2008–09 Venezuelan Primera División season

Copa CANTV
Season 2008–09
Champions Caracas (10th title)
Relegated Minervén
Maracaibo
Portuguesa
Estrella Roja
Copa Libertadores Caracas
Deportivo Italia
Deportivo Táchira
Copa Sudamericana Zamora
Matches played 308
Goals scored 773 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer Heatklif Castillo (17 goals)
Biggest home win Deportivo Táchira 92 Portuguesa
Biggest away win Mineros 15 Deportivo Táchira
Highest scoring Deportivo Táchira 92 Portuguesa

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

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 El Vigía 17 5 7 5 21 21 0 22
12 Mineros 17 6 3 8 18 24 6 21
13 Maracaibo 17 6 2 9 22 25 3 20
14 Carabobo 17 5 5 7 19 24 5 20
15 Estudiantes 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 games played on December 17, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARA ATV CBOCRCDANDITDTAEREMEGUALLAMGUMINMONPORMARZAMZUL
Aragua 02 00 10 41 10 20 23 11
El Vigía 10 02 22 10 31 22 20 22 22
Carabobo 13 24 22 11 31 10 21 11 10
Caracas 21 01 00 30 11 02 20 02
Deportivo Anzoátegui 11 10 31 40 24 20 31 00 21
Deportivo Italia 20 10 11 10 10 20 11 10 22
Deportivo Táchira 11 32 11 01 40 92 01 52
Estrella Roja 11 11 02 00 12 21 10 22 10
Estudiantes 21 13 10 01 30 41 31 22
Guaros 11 00 22 33 13 11 10 01
Llaneros 20 11 14 01 00 21 10 01
Mineros 10 30 12 11 11 21 21 31
Minervén 20 20 12 11 13 21 20 31 30
Monagas 10 00 11 20 10 21 10 20
Portuguesa 21 10 03 10 01 02 12 11 12
Maracaibo 23 21 21 12 21 01 30 32 01
Zamora 12 01 01 20 20 20 30 22 20
Zulia 12 20 10 30 31 21 31 21

Updated to games played on December 17, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 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 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 El Vigía 17 3 6 8 18 25 7 15
16 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 games played on May 17, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARA ATV CBOCRCDANDITDTAEREMEGUALLAMGUMINMONPORMARZAMZUL
Aragua 20 11 12 11 12 00 10 22 00
El Vigía 22 10 21 01 20 01 23 13
Carabobo 11 21 12 11 10 12 10 03
Caracas 21 31 31 32 20 00 31 21 30
Deportivo Anzoátegui 11 51 00 02 00 40 20 10
Deportivo Italia 11 20 00 11 12 22 20 11
Deportivo Táchira 21 20 00 32 10 33 20 10 11
Estrella Roja 10 14 11 12 11 11 00 20
Estudiantes 20 21 21 21 10 01 30 10 13
Guaros 11 31 14 21 10 21 32 10 01
Llaneros 11 11 23 10 32 10 21 31 11
Mineros 31 21 15 01 22 01 10 23 10
Minervén 11 01 21 01 21 21 01 14
Monagas 00 33 11 20 21 11 00 01 32
Portuguesa 11 10 11 20 10 00 11 30
Maracaibo 21 22 01 11 12 01 12 12
Zamora 31 30 13 00 00 22 53 32
Zulia 42 22 20 12 22 11 10 11 01

Updated to games played on May 17, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 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 3
10 Mineros 34 13 6 15 36 43 7 45
11 Minervén 34 11 8 15 41 49 8 41 Relegated to the Segunda División 1
12 Guaros 34 10 10 14 32 43 11 40
13 Aragua 34 9 11 14 36 43 7 38
14 El Vigía 34 8 13 13 39 46 7 37
15 Maracaibo 34 10 5 19 40 51 11 35 Relegated to the Segunda División 2
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 games played on May 17, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Minervén was relegated because they had forfeited their U-17 and U-20 teams.[1]
2. Unión Atlético Maracaibo was relegated due to financial reasons.
3. As 2008 Copa Venezuela champion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Venezuela Heatklif Castillo Aragua 17
2 Venezuela Daniel Arismendi Maracaibo
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 Minervén
Mineros
11
2

Serie Final

Caracas F.C. and Deportivo Italia ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required. Caracas F.C. won by an aggregate score of 6-1.

May 23, 2009
Caracas 1 1 Deportivo Italia
Rentería  56' Cásseres  50'
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas
Referee: Mayker Gómez

May 31, 2009
Deportivo Italia 0 5 Caracas
Lucena  8'
Castellín  12'
Guerra  26'
Valoyes  61'
Rey  77'
Copa CANTV
2008-09 Winners
Caracas
10th Title

See also

References

External links

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