2021 Venezuelan Primera División season

The 2021 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, will be the 65th season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top-flight football league in Venezuela, and the 40th season since the start of the professional era. Deportivo La Guaira will be the defending champions.

Liga FUTVE
Season2021
← 2020
2022 →

Format changes

A proposal was discussed on 18 December 2020, in which the teams would be divided in two zones according to geographic location.[1] The league will be expanded to 21 teams as relegation was suspended for the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

In December 2020, LALA changed its name to Bolívar Sport Club.[2]

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2021 Primera División teams
Relegated to 2021 Segunda División
None (relegation suspended)
Promoted to 2021 Primera División
1 Hermanos Colmenarez
2 Universidad Central
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Academia Puerto Cabello Carlos MaldonadoPuerto CabelloLa Bombonerita7,500
Aragua Enrique GarcíaMaracayOlímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez14,000
Atlético Venezuela Jair DíazCaracasBrígido Iriarte10,000
Bolívar Rubén YoriCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay41,600
Carabobo José ParadaValenciaMisael Delgado10,400
Caracas Noel SanvicenteCaracasOlímpico de la UCV23,940
Deportivo La Guaira Daniel FaríasCaracasOlímpico de la UCV23,940
Deportivo Lara Martín BrignaniCabudareMetropolitano de Cabudare47,913
Deportivo Táchira Juan TolisanoSan CristóbalPolideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo38,755
Estudiantes de Mérida Leonel VielmaMéridaMetropolitano de Mérida42,200
GV Maracay Bladimir MoralesMaracayGiuseppe Antonelli7,500
Hermanos Colmenarez Leopoldo PradoBarinasReinaldo Melo8,000
Metropolitanos José María MorrCaracasOlímpico de la UCV23,940
MinerosVacantCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay41,600
Monagas Jhonny FerreiraMaturínMonumental de Maturín51,796
Portuguesa Alí CañasAcariguaGeneral José Antonio Páez18,000
TrujillanosVacantValeraJosé Alberto Pérez25,000
Universidad Central Pedro AcostaCaracasOlímpico de la UCV23,940
YaracuyanosVacantSan FelipeFlorentino Oropeza10,000
Zamora Marcelo GómezBarinasAgustín Tovar29,800
Zulia Álex García KingMaracaiboJosé "Pachencho" Romero40,800

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Yaracuyanos Jesús Alonso Resigned 15 December 2020[3] Pre-season
Trujillanos Martín Carrillo Resigned 17 December 2020[4]
Deportivo Lara Leonardo González Mutual consent 20 December 2020[5] Martín Brignani 25 January 2021[6]
Estudiantes de Mérida Martín Brignani Resigned 5 January 2021[7] Leonel Vielma 12 January 2021[8]
Mineros Leonel Vielma Signed by Estudiantes de Mérida 12 January 2021[8]
Zamora Luis Terán End of caretaker spell 24 January 2021 Marcelo Gómez 24 January 2021[9]

References
  1. "Liga FUTVE discute formato de competencia para el 2021 y escogieron nueva directiva". FVF (in Spanish). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. "Hugo Mujica: "Bolívar SC va a tener lo mejor de Lala"". Balonazos (in Spanish). 5 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Jesús Alonso Cabello no seguirá como DT del Yaracuyanos FC". Balonazos (in Spanish). 16 December 2020.
  4. "Martin Carrillo desvinculado oficialmente como DT de Trujillanos FC para el 2021". Balonazos (in Spanish). 17 December 2020.
  5. "Leo González y Deportivo Lara ponen fin a un exitoso proceso de cuatro años". Balonazos (in Spanish). 20 December 2020.
  6. "El argentino Martín Brignani es el nuevo director técnico del Deportivo Lara". El Universal (in Spanish). 26 January 2021.
  7. "Martin Brignani anunció que no seguirá dirigiendo a Estudiantes de Mérida". Balonazos (in Spanish). 5 January 2021.
  8. "Leonel Vielma es el nuevo Director Técnico de Estudiantes de Mérida". Balonazos (in Spanish). 12 January 2021.
  9. "Zamora anunció al argentino Marcelo Gómez como nuevo técnico". Lavinotinto.com (in Spanish). 25 January 2021.
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