2016 Venezuelan Primera División season

Liga Movistar
Season	2016
Champions	Zamora (3rd title)
Relegated	Ureña; Llaneros; Petare; Estudiantes de Caracas
2017 Copa Libertadores	Zamora; Zulia; Carabobo; Deportivo Táchira
2016 Copa Sudamericana	Deportivo Anzoátegui
2017 Copa Sudamericana	Estudiantes de Caracas (cup runner-up); Atlético Venezuela; Caracas; Deportivo Anzoátegui
Top goalscorer	Gabriel Torres; (22 goals)
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Primera División season was the 35th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.

Teams

Caracas

Caracas teams:
Caracas
Petare
Deportivo La Guaira
Atlético Venezuela
Estudiantes (C)

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Locations of the 2016 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético Venezuela	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV Cocodrilos Sports Park^a
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo JBL	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero
Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV Metropolitano de Cabudare^a
Deportivo Lara	Cabudare	Metropolitano de Cabudare
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Estudiantes de Caracas	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte
Estudiantes de Mérida	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida
Llaneros	Guanare	Rafael Calles Pinto
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín
Petare	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV Cocodrilos Sports Park^a
Portuguesa	Acarigua	General José Antonio Paez
Trujillanos	Valera	José Alberto Pérez
Ureña	Ureña	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar
Zulia	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero

a: Used for most of the Torneo Clausura as home stadium due to remodeling works at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began in January 2016 and ended in May 2016.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zamora	19	12	4	3	39	18	+21	40	Quarterfinals
2	Deportivo Táchira	19	11	5	3	27	13	+14	38
3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	19	8	8	3	25	23	+2	32
4	Mineros	19	8	6	5	38	27	+11	30
5	Caracas	19	7	9	3	23	15	+8	30
6	Deportivo La Guaira	19	8	6	5	28	22	+6	30
7	Aragua	19	7	8	4	27	22	+5	29
8	Trujillanos	19	7	8	4	22	17	+5	29
9	Zulia	19	7	7	5	25	21	+4	28
10	Carabobo	19	7	6	6	27	22	+5	27
11	Deportivo Lara	19	7	5	7	25	22	+3	26
12	Deportivo JBL	19	8	2	9	23	20	+3	26
13	Ureña	19	6	5	8	20	25	−5	23
14	Estudiantes de Mérida	19	7	1	11	20	35	−15	22
15	Portuguesa	19	3	10	6	17	21	−4	19
16	Atlético Venezuela	19	4	7	8	22	28	−6	19
17	Monagas	19	4	5	10	15	31	−16	17
18	Llaneros	19	3	7	9	12	25	−13	16
19	Petare	19	3	6	10	11	24	−13	15
20	Estudiantes de Caracas	19	2	7	10	19	34	−15	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: FVF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	AVE	CBO	CRC	DAN	JBL	DLG	LAR	DTA	ECA	EME	LLA	MGU	MON	PET	POR	TRU	URE	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua		3–3	2–2			0–2	1–0	2–0	2–0					0–0					2–2
Atlético Venezuela				0–0	0–1		1–2			0–0	2–1		1–1		1–0			1–2	2–2
Carabobo		2–1		1–0	2–0		1–1			3–0	2–1		0–1	4–0		0–0			3–2
Caracas	1–0				1–1					2–0	2–3		2–2		2–1		1–1	2–1		1–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–2					1–0		2–1	1–1			3–1			1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–2
Deportivo JBL		4–1	3–1	2–1			2–1			2–2	1–2		0–1	1–0		0–0			1–2
Deportivo La Guaira				0–0	1–1					2–1	3–1		2–1		3–1		2–0	1–1		3–2
Deportivo Lara		3–0	3–2	1–1		2–1	2–1			4–1			1–3	2–0		1–1			3–1
Deportivo Táchira		2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–0					1–0	3–0		1–1			1–2
Estudiantes de Caracas	2–3				2–3				0–1		3–2	1–1			2–2	1–0	1–1	1–3		0–2
Estudiantes de Mérida	1–0				1–2			2–1	1–4			1–0			1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1		0–2
Llaneros	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2					0–1					0–0
Mineros	1–2				4–1					1–1	0–0	5–2			6–1	1–1	2–3	4–3		2–2
Monagas		2–3		0–4	0–2		1–3			0–0	4–0		1–3		1–0				0–3
Petare	0–1		1–1			1–0		0–0	0–1			1–0				0–3	0–0	2–0		0–0
Portuguesa	2–2	2–1		0–0			1–1					2–2		0–0			0–3	0–2	1–2	1–2
Trujillanos	1–1	0–0	1–1			1–2		1–0	1–0			3–0		1–1						2–1
Ureña	0–2		2–1			2–1		0–0	0–2			0–0		0–2			1–0			1–1
Zamora				1–1	3–0		2–0			2–1	5–0		3–0		1–0		3–1	3–1
Zulia	2–1	1–1	1–0			0–1		3–1	1–3			0–0		2–2					1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Zamora (a)	3	0	3

8	Trujillanos	2	1	3
					1	Zamora	2	2	4

					5	Caracas	0	0	0
4	Deportivo La Guaira	1	0	1

5	Caracas	2	1	3
										1	Zamora	1	3	4

										3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1	1	2
3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1	3	4

6	Mineros	0	1	1
					3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1	6	7

					7	Aragua	1	0	1
2	Deportivo Táchira	0	2	2

7	Aragua	1	2	3

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel Torres	Zamora	15
2	Johan Arrieche	Mineros	11
3	Richard Blanco	Mineros	8
	Miguel Camargo	Mineros	8
	Juan García	Estudiantes de Caracas	8
	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	8
	Víctor Rentería	Ureña	8
	José Miguel Reyes	Deportivo Táchira	8

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will be the second tournament of the season. It began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carabobo	19	13	3	3	37	15	+22	42	Quarterfinals
2	Atlético Venezuela	19	10	5	4	29	18	+11	35
3	Monagas	19	10	3	6	33	23	+10	33
4	Caracas	19	8	7	4	36	19	+17	31
5	Deportivo La Guaira	19	8	6	5	29	19	+10	30
6	Deportivo Táchira	19	9	3	7	22	26	−4	30
7	Zulia	19	7	8	4	30	21	+9	29
8	Deportivo Lara	19	9	2	8	21	21	0	29
9	Deportivo Anzoátegui	19	9	2	8	25	25	0	29
10	Estudiantes de Mérida	19	8	4	7	21	25	−4	28
11	Zamora	19	8	3	8	29	20	+9	27
12	Portuguesa	19	5	9	5	23	20	+3	24
13	Aragua	19	6	4	9	21	27	−6	22
14	Mineros	19	4	9	6	23	25	−2	21
15	Deportivo JBL	19	5	5	9	20	19	+1	20
16	Trujillanos	19	4	7	8	23	32	−9	19
17	Llaneros	19	4	6	9	19	33	−14	18
18	Estudiantes de Caracas	19	5	3	11	13	32	−19	18
19	Ureña	19	4	6	9	21	41	−20	18
20	Petare	19	4	5	10	15	29	−14	17

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2016. Source: FVF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	AVE	CBO	CRC	DAN	JBL	DLG	LAR	DTA	ECA	EME	LLA	MGU	MON	PET	POR	TRU	URE	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua				2–1	0–1					2–2	1–0	4–1	2–4		1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–3
Atlético Venezuela	1–2		1–0			2–1		3–2	3–0			1–0		1–2		2–0	1–1			2–1
Carabobo	4–1					2–0		1–0	3–0			3–1			2–1		1–0	1–1		4–2
Caracas		1–1	3–3			0–2	2–0	0–0	3–0			3–0		4–1		1–1			0–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui		1–0	0–3	1–3			0–1			2–0	1–1		2–0	2–1					2–1
Deportivo JBL	0–0				1–2			0–1	0–1			0–0			3–0		3–0	3–0		0–0
Deportivo La Guaira	1–0	3–3	1–0			1–0		1–2	2–1			2–0		0–2		0–0			1–1
Deportivo Lara	1–0				1–0				0–2		1–0	4–1			0–2		1–2	1–2		1–0
Deportivo Táchira	2–0				2–0					1–0	0–0	2–0			2–0		3–2	2–1		1–1
Estudiantes de Caracas		1–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–4	0–1					1–0	0–2					0–1
Estudiantes de Mérida		1–0	0–2	2–5		2–1	2–1			4–1			1–0	0–1					1–0
Llaneros					1–0					4–0	2–0		1–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2		1–1
Mineros		1–2	1–2	1–0		4–2	2–2	3–1	1–1					1–1					1–4
Monagas	2–1		0–3			1–1		1–1	4–0			6–1				2–1	2–1	4–1		0–1
Petare		0–3		0–2	1–3		1–0			0–1	0–0		0–0	2–1					3–2
Portuguesa			2–1		3–2	1–1		1–2	3–1	4–1	2–2		0–0		2–0
Trujillanos				1–5	1–1		2–2			2–3	1–3		0–0		1–1	3–2		2–0	2–0
Ureña		1–1		1–1	1–5		0–6			2–0	1–2		2–2		2–0	0–0			2–7
Zamora	3–0	0–1	0–1			1–2		2–1	3–1			1–0		2–0		0–0				1–2
Zulia				2–2	4–0		1–1			1–0	5–0		1–1		2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

2	Atlético Venezuela	3	0	3

7	Deportivo Lara	0	1	1
					2	Atlético Venezuela	0	2	2

					6	Deportivo Táchira	3	0	3
3	Monagas	1	1	2

6	Deportivo Táchira	2	1	3
										6	Deportivo Táchira	0	2	2 (6)

										8	Zulia (p)	2	0	2 (7)
4	Caracas	2	1	3

5	Deportivo La Guaira	0	0	0
					4	Caracas	0	1	1

					8	Zulia	1	2	3
1	Carabobo	0	0	0

8	Zulia	3	0	3

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Edder Farías	Caracas	12
2	Armando Maita	Monagas	10
3	Christian Novoa	Carabobo	9
3	Jefferson Savarino	Zulia	9
4	Richard Blanco	Zamora	8
	Reiner Castro	Caracas	8
	Joel Infante	Atlético Venezuela	8
	Charlis Ortiz	Deportivo Anzoátegui	8
	Luz Rodríguez	Estudiantes de Mérida	8

Source: Soccerway

Serie Final

4 December 2016

19:19

Zamora	2–1	Zulia
Martínez 39' Osorio 55'	Report	Guaycochea 8'

Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas

Attendance: 15,580^[1]

Referee: Alexis Herrera

11 December 2016

15:00

Zulia	1–2	Zamora
Unrein 18'	Report	Blanco 51' Martínez 59'

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Attendance: 37,674^[2]

Referee: Juan Soto

Zamora won 4–2 on aggregate.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carabobo	38	20	9	9	64	37	+27	69	2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Deportivo Táchira	38	20	8	10	49	39	+10	68	2017 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3	Zamora (C)	38	20	7	11	68	38	+30	67	2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
4	Caracas	38	15	16	7	59	34	+25	61	2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Deportivo Anzoátegui	38	17	10	11	50	48	+2	61	2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage and 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Deportivo La Guaira	38	16	12	10	57	41	+16	60
7	Zulia	38	14	15	9	55	42	+13	57	2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
8	Deportivo Lara	38	16	7	15	46	43	+3	55
9	Atlético Venezuela	38	14	12	12	51	46	+5	54	2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
10	Mineros	38	12	15	11	61	52	+9	51
11	Aragua	38	13	12	13	48	49	−1	51
12	Monagas	38	14	8	16	48	54	−6	50
13	Estudiantes de Mérida	38	15	5	18	41	60	−19	50
14	Trujillanos	38	11	15	12	45	49	−4	48
15	Deportivo JBL	38	13	7	18	43	39	+4	46
16	Portuguesa	38	8	19	11	40	41	−1	43
17	Ureña (R)	38	10	11	17	41	66	−25	41	Relegation to Venezuelan Segunda División
18	Llaneros (R)	38	7	13	18	31	58	−27	34
19	Petare (R)	38	7	11	20	26	53	−27	32
20	Estudiantes de Caracas^[a] (R)	38	7	10	21	32	66	−34	31	2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage and relegation to Venezuelan Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2016. Source: FVF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Estudiantes de Caracas are qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana as Copa Venezuela runners-up.

Best of the Year

The Uruguayan newspaper El País chose the best player, manager and club of the 2016 season. ^[3]

Player of the Year: Jefferson Savarino.^[4]

Manager of the Year: Francesco Stifano.^[5]

Club of the Year: Zamora FC.^[6]

Team of the Year

The newly formed AUFP chose the team of the year. ^[7]

Position	Player	Club
GK	Wuilker Faríñez	Caracas
RB	Giovanny Romero	Zulia
CB	Luiryi Erazo	Trujillanos
CB	Jonathan España	Atlético Venezuela
LB	Yuber Mosquera	Deportivo Táchira
DM	Carlos ¨Mono¨ Suárez	Carabobo
RM	Miguel Mea Vitali	Caracas
LM	Luis ¨Cariaco¨ González	Monagas
AM	Yeferson Soteldo	Zamora
FW	Richard Blanco	Zamora
FW	Edder Farías	Caracas