The 2013–14 Primera División season was the 32nd professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.
Teams Eighteen teams participated this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Monagas and Portuguesa were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the 2012–13 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Carabobo and Tucanes, the 2012–13 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.
Team City Stadium Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez Atlético Venezuela Caracas Brígido Iriarte Carabobo Valencia Misael Delgado Caracas Caracas Olímpico de la UCV Deportivo Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz José Antonio Anzoátegui Deportivo Lara Barquisimeto Metropolitano de Barquisimeto El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández Deportivo Petare Caracas Olímpico de la UCV Deportivo Táchira San Cristóbal Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Estudiantes Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida La Guaira Caracas Brígido Iriarte Llaneros Guanare Rafael Calles Pinto Mineros Ciudad Guayana Polideportivo CachamayTrujillanos 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 will be the first tournament of the season. It began in August 2013 and ended in December 2013.
Standings
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura will be the second tournament of the season.
Standings
Aggregate table
Serie Final Mineros and Zamora qualified to the Serie Final, which was contested on a home and away basis.
Primera División2013–14 ChampionZamora2nd title
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 and the second best-placed team in the aggregate table), 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 of the Venezuelan Football Federation Season regulations Football-Lineups