The 2011–12 Primera División season was the 30th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.
Teams Eighteen teams will participate this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Caroní and Atlético Venezuela were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the 2010–11 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Llaneros and Tucanes, the 2010–11 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.
Team City Stadium Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández Carabobo Valencia Misael Delgado Caracas Caracas Olímpico de la UCV Deportivo Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz José Antonio Anzoátegui Deportivo Lara Barquisimeto Metropolitano de Barquisimeto Deportivo Petare Caracas Olímpico de la UCV Deportivo Táchira San Cristóbal Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Estudiantes Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida Mineros Ciudad Guayana Polideportivo Cachamay Llaneros Guanare Rafael Calles Pinto Monagas Maturín Monumental de Maturín Real Esppor Caracas Brígido Iriarte Trujillanos Valera Luis Loreto Lira Tucanes Puerto Ayacucho Antonio José de Sucre Yaracuyanos San Felipe Florentino Oropeza Zamora Barinas Agustín Tovar Zulia Maracaibo José "Pachencho" Romero
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began in August 2011 and ended in December 2011.
Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season.
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Season top goalscorers RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals 1 Rafael Castellín Deportivo Lara 20 2 Richard Blanco Deportivo Petare 14 3 Heiber Díaz Carabobo 13 4 Víctor Renteria Tucanes 12 5 Alexander Rondón Aragua 11 Fernando Aristeguieta Caracas 11 7 Edgar Pérez Greco Deportivo Lara 10 Jorge Rojas Mineros 10 Julio Gutiérrez Mineros 10 Edder Farías Monagas 10 Source:
Serie Final Because Deportivo Lara won both the Apertura and Clausura, the Serie Final was not played, and Deportivo Lara was declared champion automatically.
Serie Sudamericana Other than the teams which already qualify for the Copa Libertadores (Apertura and Clausura champions and the best-placed team in the aggregate table) and the Copa Sudamericana (Copa Venezuela champion), 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: Match A (1 vs. 8) Match B (2 vs. 7) Match C (3 vs. 6) Match D (4 vs. 5) In the second round, the matchups are: Winner A vs. Winner C Winner B vs. Winner D For the two second round winners, the team with the better record in the aggregate table will receive the Venezuela 3 berth, while the other team will receive the Venezuela 4 berth.
First round
Match A
Match B
Match C
Match D
Second round
Winner A vs. Winner C
Winner B vs. Winner D
References
External links Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation Season regulations