2010–11 Venezuelan Primera División season


The 2010–11 Primera División season is the 29th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Eighteen teams will participate this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Centro Italo Venezolano and Llaneros were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the 2009–10 season aggregate table. They were replaced by Atlético Venezuela and Caroní, the 2009 Segunda División Apertura runner-up and 2010 Segunda División Clausura winner, respectively. In addition, Deportivo Italia changed their name to Deportivo Petare in the off-season.
TeamCityStadium
AraguaMaracayOlímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético VenezuelaMaiquetíaPolideportivo José María Vargas
CaraboboValenciaMisael Delgado
CaracasCaracasOlímpico de la UCV
CaroníCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay
Deportivo AnzoáteguiPuerto La CruzJosé Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo LaraBarquisimetoMetropolitano de Barquisimeto
Deportivo PetareCaracasOlímpico de la UCV
Deportivo TáchiraSan CristóbalPolideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
El VigíaEl VigíaRamón "Gato" Hernández
EstudiantesMéridaMetropolitano de Mérida
MinerosCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay
MonagasMaturínMonumental de Maturín
Real EspporCaracasBrígido Iriarte
TrujillanosValeraLuis Loreto Lira
YaracuyanosSan FelipeFlorentino Oropeza
ZamoraBarinasAgustín Tovar
ZuliaMaracaiboJosé "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on August 8, 2010 and ended on December 12, 2010.

Standings

Results

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will be the second and final tournament of the season. It began on January 16 and ended on May 15.

Standings

Results

Aggregate table

Season top goalscorers

Source:
1 Refresquini scored 12 goals for Atlético Venezuela and 1 goal for Yaracuyanos.
2 Díaz scored 5 goals for Estudiantes de Mérida and 6 goals for Carabobo.

Serie Final

and Zamora qualified to the Serie Final, which was contested on a home and away basis.
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Serie Sudamericana

Other than the teams which already qualify for the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, the eight best-placed teams in the aggregate table will contest in the Serie Sudamericana for the remaining two berths to the Copa Sudamericana, which qualify the two winners to the First Stage.
In the first round, the matchups are:
In the second round, the matchups are:
For the two second round winners, the team with the better record in the aggregate table will receive the Venezuela 2 berth, while the other team will receive the Venezuela 3 berth.

First round

Match A

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Match B

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Match C

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Match D

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Second round

Winner A vs. Winner C

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Winner B vs. Winner D

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