Season 2010–11 | ||
Champions Deportivo Táchira (7th title) Relegated Atlético VenezuelaCaroní 2012 Copa Libertadores Deportivo TáchiraZamoraCaracas 2011 Copa Sudamericana Deportivo AnzoáteguiYaracuyanos Top goalscorer Daniel Arismendi (19 goals) | ||
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.
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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 least amount of 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.
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
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
Results
Updated to games played on December 12, 2010.
Source: Soccerway
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 will be the second and final tournament of the season. It began on January 16 and ended on May 15.
Standings
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
Results
Updated to games played on May 15, 2011.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Match cancelled.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Aggregate table
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
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
Source:
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.
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), 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:
In the second round, the matchups are:
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
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Match B
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Match C
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Match D
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Winner A vs. Winner C
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.
Winner B vs. Winner D
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.