The 2012–13 Primera División season was the 31st professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.
Teams Eighteen teams participated this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Carabobo and Tucanes were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the 2011–12 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Atlético Venezuela and Portuguesa, the 2011–12 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively.
Team City Stadium Aragua Maracay Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez Atlético Venezuela Caracas Brígido Iriarte 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 El Vigía El Vigía Ramón "Gato" Hernández Estudiantes Mérida Metropolitano de Mérida Mineros Ciudad Guayana Polideportivo Cachamay Llaneros Guanare Rafael Calles Pinto Monagas Maturín Monumental de Maturín Portuguesa Acarigua General José Antonio Paez 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 was the first tournament of the season. It began in August 2012 and ended in December 2012.
Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura was the second tournament of the season.
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Serie Final Deportivo Anzoátegui 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 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
External links of the Venezuelan Football Federation Season regulations Football-Lineups