2008–09 in Venezuelan football

Football in Venezuela

Season

2008–09

← 2007–08

2009–10 →

The following article presents a summary of the 2008-09 football season in Venezuela.

Primera División

Main article: 2008–09 Venezuelan Primera División season

Segunda División A

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unión Atlético Trujillo	15	11	3	1	29	14	+15	36
2	Real Esppor Club	15	9	5	1	30	13	+17	32
3	Centro Italo Venezolano	15	9	4	2	31	15	+16	31
4	Trujillanos FC	15	9	2	4	33	17	+16	29
5	Policía de Lara	15	8	0	7	23	21	+2	24
6	Caracas FC B	15	5	6	4	18	13	+5	21
7	Hermandad Gallega	15	6	3	6	22	23	-1	21
8	UCV FC	15	5	5	5	20	19	-1	20
9	Deportivo Barinas	15	4	6	5	23	18	+5	18
10	Yaracuyanos FC	15	4	6	5	20	19	+1	18
11	Unión Lara	15	5	3	7	22	25	-3	18
12	Atlético Varyná	15	4	4	7	14	19	-5	16
13	Baralt FC	15	4	3	8	11	22	-11	15
14	Atlético Piar FC	15	4	2	9	11	25	-14	14
15	UNEFA FC	15	3	4	8	9	20	-11	13
16	UCLA FC	15	1	2	12	7	39	-32	5

Last updated: 14 December 2008
Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Centro Italo Venezolano	14	10	3	1	31	12	+19	33
2	Real Esppor Club	14	10	1	3	27	15	+12	31
3	Trujillanos FC	14	10	1	3	22	13	+9	31
4	Unión Atlético Trujillo	14	7	3	4	26	20	+6	24
5	Deportivo Barinas	14	7	2	5	26	21	+5	23
6	UCV FC	14	5	5	4	15	17	-2	20
7	Policía de Lara	14	5	4	5	22	20	+2	19
8	Caracas FC B	14	5	4	5	22	24	-2	19
9	Atlético Varyná	14	5	3	6	21	20	+1	18
10	Yaracuyanos FC	14	4	6	4	18	18	0	18
11	Unión Lara	14	5	2	7	17	24	-7	17
12	Hermandad Gallega	14	2	5	7	16	23	-7	11
13	Atlético Piar FC	14	3	2	9	17	27	-10	11
14	UNEFA FC	14	2	4	8	18	27	-9	13
15	UCLA FC	14	1	3	10	11	28	-17	6

Last updated: 26 May 2009
Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Aggregate Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Centro Italo Venezolano	29	19	7	3	52	28	+34	64	Primera División 2009-10
2	Real Esppor Club	29	19	6	4	57	28	+29	63	Primera División 2009-10
3	Trujillanos FC	29	19	3	7	55	30	+25	60	Primera División 2009-10
4	Unión Atlético Trujillo	29	18	6	5	55	34	+21	60
5	Policía de Lara	29	13	4	12	45	41	+4	43
6	Deportivo Barinas	29	11	8	10	49	39	+10	41
7	Caracas FC B	29	10	10	9	40	37	+3	40
8	UCV FC	29	10	10	9	36	36	0	40
9	Yaracuyanos FC	29	8	12	9	38	38	0	36	Primera División 2009-10
10	Unión Lara	29	10	5	14	39	49	-10	35
11	Atlético Varyná	29	9	7	13	35	39	-4	34
12	Hermandad Gallega	29	8	8	13	38	46	-8	32
13	Atlético Piar FC	29	7	4	18	28	52	-24	25
14	UNEFA FC	29	5	8	16	27	47	-20	23
15	Baralt FC	15	4	3	8	11	22	-11	15	Segunda División B 2009-10
16	UCLA FC	29	2	5	22	18	67	-49	11	Segunda División B 2009-10

Last updated: 26 May 2009
Source: FVF
Although the Union Atlético Trujillo qualified to the First Division, were not inscribed due to the merger with Real Esspor.
Yaracuyanos FC bought UA Maracaibo spot.
Trujillanos FC promoted.
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Segunda División B

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (December 2012)

Grupo Centro Oriental

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Minasoro FC	14	10	2	2	28	11	+17	32
2	Fundación Cesarger	14	9	1	4	24	14	+10	28
3	Tucanes de Amazonas	14	6	2	6	18	17	+1	20
4	Atlético Orinoco	14	5	5	4	21	20	+1	20
5	Academia San José	14	4	5	5	15	16	-1	17
6	Carabobo FC B	14	3	6	5	15	19	-4	15
7	Marineros Margarita	14	3	3	8	13	20	-7	12
8	UCV Aragua	14	2	3	9	11	28	-17	9

Grupo Centro Occidental

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	U.A. San Antonio	14	8	5	1	35	15	+20	29
2	Deportivo Táchira B	14	7	6	1	32	19	+13	27
3	Atlético Cojedes	14	7	4	3	28	21	+7	25
4	Atlético Córdova	14	5	8	1	24	16	+8	23
5	U.A. Lagunillas	14	5	3	6	23	22	+1	18
6	Academia Emeritense	14	5	1	8	31	26	+5	16
7	Santa Barbara FC	14	3	4	7	21	30	-9	13
8	Atlético Falcón	14	0	1	13	6	51	-45	1

Promotion playoff

Minasoro FC and U.A. San Antonio finished the tournament as champions of the Apertura: Grupo Centro Oriental and Grupo Centro Occidental respectively, because of this they have to play a promotion playoff.

December 13, 2008

U.A. San Antonio	3 – 1	Minasoro FC
Rotman Burguillos 9' 75' Robinson Salgado 61'		Edwin Ruiz 57'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (December 2012)

Grupo Centro Oriental

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fundación Cesarger	14	11	2	1	35	12	+23	35
2	Atlético Orinoco	14	9	3	2	29	12	+17	30
3	Marineros Margarita	14	7	4	3	20	12	+8	25
4	Carabobo FC B	14	6	1	7	16	24	-8	19
5	Tucanes de Amazonas	14	5	3	6	11	19	-8	18
6	Minasoro FC	14	4	4	6	21	16	+5	16
7	Academia San José	14	3	2	9	15	25	-10	11
8	UCV Aragua	14	1	1	12	8	35	-27	4

Grupo Centro Occidental

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	U.A. San Antonio	12	9	3	0	22	9	+13	30
2	Deportivo Táchira B	12	8	3	1	38	21	+17	27
3	Atlético Córdova	12	6	2	4	21	16	+5	20
4	Academia Emeritense	12	5	0	7	20	23	-3	15
5	U.A. Lagunillas	12	3	3	6	19	22	-3	12
6	Atlético Cojedes	12	2	3	7	15	22	-7	9
7	Santa Bárbara FC	12	2	0	10	13	35	-22	6

Last updated: 10 May 2009
Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Promotion playoff

Fundación Cesarger and U.A. San Antonio finished the tournament as champions of the Clausura: Grupo Centro Oriental and Grupo Centro Occidental respectively, because of this they have to play a promotion playoff.

May 24, 2009

U.A. San Antonio	1 – 2	Fundación Cesarger
Robinson Salgado 50'		Daniel Alvarez 57' Jorge Bermúdez 63'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Aggregate Table

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (December 2012)

Grupo Centro Oriental

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fundación Cesarger	28	20	3	5	59	26	+33	63	Segunda División 2009-10
2	Atlético Orinoco	28	14	8	6	50	32	+18	50
3	Minasoro FC	28	14	6	8	49	27	+22	48
4	Tucanes de Amazonas	28	11	5	12	29	36	-7	38
5	Marineros Margarita	28	10	7	11	33	32	+1	37
6	Carabobo FC B	28	9	7	12	31	43	-12	34
7	Academia San José	28	7	7	14	30	41	-11	28	Tercera División 2009-10
8	UCV Aragua	28	3	4	21	19	63	-44	13	Tercera División 2009-10

Grupo Centro Occidental

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	U.A. San Antonio	26	17	8	1	57	24	+33	59	Segunda División 2009-10
2	Deportivo Táchira B	26	15	9	2	70	40	+30	54
3	Atlético Córdova	26	11	10	5	45	32	+13	43
4	Atlético Cojedes	26	9	7	10	43	43	0	34
5	Academia Emeritense	26	10	1	15	51	49	+2	31
6	U.A. Lagunillas	26	8	6	12	42	44	-2	30
7	Santa Bárbara FC	26	5	4	17	34	65	-31	19	Tercera División 2009-10
8	Atlético Falcón	14	0	1	13	6	51	-45	1	Tercera División 2009-10

Venezuela national team

This section will cover Venezuela's games from August 19, 2008 until June 27, 2009.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Venezuela scorers	Match Report(s)
August 19, 2008	Olímpico Luis Ramos Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Syria	4 - 1	F	L. Vielma 13' G. Maldonado 50' J. Rojas 53' (pen) A. Moreno 59'	FVF
September 6, 2008	Estadio Monumental "U" Lima, Peru	Peru	1 - 0	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
September 9, 2008	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	2 - 0	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
October 11, 2008	Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Brazil	0 - 4	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
October 15, 2008	Olímpico Luis Ramos Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Ecuador	3 - 1	WCQ2010	G. Maldonado 47' A. Moreno 56' J. Arango 67'	CONMEBOL
November 19, 2008	Estadio La Carolina Barinas, Venezuela	Angola	0 - 0	F		FVF
February 11, 2009	Estadio Monumental de Maturín Maturín, Venezuela	Guatemala	2 - 1	F	G. Maldonado 64' J.S. Rondón 89'	FVF
March 28, 2009	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	4 - 0	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
March 31, 2009	Polideportivo Cachamay Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Colombia	2 - 0	WCQ2010	Miku 78' J. Arango 82'	CONMEBOL
May 13, 2009	Estadio José Pachencho Romero Maracaibo, Venezuela	Costa Rica	1 - 1	F	J.M. Velásquez 25'	FVF
June 6, 2009	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	0 - 1	WCQ2010	Rivero 33' (o.g.)	CONMEBOL
June 10, 2009	Polideportivo Cachamay Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Uruguay	2 – 2	WCQ2010	G. Maldonado 9' J.M. Rey 75'	FIFA
June 24, 2009	Georgia Dome Atlanta, United States	Mexico	4 – 0	F		FVF
June 27, 2009	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1 – 0	F		FVF

KEY:

- F = Friendly match
- WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

"A bizarre championship made in Venezuela". Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
"La liga del bochinche". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
"Comunicado oficial FVF: Trujillanos asciende". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

v t e Liga FUTVE
Current teams	Academia Puerto Cabello Anzoátegui Carabobo Caracas Deportivo La Guaira Deportivo Táchira Estudiantes de Mérida Metropolitanos Monagas Portuguesa Rayo Zuliano Universidad Central Yaracuyanos Zamora
Seasons	1932 1940 1941 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Liga FUTVE

Current teams

Seasons

1932
1940
1941
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

v t e 2009 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)
« 2008 2010 »
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	Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

Football in Venezuela

Venezuelan Football Federation

National teams

men:	Men's team Men's U-20 team Men's U-17 team
women:	Women's team Women's U-20 team Women's U-17 team

League system

Current	Primera División Segunda División Tercera División
Defunct	Segunda División B

Domestic Cups

Current	Copa Venezuela
Defunct	Copa de Campeones

International cup

Defunct	Copa Simón Bolívar

Women's

Current	Liga Nacional Femenina Copa Venezuela Femenina

Seasons

1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Categories: