2007–08 in Venezuelan football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2007-08 football season in Venezuela, including the top division.

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts GD
1
Caracas F.C.
 		17 10 7 0 31 10 37 +21
2
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 17 10 4 3 31 12 34 +19
3
Deportivo Táchira F.C.
 17 7 7 3 22 10 28 +12
3 U.A. Maracaibo 17 7 7 3 26 20 28 +6
5
Zamora F.C.
 17 6 7 4 19 11 24 +8
6
Portuguesa F.C.
 17 6 6 5 15 18 24 -3
7
Llaneros F.C.
 17 6 5 6 25 23 23 +2
8
Aragua F.C.
 17 6 5 6 30 30 23 0
9
A.C. Mineros de Guayana
 17 6 5 6 28 28 23 0
10
Guaros F.C.
 17 7 2 8 28 31 23 -3
11
Trujillanos F.C.
 17 6 5 6 22 27 23 -5
12
Monagas S.C.
 17 6 4 7 30 26 22 +4
13
Deportivo Italia
 17 5 7 5 17 14 22 +3
14
Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.
 17 5 5 7 21 28 20 -7
15
Atlético El Vigía F.C.
 17 6 1 10 17 26 19 -9
16
Carabobo F.C.
 17 4 3 10 13 25 15 -12
17
Unión Lara
 17 3 5 9 25 32 14 -7
18
Estrella Roja F.C.
 17 3 4 10 19 45 13 -26

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts GD
1
Deportivo Táchira F.C.
 		17 13 3 1 30 15 42 +15
2
Caracas F.C.
 17 10 6 1 34 18 36 +16
3
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 17 10 2 5 33 14 32 +19
4
Deportivo Italia
 17 7 7 3 23 16 28 +7
5
Guaros F.C.
 17 8 4 5 19 14 28 +5
6 U.A. Maracaibo 17 8 3 6 28 22 27 +6
7
Zamora F.C.
 17 8 2 7 26 25 26 +1
8
Carabobo F.C.
 17 6 6 5 19 16 24 +3
9
Estrella Roja F.C.
 17 7 3 7 25 31 24 -6
10
Portuguesa F.C.
 17 6 5 6 24 24 23 0
11
Atlético El Vigía F.C.
 17 6 1 10 19 25 19 -6
12
Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.
 17 4 6 7 18 26 18 -8
13
Llaneros F.C.
 17 5 3 9 18 27 18 -9
14
Aragua F.C.
 17 4 5 8 18 22 17 -4
15
Monagas S.C.
 17 5 2 11 16 26 17 -10
16
A.C. Mineros de Guayana
 17 3 7 7 18 23 16 -5
17
Unión Lara
 17 3 5 9 18 20 14 -2
18
Trujillanos F.C.
 17 3 4 10 18 31 13 -13

Results

The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

ACM
ARA
AEV
CAR
CCS
DAN
DIT
DTÁ
ESR
EdM
GUA
LLA
MON
POR
TRU
 UAM
ULR
ZAM
A.C. Mineros de Guayana
 		0-0 1-0 2-1 1-3 1-0 2-2 2-2 6-0 2-3 0-1 3-0 1-1 3-3 1-5 2-0 3-3 0-0
Aragua F.C.
 		1-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 3-2 5-2 3-1 3-1 1-2 2-3 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-2
Atlético El Vigía F.C.
 		3-0 3-1 1-1 0-2 1-5 1-2 1-0 1-0 2-3 0-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-2 2-3 1-0
Carabobo F.C.
 		0-1 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-2
Caracas F.C.
 		0-0 2-2 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 2-2 6-4 2-1 5-1 0-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 0-0 4-2 3-1
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 		1-0 5-1 1-0 1-0 2-3 1-1 2-3 7-1 3-0 3-1 2-1 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-1 2-1 5-0
Deportivo Italia
 		2-3 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 2-3 2-0 2-2 1-1 1-0 1-0
Deportivo Táchira F.C.
 		3-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 6-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 2-1 4-1 2-0 4-3 2-0 0-0
Estrella Roja F.C.
 		1-0 3-2 0-1 3-2 1-1 1-3 0-0 0-1 4-1 3-2 0-1 1-1 3-3 3-2 2-1 1-4 0-1
Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.
 		1-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 2-2 1-0 0-0 2-2 2-2
Guaros F.C.
 		3-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 4-3 2-2 1-0 4-1 2-1 2-1 0-3
Llaneros F.C.
 		3-2 0-2 2-1 3-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 5-1 0-0 3-2 2-1 1-0 1-1 3-6 2-0 1-1
Monagas S.C.
 		1-1 1-0 4-1 4-0 1-0 2-3 0-1 0-1 1-0 5-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 2-0
Portuguesa F.C.
 		0-3 1-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 4-0 2-1
Trujillanos F.C.
 		2-1 0-0 3-2 2-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 1-0 4-3 2-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-4
Unión Atlético Maracaibo 2-1 1-1 3-1 2-3 1-2 1-0 0-0 0-1 4-0 4-2 2-1 3-2 3-3 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-0
Unión Lara
 		1-1 6-4 2-3 1-1 0-2 0-3 4-4 0-0 1-2 2-1 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 3-0 0-1 0-0
Zamora F.C.
 		2-0 1-0 3-1 1-2 0-2 0-1 0-2 2-0 0-1 3-2 2-1 1-1 4-1 0-0 3-0 4-0 2-0

Last updated: May 25, 2008
Source: Apertura 2007 Fixture
Clausura 2008 Fixture
Fixtures in green represent games played during the Apertura 2007 tournament, fixtures in red represent those played during the Clausura 2008.

Aggregate Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts GD Qualification or relegation
1
Caracas F.C.
 		34 20 13 1 65 29 73 +36
2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2
Deportivo Táchira F.C.
 34 20 10 4 52 25 70 +27
3
Deportivo Anzoátegui
 34 20 6 8 64 26 66 +38
2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 U.A. Maracaibo 34 15 10 9 54 42 55 +12
2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary
5
Guaros F.C.
 34 15 6 13 47 47 51 0
6
Deportivo Italia
 34 12 14 8 40 30 50 +10
7
Zamora F.C.
 34 14 8 12 45 37 50 +8
8
Portuguesa F.C.
 34 12 11 11 39 42 47 -3
9
Llaneros F.C.
 34 11 8 15 43 50 41 -7
10
Aragua F.C.
 34 10 10 14 48 52 40 -4
11
A.C. Mineros de Guayana
 34 9 12 13 46 50 39 -4
12
Monagas S.C.
 34 11 6 17 46 52 39 -6
13
Carabobo F.C.
 34 10 9 15 32 41 39 -9
14
Atlético El Vigía F.C.
 34 12 2 20 37 51 38 -14
15
Estudiantes de Mérida F.C.
 34 9 11 14 39 54 38 -15
16
Estrella Roja F.C.
 34 10 7 17 44 76 37 -32
17
Unión Lara
 34 9 9 16 40 58 36 -18
Relegated
18
Trujillanos F.C.
 34 6 10 18 43 62 28 -19
Relegated

Last updated: May 25, 2008
Source: FVF
1 Winner of 2007–08 Copa Venezuela
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

"Championship" playoff

Deportivo Táchira F.C.
ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required. Deportivo Táchira won on away goal.

Deportivo Táchira
Juan David Valencia 80' Javier Villafraz 85'
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas
Attendance: 18 000
Referee: José Argote
Caracas F.C.
Attendance: 38 000
Primera División Venezolana 2007-08 Winners
Deportivo Táchira F.C.

6th Title

Venezuela national team

This section will cover

Copa América 2007
until June 19, 2008.

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Venezuela scorers Match Report(s)
August 22, 2007
Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
  Paraguay 1 - 1
F
 Miku 57' CONMEBOL
September 8, 2007
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
  Paraguay 3 - 2
F
 D. Arismendi 66'
G. Maldonado 75'
A. Guerra 90' 		CONMEBOL
September 12, 2007
Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
  Panama 1 - 1
F
 G. Maldonado 90+5' (pen) CONMEBOL
October 13, 2007 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Quito, Ecuador 		 Ecuador 0 - 1 WCQ2010 J. M. Rey 67' CONMEBOL
October 16, 2007 Estadio José Pachencho Romero
Maracaibo, Venezuela 		 Argentina 0 - 2 WCQ2010 CONMEBOL
November 17, 2007 Estadio El Campín
Bogotá, Colombia 		 Colombia 1 - 0 WCQ2010 CONMEBOL
November 20, 2007 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
San Cristóbal, Venezuela 		 Bolivia 5 - 3 WCQ2010 D. Arismendi 21' 40'
A. Guerra 82'
G. Maldonado 89' 90+2' 		CONMEBOL
February 3, 2008 Estadio Monumental de Maturín
Maturín, Venezuela 		 Haiti 1 - 0
F
J. Rojas
10' 		CONMEBOL
February 6, 2008
Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
  Haiti 1 - 1
F
 A. Rondón 31' CONMEBOL
March 23, 2008
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
  El Salvador 1 - 0
F
J.S. Rondón
33' 		FVF
March 26, 2008
Estadio José A. Anzoátegui
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
  Bolivia 0 - 1
F
 CONMEBOL
April 30, 2008
Estadio Alfonso Lopez
Bucaramanga, Colombia
  Colombia 5 - 2
F
 G. Cichero 11'
F. Lucena 44' 		CONMEBOL
May 30, 2008 Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States 		 Honduras 1 - 1
F
 G. Maldonado 78' FVF
June 6, 2008 Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States 		 Brazil 0 - 2
F
 G. Maldonado 5'
R. Vargas 43' 		CONMEBOL
June 9, 2008
Stadion Ergilio Hato
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
  Netherlands Antilles 0 - 1
F
 D. Arismendi 70' FVF
June 14, 2008
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
  Uruguay 1 - 1 WCQ2010 R. Vargas 56' CONMEBOL
June 19, 2008
Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
  Chile 2 - 3 WCQ2010 G. Maldonado 59'
J. Arango 80' 		CONMEBOL

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