| Competition: | Liga FUTVE |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 2 February – December 2024 |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Carabobo |
| Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
| Matches: | 149 |
| Total Goals: | 345 |
| League Topscorer: | Tomás Rodríguez Juan Camilo Zapata (10 goals each) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Dep. Táchira 5–1 Est. Mérida (4 February) UCV 4–0 Inter de Barinas (11 May) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (23 July) |
| Highest Scoring: | Angostura 3–4 Portuguesa (12 May) Metropolitanos 5–2 UCV (18 May) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 21 August 2024 |
The 2024 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, is the 68th season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top-flight football league in Venezuela, and the 43rd season since the start of the professional era. The season began on 2 February 2024, being pushed back from its original date of 19 January 2024 to avoid a clash with the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament held in Venezuela.[1]
Deportivo Táchira are the defending champions.
The 2024 season saw a return to the Apertura and Clausura format in the competition, which was used for the last time in 2019. Both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments will feature a first stage in which the participating teams will play each other on a single round-robin fashion, with the top eight teams advancing to a semi-final stage in which they will be divided into two groups of four teams each in which the qualified teams will play against the other rivals in their group twice. The winners of each group will contest a single-match final, with the Apertura and Clausura winners facing each other in the season's grand final (Final Absoluta) to decide the league champions. In all three finals, the finalist with the better performance will be entitled to host the match.
The season champions as well as the best-placed team in the aggregate table will qualify for the group stage of the 2025 Copa Libertadores, while the season runners-up and the second best-placed team in the aggregate table will qualify for the preliminary stages of that competition, with the former entering the second stage and the latter entering the first stage. The runners-up of both of the season's short tournaments as well as the next two best teams in the aggregate table that do not qualify for the Copa Libertadores will qualify for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana.[2]
15 teams were expected to compete in the 2024 season, subject to the fulfillment of club licensing requirements: the top 14 teams in the first stage of the 2023 season as well as the 2023 Segunda División champions Ureña.[3] Ureña would replace Mineros de Guayana, relegated at the end of the previous season.
Prior to the start of the season, it was reported that Hermanos Colmenarez would change its name to Inter de Barinas,[4] which was confirmed on 30 January 2024.[5] It was also announced that Ureña had resigned from playing in the top tier due to economic problems and would sell their spot to third-placed side Marítimo de La Guaira.[6] Although on 9 January 2024 the league announced the first matchday with Ureña receiving a bye,[7] the club's final withdrawal from the competition was announced on 31 January 2024.[8] As a result of this, the season will be played by 14 clubs.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,500 | ||||
| 2,500 | ||||
| 10,400 | ||||
| 23,940 | ||||
| Brígido Iriarte[9] | 10,000 | |||
| 23,940 | ||||
| 38,755 | ||||
| 42,200 | ||||
| 29,800 | ||||
| 23,940 | ||||
| 51,796 | ||||
| 18,000 | ||||
| 40,800 | ||||
| 23,940 | ||||
| 29,800 |
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Puerto Cabello |  Iván Fernández | Givova | CLX Samsung | |
| Angostura |  Osmar Castillo | RS | Genpar | |
| Carabobo | Diego Merino | New Arrival | Fospuca, El Maizal, Juega En Línea | |
| Caracas | Fernando Aristeguieta | RS | Maltín Polar, SellaTuParley | |
| Deportivo La Guaira | Juan Domingo Tolisano | RS | Traki | |
| Deportivo Táchira | Eduardo Saragó | Boman | Juega En Línea, Rutaca Airlines, Grupo JHS | |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | Daniel Farías | Econtex | Cordialito.la, Frigilux, Daka, Ivon | |
| Inter de Barinas | Leonel Vielma | Attle | Corporation CSA | |
| Metropolitanos | José María Morr | RS | Aerolíneas Estelar | |
| Monagas | Grenddy Perozo | RS | Banplus | |
| Portuguesa | Giancarlo Maldonado | Attle | Bet77, Alimentos Fina Ideal | |
| Rayo Zuliano | Elvis Martínez | Attle | San Simón, Javitour | |
| Universidad Central | Daniel Sasso | New Arrival | CFMoto Venezuela, SoyTechno | |
| Zamora | Alí Cañas | RS | Thundernet |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torneo Apertura | ||||||
| Carabobo | Juan Domingo Tolisano | End of contract | 13 October 2023[10] | Pre-season | Diego Merino | 22 November 2023[11] |
| Monagas | Tony Franco | 19 October 2023[12] | Daniel Blanco | 20 October 2023[13] | ||
| Estudiantes de Mérida | Franklin Lucena | Sacked | 13 February 2024[14] | 14th | Daniel Farías | 15 February 2024[15] |
| Deportivo La Guaira | Enrique García | Mutual agreement | 21 March 2024[16] | 10th | Juan Domingo Tolisano | 23 March 2024[17] |
| Monagas | Daniel Blanco | Sacked | 26 March 2024[18] | 9th | Grenddy Perozo | 26 March 2024[19] |
| Caracas | Leonardo González | Mutual agreement | 31 March 2024[20] | 11th | Henry Meléndez | 31 March 2024[21] |
| Zamora | Enrique Maggiolo | 1 April 2024[22] | 13th | Alí Cañas | 1 April 2024[23] | |
| Torneo Clausura | ||||||
| Caracas | Henry Meléndez | Demoted to the youth setup | 6 July 2024[24] | Pre-tournament | Fernando Aristeguieta | 6 July 2024 |
| Portuguesa | Jesús Ortiz | Mutual agreement | 11 July 2024[25] | Roberts Rivas | 11 July 2024 | |
| Roberts Rivas | End of caretaker spell | 18 July 2024 | 11th | Giancarlo Maldonado | 18 July 2024[26] | |
| Academia Puerto Cabello | Noel Sanvicente | Mutual agreement | 22 July 2024[27] | 10th | Bladimir Morales | 22 July 2024 |
| Bladimir Morales | End of caretaker spell | 23 July 2024 | 9th | Iván Fernández | 23 July 2024[28] | |
The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 2 February and ended on 2 June 2024.
The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The two group winners advanced to the final.
The Torneo Clausura is the second and last tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 July and is scheduled to end in late November 2024.[29]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tomás Rodríguez | Monagas | 10 | ||||
 Juan Camilo Zapata | Inter de Barinas | ||||||
| 3 | Charlis Ortiz | Metropolitanos / Universidad Central | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Aldry Contreras | Angostura | 7 | ||||
| Edder Farías | Deportivo La Guaira | ||||||
| Edson Tortolero | Carabobo | ||||||
| Edwuin Pernía | Caracas | ||||||
 Elías Alderete | Estudiantes de Mérida | ||||||
| Rafael Arace | Deportivo La Guaira | ||||||
| 10 | Johan Moreno | Portuguesa | 6 | ||||
| José Balza | Carabobo< | -- | - | 12 | Diego Echeverri | Portuguesa | 5 |
| Juan Carlos Castellanos | Angostura / Deportivo La Guaira | ||||||
| 14 | Ángelo Lucena | Metropolitanos | 4 | ||||
| Armando Araque | Rayo Zuliano | ||||||
| Joel Infante | Universidad Central | ||||||
| Jorge Luis Gómez | Angostura | ||||||
| José Alí Meza | Portuguesa | ||||||
| José Lovera | Angostura | ||||||
| Maurice Cova | Deportivo Táchira | ||||||
| Miku Fedor | Academia Puerto Cabello | ||||||
| Ronny Maza | Angostura --> |