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2011–12 Venezuelan Primera División season

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Season
  
2011–12

Relegated
  
Carabobo Tucanes

2011–12 Venezuelan Primera División season

Champions
  
Deportivo Lara (1st title)

2013 Copa Libertadores
  
Deportivo Lara Caracas Deportivo Anzoátegui

2012 Copa Sudamericana
  
Deportivo Lara Monagas Deportivo Táchira

Top goalscorer
  
Rafael Castellín (20 goals)

The 2011-12 Primera División season was the 30th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Contents

Teams

Eighteen teams will participate this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Caroní and Atlético Venezuela were relegated after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2010–11 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Llaneros and Tucanes, the 2010–11 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2011 and ended on December 2011.

Standings

1. Carabobo deducted 1 point.

Results

Updated to games played on December 18, 2011.
Source: Soccerway
^ 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 is the second tournament of the season.

Standings

Updated to games played on 13 May 2012.
Source: Standings
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

Updated to games played on May 13, 2012.
Source: Soccerway
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Deportivo Lara qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the overall champion, and for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the best team in the aggregate table.
2 Since Deportivo Lara won both the Apertura and Clausura, the next two teams in the aggregate table qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores.
3 Mineros de Guayana qualified for 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the winners of the 2011 Copa Venezuela.
4 Carabobo deducted 1 point.
(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.

Season top goalscorers

Source:

Serie Final

Because Deportivo Lara won both the Apertura and Clausura, the Serie Final was not played, and Deportivo Lara was declared champion automatically.

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:

  • 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.

    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.

    References

    2011–12 Venezuelan Primera División season Wikipedia