	6	1	25	11	+14	36	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mineros	17	10	4	3	28	12	+16	34
3	Carabobo	17	9	4	4	28	13	+15	31
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	7	7	3	21	18	+3	28
5	Monagas	17	8	3	6	23	20	+3	27
6	Caracas	17	8	1	8	20	20	0	25
7	Deportivo La Guaira	17	7	3	7	24	22	+2	24
8	Zamora	17	6	6	5	21	21	0	24
9	Metropolitanos	17	5	8	4	16	15	+1	23
10	Deportivo Táchira	17	6	5	6	18	18	0	23
11	Portuguesa	17	6	4	7	22	19	+3	22
12	Zulia	17	6	3	8	19	21	−2	21
13	Deportivo JBL	17	6	3	8	17	23	−6	21
14	Trujillanos	17	6	3	8	16	24	−8	21
15	Atlético Venezuela	17	3	6	8	17	25	−8	15
16	Atlético Socopó	17	3	5	9	13	25	−12	14
17	Aragua	17	3	5	9	12	24	−12	14
18	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	2	8	7	12	22	−10	11

Source: Soccerway, FVF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head match; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
Notes:

Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	SOC	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	JBL	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESM	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua	—	—	1–2	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	—	0–1	1–1	—
Atlético Socopó	2–2	—	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	2–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–2	1–2	1–4	—
Atlético Venezuela	—	0–1	—	1–3	0–1	—	—	4–2	0–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	1–1	3–1
Carabobo	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	3–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–1	—	5–1	—	1–0
Caracas	3–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	—	2–0	2–1	—	—	2–1
Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–2	—	0–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	—	—
Deportivo JBL	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–3	—	3–1	0–1	3–1	—
Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	0–0	—	3–0	—	1–2
Deportivo Lara	2–0	—	—	0–3	—	—	—	1–0	—	3–0	3–3	—	0–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–1
Deportivo Táchira	—	0–0	2–0	—	—	3–2	4–1	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	1–2	—	2–1	—	0–1
Estudiantes de Mérida	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	2–0	1–3	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	0–0	—	0–0	3–1
Metropolitanos	—	2–1	1–1	—	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	2–1	0–2	—	—	—	—
Mineros	—	—	3–0	3–2	2–1	—	—	1–2	—	0–0	4–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	3–0	2–1
Monagas	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	4–1	1–1	0–1	—
Portuguesa	4–1	—	—	0–0	—	3–0	—	3–0	1–2	0–1	—	0–0	1–2	—	—	—	2–0	—
Trujillanos	—	—	1–1	—	3–2	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	—	0–2	—
Zamora	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–1
Zulia	2–0	3–0	—	—	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	0–2	—	—

Source: Asociación FUTVE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Deportivo Lara	1	6	7

8	Zamora	1	2	3
					1	Deportivo Lara	0	3	3

					5	Monagas	1	0	1
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	1	0	1

5	Monagas	1	1	2
										1	Deportivo Lara (p)	0	1	1 (4)

										2	Mineros	1	0	1 (3)
2	Mineros	1	2	3

7	Deportivo La Guaira	1	1	2
					2	Mineros	0	1	1

					3	Carabobo	0	0	0
3	Carabobo	1	2	3

6	Caracas	0	0	0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zamora	3–7	Deportivo Lara	1–1	2–6
Monagas	2–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	1–0
Deportivo La Guaira	2–3	Mineros	1–1	1–2
Caracas	0–3	Carabobo	0–1	0–2

First leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Mineros

4 November 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	Mineros	Caracas
15:00	C. González 33'	Report	M. Granados 10' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Caracas v Carabobo

5 November 2017	Caracas	0–1	Carabobo	Caracas
15:30		Report	Bello 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,450 Referee: José Argote

Monagas v Estudiantes de Mérida

5 November 2017	Monagas	1–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	Maturín
17:45	Blondell 27'	Report	J. Gómez 64'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Juan Soto

Zamora v Deportivo Lara

5 November 2017	Zamora	1–1	Deportivo Lara	Barinas
20:00	I. González 33'	Report	L. Gómez 56'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 3,238 Referee: Marlón Escalante

Second leg

Deportivo Lara v Zamora

11 November 2017	Deportivo Lara	6–2 (7–3 agg.)	Zamora	Cabudare
15:30	Caraballo 32', 50' Sierra 48', 82' L. Gómez 70', 90+2'	Report	M. González 34' S. Fernández 76'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 5,399 Referee: Ramón Ortega

Estudiantes de Mérida v Monagas

11 November 2017	Estudiantes de Mérida	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Monagas	Mérida
17:45		Report	Trejo 90'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Mineros v Deportivo La Guaira

12 November 2017	Mineros	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	Ciudad Guayana
17:00	R. Blanco 9' Castillo 89'	Report	Arteaga 78'	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 6,824 Referee: Francisco López

Carabobo v Caracas

12 November 2017	Carabobo	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Caracas	Valencia
19:15	Núñez 37' Tobar 53'	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 5,958 Referee: José Luis Hoyo

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monagas	1–3	Deportivo Lara	1–0	0–3
Carabobo	0–1	Mineros	0–0	0–1

First leg

Monagas v Deportivo Lara

18 November 2017	Monagas	1–0	Deportivo Lara	Maturín
19:00	Blondell 45+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 7,872 Referee: José Argote

Carabobo v Mineros

19 November 2017	Carabobo	0–0	Mineros	Valencia
19:00		Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

Second leg

Mineros v Carabobo

25 November 2017	Mineros	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Carabobo	Ciudad Guayana
17:00	N. Hernández 25'	Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Deportivo Lara v Monagas

26 November 2017	Deportivo Lara	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Monagas	Cabudare
15:00	L. Gómez 39', 48' J. González 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 15,847 Referee: Juan Soto

Final

3 December 201717:00

Mineros	1–0	Deportivo Lara
N. Hernández 68'	Report

Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad GuayanaAttendance: 24,786Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

9 December 201715:00

Deportivo Lara	1–0	Mineros
J. González 18'	Report
Penalties
Sierra J. González L. Gómez Manzano Di Giorgi H. Pernía	4–3	R. Blanco Escobar Pol Faría C. Ortiz Castillo

Estadio Metropolitano, CabudareAttendance: 29,184Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

1–1 on aggregate. Deportivo Lara won 4–3 on penalties.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	13
2	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo	12
3	Lucas Gómez	Deportivo Lara	10
4	Carlos Espinoza	Estudiantes de Mérida	9
4	Gustavo Britos	Metropolitanos	9
6	Jesús González	Deportivo Lara	8
6	Tulio Etchemaite	Portuguesa	8
8	Manuel Arteaga	Deportivo La Guaira	7
	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira
	Fernando Aristeguieta	Caracas

Awards

Team of the Tournament

The Asociación FUTVE chose the team of the Torneo Clausura.

Position	Player	Club
GK	Carlos Salazar	Deportivo Lara
RB	Ángel Faría	Mineros
CB	Anthonys Matos	Mineros
CB	Henri Pernía	Deportivo Lara
LB	Daniel Carrillo	Deportivo Lara
CM	Jesús Gómez	Estudiantes de Mérida
CM	Carlos Sierra	Deportivo Lara
RM	José Caraballo	Deportivo Lara
LM	Brayan Hurtado	Mineros
CF	Anthony Blondell	Monagas
CF	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo
Coach	Leonardo González	Deportivo Lara

Salazar Faría Matos H. Pernía Carrillo Caraballo Sierra J. Gómez Hurtado Tobar Blondell

Player of the Tournament

The best player of Torneo Clausura was Deportivo Lara goalkeeper Carlos Salazar, chosen by the Asociación FUTVE.

Serie Final

The Serie Final is held between the champions of the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura to determine the champions of the season. The draw to determine the order of the legs was held on 4 December 2017.

First leg

13 December 201719:00

Monagas	0–1	Deportivo Lara
	Report	J. González 35'

Estadio Monumental, MaturínAttendance: 23,177Referee: Alexis Herrera

Monagas

Deportivo Lara


GK	22	Alain Baroja
DF	6	Samuel Barberi
DF	25	Joaquín Lencinas
DF	3	Lucas Trejo (c)
DF	19	Óscar González
MF	8	Javier García
MF	7	Ángel Lezama		77'
MF	21	Vicente Rodríguez		61'
FW	20	Luis Guerra		82'
FW	17	Anthony Blondell	63'
FW	16	Christian Flores
Substitutes:
GK	1	Ángel Hernández
MF	5	Óscar Guillén
MF	23	Agnel Flores
MF	30	Ismael Romero		82'
FW	9	Juan Zárate		77'
FW	18	César Martínez		61'
FW	24	Yohanner García
Manager:
Jhonny Ferreira


GK	1	Carlos Salazar	78'
DF	2	Leminger Bolívar
DF	26	Giacomo Di Giorgi		27'
DF	4	Leonardo Aponte
DF	27	Daniel Carrillo
MF	15	Ricardo Andreutti (c)
MF	5	Bernaldo Manzano		13'
MF	29	Manuel Godoy
MF	17	Ely Valderrey
FW	9	Lucas Gómez
FW	18	Jesús González		76'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Jesús Padrón
MF	11	Oswaldo Chaurant		27'
MF	14	Carlos Sierra		13'
FW	8	José Reyes
FW	20	José Michelena
FW	23	José Caraballo		76'
FW	76	Freddy Vargas
Manager:
Leonardo González

Assistant referees:
Jorge Urrego
Jairo Molina
Fourth official:
Adrián Cabello

Match rules

90 minutes.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

17 December 201715:00

Deportivo Lara	0–2	Monagas
	Report	Blondell 36' Ag. Flores 80'

Estadio Metropolitano, CabudareAttendance: 31,028Referee: José Argote

Monagas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Deportivo Lara

Monagas


GK	1	Carlos Salazar
DF	2	Leminger Bolívar		83'
DF	4	Leonardo Aponte
DF	13	Henri Pernía (c)
DF	27	Daniel Carrillo		65'
MF	28	Jesús Bueno
MF	23	José Caraballo	45'
MF	14	Carlos Sierra
MF	8	José Reyes		70'
FW	18	Jesús González
FW	9	Lucas Gómez
Substitutes:
GK	12	Jesús Padrón
MF	11	Oswaldo Chaurant		65'
MF	15	Ricardo Andreutti
FW	17	Ely Valderrey		70'
FW	20	José Michelena		83'
FW	29	Manuel Godoy
FW	76	Freddy Vargas
Manager:
Leonardo González


GK	22	Alain Baroja
DF	15	Edwar Bracho	50'	61'
DF	25	Joaquín Lencinas
DF	3	Lucas Trejo (c)
DF	19	Óscar González	74'
MF	8	Javier García
MF	14	Dáger Palacios	6'	89'
MF	16	Christian Flores
FW	20	Luis Guerra		76'
FW	27	Anthony Blondell	26'
FW	24	Yohanner García	65'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Ángel Hernández
DF	6	Samuel Barberi
MF	7	Ángel Lezama
MF	21	Vicente Rodríguez		89'
MF	23	Agnel Flores		76'
MF	30	Ismael Romero		61'
FW	18	César Martínez
Manager:
Jhonny Ferreira

Assistant referees:
Carlos López
Luis Sánchez
Fourth official:
Yersinia Correa

Match rules

90 minutes.
If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is used to determine the winner.
Penalty shoot-out if the tie persists.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Primera División 2017 Champions
Monagas 1st title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carabobo	34	19	9	6	64	25	+39	66	Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
2	Deportivo Táchira	34	16	11	7	48	33	+15	59	Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
3	Mineros	34	16	8	10	58	48	+10	56	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
4	Deportivo Lara	34	15	10	9	47	35	+12	55	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
5	Zamora	34	14	12	8	47	36	+11	54	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	Monagas (C)	34	14	11	9	50	39	+11	53	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
7	Caracas	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
8	Deportivo La Guaira	34	13	8	13	47	39	+8	47
9	Estudiantes de Mérida	34	11	13	10	37	39	−2	46	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
10	Zulia	34	13	5	16	47	56	−9	44
11	Trujillanos	34	10	10	14	33	45	−12	40
12	Deportivo Anzoátegui	34	9	15	10	35	35	0	39
13	Aragua	34	9	12	13	34	42	−8	39
14	Portuguesa	34	8	14	12	35	49	−14	38
15	Metropolitanos	34	9	11	14	30	47	−17	38
16	Atlético Venezuela	34	9	9	16	39	52	−13	36
17	Deportivo JBL (R)	34	10	5	19	35	54	−19	35	Relegation to Segunda División
18	Atlético Socopó (R)	34	6	9	19	28	52	−24	27	Relegation to Segunda División

Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Mineros qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as 2017 Copa Venezuela champions.
Zamora qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as aggregate table best team not yet qualified for South American competition.
Caracas qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Apertura runners-up.
Estudiantes de Mérida qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Clausura classification table best team not yet qualified for South American competition, since Clausura runners-up Mineros qualified for a higher berth.
Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted 3 points.

Awards

Torneo Apertura

Player of the Matchday

Day	Player	Club
12	Jairo Otero	Atlético Venezuela
13	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo
14	Darwin González	Deportivo La Guaira
15	Jesús Vargas	Estudiantes de Mérida
16	Argenis Gómez	Mineros
17	Ricardo Martins	Deportivo Anzoátegui

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Player	Club	Reference
April	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo

Torneo Clausura

Player of the Matchday

Day	Player	Club
1	Luz Rodríguez	Estudiantes de Mérida
2	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo
3	Manuel Arteaga	Deportivo La Guaira
4	Anthony Blondell	Monagas
6	Gustavo Britos	Metropolitanos
7	Brayan Hurtado	Mineros
8	Carlos Espinoza	Estudiantes de Mérida
9	Richard Blanco	Mineros
10	Christian Novoa	Carabobo
11	Jhoan Mina	Atlético Socopó
14	Anthony Uribe	Zamora
15	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo
16	Jesús González	Deportivo Lara
QF1	Eduard Bello	Carabobo
QF2	Jeysen Núñez	Carabobo
SF1	Anthony Blondell	Monagas
SF2	Lucas Gómez	Deportivo Lara

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The best player of the 2017 season was Monagas forward Anthony Blondell, chosen by the Asociación FUTVE.

Team of the Year

The Asociación FUTVE chose the team of the season.

Position	Player	Club
GK	Carlos Salazar	Deportivo Lara
RB	Alejandro Fuenmayor	Carabobo
CB	Lucas Trejo	Monagas
LB	Óscar González	Monagas
DM	Francisco Flores	Mineros
DM	Javier García	Monagas
RM	Eduard Bello	Carabobo
CM	Charlis Ortiz	Mineros
LM	Brayan Hurtado	Mineros
CF	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo
CF	Anthony Blondell	Monagas
Coach	Jhonny Ferreira	Monagas

Salazar Trejo Fuenmayor Ó. González F. Flores J. García C. Ortiz Bello Hurtado Tobar Blondell

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