1996–97 in Venezuelan football explained

This article presents a summary of the 1996-97 football season in Venezuela.

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Pos	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Minervén Fútbol Club	43	22	13	4	5	33	15	+18
2	Atlético Zulia	43	22	13	4	5	31	20	+11
3	Unión Atlético Táchira	41	22	12	5	5	35	19	+16
4	Caracas F.C.	38	22	11	5	6	28	20	+8
5	Mineros de Guayana	38	22	11	5	6	31	24	+7
6	Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.	31	22	9	4	9	21	23	- 2
7	Trujillanos F.C.	30	22	7	9	6	25	20	+5
8	Deportivo Chacao	28	22	8	4	10	28	32	- 4
9	Llaneros de Guanare	22	22	5	7	10	22	32	- 10
10	Atlético El Vigía	21	22	5	6	11	17	26	- 9
11	Valencia FC	18	22	4	6	12	15	29	- 14
12	Nacional Táchira	12	22	3	3	16	15	40	- 25

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Pos	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Caracas F.C.	36	18	11	3	4	36	18	+18
2	Unión Atlético Táchira	35	18	10	5	3	32	18	+14
3	Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.	29	18	8	5	5	21	14	+7
4	Trujillanos F.C.	25	18	6	7	5	19	17	+2
5	Mineros de Guayana	25	18	7	4	7	30	29	+1
6	Atlético Zulia	24	18	5	9	4	28	28	0
7	Minervén Fútbol Club	23	18	6	5	7	20	19	+1
8	Deportivo Chacao	23	18	6	5	7	20	28	- 8
9	Llaneros de Guanare	21	18	4	9	5	23	25	- 2
10	Atlético El Vigía	18	18	0	2	16	7	40	- 33

Venezuela national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp ^[1]	Venezuela scorers	Fixture ^[2]
1996-09-01	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador		1 - 0	WCQ98		132
1996-09-18	Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador, El Salvador		0 - 1	F		133
1996-10-03	Estadio Agustín Tovar Barinas, Venezuela		2 - 0	F		134
1996-10-09	Estadio Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Venezuela		2 - 5	WCQ98		135
1996-11-10	Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru		4 - 1	WCQ98		136
1996-10-09	Estadio Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Venezuela		0 - 2	WCQ98		137
1997-01-12	Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa Mérida, Venezuela		0 - 2	WCQ98		138
1997-02-12	Independence Park Kingston, Jamaica		0 - 0	F		139
1997-02-19	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Heredia, Costa Rica		5 - 2	F		140
1997-04-02	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay		3 - 1	WCQ98		141
1997-04-29	Estadio Monumental Santiago, Chile		6 - 0	WCQ98		142
1997-06-08	Estadio Luis Loreto Lira Valera, Venezuela		1 - 1	WCQ98		143
1997-06-12	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia		1 - 0	CA97	-	144
1997-06-15	Estadio Olímpico Patria Sucre, Bolivia		2 - 0	CA97	-	145
1997-06-18	Estadio Olímpico Patria Sucre, Bolivia		2 - 0	CA97	-	146
1997-07-06	Estadio José Pachencho Romero Maracaibo, Venezuela		1 - 1	WCQ98		147
1997-07-20	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina		2 - 0	WCQ98		148

Notes

References

• Venezuelan Football Federation
• RSSSF
• National Team Results

Notes and References

1. F = Friendly match • WCQ98 = 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) • CA97 = 1997 Copa América match
2. according to the RSSSF-list on https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/venez-intres.html