The 2010–11 Primera División season (officially the 2010–11 Copa Movilnet for sponsorship reasons) 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. Team City Stadium Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez Atlético Venezuela Maiquetía Polideportivo José María Vargas Carabobo Valencia Misael Delgado Caracas Caracas Olímpico de la UCV Caroní Ciudad Guayana Polideportivo Cachamay 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 El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández Estudiantes Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida Mineros Ciudad Guayana 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 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 RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals 1 Daniel Arismendi Deportivo Anzoátegui 19 2 Wilmar Jordán Gil Monagas 17 3 Marcelo Refresquini Atlético Venezuela/Yaracuyanos 13 1 4 Luis Carlos Cabezas Caracas 12 Jonathan Copete Zamora 12 Alejandro Guerra Deportivo Anzoátegui 12 Sergio Herrera Deportivo Táchira 12 8 Heiber Díaz Estudiantes de Mérida/Carabobo 11 2 Genlys Piñero Atlético El Vigía 11 10 Roberto Armúa Trujillanos 10 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 Deportivo Táchira and Zamora qualified to the Serie Final, which was contested on a home and away basis.
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 2 berth, while the other team will receive the Venezuela 3 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