2012–13 Venezuelan Primera División season


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.
TeamCityStadium
AraguaMaracayOlímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Atlético VenezuelaCaracasBrígido Iriarte
CaracasCaracasOlímpico de la UCV
Deportivo AnzoáteguiPuerto La CruzJosé Antonio Anzoátegui
Deportivo LaraBarquisimetoMetropolitano de Barquisimeto
Deportivo PetareCaracasOlímpico de la UCV
Deportivo TáchiraSan CristóbalPolideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
El VigíaEl VigíaRamón "Gato" Hernández
EstudiantesMéridaMetropolitano de Mérida
MinerosCiudad GuayanaPolideportivo Cachamay
LlanerosGuanareRafael Calles Pinto
MonagasMaturínMonumental de Maturín
PortuguesaAcariguaGeneral José Antonio Paez
Real EspporCaracasBrígido Iriarte
TrujillanosValeraLuis Loreto Lira
YaracuyanosSan FelipeFlorentino Oropeza
ZamoraBarinasAgustín Tovar
ZuliaMaracaiboJosé "Pachencho" Romero

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2012 and ended on December 2012.

Standings

Results

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura was the second tournament of the season.

Standings

Results

Aggregate table

Serie Final

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 and the Copa Sudamericana, 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:
In the second round, the matchups are:
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