2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season

Copa Movilnet
Season 2009–10
Champions Caracas (11th title)
Relegated Centro Italo Venezolano
Llaneros
Copa Libertadores Deportivo Táchira
Caracas
Deportivo Italia
Copa Sudamericana Deportivo Lara
Matches played 306
Goals scored 817 (2.67 per match)
Biggest home win Estudiantes de Mérida 6–0 Zamora (September 27, 2009)
Biggest away win Atlético El Vigía 1–6 Caracas (September 20, 2009)
Highest scoring Trujillanos 7–2 Carabobo (September 13, 2009)

The 2009-10 Primera División season (officially the 2009 Copa Movilnet for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Contents

Teams

Caracas teams
Locations of the 2009-10 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández
Carabobo Valencia Misael Delgado
Caracas Caracas Olímpico de la UCV
Centro Italo Venezolano Caracas Brígido Iriarte
Deportivo Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz José Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo Italia Caracas Olímpico de la UCV
Deportivo Lara Barquisimeto Metropolitano de Barquisimeto
Deportivo Táchira San Cristóbal Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Estudiantes de Mérida Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida
Llaneros Guanare Rafael Calles Pinto
Mineros de Guayana Puerto Ordaz Polideportivo Cachamay
Monagas Maturín Monumental de Maturín
Real Esppor Caracas Brígido Iriarte
Trujillanos Valera Luis Loreto Lira
Yaracuyanos San Felipe Florentino Oropeza
Zamora Barinas Agustín Tovar
Zulia Maracaibo José "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura opened the 2009-10 season. It began on August 9, 2009 and finished on December 13, 2009.

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Táchira 17 11 4 2 25 7 +18 37 Serie Final and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Deportivo Italia 17 11 3 3 26 14 +12 36
3 Caracas 17 11 2 4 35 14 +21 35
4 Deportivo Lara 17 8 6 3 23 13 +10 30
5 Trujillanos 17 8 4 5 31 21 +10 28
6 Deportivo Anzoátegui 17 8 2 7 22 19 +3 26
7 Mineros de Guayana 17 7 4 6 22 21 +1 25
8 Zulia 17 7 3 7 27 29 −2 24
9 Estudiantes de Mérida 17 5 8 4 21 15 +6 23
10 Atlético El Vigía 17 7 2 8 26 31 −5 23
11 Zamora 17 6 4 7 19 27 −8 22
12 Monagas 17 6 3 8 32 32 0 21
13 Yaracuyanos 17 6 3 8 20 29 −9 21
14 Aragua 17 4 7 6 11 18 −7 19
15 Real Esppor 17 4 5 8 12 21 −9 17
16 Centro Italo Venezolano 17 3 5 9 19 26 −7 14
17 Carabobo 17 2 7 8 16 29 −13 13
18 Llaneros 17 1 4 12 18 39 −21 7

Updated to games played on December 13, 2009
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ARA ATV CBO CRC CIV DAN DIT DLA DTA EME LLA MGU MON RES TRU YAR ZAM ZUL
Aragua 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Atlético El Vigía 4–2 1–6 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–1
Carabobo 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–1
Caracas 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–0
Centro Italo Venezolano 2–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 4–3
Deportivo Italia 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Deportivo Lara 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1
Deportivo Táchira 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–0
Estudiantes de Mérida 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 6–0
Llaneros 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–4
Mineros de Guayana 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 6–2 1–0 2–1
Monagas 2–2 2–1 5–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–0 1–0 2–2
Real Esppor 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1
Trujillanos 3–1 7–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–0
Yaracuyanos 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–3
Zamora 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 4–3 4–3 3–2
Zulia 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1

Updated to games played on December 13, 2009
Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura closed the 2009-10 season. It began on January 17, 2010 and finished on May 16, 2010.

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Caracas 17 10 5 2 31 16 +15 35 Serie Final and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Deportivo Táchira 17 10 5 2 28 15 +13 35
3 Deportivo Italia 17 10 3 4 36 16 +20 33
4 Deportivo Lara 17 7 8 2 26 17 +9 29
5 Zulia 17 9 2 6 26 21 +5 29
6 Trujillanos 17 8 4 5 21 16 +5 28
7 Zamora 17 8 4 5 26 22 +4 28
8 Atlético El Vigía 17 7 3 7 26 29 −3 24
9 Deportivo Anzoátegui 17 6 5 6 17 10 +7 23
10 Aragua 17 7 1 9 22 27 −5 22
11 Real Esppor 17 6 3 8 27 27 0 21
12 Monagas 17 5 4 8 19 30 −11 19
13 Carabobo 17 4 6 7 16 23 −7 18
14 Estudiantes de Mérida 17 3 8 6 17 23 −6 17
15 Mineros de Guayana 17 3 8 6 17 24 −7 17
16 Llaneros 17 4 3 10 20 28 −8 15
17 Yaracuyanos 17 3 5 9 20 27 −7 14
18 Centro Italo Venezolano 17 3 3 11 17 29 −12 12

Updated to games played on May 16, 2010
Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ARA ATV CBO CRC CIV DAN DIT DLA DTA EME LLA MGU MON RES TRU YAR ZAM ZUL
Aragua 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Atlético El Vigía 4–2 4–2 1–1 2–1
Carabobo 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 0–0
Caracas 6–0 2–1 2–1 3–1
Centro Italo Venezolano 3–1 1–3 1–2 1–2
Deportivo Anzoátegui 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–2
Deportivo Italia 4–0 2–0 7–1 4–1 2–1
Deportivo Lara 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2
Deportivo Táchira 2–1 2–0 4–3 2–0
Estudiantes de Mérida 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–2
Llaneros 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1
Mineros de Guayana 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0
Monagas 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–3
Real Esppor 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0
Trujillanos 3–1 0–1 1–3 3–0
Yaracuyanos 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–2
Zamora 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1
Zulia 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1

Updated to games played on March 31, 2010
Source: Apertura 2009 Fixture
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Táchira 34 21 9 4 53 22 +31 72 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Caracas 34 21 7 6 66 30 +36 70 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage 1
3 Deportivo Italia 34 21 6 7 62 31 +31 69 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Deportivo Lara 34 15 14 5 49 30 +19 59 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Trujillanos 34 16 8 10 52 37 +15 56 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 1
6 Zulia 34 16 5 13 53 50 +3 53
7 Zamora 34 14 8 12 45 49 −4 50
8 Deportivo Anzoátegui 34 14 7 13 39 39 0 49
9 Atlético El Vigía 34 14 5 15 52 60 −8 47
10 Mineros de Guayana 34 10 12 12 39 45 −6 42
11 Aragua 34 11 8 15 33 45 −12 41
12 Estudiantes de Mérida 34 8 16 10 38 38 0 40
13 Monagas 34 11 7 16 51 52 −1 40
14 Real Esppor 34 10 8 16 39 48 −9 38
15 Yaracuyanos 34 9 8 17 40 56 −16 35
16 Carabobo 34 6 13 15 32 52 −20 31
17 Centro Italo Venezolano (R) 34 6 8 20 36 55 −19 26 Relegation to the Segunda División
18 Llaneros (R) 34 5 7 22 38 67 −29 22

Updated to games played on May 16, 2010
Source: FVF (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1. As 2009 Copa Venezuela champion and runner-up respectively.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Serie Final

Deportivo Táchira and Caracas 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 Caracas 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
2 Deportivo Táchira 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0

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

May 23, 2010
16:30 (UTC-4:30)
 Caracas 1–0 Deportivo Táchira Estadio Olimpico de la UCV, Caracas
Attendance: 18,200
Referee: Rafael López
Romero  15' Report
May 29, 2010
16:30 (UTC-4:30)
 Deportivo Táchira 1–4 Caracas Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: José Argote
Villafráz  37' Report Cichero  10'
Gómez  13'
Castellín  60'
Guerra  66'
Primera División
2009–10 Champion
Caracas
11th title

See also

External links
2009 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)
Domestic leagues
Argentina (2008–09 · 2009–10) · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Paraguay · Peru · Uruguay (2008–09 · 2009–10) · Venezuela (2008-09 · 2009–10)
Domestic cups
CONMEBOL competitions
2010 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
Domestic leagues
Argentina (2009–10 · 2010–11) · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Paraguay · Peru · Uruguay (2009–10 · 2010–11) · Venezuela (2009–10 · 2010–11)
Domestic cups
CONMEBOL competitions