Season 2012–13 Champion Zamora FC | Champions Zamora (1st title) Dates 12 Aug 2012 – 29 May 2013 | |
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2014 Copa Libertadores ZamoraDeportivo AnzoáteguiCaracas 2013 Copa Sudamericana Deportivo Anzoátegui (cup winner)Deportivo LaraTrujillanosMineros Relegated Monagas Sport Club, Portuguesa F.C. Similar 2015 Venezuelan Primera, 2013 Recopa Sudamericana, 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2013 Copa do Brasil, 2013 Copa Libertadores Finals | ||
The 2012-13 Primera División season was the 31st professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.
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Teams
Eighteen teams participated this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Carabobo and Tucanes were relegated after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2011–12 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Atlético Venezuela and Portuguesa, the 2011–12 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.
Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2012 and ended on December 2012.
Results
Updated to games played on 21 October 2012.
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 was the second tournament of the season.
Results
Updated to games played on August, 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ 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
(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.
1Deportivo Anzoátegui qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012 Copa Venezuela champion.
Serie Final
Deportivo Anzoátegui 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 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:
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 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.