2017 Venezuelan Primera División season

The 2017 Primera División season was the 36th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but did not qualify to the Serie Final, after being eliminated by Monagas in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Apertura and by Deportivo Lara in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Clausura.

Venezuelan Primera División

Season	2017
Champions	Monagas (1st title)
Relegated	Deportivo JBL Atlético Socopó
Copa Libertadores	Monagas Deportivo Lara Carabobo Deportivo Táchira
Copa Sudamericana	Mineros Caracas Estudiantes de Mérida Zamora
Matches played	336
Goals scored	810 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Edder Farías (13 goals) Clausura: Anthony Blondell (13 goals) Season: Anthony Blondell (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Deportivo Lara 6–0 Portuguesa 27 February 2017
Biggest away win	Metropolitanos 0–5 Carabobo 21 May 2017
Highest scoring	Mineros 4–4 Anzoátegui 16 April 2017 Deportivo Lara 6–2 Zamora 11 November 2017
← 2016 2018 →

Monagas were the champions, defeating Deportivo Lara in the Serie Final, 2–1 on aggregate.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aragua

Carabobo

Caracas

Deportivo Anzoátegui

Deportivo JBL

Deportivo Lara

Deportivo Táchira

Est. Mérida

Portuguesa

Mineros

Monagas

Trujillanos

Atlético Socopó

Zamora

Zulia

Caracas teams:
Caracas
Deportivo La Guaira
Atlético Venezuela
Metropolitanos

Locations of the 2017 Primera División teams

Relegated to 2017 Segunda División 17 Ureña 18 Llaneros 19 Petare 20 Estudiantes de Caracas

Promoted to 2017 Primera División 1 Metropolitanos 2 Atlético Socopó

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez	14,000
Atlético Socopó	Socopó	Rogelio Matos	7,500
Atlético Venezuela	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado	10,400
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui	37,485
Deportivo JBL	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800
Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Lara	Cabudare	Metropolitano de Cabudare	47,913
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755
Estudiantes de Mérida	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,200
Metropolitanos	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín	51,796
Portuguesa	Acarigua	General José Antonio Páez	18,000
Trujillanos^a	Valera	José Alberto Pérez	25,000
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar	29,800
Zulia	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800

^a Trujillanos played the matchday 11 of the Torneo Clausura (against Deportivo Lara) at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, after the Estadio José Alberto Pérez in Valera was suspended due to crowd disturbances in the Copa Venezuela round of 16 second leg against Zulia.[1]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Aragua	José Manuel Rey	New Arrival	Gobierno Bolivariano de Aragua
Atlético Socopó	Fernando Capobianco	Kiukak	Servical
Atlético Venezuela	Alex Pallarés	Adidas	FERRYJET
Carabobo	Wilson Gutiérrez	Adidas	None
Caracas	Noel Sanvicente	Adidas	Maltín Polar
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Charles López	Academia Sport Wear	Gobierno Bolivariano de Anzoátegui
Deportivo JBL	Frank Flores	JBL Sports	SHIMGE
Deportivo La Guaira	Pedro Depablos	Adidas	Traki
Deportivo Lara	Leonardo González	Adidas	Brijot
Deportivo Táchira	Francesco Stifano	Adidas	SIMMONDS EQUIPMENTS
Estudiantes de Mérida	José Nabor Gavidia	Puma	Arand Supplies
Metropolitanos	Daniel de Oliveira	Joma	Seguros Venezuela
Mineros	Juan Tolisano	Sport Jugados	Gobernación de Bolívar
Monagas	Jhonny Ferreira	Adidas	Banplus
Portuguesa	Carlos Moreno	Mundo Creativo	Alivenza
Trujillanos	Horacio Matuszyczk	Kiukak	SUCASA
Zamora	Alí Cañas	Uhlsport	PDVSA
Zulia	Carlos Maldonado	Uhlsport	PDVSA

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Portuguesa	Horacio Matuszyczk	Sacked	22 February[2]	16th	Carlos Moreno	24 February[3]
Trujillanos	Darío Martínez	Sacked	21 February[4]	17th	Cristian Ferlauto	21 February[5]
Atlético Socopó	Giovanny Pérez	Sacked	26 March[6]	17th	Alberto Valencia	6 April[7]
Estudiantes de Mérida	Juan Cruz Real	Resigned	3 April[8]	15th	José Nabor Gavidia	4 April[9]
Deportivo JBL	Frank Flores	Mutual consent	7 April[10]	17th	José Cortina Henríquez	12 April[11]
Atlético Venezuela	Ignacio González	Mutual consent	29 May[12]	11th	Alex Pallarés	30 May[13]
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Nicolás Larcamón	Signed by Deportes Antofagasta	12 June	4th, QF	Charles López	8 July
Zamora	Francesco Stifano	Resigned	15 June[14]	3rd, QF	Luis Vera	20 June[15]
Torneo Clausura
Deportivo La Guaira	Eduardo Saragó	Mutual consent	7 July[16]	Pre-season	Pedro Depablos	8 July[17]
Deportivo JBL	José Cortina Henríquez	Sacked	13 July	Pre-season	Juan Escobar	13 July[18]
Zulia	Daniel Farías	Signed by The Strongest	15 August[19]	15th	Miguelángel Acosta	15 August[19]
Zulia	Miguelángel Acosta	End of caretaker spell	18 August[20]	13th	Carlos Maldonado	18 August[20]
Zamora	Luis Vera	Sacked	22 August[21]	18th	Alí Cañas	23 August[22]
Deportivo JBL	Juan Escobar	Sacked	28 August[23]	12th	Frank Flores	28 August[23]
Trujillanos	Cristian Ferlauto	Mutual consent	11 September[24]	17th	Horacio Matuszyczk	11 September[25]
Atlético Socopó	Alberto Valencia	Sacked	18 September[26]	16th	Fernando Capobianco	18 September[27]
Deportivo Táchira	Santiago Escobar	Mutual consent	11 October[28]	9th	Francesco Stifano	11 October[29]
Metropolitanos	Rafael Santana	Mutual consent	3 November[30]	9th	Daniel de Oliveira	4 November[31]
Carabobo	Julio César Baldivieso	Sacked	3 December[32]	3rd, SF	Wilson Gutiérrez	14 December[33]
Aragua	Antonio Franco	Sacked	11 December[34]	17th	José Manuel Rey	12 December[35]

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The regular season started on 28 January and finished on 21 May 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	17	10	6	1	30	15	+15	36	Advance to knockout stage
2	Carabobo	17	10	5	2	36	12	+24	35
3	Zamora	17	8	6	3	26	14	+12	30
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	7	7	3	23	13	+10	28
5	Caracas	17	7	7	3	27	19	+8	28
6	Monagas	17	6	8	3	27	19	+8	26
7	Aragua	17	6	7	4	22	18	+4	25
8	Deportivo La Guaira	17	6	5	6	23	17	+6	23
9	Zulia	17	7	2	8	28	35	−7	23
10	Mineros	17	6	4	7	30	36	−6	22
11	Atlético Venezuela	17	6	3	8	22	27	−5	21
12	Deportivo Lara	17	5	4	8	22	24	−2	19
13	Trujillanos	17	4	7	6	17	21	−4	19
14	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	4	6	7	16	21	−5	18
15	Portuguesa	17	2	10	5	13	27	−14	16
16	Metropolitanos	17	4	3	10	14	32	−18	15
17	Deportivo JBL	17	4	2	11	17	31	−14	14
18	Atlético Socopó	17	3	4	10	15	27	−12	13

Source: Soccerway, FVF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head match; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	SOC	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	JBL	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESM	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua	—	1–1	—	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	5–0
Atlético Socopó	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–1	2–2	—	—	1–2	0–2	3–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1
Atlético Venezuela	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–3	2–1	—	—	1–2	—	0–0	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	1–1	—	1–2	—	—
Carabobo	3–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	4–0	—	0–0	—	0–0	—
Caracas	—	0–0	3–1	—	—	2–2	4–1	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	4–0	1–1	—
Deportivo Anzoátegui	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	—	—	0–0	—	2–0	1–2
Deportivo JBL	—	—	—	0–4	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–3
Deportivo La Guaira	—	4–1	2–1	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–0	4–0	3–1	—	1–1	—	0–0	—
Deportivo Lara	—	1–0	2–3	—	1–3	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	6–0	1–1	1–0	—
Deportivo Táchira	2–1	—	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	2–2	4–1	—	—	—	2–4	—	1–1	—	0–0	—
Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	—	1–1	2–3	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	1–4	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	0–0	—	—
Metropolitanos	0–2	—	—	0–5	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	3–1	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0
Mineros	3–3	1–0	—	—	—	4–4	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	0–3[lower-alpha 2]	4–1	—	—
Monagas	—	—	—	3–3	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–1	4–3	—	—	—	—	3–4
Portuguesa	—	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	—	0–3	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	0–2	—	0–0	—	1–1
Trujillanos	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	—	0–2	4–1	2–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	3–0
Zamora	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	6–1	2–2	—	—
Zulia	—	—	3–1	1–5	3–0	—	—	1–3	2–2	0–3[lower-alpha 3]	1–2	—	3–2	—	—	—	3–0	—

Source: Asociación FUTVE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Match awarded 3–0 to Atlético Venezuela due to Mineros fielding the ineligible player Ángelo Peña. The original result was a 2–1 win for Atlético Venezuela.[36]
2. Match awarded 3–0 to Portuguesa due to Mineros fielding the ineligible player Ángelo Peña. The original result was a 1–0 win for Mineros.[36]
3. Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Táchira due to Zulia fielding four foreign players at the same time. The original result was a 2–0 win for Zulia.[37]

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0	0	0
	5	Caracas	1	0	1
								5	Caracas (p)	2	1	3 (4)
								8	Deportivo La Guaira	1	2	3 (3)
	1	Deportivo Táchira	2	2	4
	8	Deportivo La Guaira	3	2	5
															5	Caracas	0	2	2
														6	Monagas (a)	1	1	2
	2	Carabobo	0	2	2
	7	Aragua	1	0	1
								2	Carabobo	0	1	1
								6	Monagas (a)	0	1	1
	3	Zamora	1	1	2
	6	Monagas	3	3	6

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Guaira	5–4	Deportivo Táchira	3–2	2–2
Caracas	1–0	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–0	0–0
Aragua	1–2	Carabobo	1–0	0–2
Monagas	6–2	Zamora	3–1	3–1

First leg

Caracas v Deportivo Anzoátegui

26 May 2017	Caracas	1–0	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Caracas
15:00	E. Hernández  48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Deportivo La Guaira v Deportivo Táchira

27 May 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	3–2	Deportivo Táchira	Caracas
17:00	Aguilar  14' D. González  66' Azócar  78'	Report	Ramírez  39' Benítez  72'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,847 Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

Monagas v Zamora

29 May 2017	Monagas	3–1	Zamora	Maturín
19:00	L. González  10' Blondell  58', 69'	Report	Luis Vargas  37'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Juan Soto

Aragua v Carabobo

4 June 2017	Aragua	1–0	Carabobo	Acarigua
15:30	O. García  29'	Report		Stadium: José Antonio Páez Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 28 May 2017 at Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez in Maracay, was suspended due to crowd disturbance.

Second leg

Zamora v Monagas

10 June 2017	Zamora	1–3 (2–6 agg.)	Monagas	Barinas
19:00	Clarke  6' (pen.)	Report	L. González  71' (pen.) Febles  79' Blondell  83'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 2,962 Referee: Marlón Escalante

Deportivo Táchira v Deportivo La Guaira

11 June 2017	Deportivo Táchira	2–2 (4–5 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	San Cristóbal
17:00	J. R. Reyes  10' J. González  64'	Report	Valoyes  26' Meleán  82'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Edixon España

Carabobo v Aragua

11 June 2017	Carabobo	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Aragua	Valencia
19:30	Cova  15' Tobar  38' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

Deportivo Anzoátegui v Caracas

12 June 2017	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Caracas	Puerto La Cruz
15:30		Report		Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Randy Lugo

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Guaira	3–3 (3–4 p)	Caracas	1–2	2–1
Monagas	1–1 (a)	Carabobo	0–0	1–1

First leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Caracas

17 June 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	1–2	Caracas	Caracas
17:30	D. González  8'	Report	Farías  32' (pen.) Castro  71'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 7,246 Referee: José Argote

Monagas v Carabobo

17 June 2017	Monagas	0–0	Carabobo	Maturín
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 16,357 Referee: Kevin Sánchez

Second leg

Caracas v Deportivo La Guaira

21 June 2017	Caracas	1–2 (3–3 agg.) (4–3 p)	Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas
17:00	Farías  82'	Report	D. González  21' Valoyes  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,211 Referee: José Luis Hoyo
	Penalties
	Castro Arrieta E. Pernía Rosa Farías		Aguilar La Mantía Cásseres Azócar Tucker

Carabobo v Monagas (a)

21 June 2017	Carabobo	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Monagas (a)	Valencia
19:30	Bandillo  42'	Report	Febles  3'	Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 11,440 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Final

25 June 2017

19:00

Monagas	1–0	Caracas
Barberi  47'	Report

Estadio Monumental, Maturín

Attendance: 31,235

Referee: Ángel Arteaga

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2 July 2017

17:00

Caracas	2–1	Monagas
R. Hernández  35' Farías  57'	Report	Blondell  51'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Attendance: 19,405

Referee: Alexis Herrera

2–2 on aggregate. Monagas won on away goals.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edder Farías	Caracas	13
2	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira	11
3	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	10
4	Juan García Reyes	Aragua	9
	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo
	Jesús Hernández	Deportivo Lara
	Luis González	Monagas
8	Richard Blanco	Mineros	8
	Zamir Valoyes	Deportivo La Guaira
	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Yohandry Orozco	Zulia	10
2	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	7
3	Evelio Hernández	Caracas	6
	Zamir Valoyes	Deportivo La Guaira
5	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira	5
	Eduard Bello	Carabobo
	Richard Blanco	Mineros
	Pedro Ramírez	Deportivo Táchira

Awards

Team of the Tournament

The Asociación FUTVE chose the team of the Torneo Apertura. [38]

Position Player Club GK Beycker Velásquez Deportivo Anzoátegui RB Samuel Barberi Monagas CB Lucas Trejo Monagas CB Rubert Quijada Caracas LB Óscar González Monagas DM Ricardo Martins Deportivo Anzoátegui RM Luis González Monagas LM Yohandry Orozco Zulia RW Anthony Blondell Monagas LW Aquiles Ocanto Carabobo CF Edder Farías Caracas Coach Jhonny Ferreira Monagas

Velásquez Barberi Trejo Quijada Ó. González L. González Martins Orozco Ocanto Blondell Farías

Player of the Tournament

The best player of Torneo Apertura was Monagas winger Anthony Blondell, chosen by the Asociación FUTVE. [39]

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura was the second tournament of the season. The regular season started on 15 July and finished on 29 October 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Lara	17	10	6	1	25	11	+14	36	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mineros	17	10	4	3	28	12	+16	34
3	Carabobo	17	9	4	4	28	13	+15	31
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	7	7	3	21	18	+3	28
5	Monagas	17	8	3	6	23	20	+3	27
6	Caracas	17	8	1	8	20	20	0	25
7	Deportivo La Guaira	17	7	3	7	24	22	+2	24
8	Zamora	17	6	6	5	21	21	0	24
9	Metropolitanos	17	5	8	4	16	15	+1	23
10	Deportivo Táchira	17	6	5	6	18	18	0	23
11	Portuguesa	17	6	4	7	22	19	+3	22
12	Zulia	17	6	3	8	19	21	−2	21
13	Deportivo JBL	17	6	3	8	17	23	−6	21
14	Trujillanos	17	6	3	8	16	24	−8	21
15	Atlético Venezuela	17	3	6	8	17	25	−8	15
16	Atlético Socopó	17	3	5	9	13	25	−12	14
17	Aragua	17	3	5	9	12	24	−12	14
18	Deportivo Anzoátegui[lower-alpha 1]	17	2	8	7	12	22	−10	11

Source: Soccerway, FVF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head match; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
Notes:

1. Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted 3 points.[40]

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	SOC	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	JBL	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESM	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua	—	—	1–2	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	—	0–1	1–1	—
Atlético Socopó	2–2	—	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	2–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–2	1–2	1–4	—
Atlético Venezuela	—	0–1	—	1–3	0–1	—	—	4–2	0–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	1–1	3–1
Carabobo	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	3–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–1	—	5–1	—	1–0
Caracas	3–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	—	2–0	2–1	—	—	2–1
Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–2	—	0–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	—	—
Deportivo JBL	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–3	—	3–1	0–1	3–1	—
Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	0–0	—	3–0	—	1–2
Deportivo Lara	2–0	—	—	0–3	—	—	—	1–0	—	3–0	3–3	—	0–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–1
Deportivo Táchira	—	0–0	2–0	—	—	3–2	4–1	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	1–2	—	2–1	—	0–1
Estudiantes de Mérida	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	2–0	1–3	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	0–0	—	0–0	3–1
Metropolitanos	—	2–1	1–1	—	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	2–1	0–2	—	—	—	—
Mineros	—	—	3–0	3–2	2–1	—	—	1–2	—	0–0	4–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	3–0	2–1
Monagas	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	4–1	1–1	0–1	—
Portuguesa	4–1	—	—	0–0	—	3–0	—	3–0	1–2	0–1	—	0–0	1–2	—	—	—	2–0	—
Trujillanos	—	—	1–1	—	3–2	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	—	0–2	—
Zamora	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–1
Zulia	2–0	3–0	—	—	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	0–2	—	—

Source: Asociación FUTVE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Deportivo Lara	1	6	7
	8	Zamora	1	2	3
								1	Deportivo Lara	0	3	3
								5	Monagas	1	0	1
	4	Estudiantes de Mérida	1	0	1
	5	Monagas	1	1	2
															1	Deportivo Lara (p)	0	1	1 (4)
														2	Mineros	1	0	1 (3)
	2	Mineros	1	2	3
	7	Deportivo La Guaira	1	1	2
								2	Mineros	0	1	1
								3	Carabobo	0	0	0
	3	Carabobo	1	2	3
	6	Caracas	0	0	0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zamora	3–7	Deportivo Lara	1–1	2–6
Monagas	2–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	1–0
Deportivo La Guaira	2–3	Mineros	1–1	1–2
Caracas	0–3	Carabobo	0–1	0–2

First leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Mineros

4 November 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	Mineros	Caracas
15:00	C. González  33'	Report	M. Granados  10' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Caracas v Carabobo

5 November 2017	Caracas	0–1	Carabobo	Caracas
15:30		Report	Bello  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,450 Referee: José Argote

Monagas v Estudiantes de Mérida

5 November 2017	Monagas	1–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	Maturín
17:45	Blondell  27'	Report	J. Gómez  64'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Juan Soto

Zamora v Deportivo Lara

5 November 2017	Zamora	1–1	Deportivo Lara	Barinas
20:00	I. González  33'	Report	L. Gómez  56'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 3,238 Referee: Marlón Escalante

Second leg

Deportivo Lara v Zamora

11 November 2017	Deportivo Lara	6–2 (7–3 agg.)	Zamora	Cabudare
15:30	Caraballo  32', 50' Sierra  48', 82' L. Gómez  70', 90+2'	Report	M. González  34' S. Fernández  76'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 5,399 Referee: Ramón Ortega

Estudiantes de Mérida v Monagas

11 November 2017	Estudiantes de Mérida	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Monagas	Mérida
17:45		Report	Trejo  90'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Mineros v Deportivo La Guaira

12 November 2017	Mineros	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	Ciudad Guayana
17:00	R. Blanco  9' Castillo  89'	Report	Arteaga  78'	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 6,824 Referee: Francisco López

Carabobo v Caracas

12 November 2017	Carabobo	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Caracas	Valencia
19:15	Núñez  37' Tobar  53'	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 5,958 Referee: José Luis Hoyo

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monagas	1–3	Deportivo Lara	1–0	0–3
Carabobo	0–1	Mineros	0–0	0–1

First leg

Monagas v Deportivo Lara

18 November 2017	Monagas	1–0	Deportivo Lara	Maturín
19:00	Blondell  45+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 7,872 Referee: José Argote

Carabobo v Mineros

19 November 2017	Carabobo	0–0	Mineros	Valencia
19:00		Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

Second leg

Mineros v Carabobo

25 November 2017	Mineros	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Carabobo	Ciudad Guayana
17:00	N. Hernández  25'	Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Deportivo Lara v Monagas

26 November 2017	Deportivo Lara	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Monagas	Cabudare
15:00	L. Gómez  39', 48' J. González  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 15,847 Referee: Juan Soto

Final

3 December 2017

17:00

Mineros	1–0	Deportivo Lara
N. Hernández  68'	Report

Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 24,786

Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

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9 December 2017

15:00

Deportivo Lara	1–0	Mineros
J. González  18'	Report
Penalties
Sierra J. González L. Gómez Manzano Di Giorgi H. Pernía	4–3	R. Blanco Escobar Pol Faría C. Ortiz Castillo

Estadio Metropolitano, Cabudare

Attendance: 29,184

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

1–1 on aggregate. Deportivo Lara won 4–3 on penalties.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	13
2	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo	12
3	Lucas Gómez	Deportivo Lara	10
4	Carlos Espinoza	Estudiantes de Mérida	9
	Gustavo Britos	Metropolitanos
6	Jesús González	Deportivo Lara	8
	Tulio Etchemaite	Portuguesa
8	Manuel Arteaga	Deportivo La Guaira	7
	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira
	Fernando Aristeguieta	Caracas

Awards

Team of the Tournament

The Asociación FUTVE chose the team of the Torneo Clausura. [41]

Position Player Club GK Carlos Salazar Deportivo Lara RB Ángel Faría Mineros CB Anthonys Matos Mineros CB Henri Pernía Deportivo Lara LB Daniel Carrillo Deportivo Lara CM Jesús Gómez Estudiantes de Mérida CM Carlos Sierra Deportivo Lara RM José Caraballo Deportivo Lara LM Brayan Hurtado Mineros CF Anthony Blondell Monagas CF Tommy Tobar Carabobo Coach Leonardo González Deportivo Lara

Salazar Faría Matos H. Pernía Carrillo Caraballo Sierra J. Gómez Hurtado Tobar Blondell

Player of the Tournament

The best player of Torneo Clausura was Deportivo Lara goalkeeper Carlos Salazar, chosen by the Asociación FUTVE. [42]

Serie Final

The Serie Final is held between the champions of the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura to determine the champions of the season. The draw to determine the order of the legs was held on 4 December 2017.[43]

First leg

13 December 2017

19:00

Monagas	0–1	Deportivo Lara
	Report	J. González  35'

Estadio Monumental, Maturín

Attendance: 23,177

Referee: Alexis Herrera

Monagas

Deportivo Lara

GK 22 Alain Baroja DF 6 Samuel Barberi DF 25 Joaquín Lencinas DF 3 Lucas Trejo (c) DF 19 Óscar González MF 8 Javier García MF 7 Ángel Lezama  77' MF 21 Vicente Rodríguez  61' FW 20 Luis Guerra  82' FW 17 Anthony Blondell  63' FW 16 Christian Flores Substitutes: GK 1 Ángel Hernández MF 5 Óscar Guillén MF 23 Agnel Flores MF 30 Ismael Romero  82' FW 9 Juan Zárate  77' FW 18 César Martínez  61' FW 24 Yohanner García Manager: Jhonny Ferreira

GK 1 Carlos Salazar  78' DF 2 Leminger Bolívar DF 26 Giacomo Di Giorgi  27' DF 4 Leonardo Aponte DF 27 Daniel Carrillo MF 15 Ricardo Andreutti (c) MF 5 Bernaldo Manzano  13' MF 29 Manuel Godoy MF 17 Ely Valderrey FW 9 Lucas Gómez FW 18 Jesús González  76' Substitutes: GK 12 Jesús Padrón MF 11 Oswaldo Chaurant  27' MF 14 Carlos Sierra  13' FW 8 José Reyes FW 20 José Michelena FW 23 José Caraballo  76' FW 76 Freddy Vargas Manager: Leonardo González

Assistant referees: Jorge Urrego Jairo Molina Fourth official: Adrián Cabello

Match rules 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

17 December 2017

15:00

Deportivo Lara	0–2	Monagas
	Report	Blondell  36' Ag. Flores  80'

Estadio Metropolitano, Cabudare

Attendance: 31,028

Referee: José Argote

Monagas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Deportivo Lara

Monagas

GK 1 Carlos Salazar DF 2 Leminger Bolívar  83' DF 4 Leonardo Aponte DF 13 Henri Pernía (c) DF 27 Daniel Carrillo  65' MF 28 Jesús Bueno MF 23 José Caraballo  45' MF 14 Carlos Sierra MF 8 José Reyes  70' FW 18 Jesús González FW 9 Lucas Gómez Substitutes: GK 12 Jesús Padrón MF 11 Oswaldo Chaurant  65' MF 15 Ricardo Andreutti FW 17 Ely Valderrey  70' FW 20 José Michelena  83' FW 29 Manuel Godoy FW 76 Freddy Vargas Manager: Leonardo González

GK 22 Alain Baroja DF 15 Edwar Bracho  50'  61' DF 25 Joaquín Lencinas DF 3 Lucas Trejo (c) DF 19 Óscar González  74' MF 8 Javier García MF 14 Dáger Palacios  6'  89' MF 16 Christian Flores FW 20 Luis Guerra  76' FW 27 Anthony Blondell  26' FW 24 Yohanner García  65' Substitutes: GK 1 Ángel Hernández DF 6 Samuel Barberi MF 7 Ángel Lezama MF 21 Vicente Rodríguez  89' MF 23 Agnel Flores  76' MF 30 Ismael Romero  61' FW 18 César Martínez Manager: Jhonny Ferreira

Assistant referees: Carlos López Luis Sánchez Fourth official: Yersinia Correa

Match rules 90 minutes. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is used to determine the winner. Penalty shoot-out if the tie persists. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Primera División 2017 Champions
Monagas 1st title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carabobo	34	19	9	6	64	25	+39	66	Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
2	Deportivo Táchira	34	16	11	7	48	33	+15	59	Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
3	Mineros	34	16	8	10	58	48	+10	56	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Deportivo Lara	34	15	10	9	47	35	+12	55	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
5	Zamora	34	14	12	8	47	36	+11	54	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage[lower-alpha 2]
6	Monagas (C)	34	14	11	9	50	39	+11	53	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
7	Caracas	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage[lower-alpha 3]
8	Deportivo La Guaira	34	13	8	13	47	39	+8	47
9	Estudiantes de Mérida	34	11	13	10	37	39	−2	46	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage[lower-alpha 4]
10	Zulia	34	13	5	16	47	56	−9	44
11	Trujillanos	34	10	10	14	33	45	−12	40
12	Deportivo Anzoátegui[lower-alpha 5]	34	9	15	10	35	35	0	39
13	Aragua	34	9	12	13	34	42	−8	39
14	Portuguesa	34	8	14	12	35	49	−14	38
15	Metropolitanos	34	9	11	14	30	47	−17	38
16	Atlético Venezuela	34	9	9	16	39	52	−13	36
17	Deportivo JBL (R)	34	10	5	19	35	54	−19	35	Relegation to Segunda División
18	Atlético Socopó (R)	34	6	9	19	28	52	−24	27

Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Mineros qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as 2017 Copa Venezuela champions.
2. Zamora qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as aggregate table best team not yet qualified for South American competition.
3. Caracas qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Apertura runners-up.
4. Estudiantes de Mérida qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Clausura classification table best team not yet qualified for South American competition, since Clausura runners-up Mineros qualified for a higher berth.
5. Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted 3 points.[40]

Awards

Torneo Apertura

Player of the Matchday

Day	Player	Club	Reference
12	Jairo Otero	Atlético Venezuela	[44]
13	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	[45]
14	Darwin González	Deportivo La Guaira	[46]
15	Jesús Vargas	Estudiantes de Mérida	[47]
16	Argenis Gómez	Mineros	[48]
17	Ricardo Martins	Deportivo Anzoátegui	[49]

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
April	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	[50]

Torneo Clausura

Player of the Matchday

Day	Player	Club	Reference
1	Luz Rodríguez	Estudiantes de Mérida	[51]
2	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo	[52]
3	Manuel Arteaga	Deportivo La Guaira	[53]
4	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	[54]
6	Gustavo Britos	Metropolitanos	[55]
7	Brayan Hurtado	Mineros	[56]
8	Carlos Espinoza	Estudiantes de Mérida	[57]
9	Richard Blanco	Mineros	[58]
10	Christian Novoa	Carabobo	[59]
11	Jhoan Mina	Atlético Socopó	[60]
14	Anthony Uribe	Zamora	[61]
15	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo	[62]
16	Jesús González	Deportivo Lara	[63]
QF1	Eduard Bello	Carabobo	[64]
QF2	Jeysen Núñez	Carabobo	[65]
SF1	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	[66]
SF2	Lucas Gómez	Deportivo Lara	[67]

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The best player of the 2017 season was Monagas forward Anthony Blondell, chosen by the Asociación FUTVE.[68]

Team of the Year

The Asociación FUTVE chose the team of the season. [69]

Position Player Club GK Carlos Salazar Deportivo Lara RB Alejandro Fuenmayor Carabobo CB Lucas Trejo Monagas LB Óscar González Monagas DM Francisco Flores Mineros DM Javier García Monagas RM Eduard Bello Carabobo CM Charlis Ortiz Mineros LM Brayan Hurtado Mineros CF Tommy Tobar Carabobo CF Anthony Blondell Monagas Coach Jhonny Ferreira Monagas

Salazar Trejo Fuenmayor Ó. González F. Flores J. García C. Ortiz Bello Hurtado Tobar Blondell

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External links

• Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation (in Spanish)