# 2007–08 in Venezuelan football

The following article presents a summary of the 2007-08 football season in Venezuela, including the top division.

## Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | GD |
| 1 | Caracas F.C. | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 37 | +21 |
| 2 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 34 | +19 |
| 3 | Deportivo Táchira F.C. | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 28 | +12 |
| 3 | U.A. Maracaibo | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 28 | +6 |
| 5 | Zamora F.C. | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 24 | +8 |
| 6 | Portuguesa F.C. | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 24 | -3 |
| 7 | Llaneros F.C. | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 23 | +2 |
| 8 | Aragua F.C. | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| 9 | A.C. Mineros de Guayana | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 0 |
| 10 | Guaros F.C. | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 23 | -3 |
| 11 | Trujillanos F.C. | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 23 | -5 |
| 12 | Monagas S.C. | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 22 | +4 |
| 13 | Deportivo Italia | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 22 | +3 |
| 14 | Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 20 | -7 |
| 15 | Atlético El Vigía F.C. | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 19 | -9 |
| 16 | Carabobo F.C. | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 15 | -12 |
| 17 | Unión Lara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 14 | -7 |
| 18 | Estrella Roja F.C. | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 13 | -26 |

## Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | GD |
| 1 | Deportivo Táchira F.C. | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 42 | +15 |
| 2 | Caracas F.C. | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 36 | +16 |
| 3 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 32 | +19 |
| 4 | Deportivo Italia | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 28 | +7 |
| 5 | Guaros F.C. | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 28 | +5 |
| 6 | U.A. Maracaibo | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 27 | +6 |
| 7 | Zamora F.C. | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 26 | +1 |
| 8 | Carabobo F.C. | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 24 | +3 |
| 9 | Estrella Roja F.C. | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 24 | -6 |
| 10 | Portuguesa F.C. | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| 11 | Atlético El Vigía F.C. | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 19 | -6 |
| 12 | Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 18 | -8 |
| 13 | Llaneros F.C. | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 18 | -9 |
| 14 | Aragua F.C. | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 17 | -4 |
| 15 | Monagas S.C. | 17 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 17 | -10 |
| 16 | A.C. Mineros de Guayana | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | -5 |
| 17 | Unión Lara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 14 | -2 |
| 18 | Trujillanos F.C. | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 13 | -13 |

## Results

The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
| | ACM | ARA | AEV | CAR | CCS | DAN | DIT | DTÁ | ESR | EdM | GUA | LLA | MON | POR | TRU | UAM | ULR | ZAM |
| A.C. Mineros de Guayana | | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 6-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-5 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Aragua F.C. | 1-1 | | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Atlético El Vigía F.C. | 3-0 | 3-1 | | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 |
| Carabobo F.C. | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Caracas F.C. | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Deportivo Anzoátegui | 1-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | | 1-1 | 2-3 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| Deportivo Italia | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Deportivo Táchira F.C. | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | | 6-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Estrella Roja F.C. | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-1 |
| Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Guaros F.C. | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | 4-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 |
| Llaneros F.C. | 3-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-6 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Monagas S.C. | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Portuguesa F.C. | 0-3 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 |
| Trujillanos F.C. | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-4 |
| Unión Atlético Maracaibo | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Unión Lara | 1-1 | 6-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | | 0-0 |
| Zamora F.C. | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | |
Last updated: May 25, 2008 Source: Apertura 2007 Fixture Clausura 2008 Fixture Fixtures in green represent games played during the Apertura 2007 tournament, fixtures in red represent those played during the Clausura 2008.

## Aggregate Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Caracas F.C. | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 65 | 29 | 73 | +36 | 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Deportivo Táchira F.C. | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 25 | 70 | +27 | 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 26 | 66 | +38 | 2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | U.A. Maracaibo | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 42 | 55 | +12 | 2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary |
| 5 | Guaros F.C. | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 0 |
| 6 | Deportivo Italia | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 50 | +10 |
| 7 | Zamora F.C. | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 37 | 50 | +8 |
| 8 | Portuguesa F.C. | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 47 | -3 |
| 9 | Llaneros F.C. | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 50 | 41 | -7 |
| 10 | Aragua F.C. | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 52 | 40 | -4 | 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage$^1$ |
| 11 | A.C. Mineros de Guayana | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 50 | 39 | -4 |
| 12 | Monagas S.C. | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 52 | 39 | -6 |
| 13 | Carabobo F.C. | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 41 | 39 | -9 |
| 14 | Atlético El Vigía F.C. | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 37 | 51 | 38 | -14 |
| 15 | Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 54 | 38 | -15 |
| 16 | Estrella Roja F.C. | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 76 | 37 | -32 |
| 17 | Unión Lara | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 58 | 36 | -18 | Relegated |
| 18 | Trujillanos F.C. | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 62 | 28 | -19 | Relegated |
Last updated: May 25, 2008 Source: FVF $^1$ Winner of 2007–08 Copa Venezuela Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

## "Championship" playoff

Caracas F.C. and Deportivo Táchira F.C. ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required. Deportivo Táchira won on away goal.
* Primera División Venezolana 2007-08 Winners
* Deportivo Táchira F.C. 6th Title

## Venezuela national team

This section will cover Venezuela's games from the end of the Copa América 2007 until June 19, 2008.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Comp | Venezuela scorers | Match Report(s) |
| August 22, 2007 | Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Paraguay | 1 - 1 | F | Miku 57' | CONMEBOL |
| September 8, 2007 | Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela | Paraguay | 3 - 2 | F | D. Arismendi 66' G. Maldonado 75' A. Guerra 90' | CONMEBOL |
| September 12, 2007 | Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela | Panama | 1 - 1 | F | G. Maldonado 90+5' (pen) | CONMEBOL |
| October 13, 2007 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador | Ecuador | 0 - 1 | WCQ2010 | J. M. Rey 67' | CONMEBOL |
| October 16, 2007 | Estadio José Pachencho Romero Maracaibo, Venezuela | Argentina | 0 - 2 | WCQ2010 | | CONMEBOL |
| November 17, 2007 | Estadio El Campín Bogotá, Colombia | Colombia | 1 - 0 | WCQ2010 | | CONMEBOL |
| November 20, 2007 | Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Venezuela | Bolivia | 5 - 3 | WCQ2010 | D. Arismendi 21' 40' A. Guerra 82' G. Maldonado 89' 90+2' | CONMEBOL |
| February 3, 2008 | Estadio Monumental de Maturín Maturín, Venezuela | Haiti | 1 - 0 | F | J. Rojas 10' | CONMEBOL |
| February 6, 2008 | Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela | Haiti | 1 - 1 | F | A. Rondón 31' | CONMEBOL |
| March 23, 2008 | Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela | El Salvador | 1 - 0 | F | J.S. Rondón 33' | FVF |
| March 26, 2008 | Estadio José A. Anzoátegui Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela | Bolivia | 0 - 1 | F | | CONMEBOL |
| April 30, 2008 | Estadio Alfonso Lopez Bucaramanga, Colombia | Colombia | 5 - 2 | F | G. Cichero 11' F. Lucena 44' | CONMEBOL |
| May 30, 2008 | Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | Honduras | 1 - 1 | F | G. Maldonado 78' | FVF |
| June 6, 2008 | Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States | Brazil | 0 - 2 | F | G. Maldonado 5' R. Vargas 43' | CONMEBOL |
| June 9, 2008 | Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles | Netherlands Antilles | 0 - 1 | F | D. Arismendi 70' | FVF |
| June 14, 2008 | Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay | 1 - 1 | WCQ2010 | R. Vargas 56' | CONMEBOL |
| June 19, 2008 | Olímpico Luis Ramos Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela | Chile | 2 - 3 | WCQ2010 | G. Maldonado 59' J. Arango 80' | CONMEBOL |
KEY:
** F = Friendly match
** WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification