2007–08 in Venezuelan football explained

The following article presents a summary of the 2007-08 football season in Venezuela, including the top division.

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Caracas F.C.	17	10	7	0	31	10	37	+21
2	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	10	4	3	31	12	34	+19
3	Deportivo Táchira F.C.	17	7	7	3	22	10	28	+12
3	U.A. Maracaibo	17	7	7	3	26	20	28	+6
5	Zamora F.C.	17	6	7	4	19	11	24	+8
6	Portuguesa F.C.	17	6	6	5	15	18	24	-3
7	Llaneros F.C.	17	6	5	6	25	23	23	+2
8	Aragua F.C.	17	6	5	6	30	30	23	0
9	A.C. Mineros de Guayana	17	6	5	6	28	28	23	0
10	Guaros F.C.	17	7	2	8	28	31	23	-3
11		17	6	5	6	22	27	23	-5
12	Monagas S.C.	17	6	4	7	30	26	22	+4
13	Deportivo Italia	17	5	7	5	17	14	22	+3
14	Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.	17	5	5	7	21	28	20	-7
15	Atlético El Vigía F.C.	17	6	1	10	17	26	19	-9
16	Carabobo F.C.	17	4	3	10	13	25	15	-12
17	Unión Lara	17	3	5	9	25	32	14	-7
18	Estrella Roja F.C.	17	3	4	10	19	45	13	-26

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Deportivo Táchira F.C.	17	13	3	1	30	15	42	+15
2	Caracas F.C.	17	10	6	1	34	18	36	+16
3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	10	2	5	33	14	32	+19
4	Deportivo Italia	17	7	7	3	23	16	28	+7
5	Guaros F.C.	17	8	4	5	19	14	28	+5
6	U.A. Maracaibo	17	8	3	6	28	22	27	+6
7	Zamora F.C.	17	8	2	7	26	25	26	+1
8	Carabobo F.C.	17	6	6	5	19	16	24	+3
9	Estrella Roja F.C.	17	7	3	7	25	31	24	-6
10	Portuguesa F.C.	17	6	5	6	24	24	23	0
11		17	6	1	10	19	25	19	-6
12	Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.	17	4	6	7	18	26	18	-8
13	Llaneros F.C.	17	5	3	9	18	27	18	-9
14	Aragua F.C.	17	4	5	8	18	22	17	-4
15	Monagas S.C.	17	5	2	11	16	26	17	-10
16	A.C. Mineros de Guayana	17	3	7	7	18	23	16	-5
17	Unión Lara	17	3	5	9	18	20	14	-2
18	Trujillanos F.C.	17	3	4	10	18	31	13	-13

Results

The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	ACM	ARA	AEV	CAR	CCS	DAN	DIT	DTÁ	ESR	EdM	GUA	LLA	MON	POR	TRU	UAM	ULR	ZAM
A.C. Mineros de Guayana		0-0	1-0	2-1	1-3	1-0	2-2	2-2	6-0	2-3	0-1	3-0	1-1	3-3	1-5	2-0	3-3	0-0
Aragua F.C.	1-1		2-1	1-1	1-2	1-0	1-0	1-1	3-2	5-2	3-1	3-1	1-2	2-3	2-0	1-1	1-2	2-2
Atlético El Vigía F.C.	3-0	3-1		1-1	0-2	1-5	1-2	1-0	1-0	2-3	0-1	0-0	2-1	2-1	2-0	0-2	2-3	1-0
Carabobo F.C.	0-1	0-2	0-1		1-1	0-1	1-0	0-1	3-1	2-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	0-1	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-2
Caracas F.C.	0-0	2-2	2-0	1-1		0-1	0-0	2-2	6-4	2-1	5-1	0-0	3-0	3-1	3-1	0-0	4-2	3-1
Deportivo Anzoátegui	1-0	5-1	1-0	1-0	2-3		1-1	2-3	7-1	3-0	3-1	2-1	4-0	0-0	4-0	1-1	2-1	5-0
Deportivo Italia	2-3	2-1	1-0	2-0	1-1	2-0		0-0	1-1	2-0	1-1	3-0	2-3	2-0	2-2	1-1	1-0	1-0
Deportivo Táchira F.C.	3-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0		6-1	1-0	1-0	3-2	2-1	4-1	2-0	4-3	2-0	0-0
Estrella Roja F.C.	1-0	3-2	0-1	3-2	1-1	1-3	0-0	0-1		4-1	3-2	0-1	1-1	3-3	3-2	2-1	1-4	0-1
Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.	1-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	1-2	1-1	2-0	0-1	1-1		2-1	1-0	2-1	2-2	1-0	0-0	2-2	2-2
Guaros F.C.	3-1	1-0	1-0	3-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-0	3-1	1-1		4-3	2-2	1-0	4-1	2-1	2-1	0-3
Llaneros F.C.	3-2	0-2	2-1	3-1	1-2	1-0	1-0	1-1	5-1	0-0	3-2		2-1	1-0	1-1	3-6	2-0	1-1
Monagas S.C.	1-1	1-0	4-1	4-0	1-0	2-3	0-1	0-1	1-0	5-0	0-1	1-0		0-1	0-1	0-2	2-1	2-0
Portuguesa F.C.	0-3	1-0	2-3	0-0	1-1	1-0	1-0	2-2	1-2	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-1		2-1	1-1	4-0	2-1
Trujillanos F.C.	2-1	0-0	3-2	2-3	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-2	0-0	1-0	4-3	2-1	1-1	2-0		1-1	2-0	1-4
Unión Atlético Maracaibo	2-1	1-1	3-1	2-3	1-2	1-0	0-0	0-1	4-0	4-2	2-1	3-2	3-3	1-0	2-1		2-1	2-0
Unión Lara	1-1	6-4	2-3	1-1	0-2	0-3	4-4	0-0	1-2	2-1	0-1	1-1	1-3	1-1	3-0	0-1		0-0
Zamora F.C.	2-0	1-0	3-1	1-2	0-2	0-1	0-2	2-0	0-1	3-2	2-1	1-1	4-1	0-0	3-0	4-0	2-0

Last updated: May 25, 2008
Source: Apertura 2007 Fixture
Clausura 2008 Fixture
Fixtures in green represent games played during the Apertura 2007 tournament, fixtures in red represent those played during the Clausura 2008.

Aggregate Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Caracas F.C.	34	20	13	1	65	29	73	+36
2	Deportivo Táchira F.C.	34	20	10	4	52	25	70	+27
3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	34	20	6	8	64	26	66	+38
4	U.A. Maracaibo	34	15	10	9	54	42	55	+12
5	Guaros F.C.	34	15	6	13	47	47	51	0
6	Deportivo Italia	34	12	14	8	40	30	50	+10
7	Zamora F.C.	34	14	8	12	45	37	50	+8
8	Portuguesa F.C.	34	12	11	11	39	42	47	-3
9	Llaneros F.C.	34	11	8	15	43	50	41	-7
10	Aragua F.C.	34	10	10	14	48	52	40	-4	2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 1
11		34	9	12	13	46	50	39	-4
12	Monagas S.C.	34	11	6	17	46	52	39	-6
13	Carabobo F.C.	34	10	9	15	32	41	39	-9
14	Atlético El Vigía F.C.	34	12	2	20	37	51	38	-14
15	Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.	34	9	11	14	39	54	38	-15
16	Estrella Roja F.C.	34	10	7	17	44	76	37	-32
17	Unión Lara	34	9	9	16	40	58	36	-18
18	Trujillanos F.C.	34	6	10	18	43	62	28	-19

Last updated: May 25, 2008
Source: FVF

1 Winner of 2007–08 Copa Venezuela
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

"Championship" playoff

Caracas F.C. and Deportivo Táchira F.C. ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required. Deportivo Táchira won on away goal.

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Venezuela national team

This section will cover Venezuela's games from the end of the Copa América 2007 until June 19, 2008.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Venezuela scorers	Match Report(s)
August 22, 2007	Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi Ciudad del Este, Paraguay		1 - 1	F		CONMEBOL
September 8, 2007	Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela		3 - 2	F		CONMEBOL
September 12, 2007	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela		1 - 1	F	G. Maldonado (pen)	CONMEBOL
October 13, 2007	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador		0 - 1	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
October 16, 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero Maracaibo, Venezuela		0 - 2	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
November 17, 2007	Estadio El Campín Bogotá, Colombia		1 - 0	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
November 20, 2007	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Venezuela		5 - 3	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
February 3, 2008	Estadio Monumental de Maturín Maturín, Venezuela		1 - 0	F		CONMEBOL
February 6, 2008	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela		1 - 1	F		CONMEBOL
March 23, 2008	Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela		1 - 0	F		FVF
March 26, 2008	Estadio José A. Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela		0 - 1	F		CONMEBOL
April 30, 2008	Estadio Alfonso Lopez Bucaramanga, Colombia		5 - 2	F		CONMEBOL
May 30, 2008	Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States		1 - 1	F		FVF
June 6, 2008	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States		0 - 2	F		CONMEBOL
June 9, 2008	Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles		0 - 1	F		FVF
June 14, 2008	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay		1 - 1	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL
June 19, 2008	Olímpico Luis Ramos Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela		2 - 3	WCQ2010		CONMEBOL

KEY:

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

External links

• Venezuelan Football Federation
• RSSSF