2010–11 Venezuelan Primera División season

The 2010–11 Primera División season (officially the 2010 Copa Movilnet for sponsorship reasons) is the 29th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Copa Movilnet
Season2010–11
ChampionsDeportivo Táchira (7th title)
RelegatedAtlético Venezuela
Caroní
2012 Copa LibertadoresDeportivo Táchira
Zamora
Caracas
2011 Copa SudamericanaDeportivo Anzoátegui
Yaracuyanos
Top goalscorerDaniel Arismendi (19 goals)

Teams

Eighteen teams will participate this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Centro Italo Venezolano and Llaneros were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the 2009–10 season aggregate table. They were replaced by Atlético Venezuela and Caroní, the 2009 Segunda División Apertura runner-up and 2010 Segunda División Clausura winner, respectively. In addition, Deportivo Italia changed their name to Deportivo Petare in the off-season.

Team City Stadium
AraguaMaracayOlímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético VenezuelaMaiquetíaPolideportivo José María Vargas
CaraboboValenciaMisael Delgado
CaracasCaracasOlímpico de la UCV
CaroníCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay
Deportivo AnzoáteguiPuerto La CruzJosé Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo LaraBarquisimetoMetropolitano de Barquisimeto
Deportivo PetareCaracasOlímpico de la UCV
Deportivo TáchiraSan CristóbalPolideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
El VigíaEl VigíaRamón "Gato" Hernández
EstudiantesMéridaMetropolitano de Mérida
MinerosCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay
MonagasMaturínMonumental de Maturín
Real EspporCaracasBrígido Iriarte
TrujillanosValeraLuis Loreto Lira
YaracuyanosSan FelipeFlorentino Oropeza
ZamoraBarinasAgustín Tovar
ZuliaMaracaiboJosé "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on August 8, 2010 and ended on December 12, 2010.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Táchira 17 10 6 1 31 11 +20 36 Serie Final and the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Real Esppor 17 11 3 3 30 11 +19 36
3 Caracas 17 11 2 4 24 15 +9 35
4 Deportivo Petare 17 9 6 2 25 17 +8 33
5 Trujillanos 17 7 6 4 22 15 +7 27
6 Aragua 17 8 3 6 22 20 +2 27
7 Deportivo Anzoátegui 17 7 5 5 35 30 +5 26
8 Yaracuyanos 17 6 8 3 20 17 +3 26
9 Estudiantes 17 6 4 7 18 22 4 22
10 Zulia 17 6 3 8 25 27 2 21
11 Mineros 17 4 8 5 20 20 0 20
12 Monagas 17 4 5 8 25 25 0 17
13 Zamora 17 4 5 8 20 27 7 17
14 Atlético Venezuela 17 4 4 9 22 33 11 16
15 Deportivo Lara 17 3 7 7 23 28 5 16
16 Carabobo 17 3 7 7 15 21 6 16
17 El Vigía 17 2 8 7 18 25 7 14
18 Caroní 17 2 2 13 7 38 31 8
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ARA ATV AVE CBO CRC CRN DAN DLA DPE DTA EME MGU MON RES TRU YAR ZAM ZUL
Aragua 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
El Vigía 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 2–1
Atlético Venezuela 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–1
Carabobo 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3
Caracas 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
Caroní 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–7 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1
Deportivo Anzoátegui 2–4 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–3 3–2
Deportivo Lara 3–2 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–1
Deportivo Petare 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Deportivo Táchira 4–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0
Estudiantes 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1
Mineros 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3
Monagas 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 6–0 0–0 3–2
Real Esppor 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Trujillanos 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Yaracuyanos 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Zamora 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Zulia 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–5 0–0 2–3 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 12, 2010. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will be the second and final tournament of the season. It began on January 16 and ended on May 15.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zamora 17 13 3 1 37 10 +27 42 Serie Final and the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Caracas 17 12 2 3 32 12 +20 38
3 Deportivo Anzoátegui 17 8 5 4 27 17 +10 29
4 Mineros 17 9 2 6 27 17 +10 29
5 Real Esppor 17 8 4 5 16 13 +3 28
6 Monagas 17 7 6 4 22 12 +10 27
7 Deportivo Petare 17 7 6 4 21 14 +7 27
8 Trujillanos 17 7 4 6 18 16 +2 25
9 Carabobo 17 6 6 5 26 18 +8 24
10 Aragua 17 6 6 5 16 13 +3 24
11 Yaracuyanos 17 6 6 5 18 20 2 24
12 El Vigía 17 7 2 8 35 22 +13 23
13 Deportivo Lara 17 6 5 6 24 19 +5 23
14 Deportivo Táchira 17 6 2 9 22 21 +1 20
15 Zulia 16 5 1 10 14 34 20 16
16 Estudiantes 17 1 5 11 12 32 20 8
17 Caroní 16 1 4 11 9 44 35 7
18 Atlético Venezuela 17 2 1 14 8 50 42 7
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ARA ATV AVE CBO CRC CRN DAN DLA DPE DTA EME MGU MON RES TRU YAR ZAM ZUL
Aragua 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1
El Vigía 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–3 5–1
Atlético Venezuela 0–1 1–5 0–4 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–3 0–2
Carabobo 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0
Caracas 4–0 2–2 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–1
Caroní 0–0 1–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 [lower-alpha 1]
Deportivo Anzoátegui 10–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0
Deportivo Lara 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3
Deportivo Petare 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Deportivo Táchira 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2
Estudiantes 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–4
Mineros 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Monagas 3–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–3
Real Esppor 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0
Trujillanos 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Yaracuyanos 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0
Zamora 5–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–1
Zulia 0–4 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on May 15, 2011. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match cancelled

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Caracas 34 23 4 7 56 27 +29 73 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 Real Esppor 34 19 7 8 46 23 +23 64 Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
3 Deportivo Petare 34 16 12 6 46 31 +15 60
4 Deportivo Táchira 34 16 8 10 53 32 +21 56 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Zamora 34 16 8 10 53 40 +13 56
6 Deportivo Anzoátegui 34 15 10 9 62 47 +15 55 Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
7 Trujillanos 34 14 10 10 40 31 +9 52 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage[lower-alpha 2]
8 Aragua 34 14 10 10 38 33 +5 52 Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
9 Yaracuyanos 34 12 14 8 36 38 2 50
10 Mineros 34 13 10 11 47 37 +10 49
11 Monagas 34 11 11 12 47 37 +10 44
12 Carabobo 34 9 13 12 41 39 +2 40
13 Deportivo Lara 34 9 12 13 46 48 2 39
14 Zulia 33 11 4 18 39 62 23 37
15 El Vigía 34 9 10 15 41 47 6 37
16 Estudiantes 34 7 9 18 28 52 24 30
17 Atlético Venezuela 34 6 5 23 30 83 53 23 Relegated to the Segunda División
18 Caroní 33 4 6 23 19 67 48 18
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Deportivo Táchira and Zamora are qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage as the Apertura and Clausura champions, respectively.
  2. Trujillanos qualified to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage as the 2010 Copa Venezuela champion.

Season top goalscorers

Rank Player Nationality Club Goals
1Daniel Arismendi VenezuelanDeportivo Anzoátegui19
2Wilmar Jordán Gil ColombianMonagas17
3Marcelo Refresquini UruguayanAtlético Venezuela/Yaracuyanos13 1
4Luis Carlos Cabezas ColombianCaracas12
Jonathan Copete ColombianZamora12
Alejandro Guerra VenezuelanDeportivo Anzoátegui12
Sergio Herrera ColombianDeportivo Táchira12
8Heiber Díaz VenezuelanEstudiantes de Mérida/Carabobo11 2
Genlys Piñero VenezuelanAtlético El Vigía11
10Roberto Armúa ArgentineTrujillanos10

Source:[2]
1 Refresquini scored 12 goals for Atlético Venezuela and 1 goal for Yaracuyanos.
2 Díaz scored 5 goals for Estudiantes de Mérida and 6 goals for Carabobo.

Serie Final

Deportivo Táchira 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 Deportivo Táchira 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
2 Zamora 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Zamora0–1Deportivo Táchira
Report Pérez Greco  40'
Attendance: 20,480
Referee: Giovanni Perluzzo (Sucre)

Deportivo Táchira0–0Zamora
Report
Attendance: 37,789
Referee: José Luis Hoyos (Trujillo)
 Primera División
2010–11 Champion 
Deportivo Táchira
7th 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), 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 2 berth, while the other team will receive the Venezuela 3 berth.

Match A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Esppor 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Second Round
2 Carabobo 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Carabobo0–1Real Esppor
Report Ortiz  61'
Attendance: 7,762
Referee: Marlon Escalante (Táchira)

Real Esppor3–0Carabobo
Figueroa  2' (pen.)
Manrique  58'
Castellín  82'
Report
Referee: Rafael López (Cojedes)

Match B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Petare 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Second Round
2 Monagas 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 3
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Monagas2–0Deportivo Petare
Gil  44' (pen.)
Octavio  88'
Report
Attendance: 2,906
Referee: Luis Márquez (Portuguesa)

Deportivo Petare3–0Monagas
Guazá  27'
Morales  49'
Sinisterra  73'
Report
Referee: Marlon Escalante (Táchira)

Match C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Anzoátegui 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Second Round
2 Mineros 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Mineros de Guayana1–1Deportivo Anzoátegui
González  78' Report Arismendi  55'
Attendance: 18,841
Referee: Rafael López (Cojedes)

Deportivo Anzoátegui3–0Mineros de Guayana
Guerra  13'
Arismendi  81,90'
Report
Referee: Giovanny Perluzzo (Monagas)

Match D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yaracuyanos 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Second Round
2 Aragua 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Yaracuyanos3–0Aragua
Moreno  46'
Osorio  67'
Bolívar  78'
Report
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: Juan Soto (Distrito Capital)

Aragua0–0Yaracuyanos
Report
Estadio Giuseppe Antonelli, Maracay
Referee: Mayker Gómez (Distrito Capital)

Winner A vs. Winner C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Anzoátegui 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Real Esppor 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Real Esppor0–1Deportivo Anzoátegui
Report Arismendi  46'
Referee: Luis Márquez (Portuguesa)

Winner B vs. Winner D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yaracuyanos 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Deportivo Petare 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Yaracuyanos2–1Deportivo Petare
Moreno  58'
Refresquini  67'
Report Hernández  86'
Referee: Candelario Andarcia (Nueva Esparta)

Deportivo Petare0–0Yaracuyanos
Report
Referee: Rafael López (Cojedes)

References

  1. "Clasificación" [Standings] (in Spanish). Venezuelan Football Federation. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2. "Estadisticas" [Statistics] (in Spanish). Venezuelan Football Federation. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
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