2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season

Copa Movilnet
Season 2009–10
Champions Caracas (11th title)
Relegated Centro Ítalo
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 6–0 Zamora (September 27, 2009)
Biggest away win 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.

Teams

Aragua
Atlético El Vigía
Carabobo
Caracas teams
D. Anzoátegui
Estudiantes
Mineros
Trujillanos
Yaracuyanos
Zamora
Zulia
Caracas teams:
Caracas F.C.
Centro Italo Venezolano
Deportivo Italia
Real Esppor
Locations of the 2009-10 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium
Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Carabobo Valencia Misael Delgado
Caracas Caracas Olímpico de la UCV
Centro Ítalo 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
El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández
Estudiantes Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida
Llaneros Guanare Rafael Calles Pinto
Mineros 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 17 7 4 6 22 21 +1 25
8 Zulia 17 7 3 7 27 29 2 24
9 Estudiantes 17 5 8 4 21 15 +6 23
10 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 Ítalo 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; (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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARA ATV CBOCRCCIVDANDITDLADTAEMELLAMGUMONRESTRUYARZAMZUL
Aragua 21 10 02 00 11 10 10 01 00
El Vigía 42 16 20 13 02 31 22 22 31
Carabobo 11 22 01 22 00 00 32 21
Caracas 40 21 01 20 11 31 20 40
Centro Ítalo 23 13 10 00 22 11 21 23 20
Deportivo Anzoátegui 10 20 01 10 41 21 22 43
Deportivo Italia 11 31 01 03 00 11 20 21 20
Deportivo Lara 11 21 20 11 20 10 22 11 21
Deportivo Táchira 21 10 10 20 30 41 00 00 20
Estudiantes 20 12 00 31 00 32 12 60
Llaneros 20 11 00 03 04 02 11 02 34
Mineros 10 20 01 10 32 62 10 21
Monagas 22 21 53 10 01 01 50 10 22
Real Esppor 01 00 03 32 21 11 30 01
Trujillanos 31 72 11 21 21 10 21 51 00
Yaracuyanos 10 20 01 00 02 31 21 03
Zamora 01 10 31 01 02 43 43 32
Zulia 10 21 32 21 00 01 31 11

Updated to games played on December 13, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The 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 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 17 3 8 6 17 23 6 17
15 Mineros 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 Ítalo 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; (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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARA ATV CBOCRCCIVDANDITDLADTAEMELLAMGUMONRESTRUYARZAMZUL
Aragua 01 21 10 10
El Vigía 42 42 11 21
Carabobo 01 21 33 11 22 00
Caracas 60 21 21 31
Centro Ítalo 31 13 12 12
Deportivo Anzoátegui 11 21 21 00 23 02
Deportivo Italia 40 20 71 41 21
Deportivo Lara 10 11 21 22
Deportivo Táchira 21 20 43 20
Estudiantes 21 10 32 00 22 22
Llaneros 12 11 31 11
Mineros 10 11 01 11 20
Monagas 21 11 30 13
Real Esppor 20 12 22 21 01 20
Trujillanos 31 01 13 30
Yaracuyanos 00 31 20 13 12
Zamora 11 11 20 11 32 21
Zulia 01 10 01 11 21 21

Updated to games played on March 31, 2010.
Source: Apertura 2009 Fixture
1 ^ The 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 El Vigía 34 14 5 15 52 60 8 47
10 Mineros 34 10 12 12 39 45 6 42
11 Aragua 34 11 8 15 33 45 12 41
12 Estudiantes 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 Ítalo (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; (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 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 10 Deportivo Táchira
Romero  15' Report
Estadio Olimpico de la UCV, Caracas
Attendance: 18,200
Referee: Rafael López

May 29, 2010
16:30 (UTC-4:30)
Deportivo Táchira 14 Caracas
Villafráz  37' Report Cichero  10'
Gómez  13'
Castellín  60'
Guerra  66'
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: José Argote
Primera División
2009–10 Champion
Caracas
11th title

See also

External links