2008–09 Venezuelan Primera División season

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The 2008–09 Primera División season (officially the 2008–09 Copa CANTV for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Estrella Roja
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Locations of the 2008-09 Primera División teams

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Deportivo Italia
 17 10 6 1 22 11 +11 36 Serie Final and the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2
Monagas
 17 9 4 4 23 15 +8 31
3
Caracas
 17 9 3 5 29 20 +9 30
4
Zulia
 17 9 3 5 27 21 +6 30
5
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 17 8 5 4 23 15 +8 29
6
Deportivo Táchira
 17 7 7 3 35 18 +17 28
7
Zamora
 17 8 3 6 22 17 +5 27
8
Llaneros
 17 7 4 6 15 18 −3 25
9
Aragua
 17 7 3 7 21 21 0 24
10
Minervén
 17 7 2 8 24 24 0 23
11
Atlético El Vigía
 17 5 7 5 21 21 0 22
12
Mineros de Guayana
 17 6 3 8 18 24 −6 21
13 Unión Atlético Maracaibo 17 6 2 9 22 25 −3 20
14
Carabobo
 17 5 5 7 19 24 −5 20
15
Estudiantes de Mérida
 17 6 1 10 22 28 −6 19
16
Estrella Roja
 17 3 6 8 15 23 −8 15
17
Portuguesa
 17 3 3 11 15 36 −21 12
18
Guaros
17 1 7 9 13 25 −12 10
Updated to match(es) played on December 17, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away
ARA
ATV
CBO
CRC
DAN
DIT
DTA
ER
EME
GUA
LLA
MGU
MIN
MON
POR
 MAR
ZAM
ZUL
Aragua
 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–1
El Vigía
 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–2
Carabobo
 1–3 2–4 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Caracas
 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–4 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1
Deportivo Italia
 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2
Deportivo Táchira
 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 9–2 0–1 5–2
Estrella Roja
 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Estudiantes
 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–2
Guaros FC
 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1
Llaneros
 2–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Mineros
 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Minervén
 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0
Monagas
 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Portuguesa
 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2
Unión Atlético Maracaibo 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–1
Zamora
 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0
Zulia
 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on December 17, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Caracas
 17 11 4 2 32 15 +17 37 Serie Final and the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2
Deportivo Táchira
 17 10 6 1 29 15 +14 36
3
Estudiantes de Mérida
 17 10 3 4 27 18 +9 33
4
Zamora
 17 8 7 2 29 19 +10 31
5
Guaros
 17 9 3 5 19 18 +1 30
6
Llaneros
 17 7 6 4 20 17 +3 27
7
Mineros de Guayana
 17 7 3 7 18 19 −1 24
8
Zulia
 17 6 5 6 24 22 +2 23
9
Deportivo Italia
 17 4 8 5 22 19 +3 20
10
Portuguesa
 17 5 5 7 18 21 −3 20
11
Monagas
 17 4 7 6 19 21 −2 19
12
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 17 4 6 7 21 20 +1 18
13
Minervén
 17 4 6 7 17 25 −8 18
14
Estrella Roja
 17 4 5 8 17 26 −9 17
15
Atlético El Vigía
 17 3 6 8 18 25 −7 15
16 Unión Atlético Maracaibo 17 4 3 10 18 26 −8 15
17
Aragua
 17 2 8 7 15 22 −7 14
18
Carabobo
 17 3 5 9 17 31 −14 14
Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away
ARA
ATV
CBO
CRC
DAN
DIT
DTA
ER
EME
GUA
LLA
MGU
MIN
MON
POR
 MAR
ZAM
ZUL
Aragua
 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0
El Vigía
 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–3
Carabobo
 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–3
Caracas
 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
Deportivo Italia
 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1
Deportivo Táchira
 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–1
Estrella Roja
 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
Estudiantes
 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–3
Guaros FC
 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–1
Llaneros
 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1
Mineros
 3–1 2–1 1–5 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–0
Minervén
 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–4
Monagas
 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2
Portuguesa
 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0
Unión Atlético Maracaibo 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2
Zamora
 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 5–3 3–2
Zulia
 4–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Caracas
 34 20 7 7 61 35 +26 67
2
Deportivo Táchira
 34 17 13 4 64 33 +31 64 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3
Zamora
 34 16 10 8 51 36 +15 58 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4
Deportivo Italia
 34 14 14 6 44 30 +14 56
5
Zulia
 34 15 8 11 51 43 +8 53
6
Estudiantes de Mérida
 34 16 4 14 49 46 +3 52
7
Monagas
 34 13 11 10 42 37 +5 50
8
Llaneros
 34 14 10 10 35 35 0 52
9
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 34 12 11 11 44 35 +9 47 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
10
Mineros de Guayana
 34 13 6 15 36 43 −7 45
11
Minervén
 34 11 8 15 41 49 −8 41 Relegated to the Segunda División[b]
12
Guaros
 34 10 10 14 32 43 −11 40
13
Aragua
 34 9 11 14 36 43 −7 38
14
Atlético El Vigía
 34 8 13 13 39 46 −7 37
15 Unión Atlético Maracaibo 34 10 5 19 40 51 −11 35 Relegated to the Segunda División[c]
16
Carabobo
 34 8 10 16 36 55 −19 34
17
Estrella Roja
 34 7 11 16 32 49 −17 32 Relegated to the Segunda División
18
Portuguesa
 34 8 8 18 33 57 −24 32
Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2008 Copa Venezuela champion.
  2. ^ Minervén was relegated because they had forfeited their U-17 and U-20 teams.[1]
  3. ^ Unión Atlético Maracaibo was relegated due to financial reasons.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Venezuela Heatklif Castillo
Aragua
 17
2 Venezuela Daniel Arismendi
Deportivo Táchira
 11
5
3 Venezuela Armando Maita
Monagas
 15
Venezuela Juan Enrique García
Zamora
 15
5 Venezuela Alexander Rondón
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 13
Venezuela Andrés Buelvas
El Vigía
 13
Venezuela Leandro Vargas
Mineros
 11
2

Serie Final

Caracas F.C.
won by an aggregate score of 6-1.

Deportivo Italia
Rentería 56' Cásseres 50'
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas
Referee: Mayker Gómez
Caracas
Rey
77'


 Copa CANTV
2008-09 winners 
Caracas

10th title

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.venezuelaesfutbol.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=4392&categoria_id=7 [dead link]

External links