2014–15 Venezuelan Primera División season

Liga Movistar
Season	2014–15
Champions	Deportivo Táchira (8th Title)
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The 2014-15 Primera División season is the 33rd professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Eighteen teams participated this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Atlético El Vigía and Yaracuyanos were relegated after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2013–14 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Metropolitanos and Portuguesa, the 2013–14 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.

Caracas

Caracas teams:
Caracas FC
Deportivo Petare
Deportivo La Guaira
Atlético Venezuela

Locations of the 2014–15 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
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
Metropolitanos	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay
Llaneros	Guanare	Rafael Calles Pinto
Portuguesa	Acarigua	General José Antonio Paez
Trujillanos	Valera	Luis Loreto Lira
Tucanes	Puerto Ayacucho	Antonio José de Sucre
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 2014 and ended in December 2014.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trujillanos	17	11	3	3	27	15	+12	36	Serie Final and the 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	La Guaira	17	10	5	2	25	13	+12	35
3	Caracas	17	9	4	4	33	16	+17	31
4	Aragua	17	9	4	4	30	22	+8	31
5	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	8	3	6	28	15	+13	27
6	Mineros	17	6	7	4	20	16	+4	25
7	Tucanes	17	7	4	6	16	19	−3	25
8	Deportivo Lara	17	5	9	3	25	18	+7	24
9	Carabobo	17	5	9	3	21	20	+1	24
10	Estudiantes	17	6	6	5	20	21	−1	24
11	Deportivo Táchira	17	6	5	6	24	16	+8	23
12	Zamora	17	5	7	5	19	19	0	22
13	Atlético Venezuela	17	4	6	7	14	20	−6	18
14	Metropolitanos	17	3	6	8	16	29	−13	15
15	Deportivo Petare	17	2	9	6	8	17	−9	12
16	Llaneros	17	3	3	11	12	30	−18	12
17	Zulia	17	2	5	10	12	27	−15	11
18	Portuguesa	17	1	7	9	11	28	−17	10

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will be the second tournament of the season. It began in February 2015 and ended in May 2015.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Táchira	17	13	2	2	39	16	+23	41	Serie Final and the 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Caracas	17	12	3	2	23	11	+12	39
3	Zamora	17	11	3	3	29	14	+15	36
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	9	4	4	31	23	+8	31
5	Deportivo Lara	17	7	7	3	22	18	+4	28
6	Mineros	17	7	4	6	23	23	0	25
7	La Guaira	17	7	3	7	22	19	+3	24
8	Aragua	17	6	4	7	25	25	0	22
9	Atlético Venezuela	17	5	6	6	17	15	+2	21
10	Zulia	17	6	3	8	14	18	−4	21
11	Trujillanos	17	5	5	7	15	20	−5	20
12	Metropolitanos	17	5	4	8	21	26	−5	19
13	Deportivo Petare	17	4	4	9	7	14	−7	16
14	Tucanes	17	3	7	7	6	22	−16	16
15	Carabobo	17	4	3	10	20	26	−6	15
16	Llaneros	17	4	2	11	24	32	−8	14
17	Estudiantes	17	6	4	7	18	21	−3	13
18	Portuguesa	17	3	4	10	17	30	−13	13

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Caracas	34	21	7	6	56	27	+29	70	2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Deportivo Táchira	34	19	7	8	64	33	+31	64	2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	La Guaira	34	17	8	9	48	33	+15	59	2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	34	17	7	10	59	38	+21	58	2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Zamora	34	16	10	8	48	33	+15	58	Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
6	Trujillanos	34	16	8	10	42	35	+7	56	2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
7	Aragua	34	15	8	11	55	47	+8	53	Qualified to the Serie Sudamericana
8	Deportivo Lara	34	12	16	6	47	36	+11	52
9	Mineros	34	13	11	10	43	39	+4	50
10	Tucanes	34	10	11	13	22	41	−19	41
11	Atlético Venezuela	34	9	12	13	31	35	−4	39
12	Carabobo	34	9	12	13	41	46	−5	39
13	Estudiantes	34	12	10	12	38	42	−4	46
14	Metropolitanos	34	8	10	16	37	55	−18	34
15	Zulia	34	8	8	18	26	45	−19	32
16	Deportivo Petare	34	6	13	15	15	31	−16	31
17	Llaneros	34	7	5	22	36	62	−26	26
18	Portuguesa	34	4	11	19	28	58	−30	23

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Serie Final

Deportivo Táchira and Trujillanos 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	Trujillanos	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

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 or relegation
1	Zamora	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6	Second Round
2	Estudiantes	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0

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 or relegation
1	Mineros	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Second Round
2	Tucanes	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

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 or relegation
1	Carabobo	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Second Round
2	Aragua	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

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 or relegation
1	Deportivo Lara	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Second Round
2	Atlético Venezuela	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Second round

Winner A vs. Winner B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamora	2	2	0	0	6	4	+2	6	2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Mineros	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

Winner C vs. Winner D


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carabobo	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Deportivo Lara	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

External links

Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation (Spanish)
- Season regulations (Spanish)
Football-Lineups (English)

Copa Movistar

Current teams	Aragua Atlético Venezuela Carabobo Caracas Deportivo Anzoátegui Deportivo Lara Deportivo Táchira Estudiantes de Caracas Estudiantes de Mérida JBL del Zulia La Guaira Llaneros Mineros Monagas Petare Portuguesa Trujillanos Ureña Zamora Zulia

Seasons	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015 2016

2014 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2013–14, 2014) Bolivia (2013–14, 2014–15) Brazil Chile (2013–14, 2014–15) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2013–14, 2014–15) Venezuela (2013–14, 2014–15)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2013–14, 2014–15) Brazil Chile (2013–14, 2014–15) Colombia Peru Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination phase, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

2015 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

« 2014 2016 »

Domestic leagues	Argentina Bolivia (2014–15, 2015–16) Brazil Chile (2014–15, 2015–16) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2014–15, 2015–16) Venezuela (2014–15, 2015)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2014–15, 2015–16) Brazil Chile (2014–15, 2015) Colombia Peru Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores Femenina

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