# Venezuelan First Division, 2007–2008

The Season 2007/08 of the First Division of Venezuela (officially, by reasons of sponsorship Glass CANTV) initiated on 4 August 2007 with the participation of 18 teams, this afterwards of the promotion of 8 teams after the expansion of the league approved by the Venezuelan Federation of Football. In the season 2007/08 arrived to the record of assistance to the stadiums of Venezuelan football to 740.000 people in a local tournament.
The winner of each one of the tournaments (Opening 2007 and Closure 2008) obtains a direct contingent to the Glass Libertadores 2009. In addition to these two contingents, the following team positioned in the Table Accumulated of all the Season 2007/08 obtains a contingent to the previous round of the Glass Libertadores of America 2009 whereas the team that follow him to east obtains one of the two contingents of Venezuela to the Glass Sudamericana 2008.
The two last teams positioned in the Table Accumulated of the Season 2007/08 descend to the Second Division of Venezuela.

## Teams participants

The teams participants in the Season 2007/08 of the First Division of the Venezuelan Football are the following:
| AC Miners of Guyana Aragua FC Athletic The Lookout FC Carabobo FC Caracas FC Sportive Anzoátegui SC Sportive Italy Sportive Táchira FC Crash Red FC | Students of Mérida FC Guaros FC Llaneros Of Guanare FC Monagas SC Portuguese FC Trujillanos FC UA Maracaibo Union Lara FC Zamora FC |

## Tournament Opening

The Tournament Opening 2007 is the first tournament of the Season 2007/08 in the First Division of Venezuela.

### Classification

| Team | PTS | JJ | JG | JE | JP | GF | GC | DG |
| 1 | Caracas FC | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 10 | +21 |
| 2 | Sportive Anzoátegui SC | 34 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 12 | +19 |
| 3 | Sportive Táchira FC | 28 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 10 | +12 |
| 4 | UA Maracaibo | 28 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | +6 |
| 5 | Zamora FC | 24 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 11 | +8 |
| 6 | Portuguese FC | 24 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -3 |
| 7 | Llaneros Of Guanare FC | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | +2 |
| 8 | Aragua FC | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 9 | AC Miners of Guyana | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +1 |
| 10 | Guaros FC | 23 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 33 | -5 |
| 11 | Trujillanos FC | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -5 |
| 12 | Monagas SC | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 |
| 13 | Sportive Italy | 22 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
| 14 | Students of Mérida FC | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -7 |
| 15 | Athletic The Lookout FC | 19 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 26 | -8 |
| 16 | Carabobo FC | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -12 |
| 17 | Union Lara FC | 14 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -7 |
| 18 | Crash Red FC | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 45 | -26 |

## Tournament Closure

The Tournament Closure 2008 is the second tournament of the season 2007/08 in the First Division of Venezuela.

### Classification

| Team | PTS | JJ | JG | JE | JP | GF | GC | DG |
| 1 | Sportive Táchira FC | 42 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 15 | +15 |
| 2 | Caracas FC | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 18 | +16 |
| 3 | Sportive Anzoátegui SC | 32 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 14 | +19 |
| 4 | Sportive Italy | 28 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 |
| 5 | Guaros FC | 28 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 |
| 6 | UA Maracaibo | 27 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +6 |
| 7 | Zamora FC | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 |
| 8 | Carabobo FC | 24 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 |
| 9 | Crash Red FC | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 31 | -6 |
| 10 | Portuguese FC | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 11 | Athletic The Lookout FC | 19 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 25 | -6 |
| 12 | Students of Mérida FC | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 |
| 13 | Llaneros Of Guanare FC | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -9 |
| 14 | Aragua FC | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -4 |
| 15 | Monagas SC | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -10 |
| 16 | AC Miners of Guyana | 16 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -4 |
| 17 | Union Lara FC | 14 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -12 |
| 18 | Trujillanos FC | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | -13 |
Legend: PTS (Points), JJ (Games played), JG (Games Won), JE (Games Empatados), JG (Stray Games), GF (Goals in favour), GC (Goals against), DG (Difference of Goals).

## Final
### Sportive Táchira FC

Champion

## Accumulated
### Classification

| Pos | Team | Pts | JJ | JG | JE | JP | GF | GC | Dif | Competition |
| 1 | Caracas FC | 73 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 65 | 28 | 37 | Glass Libertadores 2009 |
| 2 | Sportive Táchira FC | 70 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 25 | 27 | Glass Libertadores 2009 |
| 3 | Sportive Anzoátegui SC | 66 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 26 | 38 | Pre Glass Libertadores 2009 |
| 4 | UA Maracaibo | 55 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 42 | 12 | Pre Glass Sudamericana 2008 |
| 5 | Guaros FC | 51 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 |
| 6 | Sportive Italy | 50 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 10 |
| 7 | Zamora FC | 50 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 36 | 9 |
| 8 | Portuguese FC | 47 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 43 | -3 |
| 9 | Llaneros Of Guanare FC | 41 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 50 | -7 |
| 10 | Aragua FC | 40 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 52 | -4 | Glass Sudamericana 2008 |
| 11 | AC Miners of Guyana | 39 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 49 | -4 |
| 12 | Monagas SC | 39 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 52 | -6 |
| 13 | Carabobo FC | 39 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 41 | -9 |
| 14 | Athletic The Lookout FC | 38 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 52 | -14 |
| 15 | Students of Mérida FC | 38 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 54 | -15 |
| 16 | Crash Red FC | 37 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 76 | -32 |
| 17 | Trujillanos FC | 36 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 58 | -18 | Descent |
| 18 | Union Lara FC | 28 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 60 | -18 | Descent |
The Aragua FC finds classified to the Glass Sudamericana 2008 when having topped champion of the Glass Venezuela 2007
Legend: PTS (Points), JJ (Games played), JG (Games Won), JE (Games Empatados), JG (Stray Games), GF (Goals in favour), GC (Goals against), DG (Difference of Goals).

### Top 5 Goleadores

| Player | Player | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Alexander Rondón | 19 | Sportive Anzoátegui |
| 2 | Rafael Castellín | 16 | Caracas FC |
| 2 | Arming Maita | 16 | Monagas SC (10) and UA Maracaibo (6) |
| 4 | Johny Carneiro | 15 | AC Miners of Guyana |
| 5 | Wuiswel Isea | 14 | Union Lara FC (8) and Aragua FC (6) |

### Recognitions

| Recognition |
| Player more stood out | Ronald Vargas |
| Trainer more stood out | Carlos Maldonado |
| Better Goalkeeper | Manuel Sanhouse |
| Better Juvenile |
| Better Referee |
| Fair Play |

### Resulted

Official "results" of the Tournament Opening (To) and the Tournament Closure (C) of the First Venezuelan Division of Football 2007/08. The rows correspond to the games of local whereas the columns correspond to the games of visitor of each one of the teams. The in colour blue results correspond to victory of the local team, red to victory visitor and yellow to tie.
| 2007/08Up to date: 25 May 2008 | To.Vig | It ploughs | Carb | CCS | D.Anz | D.Ita | D.Tch | And.Roj | Estu | Gua | Lla | Min | Mon | By | Tru | UAM | Or.Lar |
| Athletic The Lookout FC | 3-1 (To) | 1-1 (C) | 0-2 (C) | 1-5 (C) | 1-2 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 2-3 (To) | 0-1 (To) | 0-0 (To) | 3-0 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 2-1 (To) | 2-0 (C) | 0-2 (To) | 3-2 (C) | 1-0 (C) |
| Aragua FC | 2-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 1-2 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 1-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 3-2 (To) | 5-2 (To) | 3-1 (To) | 3-1 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 1-2 (C) | 2-3 (To) | 2-0 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 1-2 (C) | 2-2 (C) |
| Carabobo FC | 0-1 (To) | 0-2 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 0-1 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 0-1 (C) | 4-1 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 0-0 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 2-0 (C) | 0-1 (To) | 2-0 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 0-0 (C) | 1-2 (C) |
| Caracas FC | 2-0 (To) | 2-2 (To) | 1-1 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 2-2 (C) | 6-4 (C) | 2-1 (To) | 5-1 (To) | 0-0 (To) | 0-0 (C) | 3-0 (C) | 3-1 (To) | 3-1 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 4-2 (C) | 3-1 (C) |
| Sportive Anzoátegui | 1-0 (To) | 5-1 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 2-3 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 2-3 (C) | 7-1 (C) | 3-0 (To) | 3-1 (To) | 2-1 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 4-0 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 4-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 2-1 (C) | 5-0 (C) |
| Sportive Italy | 1-0 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 2-0 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 2-0 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 2-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 3-0 (To) | 2-3 (To) | 2-3 (To) | 2-0 (C) | 2-2 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 1-0 (To) | 1-0 (To) |
| Sportive Táchira FC | 1-0 (C) | 3-0 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 0-1 (To) | 0-0 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 6-1 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 3-2 (C) | 3-0 (To) | 3-2 (To) | 4-1 (C) | 2-0 (To) | 4-3 (C) | 2-0 (To) | 0-0 (To) |
| Crash Red FC | 0-1 (To) | 3-2 (C) | 3-2 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 1-3 (To) | 0-0 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 4-1 (C) | 3-2 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 3-3 (C) | 3-2 (To) | 2-1 (C) | 1-4 (To) | 0-1 (To) |
| Students of Mérida FC | 1-0 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 2-0 (To) | 1-2 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 2-0 (C) | 0-1 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 2-1 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 2-1 (To) | 2-2 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 0-0 (C) | 2-2 (To) | 2-2 (To) |
| Guaros FC | 1-0 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 3-1 (To) | 0-0 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 1-0 (To) | 3-1 (To) | 1-1 (C) | 4-3 (To) | 3-1 (To) | 2-2 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 4-1 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 2-1 (To) | 0-3 (To) |
| Llaneros Of Guanare FC | 2-1 (C) | 0-2 (C) | 3-1 (To) | 1-2 (C) | 1-0 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 5-1 (To) | 0-0 (C) | 3-2 (C) | 3-2 (To) | 2-1 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 3-6 (C) | 2-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) |
| Mining CD of Guyana | 1-0 (To) | 0-0 (C) | 2-1 (To) | 1-3 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 2-2 (C) | 2-2 (C) | 6-0 (To) | 2-3 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 3-0 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 3-3 (C) | 1-5 (To) | 2-0 (C) | 3-3 (To) | 0-0 (To) |
| Monagas SC | 4-1 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 4-0 (To) | 0-3 (To) | 2-3 (To) | 0-1 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 5-0 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 0-1 (To) | 0-1 (To) | 0-2 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 2-0 (To) |
| Portuguese FC | 2-3 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 0-0 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 1-0 (To) | 2-2 (To) | 1-2 (To) | 0-0 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 0-3 (To) | 2-1 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 4-0 (C) | 2-1 (C) |
| Trujillanos FC | 3-2 (To) | 0-0 (To) | 2-3 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 1-1 (C) | 1-1 (To) | 1-2 (C) | 0-0 (C) | 1-0 (To) | 4-3 (To) | 2-1 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 2-0 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 2-0 (C) | 1-4 (C) |
| UA Maracaibo | 3-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 2-3 (C) | 1-2 (C) | 1-0 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 0-1 (To) | 4-0 (C) | 4-2 (To) | 2-1 (To) | 3-2 (To) | 2-1 (To) | 3-3 (To) | 1-0 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 2-1 (To) | 2-0 (C) |
| Union Lara FC | 2-3 (To) | 6-4 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 0-2 (To) | 0-3 (To) | 4-4 (C) | 0-0 (C) | 1-2 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 1-3 (To) | 1-1 (To) | 3-0 (To) | 0-1 (C) | 0-0 (To) |
| Zamora FC | 3-1 (To) | 1-0 (To) | 1-2 (To) | 0-2 (To) | 0-1 (To) | 0-2 (C) | 2-0 (C) | 0-1 (C) | 3-2 (C) | 2-1 (C) | 1-1 (C) | 2-0 (C) | 4-1 (C) | 0-0 (To) | 3-0 (To) | 4-0 (To) | 2-0 (C) |
| To.Vig | It ploughs | Carb | CCS | D.Anz | D.Ita | D.Tch | And.Roj | Estu | Gua | Lla | Min | Mon | By | Tru | UAM | Or.Lar | Zam |