| Competition: | Liga FUTVE |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Winners: | Zamora (4th title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Zamora Deportivo Lara Caracas Deportivo La Guaira |
| Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Zulia (cup winners) Mineros Monagas Estudiantes de Mérida |
| Matches: | 336 |
| Total Goals: | 773 |
| League Topscorer: | Apertura: Tommy Tobar (12 goals) Clausura: Darwin González (13 goals) Season: Anthony Uribe (16 goals) |
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| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, was the 37th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Monagas were the defending champions, but did not qualify to the Serie Final, after being eliminated in the regular season of the Torneo Apertura and by Caracas in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Clausura.
Zamora were the champions, defeating Deportivo Lara on the Serie Final, 5–1 on aggregate.
Gran Valencia reached the final of the Segunda División and earned promotion to the Primera División, but the team was suspended "temporarily" by the Honorary Council of the FVF after forfeiting the second leg of the final.[1] On 15 January, Academia Puerto Cabello was announced as the replacement.[2]
| Team | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,500 | |||||
| 14,000 | |||||
| Vacant | Brígido Iriartec | 10,000 | |||
| Misael Delgadod | 10,400 | ||||
| Olímpico de la UCVa | 23,940 | ||||
| 37,485 | |||||
| Olímpico de la UCVa | 23,940 | ||||
| 47,913 | |||||
| 38,755 | |||||
| Brígido Iriartec | 10,000 | ||||
| Metropolitano de Méridab | 42,200 | ||||
| Olímpico de la UCVc | 23,940 | ||||
| 41,600 | |||||
| 51,796 | |||||
| 18,000 | |||||
| 25,000 | |||||
| 29,800 | |||||
| 40,800 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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| Torneo Apertura | ||||||
| Deportivo Anzoátegui |  Charles López | Pre-season | Francisco Velásquez | 24 January | ||
| Deportivo Anzoátegui | Francisco Velásquez | Sacked | 3 March[3] | 18th | Lisandro Altieri | 6 March |
| Atlético Venezuela |  Alex Pallarés | Mutual consent | 20 March[4] | 12th | Tony Franco | 25 March[5] |
| Deportivo La Guaira | Pedro Depablos | Sacked | 19 April[6] | 5th | Daniel Farías | 23 April[7] |
| Metropolitanos | Daniel de Oliveira | Mutual consent | 30 April[8] | 17th | Manuel Di Maio (caretaker) | 2 May[9] |
| Deportivo Táchira | Francesco Stifano | 22 May[10] | 10th | Alex Pallarés | 23 May[11] | |
| Academia Puerto Cabello | Jeremy Nowak | 29 May[12] | 14th | Pedro Depablos | 1 June[13] | |
| Monagas | Jhonny Ferreira | Resigned | 5 June[14] | 15th | José Manuel Rey | 25 June[15] |
| Deportivo Anzoátegui | Lisandro Altieri | Replaced | 7 June | 18th | José González | 7 June[16] |
| Metropolitanos | Manuel Di Maio | End of caretaker spell | 12 June | 17th | Jhon Giraldo | 12 June[17] |
| Zulia | Carlos Maldonado | Mutual consent | 13 June[18] | 13th | Francesco Stifano | 17 June[19] |
| Torneo Clausura | ||||||
| Estudiantes de Mérida | José Nabor Gavidia | Sacked | 18 June[20] | Pre-tournament |  Martín Brignani | 19 June[21] |
| Aragua | José Manuel Rey | Signed by Monagas | 25 June |  Héctor Estrada | 29 June[22] | |
| Portuguesa | Carlos Horacio Moreno | Resigned | 2 August[23] | 17th | Raúl Vargas (caretaker) | 2 August[24] |
| Deportivo Anzoátegui | José González | Mutual consent | 27 August[25] | 16th | Richard Arrieta (caretaker) | 27 August |
| Estudiantes de Caracas | José Fasciana | 29 August[26] | 14th | José María Morr | 30 August[27] | |
| Deportivo Anzoátegui | Richard Arrieta | End of caretaker spell | 4 September | 16th | Jobanny Rivero | 4 September[28] |
| Carabobo | Wilson Gutiérrez | Resigned | 6 September[29] | 15th | Gustavo Caraballo | 7 September[30] |
| Portuguesa | Raúl Vargas | Replaced | 7 September[31] | 18th | Raymond Páez | 7 September[32] |
| Atlético Venezuela | Tony Franco | Sacked | 2 November[33] | 13th | ||
| Aragua | Héctor Estrada | 14 November[34] | 17th | Enrique García | 28 November[35] | |
| Carabobo | Gustavo Caraballo | 16 November[36] | 16th | Jhonny Ferreira | 29 November[37] | |
| Deportivo Táchira | Alex Pallarés | Resigned | 20 November[38] | 3rd, SF | Giovanny Pérez | 3 December[39] |
| Trujillanos | Horacio Matuszyczk | 20 November[40] | 5th, QF | José Nabor Gavidia | 27 November[41] | |
| Mineros | Juan Tolisano | 22 November[42] | 11th | Horacio Matuszyczk | 22 November[43] | |
The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. The regular season started on 28 January and ended on 19 May.
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Zamora won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Tobar | Carabobo | 12 |
| 2 | Edwuin Pernía | Caracas | 11 |
| 3 | Fernando Aristeguieta | Caracas | 8 |
| Manuel Arteaga | Deportivo La Guaira | ||
| 5 | Jhonder Cádiz | Monagas | 7 |
| Richard Blanco | Mineros | ||
| Cristian Alessandrini | Atlético Venezuela | ||
| Anthony Uribe | Zamora | ||
| Maurice Cova | Carabobo | ||
| Danny Pérez | Zamora |
The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season. The regular season started on 21 July and ended on 28 October.
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----Deportivo Lara won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darwin González | Deportivo La Guaira | 13 |
| 2 | Gustavo Ascona | Trujillanos | 10 |
| 3 | Anthony Uribe | Zamora | 9 |
| Enzo Maidana | Academia Puerto Cabello | ||
| Víctor Aquino | Deportivo Táchira | ||
| 6 | Junior Paredes | Zulia | 7 |
| Rubén Rojas | Monagas | ||
| Edder Farías | Atlético Venezuela | ||
| Jesús Arrieta | Caracas | ||
| Robert Hernández | Caracas |
The Serie Final is held between the champions of the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura to determine the champions of the season. The best team of the finalists in the aggregate table chose the order of the legs.
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