2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season

Copa Movilnet

Season	2009–10
Champions	Caracas (11th title)
Relegated	Centro Ítalo Llaneros
Copa Libertadores	Deportivo Táchira Caracas Deportivo Italia
Copa Sudamericana	Deportivo Lara
Matches played	306
Goals scored	817 (2.67 per match)
Biggest home win	Estudiantes 6–0 Zamora (September 27, 2009)
Biggest away win	El Vigía 1–6 Caracas (September 20, 2009)
Highest scoring	Trujillanos 7–2 Carabobo (September 13, 2009)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Primera División season (officially the 2009–10 Copa Movilnet for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Aragua

Atlético El Vigía

Carabobo

Caracas teams

D. Anzoátegui

D. Lara

D. Táchira

Estudiantes

Llaneros

Mineros

Monagas

Trujillanos

Yaracuyanos

Zamora

Zulia

Caracas teams:
Caracas F.C.
Centro Italo Venezolano
Deportivo Italia
Real Esppor

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Locations of the 2009-10 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV
Centro Ítalo	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo Italia	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV
Deportivo Lara	Barquisimeto	Metropolitano de Barquisimeto
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
El Vigía	El Vigía	Ramón "Gato" Hernández
Estudiantes	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida
Llaneros	Guanare	Rafael Calles Pinto
Mineros de Guayana	Puerto Ordaz	Polideportivo Cachamay
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín
Real Esppor	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Trujillanos	Valera	Luis Loreto Lira
Yaracuyanos	San Felipe	Florentino Oropeza
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar
Zulia	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura opened the 2009-10 season. It began on August 9, 2009 and finished on December 13, 2009.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	17	11	4	2	25	7	+18	37	Serie Final and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Deportivo Italia	17	11	3	3	26	14	+12	36
3	Caracas	17	11	2	4	35	14	+21	35
4	Deportivo Lara	17	8	6	3	23	13	+10	30
5	Trujillanos	17	8	4	5	31	21	+10	28
6	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	8	2	7	22	19	+3	26
7	Mineros de Guayana	17	7	4	6	22	21	+1	25
8	Zulia	17	7	3	7	27	29	−2	24
9	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	5	8	4	21	15	+6	23
10	Atlético El Vigía	17	7	2	8	26	31	−5	23
11	Zamora	17	6	4	7	19	27	−8	22
12	Monagas	17	6	3	8	32	32	0	21
13	Yaracuyanos	17	6	3	8	20	29	−9	21
14	Aragua	17	4	7	6	11	18	−7	19
15	Real Esppor	17	4	5	8	12	21	−9	17
16	Centro Ítalo	17	3	5	9	19	26	−7	14
17	Carabobo	17	2	7	8	16	29	−13	13
18	Llaneros	17	1	4	12	18	39	−21	7

Updated to match(es) played on December 13, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	ATV	CBO	CRC	CIV	DAN	DIT	DLA	DTA	EME	LLA	MGU	MON	RES	TRU	YAR	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua		2–1			1–0	0–2			0–0	1–1		1–0		1–0	0–1		0–0
El Vigía			4–2	1–6		2–0	1–3	0–2			3–1		2–2			2–2		3–1
Carabobo	1–1				2–2		0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0			3–2					2–1
Caracas	4–0		2–1				0–1	2–0			1–1		3–1			2–0		4–0
Centro Ítalo		2–3		1–3		1–0				0–0		2–2		1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui			1–0	2–0			0–1	1–0			4–1		2–1			2–2		4–3
Deportivo Italia	1–1				3–1			0–1	0–3	0–0		1–1		2–0	2–1			2–0
Deportivo Lara	1–1				2–1				2–0	1–1		2–0		1–0	2–2		1–1	2–1
Deportivo Táchira		2–1		1–0	1–0	2–0				3–0		4–1		0–0	0–0		2–0
Estudiantes		2–0		1–2		0–0						3–1		0–0	3–2	1–2	6–0
Llaneros	2–0		1–1		0–0		0–3	0–4	0–2	1–1			0–2					3–4
Mineros de Guayana		1–0	2–0	0–1		1–0					3–2		6–2			1–0	2–1
Monagas	2–2				2–1		5–3	1–0	0–1	0–1				5–0	1–0			2–2
Real Esppor		0–1	0–0	0–3		3–2					2–1	1–1				3–0	0–1
Trujillanos		3–1	7–2	1–1		2–1					2–1	1–0		2–1		5–1	0–0
Yaracuyanos	1–0		2–0				0–1	0–0	0–2		3–1		2–1					0–3
Zamora		0–1	1–0	3–1		0–1	0–2				4–3		4–3			3–2
Zulia	1–0				2–1				3–2	2–1		0–0		0–1	3–1		1–1

Updated to match(es) played on December 13, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura closed the 2009-10 season. It began on January 17, 2010 and finished on May 16, 2010.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caracas	17	10	5	2	31	16	+15	35	Serie Final and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Deportivo Táchira	17	10	5	2	28	15	+13	35
3	Deportivo Italia	17	10	3	4	36	16	+20	33
4	Deportivo Lara	17	7	8	2	26	17	+9	29
5	Zulia	17	9	2	6	26	21	+5	29
6	Trujillanos	17	8	4	5	21	16	+5	28
7	Zamora	17	8	4	5	26	22	+4	28
8	Atlético El Vigía	17	7	3	7	26	29	−3	24
9	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	6	5	6	17	10	+7	23
10	Aragua	17	7	1	9	22	27	−5	22
11	Real Esppor	17	6	3	8	27	27	0	21
12	Monagas	17	5	4	8	19	30	−11	19
13	Carabobo	17	4	6	7	16	23	−7	18
14	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	3	8	6	17	23	−6	17
15	Mineros de Guayana	17	3	8	6	17	24	−7	17
16	Llaneros	17	4	3	10	20	28	−8	15
17	Yaracuyanos	17	3	5	9	20	27	−7	14
18	Centro Ítalo	17	3	3	11	17	29	−12	12

Updated to match(es) played on May 16, 2010. Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	ATV	CBO	CRC	CIV	DAN	DIT	DLA	DTA	EME	LLA	MGU	MON	RES	TRU	YAR	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua				0–1				2–1			1–0		1–0
El Vigía	4–2				4–2							1–1			2–1
Carabobo						0–1					2–1			3–3	1–1	2–2	0–0
Caracas		6–0			2–1							2–1			3–1
Centro Ítalo	3–1							1–3			1–2		1–2
Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–1	2–1							2–1	0–0				2–3			0–2
Deportivo Italia			4–0			2–0							7–1			4–1	2–1
Deportivo Lara		1–0		1–1							2–1		2–2
Deportivo Táchira	2–1		2–0													4–3		2–0
Estudiantes			2–1		1–0		3–2		0–0		2–2							2–2
Llaneros		1–2		1–1								3–1			1–1
Mineros	1–0				1–1		0–1	1–1							2–0
Monagas		2–1		1–1							3–0	1–3
Real Esppor							2–0		1–2	2–2			2–1		0–1			2–0
Trujillanos	3–1				0–1			1–3					3–0
Yaracuyanos					0–0	3–1				2–0				1–3			1–2
Zamora								1–1	1–1	2–0		1–1		3–2				2–1
Zulia		0–1	1–0			0–1	1–1	2–1								2–1

Updated to match(es) played on March 31, 2010. Source: Apertura 2009 Fixture
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	Deportivo Táchira	34	21	9	4	53	22	+31	72	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Caracas	34	21	7	6	66	30	+36	70	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
3	Deportivo Italia	34	21	6	7	62	31	+31	69	2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	Deportivo Lara	34	15	14	5	49	30	+19	59	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Trujillanos	34	16	8	10	52	37	+15	56	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Zulia	34	16	5	13	53	50	+3	53
7	Zamora	34	14	8	12	45	49	−4	50
8	Deportivo Anzoátegui	34	14	7	13	39	39	0	49
9	Atlético El Vigía	34	14	5	15	52	60	−8	47
10	Mineros de Guayana	34	10	12	12	39	45	−6	42
11	Aragua	34	11	8	15	33	45	−12	41
12	Estudiantes de Mérida	34	8	16	10	38	38	0	40
13	Monagas	34	11	7	16	51	52	−1	40
14	Real Esppor	34	10	8	16	39	48	−9	38
15	Yaracuyanos	34	9	8	17	40	56	−16	35
16	Carabobo	34	6	13	15	32	52	−20	31
17	Centro Ítalo (R)	34	6	8	20	36	55	−19	26	Relegation to the Segunda División
18	Llaneros (R)	34	5	7	22	38	67	−29	22

Updated to match(es) played on May 16, 2010. Source: FVF (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Serie Final

Deportivo Táchira and Caracas qualified to the Serie Final, which was contested on a home and away basis.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Caracas	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
2	Deportivo Táchira	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away goals; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 23, 2010

16:30 (UTC-4:30)

Caracas	1–0	Deportivo Táchira
Romero 15'	Report

Estadio Olimpico de la UCV, Caracas

Attendance: 18,200

Referee: Rafael López

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May 29, 2010

16:30 (UTC-4:30)

Deportivo Táchira	1–4	Caracas
Villafráz 37'	Report	Cichero 10' Gómez 13' Castellín 60' Guerra 66'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: José Argote

Primera División 2009–10 champion
Caracas 11th title

See also

• 2009–10 in Venezuelan football

External links

• FVF's official website (in Spanish)
  • Season regulations (in Spanish)