2019 Venezuelan Primera División season

Football league season

Liga FUTVE
Season	2019
Dates	26 January – 15 December 2019
Champions	Caracas (12th title)
Relegated	Estudiantes de Caracas Deportivo Anzoátegui
Copa Libertadores	Caracas Estudiantes de Mérida Deportivo Táchira Carabobo
Copa Sudamericana	Zamora (cup winners) Mineros Llaneros Aragua
Matches played	388
Goals scored	991 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Edder Farías (18 goals) Clausura: Lucas Gómez (10 goals)
Biggest home win	La Guaira 6–0 Trujillanos 28 April 2019 Mineros 6–0 Portuguesa 19 May 2019 Deportivo Táchira 6–0 LALA 25 September 2019
Biggest away win	Est. Caracas 0–6 Est. Mérida 12 October 2019
Highest scoring	La Guaira 5–2 Llaneros 24 March 2019 Pto. Cabello 4–3 Est. Caracas 31 March 2019 Metropolitanos 4–3 Trujillanos 14 August 2019 Zamora 6–1 Est. Caracas 9 September 2019 Est. Caracas 2–5 Zulia 28 September 2019
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, was the 38th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but in the Torneo Apertura they were knocked out by Mineros in the quarter-finals and in the Torneo Clausura they failed to advance to the knockout stage. The champions were Caracas, who won the Torneo Clausura by defeating Deportivo Táchira in the final and then went on to beat Apertura winners Estudiantes de Mérida in the Serie Final on penalties to claim their twelfth league title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

ARC

Caracas

ARC teams:
Academia Puerto Cabello
Aragua
Carabobo

Caracas teams:
Caracas
Deportivo La Guaira
Atlético Venezuela
Metropolitanos
Est. Caracasclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019 Primera División teams

Relegated to 2019 Segunda División
None (league expanded)

Promoted to 2019 Primera División
1	Llaneros
2	LALA

Team	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Academia Puerto Cabello	Carlos Maldonado	Puerto Cabello	La Bombonerita	7,500
Aragua	Enrique García	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez	14,000
Atlético Venezuela	Henry Meléndez	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Carabobo	Vacant	Valencia	Misael Delgado	10,400
Caracas	Noel Sanvicente	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Juvencio Betancourt	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui	37,485
Deportivo La Guaira	Daniel Farías	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Lara	Leonardo González	Cabudare	Metropolitano de Cabudare	47,913
Deportivo Táchira	Juan Tolisano	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755
Estudiantes de Caracas	Edson Rodríguez	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez	14,000
Estudiantes de Mérida	Martín Brignani	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida Guillermo Soto Rosa	42,200 14,000
LALA	Del Valle Rojas	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600
Llaneros	Edwin Quilagury	Guanare	Rafael Calles Pinto	13,000
Metropolitanos	José María Morr	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Mineros	Richard Páez	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600
Monagas	May Montoya (caretaker)	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín	51,796
Portuguesa	José Parada	Acarigua	General José Antonio Páez	18,000
Trujillanos	Martín Carrillo	Valera	José Alberto Pérez	25,000
Zamora	Rubén Benítez (caretaker)	Barinas	Agustín Tovar	29,800
Zulia	Alexander Rondón	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800

a: Atlético Venezuela are playing outside the Brígido Iriarte Stadium in Caracas as the stadium was suspended. Atlético Venezuela played at the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz in the Torneo Apertura, while in the Torneo Clausura they are hosting their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez in Maracay.
b: Carabobo are playing outside of the Estadio Misael Delgado in Valencia due to maintenance works at the stadium. Carabobo are playing their home matches at the Estadio Rafael Calles Pinto in Guanare.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Metropolitanos	Jhon Giraldo	Sacked		Pre-season	José María Morr	18 December 2018
Atlético Venezuela	Tony Franco	Sacked	2 November 2018		Jaime de la Pava	20 December 2018
Estudiantes de Caracas	José María Morr	Mutual agreement	28 November 2018		Daniel de Oliveira	12 December 2018
Portuguesa	Raymond Páez	Sacked	9 December 2018		Jobanny Rivero	9 December 2018
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Jobanny Rivero	Signed by Portuguesa	9 December 2018		Yoimer Segovia	9 January
Llaneros	Edwin Quilagury	Mutual agreement	18 December 2018		Julio Quintero	5 January
Llaneros	Julio Quintero	Resigned	22 January		Javier Yépez	22 January
Academia Puerto Cabello	Pedro Depablos	Sacked	20 February	18th	Carlos Maldonado	20 February
Deportivo Táchira	Giovanny Pérez	Sacked	7 March	14th	Juan Tolisano	7 March
Llaneros	Javier Yépez	Resigned	19 March	17th	Ramón Argüello (caretaker)	19 March
Trujillanos	José Nabor Gavidia	Mutual agreement	22 March	20th	Jesús Valiente	23 March
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Yoimer Segovia	Sacked	27 March	20th	Juvencio Betancourt	27 March
Portuguesa	Jobanny Rivero		9 April	16th	José Parada	10 April
Monagas	José Manuel Rey		21 May	13th	Silvio Rudman	17 June
Llaneros	Ramón Argüello	End of caretaker spell	18 May	18th	Edwin Quilagury	11 July
Trujillanos	Jesús Valiente	Replaced	16 June	19th	Martín Carrillo	16 June
Torneo Clausura
Mineros	Horacio Matuszyczk	Resigned	16 August	7th	Laydeker Navas (caretaker)	16 August
Zulia	Francesco Stifano	Mutual agreement	14 September	12th	Alex García King (caretaker)	14 September
Estudiantes de Caracas	Daniel de Oliveira	Mutual agreement	16 September	19th	Edson Rodríguez	17 September
Zulia	Alex García King	End of caretaker spell	18 September	9th	Alexander Rondón	18 September
Atlético Venezuela	Jaime de la Pava	Sacked	19 September	16th	Henry Meléndez	20 September
Zamora	Alí Cañas	Sacked	3 October	15th	Rubén Benítez (caretaker)	3 October
Monagas	Silvio Rudman	Mutual agreement	13 October	16th	May Montoya (caretaker)	14 October
Carabobo	Jhonny Ferreira	Mutual agreement	11 December	13th
Mineros	Laydeker Navas	End of caretaker spell	14 December	9th	Richard Páez	14 December

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. The regular season started on 26 January and ended on 19 May.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carabobo	19	13	4	2	31	14	+17	43	Advance to the knockout stage
2	Caracas	19	10	6	3	34	15	+19	35
3	Mineros de Guayana	19	10	4	5	35	23	+12	34
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	19	7	9	3	24	12	+12	30
5	Aragua	19	9	6	4	20	16	+4	30
6	Zamora	19	8	5	6	27	24	+3	29
7	Zulia	19	7	8	4	17	21	−4	28
8	Atlético Venezuela	19	6	9	4	25	21	+4	27
9	Deportivo Táchira	19	8	3	8	28	25	+3	27
10	Deportivo La Guaira	19	7	5	7	36	25	+11	26
11	Academia Puerto Cabello	19	6	8	5	32	28	+4	26
12	Metropolitanos	19	7	5	7	21	18	+3	26
13	Monagas	19	7	5	7	26	27	−1	26
14	Deportivo Lara	19	6	6	7	23	21	+2	24
15	LALA	19	5	7	7	22	33	−11	22
16	Estudiantes de Caracas	19	5	4	10	25	36	−11	19
17	Portuguesa	19	3	9	7	21	30	−9	18
18	Llaneros	19	3	5	11	27	46	−19	11
19	Trujillanos	19	3	2	14	17	41	−24	11
20	Deportivo Anzoátegui	19	4	2	13	20	35	−15	8

Source: Liga FUTVE, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:

^ Zulia and Caracas were deducted one point by the Council of Honour of the FVF due to the events that occurred during the match played by both teams on March 10.
Aragua were deducted three points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Jarol Herrera.
Llaneros were deducted three points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with player Leonardo Ossa.
Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted six points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Edwin Aguilar.

Results

Home \ Away	APC	ARA	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESC	ESM	LAL	LLA	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Academia Puerto Cabello	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–3	3–3	2–0	2–2	4–3	—	—	—	1–1	—	4–0	2–0	1–1	—	—
Aragua	2–1	—	0–3	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	—	—	—	0–2	0–0
Atlético Venezuela	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	0–0
Carabobo	1–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	3–1	2–1	2–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	2–1	—	—	3–1
Caracas	—	1–1	2–2	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	4–2	—	—	1–0	3–0	—
Deportivo Anzoátegui	—	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	2–3	0–1	—	3–2	—	1–3	0–0	—
Deportivo La Guaira	—	0–0	—	—	1–4	1–0	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	5–2	—	—	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–0	—
Deportivo Lara	—	1–2	—	—	0–1	3–0	1–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	—
Deportivo Táchira	—	1–2	—	—	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	3–1	2–1	—	—
Estudiantes de Caracas	—	1–2	—	0–1	0–3	4–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	3–2	—	—	2–2	—	1–2	1–0	—
Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	—	—	—	3–0	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	4–0
LALA	3–1	—	2–3	1–2	—	—	2–1	2–3	1–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	0–5	—	—	—	—	3–3
Llaneros	3–2	—	2–2	1–2	—	—	—	2–3	1–3	—	0–0	1–2	—	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	0–1
Metropolitanos	—	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	—	4–0	2–2	—	—	—	0–3	—	2–1	—
Mineros de Guayana	1–2	—	—	—	—	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	—	1–0	—	—	6–0	—	—	1–1
Monagas	—	0–1	2–1	2–4	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	—	—	2–1	2–0	—
Portuguesa	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	2–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	—	—	3–1	—	2–2	0–1	—
Trujillanos	—	2–1	1–3	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–3	—	—	—	0–3	1–2
Zamora	2–2	—	3–3	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	4–1
Zulia	2–1	—	—	—	A	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	—

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

Match awarded 3–0 to Mineros due to a lack of security personnel at the stadium, which caused the match to be cancelled.
The Zulia vs. Caracas match originally ended 0–0, however the Council of Honour of the FVF decided to annull this result following the events that occurred during the match. As a result, both teams had one point deducted and the match was officially registered as "played without assignment of points".

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

3	Mineros de Guayana (a)	1	1	2

6	Zamora	2	0	2
					3	Mineros de Guayana (p)	0	0	0 (4)

					7	Zulia	0	0	0 (3)
2	Caracas	2	1	3

7	Zulia	3	2	5
										3	Mineros de Guayana	0	0	0 (0)

										4	Estudiantes de Mérida (p)	0	0	0 (2)
1	Carabobo	2	1	3

8	Atlético Venezuela	2	0	2
					1	Carabobo	1	1	2

					4	Estudiantes de Mérida (a)	0	2	2
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	2	1	3

5	Aragua	1	1	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Venezuela	2–3	Carabobo	2–2	0–1
Zulia	5–3	Caracas	3–2	2–1
Zamora	2–2 (a)	Mineros de Guayana	2–1	0–1
Aragua	2–3	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–2	1–1

First leg

Zamora v Mineros de Guayana

24 May 2019	Zamora	2–1	Mineros de Guayana	Barinas
18:00	Romero 22' Paiva 84'	Report	Camargo 87'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Juan Soto

Zulia v Caracas

25 May 2019	Zulia	3–2	Caracas	Maracaibo
16:00	Paz 57' Moya 81' Zambrano 86'	Report	Canelón 23', 38'	Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 2,215 Referee: Marlon Escalante

Aragua v Estudiantes de Mérida

26 May 2019	Aragua	1–2	Estudiantes de Mérida	Maracay
16:00	Pérez 90+2'	Report	Mena 15' Gómez 71'	Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Attendance: 6,515 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Atlético Venezuela v Carabobo

27 May 2019	Atlético Venezuela	2–2	Carabobo	Maracay
16:00	Farías 42' Fernández 81'	Report	Ocanto 46' González 75'	Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Attendance: 996 Referee: José Argote

Second leg

Carabobo v Atlético Venezuela

31 May 2019	Carabobo	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Atlético Venezuela	Cabudare
16:00	Febles 67'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 107 Referee: José Argote

Mineros de Guayana (a) v Zamora

1 June 2019	Mineros de Guayana (a)	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Zamora	Ciudad Guayana
16:00	Blanco 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 813 Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

Estudiantes de Mérida v Aragua

2 June 2019	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Aragua	Mérida
17:00	Rodríguez 77'	Report	Plazas 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 16,172 Referee: Juan Soto

Caracas v Zulia

3 June 2019	Caracas	1–2 (3–5 agg.)	Zulia	Caracas
16:00	Arrieta 59'	Report	Moya 68', 74'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Attendance: 1,592 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes de Mérida	2–2 (a)	Carabobo	0–1	2–1
Zulia	0–0 (3–4 p)	Mineros de Guayana	0–0	0–0

First leg

Zulia v Mineros de Guayana

9 June 2019	Zulia	0–0	Mineros de Guayana	Maracaibo
16:30		Report		Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 10,373 Referee: Emikar Caldera

Estudiantes de Mérida v Carabobo

9 June 2019	Estudiantes de Mérida	0–1	Carabobo	Mérida
19:00		Report	Ocanto 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 17,806 Referee: Ramón Ortega

Second leg

Carabobo v Estudiantes de Mérida (a)

16 June 2019	Carabobo	1–2 (2–2 agg.)	Estudiantes de Mérida (a)	Cabudare
17:00	González 82'	Report	Gómez 24' Del Castillo 77'	Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 646 Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

Mineros de Guayana v Zulia

16 June 2019	Mineros de Guayana	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (4–3 p)	Zulia	Ciudad Guayana
19:30		Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Juan Soto
	Penalties
	Blanco Rivero Marrufo Hernández Gómez		Hernández Moya Martínez Paredes Casquete

Final

23 June 201917:00

Estudiantes de Mérida	0–0	Mineros de Guayana
	Report

Estadio Metropolitano, MéridaAttendance: 37,870Referee: Ángel Arteaga

30 June 201917:00

Mineros de Guayana	0–0	Estudiantes de Mérida
	Report
Penalties
Blanco Marrufo Camargo Hernández	0–2	Gómez Flores Meza Manríquez

Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad GuayanaAttendance: 32,588Referee: José Argote

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Estudiantes de Mérida won on penalties.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edder Farías	Atlético Venezuela	18
2	Richard Blanco	Mineros	11
2	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	11
4	Armando Maita	LALA	10
5	Luis Annese	Llaneros	9
	Luis Carlos Cabezas	Deportivo La Guaira
	Brayan Moya	Zulia
8	Richard Celis	Caracas	8
9	Armando Araque	Estudiantes de Caracas	7
	José Balza	Deportivo La Guaira
	José Rivas	Trujillanos

Source: Liga FUTVE

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Estudiantes de Mérida	10	4,027
2	Monagas SC	10	3,553
3	Academia Puerto Cabello	10	3,472
4	Deportivo Táchira	9	3,215
5	Aragua FC	10	2,631
6	LALA FC	9	2,453
7	Zamora FC	9	2,396
8	Mineros de Guayana	10	2,291
9	Deportivo La Guaira	9	1,743
10	Caracas FC	10	1,446
11	Deportivo Anzoátegui	10	1,430
12	Zulia FC	10	1,321
13	Deportivo Lara	8	1,136
14	Portuguesa FC	9	1,083
15	Metropolitanos FC	10	505
16	Trujillanos FC	10	475
17	Carabobo FC	9	305
18	Llaneros de Guanare	9	259
19	Estudiantes de Caracas	9	223
20	Atlético Venezuela	9	201

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season. The regular season started on 26 July and ended on 10 November.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	18	12	3	3	32	14	+18	39	Advance to the knockout stage
2	Caracas	18	8	6	4	22	15	+7	30
3	Llaneros	18	9	3	6	27	26	+1	30
4	Deportivo La Guaira	18	7	7	4	22	13	+9	28
5	Trujillanos	18	8	4	6	28	25	+3	28
6	Deportivo Lara	18	7	6	5	22	16	+6	27
7	Aragua	18	7	6	5	19	14	+5	27
8	Metropolitanos	18	7	6	5	23	20	+3	27
9	Mineros de Guayana	18	6	7	5	20	18	+2	25
10	Academia Puerto Cabello	18	5	8	5	29	27	+2	23
11	Portuguesa	18	6	5	7	13	17	−4	23
12	Zamora	18	5	7	6	24	18	+6	22
13	Carabobo	18	6	4	8	27	27	0	22
14	Zulia	18	6	4	8	27	32	−5	22
15	Estudiantes de Mérida	18	7	3	8	27	21	+6	21
16	Estudiantes de Caracas	18	4	5	9	17	36	−19	17
17	LALA	18	4	5	9	9	28	−19	17
18	Monagas	18	2	9	7	21	30	−9	15
19	Atlético Venezuela	18	3	6	9	12	24	−12	15
20	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from league

Source: Liga FUTVE, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:

Estudiantes de Mérida were deducted three points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Andrés Angulo.
Deportivo Anzoátegui withdrew from the league due to outstanding debts.

Results

Home \ Away	APC	ARA	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESC	ESM	LAL	LLA	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Academia Puerto Cabello	—	1–2	2–1	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	0–1	4–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–2	3–3
Aragua	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	—
Atlético Venezuela	—	1–1	—	2–1	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–4	0–0	—	2–1	—	1–2	0–2	—
Carabobo	—	2–1	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	1–3	—	0–0	3–1	1–1	—	5–1	—	2–3	2–2	—
Caracas	4–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	3–1	—	—	1–2
Deportivo Anzoátegui	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deportivo La Guaira	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	—	—	—	3–1	0–1	—	2–0	4–0	—	0–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–0
Deportivo Lara	1–1	—	0–1	1–3	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	3–0
Deportivo Táchira	2–1	—	2–0	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	6–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	—	—	—	1–1	2–0
Estudiantes de Caracas	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	0–1	0–0	0–1	—	0–6	—	—	0–2	1–0	—	0–1	—	—	2–5
Estudiantes de Mérida	—	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	1–2	0–0	—
LALA	—	0–1	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	0–4	1–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	—
Llaneros	—	1–0	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–2	—	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	—
Metropolitanos	2–3	1–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	2–1	2–1	—	4–3	—	3–0
Mineros de Guayana	—	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	2–2	—	1–0	3–0	—
Monagas	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–2
Portuguesa	0–3	—	0–0	0–1	—	—	1–0	1–0	0–2	—	2–1	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–0
Trujillanos	2–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	3–2	1–1	—	—	—
Zamora	—	0–0	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	—	6–1	—	—	—	3–0	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	—	—
Zulia	—	0–2	2–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4	0–1	2–4	—	4–1	—	—	3–2	1–0	—

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

Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Lara due to crowd disturbances.
Match awarded 3–0 to Academia Puerto Cabello due to Portuguesa fielding the ineligible player Néstor Cova. The match originally ended 0–0.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Deportivo Táchira	0	4	4

8	Metropolitanos	2	0	2
					1	Deportivo Táchira	0	3	3

					4	Deportivo La Guaira	1	0	1
4	Deportivo La Guaira	1	2	3

5	Trujillanos	1	0	1
										1	Deportivo Táchira	1	2	3

										2	Caracas (a)	1	2	3
2	Caracas (a)	1	2	3

7	Aragua	3	0	3
					2	Caracas	1	2	3

					6	Deportivo Lara	0	0	0
3	Llaneros	0	1	1

6	Deportivo Lara	2	5	7

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Metropolitanos	2–4	Deportivo Táchira	2–0	0–4
Aragua	3–3 (a)	Caracas	3–1	0–2
Deportivo Lara	7–1	Llaneros	2–0	5–1
Trujillanos	1–3	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	0–2

First leg

Trujillanos v Deportivo La Guaira

15 November 2019	Trujillanos	1–1	Deportivo La Guaira	Valera
16:00	Aponte 65'	Report	Silva 20'	Stadium: José Alberto Pérez Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Metropolitanos v Deportivo Táchira

16 November 2019	Metropolitanos	2–0	Deportivo Táchira	Caracas
16:00	Bustillo 6' Acevedo 26'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Attendance: 1,033 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Deportivo Lara v Llaneros

17 November 2019	Deportivo Lara	2–0	Llaneros	Cabudare
16:00	Castillo 29', 74'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 1,431 Referee: Yarcinia Correa

Aragua v Caracas

18 November 2019	Aragua	3–1	Caracas	Maracay
16:00	Navas 7', 50' Plazas 37'	Report	Colmenarez 65'	Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Emikar Caldera

Second leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Trujillanos

19 November 2019	Deportivo La Guaira	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Trujillanos	Caracas
16:00	Marín 55' Ortiz 65'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Attendance: 1,739 Referee: José Argote

Deportivo Táchira v Metropolitanos

20 November 2019	Deportivo Táchira	4–0 (4–2 agg.)	Metropolitanos	San Cristóbal
16:00	Gómez 84', 90+2' Reyes 89' Pérez Greco 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 4,161 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Llaneros v Deportivo Lara

21 November 2019	Llaneros	1–5 (1–7 agg.)	Deportivo Lara	Barinas
16:00	Riascos 27' (pen.)	Report	Britos 18' Castellanos 51' Caraballo 56' Castillo 72' Arrieche 85'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Caracas (a) v Aragua

22 November 2019	Caracas (a)	2–0 (3–3 agg.)	Aragua	Caracas
16:00	Quijada 29' Añor 70'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Attendance: 1,292 Referee: Alexis Herrera

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Guaira	1–3	Deportivo Táchira	1–0	0–3
Deportivo Lara	0–3	Caracas	0–1	0–2

First leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Deportivo Táchira

24 November 2019	Deportivo La Guaira	1–0	Deportivo Táchira	Caracas
11:00	Flores 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Attendance: 3,871 Referee: Alexis Herrera

Deportivo Lara v Caracas

25 November 2019	Deportivo Lara	0–1	Caracas	Cabudare
16:00		Report	Villanueva 7'	Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 1,783 Referee: José Argote

Second leg

Deportivo Táchira v Deportivo La Guaira

27 November 2019	Deportivo Táchira	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	San Cristóbal
16:00	Ramírez 6' Montero 48' Pérez Greco 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 6,621 Referee: José Argote

Caracas v Deportivo Lara

28 November 2019	Caracas	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Deportivo Lara	Caracas
15:30	Celis 45' Contreras 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Attendance: 1,513 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Final

1 December 201919:00

Caracas	1–1	Deportivo Táchira
Arrieta 11'	Report	Trejo 67'

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, CaracasAttendance: 10,488Referee: José Argote

8 December 201919:00

Deportivo Táchira	2–2	Caracas
Camacho 6' Cermeño 10' (pen.)	Report	Saggiomo 29' (pen.) Villanueva 90'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San CristóbalAttendance: 36,890Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Caracas won on away goals.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Gómez	Deportivo Táchira	10
2	Manuel Arteaga	Zamora	9
3	Gustavo Ascona	Academia Puerto Cabello	8
	Ronny Maza	Trujillanos
	Esli García	Deportivo Táchira
	Edanyilber Navas	Aragua
	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo La Guaira
	Jesús Arrieta	Caracas
9	Richard Blanco	Mineros	7
	Frank Feltscher	Zulia
	Luis Castillo	Estudiantes de Mérida
	Grenddy Perozo	Carabobo

Source: Liga FUTVE

Serie Final

The Serie Final was held between the champions of the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura to decide the champions of the season. The team out of both finalists with the best placement in the aggregate table hosted the second leg.

First leg

11 December 201915:30

Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	Caracas
Rivas 66'	Report	Espinoza 51'

Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa, MéridaAttendance: 13,800Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

Estudiantes de Mérida

Caracas


GK	1	Alejandro Araque
RB	20	José Manríquez
CB	6	Oscar Sainz
CB	5	William Díaz	29'
LB	3	Daniel Linarez
RM	7	Jesús Meza (c)		79'
CM	13	Ayrton Páez		56'
CM	15	Cristian Rivas	13' 49'
LM	17	Christian Flores
CF	16	Luis Castillo
CF	29	Edson Rivas		76'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Aldair Peña
DF	2	Omar Labrador
DF	23	Galileo Del Castillo
DF	24	Ronaldo Rivas		56'
MF	8	Yorwin Lobo
FW	9	Luz Rodríguez		76'
FW	11	Andris Herrera		79'
Manager:
Martín Brignani


GK	1	Alain Baroja
RB	30	Luis Casiani	77'	79'
CB	3	Rosmel Villanueva
CB	6	Rubert Quijada (c)
LB	25	Juan Muriel
RM	10	Daniel Saggiomo
CM	15	Ricardo Andreutti		72'
CM	18	Anderson Contreras	28' 58'
LM	21	Leonardo Flores
CF	8	Richard Celis
CF	9	Carlos Espinoza		82'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Cristhian Flores
DF	4	Arquímedes Hernández		79'
MF	22	Jorge Echeverría
MF	26	Edgar Silva		82'
MF	28	Luis González
MF	33	Diego Castillo		72'
FW	32	Enmanuel Moreno
Manager:
Noel Sanvicente

Match rules

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

Second leg

15 December 201919:00

Caracas	1–1	Estudiantes de Mérida
Arrieta 86'	Report	Meza 43'
Penalties
Celis Saggiomo Echeverría Espinoza Hernández	4–3	Flores Manríquez Linarez Díaz Araque

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, CaracasReferee: Alexis Herrera

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Caracas won on penalties.

Caracas

Estudiantes de Mérida


GK	1	Alain Baroja
RB	3	Rosmel Villanueva
CB	25	Juan Muriel	75'
CB	6	Rubert Quijada (c)
LB	2	Eduardo Fereira	75'
RM	33	Diego Castillo	46'
CM	21	Leonardo Flores
CM	10	Daniel Saggiomo
LM	11	Robert Hernández
CF	24	Jesús Arrieta
CF	8	Richard Celis
Substitutes:
GK	12	Cristhian Flores
DF	4	Arquímedes Hernández
DF	30	Luis Casiani	75'
MF	15	Ricardo Andreutti
MF	22	Jorge Echeverría	75'
MF	26	Edgar Silva
FW	9	Carlos Espinoza	46'
Manager:
Noel Sanvicente


GK	1	Alejandro Araque
RB	20	José Manríquez
CB	23	Galileo Del Castillo
CB	6	Oscar Sainz
LB	3	Daniel Linarez	56'
RM	13	Ayrton Páez		61'
CM	7	Jesús Meza (c)		83'
CM	24	Ronaldo Rivas
LM	17	Christian Flores	61'
CF	25	Adrián Valero
CF	16	Luis Castillo		71'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Aldair Peña
DF	4	Jesús Álvarez
DF	5	William Díaz		71'
MF	8	Yorwin Lobo		83'
FW	9	Luz Rodríguez
FW	11	Andris Herrera		61'
FW	21	Wílson Mena
Manager:
Martín Brignani

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 (no extra time is played).
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Táchira	37	20	6	11	60	39	+21	66	Qualification for the Copa Libertadores second stage
2	Caracas (C)	37	18	12	7	56	30	+26	65	Qualification for the Copa Libertadores group stage
3	Carabobo	37	19	8	10	58	41	+17	65	Qualification for the Copa Libertadores first stage
4	Mineros de Guayana	37	16	11	10	55	41	+14	59	Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Aragua	37	16	12	9	39	30	+9	57	Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	Deportivo La Guaira	37	14	12	11	58	38	+20	54
7	Metropolitanos	37	14	11	12	44	38	+6	53
8	Estudiantes de Mérida	37	14	12	11	51	33	+18	51	Qualification for the Copa Libertadores group stage
9	Zamora	37	13	12	12	51	42	+9	51	Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana first stage
10	Deportivo Lara	37	13	12	12	45	37	+8	51
11	Zulia	37	13	12	12	44	53	−9	50
12	Academia Puerto Cabello	37	11	16	10	61	55	+6	49
13	Atlético Venezuela	37	9	15	13	37	45	−8	42
14	Monagas	37	9	14	14	47	57	−10	41
15	Portuguesa	37	9	14	14	34	47	−13	41
16	Llaneros	37	12	8	17	54	72	−18	41	Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana first stage
17	Trujillanos	37	11	6	20	45	66	−21	39
18	LALA	37	9	12	16	31	61	−30	39
19	Estudiantes de Caracas (R)	37	9	9	19	42	72	−30	36	Relegation to the Segunda División
20	Deportivo Anzoátegui (R)	19	4	2	13	20	35	−15	8	Withdrew from league

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

^ Zulia and Caracas were deducted one point by the Council of Honour of the FVF due to the events that occurred during the match played by both teams on March 10.
Mineros qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Torneo Apertura runners-up.
Aragua were deducted three points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Jarol Herrera.
Estudiantes de Mérida were deducted three points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Andrés Angulo.
Zamora qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage by winning the 2019 Copa Venezuela.
Llaneros were deducted three points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with player Leonardo Ossa.
Llaneros qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as the Torneo Clausura classification table best team not yet qualified.
Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted six points for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former player Edwin Aguilar.
Deportivo Anzoátegui withdrew from the league before the start of the Torneo Clausura due to outstanding debts.

References

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"Carlos Maldonado y Gustavo Caraballo llegaron triunfando en Academia". meridiano.com.ve (in Spanish). 25 February 2019.
"Táchira anunció la salida de Giovanny Pérez". lavinotinto.com (in Spanish). 7 March 2019.
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^ "Juvencio Betancourt llevará el banquillo del Anzoátegui". meridiano.com.ve (in Spanish). 27 March 2019.
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"Portuguesa FC designó a José "Cheo" Parada como nuevo Director Técnico". balonazos.com (in Spanish). 10 April 2019.
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"Estudiantes de Caracas tiene nuevo director técnico". solovenex.com (in Spanish). 17 September 2019.
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