2017_Venezuelan_Primera_División_season

Venezuelan Primera División
Season	2017
Champions	Monagas (1st title)
Relegated	Deportivo JBL; Atlético Socopó
Copa Libertadores	Monagas; Deportivo Lara; Carabobo; Deportivo Táchira
Copa Sudamericana	Mineros; Caracas; Estudiantes de Mérida; Zamora
Matches played	336
Goals scored	810 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Edder Farías; (13 goals); Clausura:; Anthony Blondell; (13 goals); Season:; Anthony Blondell; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Deportivo Lara 6–0 Portuguesa; 27 February 2017
Biggest away win	Metropolitanos 0–5 Carabobo; 21 May 2017
Highest scoring	Mineros 4–4 Anzoátegui; 16 April 2017; Deportivo Lara 6–2 Zamora; 11 November 2017
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2017 Venezuelan Primera División season

Football league season

The 2017 Primera División season was the 36th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but did not qualify to the Serie Final, after being eliminated by Monagas in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Apertura and by Deportivo Lara in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Clausura.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Monagas were the champions, defeating Deportivo Lara in the Serie Final, 2–1 on aggregate.

Serie Final

The Serie Final is held between the champions of the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura to determine the champions of the season. The draw to determine the order of the legs was held on 4 December 2017.^[43]

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[fn1-37] Match awarded 3–0 to Atlético Venezuela due to Mineros fielding the ineligible player Ángelo Peña. The original result was a 2–1 win for Atlético Venezuela.^[36]

[fn2-38] Match awarded 3–0 to Portuguesa due to Mineros fielding the ineligible player Ángelo Peña. The original result was a 1–0 win for Mineros.^[36]

[fn3-40] Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Táchira due to Zulia fielding four foreign players at the same time. The original result was a 2–0 win for Zulia.^[37]

[table_note_ANZ0.72929819055335-44] Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted 3 points.^[40]

[table_note_res_CS10.71480666227397-48] Mineros qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as 2017 Copa Venezuela champions.

[table_note_res_CS40.71480666227397-49] Zamora qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as aggregate table best team not yet qualified for South American competition.

[table_note_res_CS30.71480666227397-50] Caracas qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Apertura runners-up.

[table_note_res_CS20.71480666227397-51] Estudiantes de Mérida qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as Clausura classification table best team not yet qualified for South American competition, since Clausura runners-up Mineros qualified for a higher berth.

[table_note_ANZ0.71480666227397-52] Deportivo Anzoátegui were deducted 3 points.^[40]

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Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aragua	Maracay	Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez	14,000
Atlético Socopó	Socopó	Rogelio Matos	7,500
Atlético Venezuela	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado	10,400
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Puerto La Cruz	José Antonio Anzoátegui	37,485
Deportivo JBL	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800
Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Lara	Cabudare	Metropolitano de Cabudare	47,913
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755
Estudiantes de Mérida	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,200
Metropolitanos	Caracas	Brígido Iriarte	10,000
Mineros	Ciudad Guayana	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín	51,796
Portuguesa	Acarigua	General José Antonio Páez	18,000
Trujillanos^a	Valera	José Alberto Pérez	25,000
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar	29,800
Zulia	Maracaibo	José "Pachencho" Romero	40,800

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Aragua	José Manuel Rey	New Arrival	Gobierno Bolivariano de Aragua
Atlético Socopó	Fernando Capobianco	Kiukak	Servical
Atlético Venezuela	Alex Pallarés	Adidas	FERRYJET
Carabobo	Wilson Gutiérrez	Adidas	None
Caracas	Noel Sanvicente	Adidas	Maltín Polar
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Charles López	Academia Sport Wear	Gobierno Bolivariano de Anzoátegui
Deportivo JBL	Frank Flores	JBL Sports	SHIMGE
Deportivo La Guaira	Pedro Depablos	Adidas	Traki
Deportivo Lara	Leonardo González	Adidas	Brijot
Deportivo Táchira	Francesco Stifano	Adidas	SIMMONDS EQUIPMENTS
Estudiantes de Mérida	José Nabor Gavidia	Puma	Arand Supplies
Metropolitanos	Daniel de Oliveira	Joma	Seguros Venezuela
Mineros	Juan Tolisano	Sport Jugados	Gobernación de Bolívar
Monagas	Jhonny Ferreira	Adidas	Banplus
Portuguesa	Carlos Moreno	Mundo Creativo	Alivenza
Trujillanos	Horacio Matuszyczk	Kiukak	SUCASA
Zamora	Alí Cañas	Uhlsport	PDVSA
Zulia	Carlos Maldonado	Uhlsport	PDVSA

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Portuguesa	Horacio Matuszyczk	Sacked	22 February^[2]	16th	Carlos Moreno	24 February^[3]
Trujillanos	Darío Martínez	Sacked	21 February^[4]	17th	Cristian Ferlauto	21 February^[5]
Atlético Socopó	Giovanny Pérez	Sacked	26 March^[6]	17th	Alberto Valencia	6 April^[7]
Estudiantes de Mérida	Juan Cruz Real	Resigned	3 April^[8]	15th	José Nabor Gavidia	4 April^[9]
Deportivo JBL	Frank Flores	Mutual consent	7 April^[10]	17th	José Cortina Henríquez	12 April^[11]
Atlético Venezuela	Ignacio González	Mutual consent	29 May^[12]	11th	Alex Pallarés	30 May^[13]
Deportivo Anzoátegui	Nicolás Larcamón	Signed by Deportes Antofagasta	12 June	4th, QF	Charles López	8 July
Zamora	Francesco Stifano	Resigned	15 June^[14]	3rd, QF	Luis Vera	20 June^[15]
Torneo Clausura
Deportivo La Guaira	Eduardo Saragó	Mutual consent	7 July^[16]	Pre-season	Pedro Depablos	8 July^[17]
Deportivo JBL	José Cortina Henríquez	Sacked	13 July	Pre-season	Juan Escobar	13 July^[18]
Zulia	Daniel Farías	Signed by The Strongest	15 August^[19]	15th	Miguelángel Acosta	15 August^[19]
Zulia	Miguelángel Acosta	End of caretaker spell	18 August^[20]	13th	Carlos Maldonado	18 August^[20]
Zamora	Luis Vera	Sacked	22 August^[21]	18th	Alí Cañas	23 August^[22]
Deportivo JBL	Juan Escobar	Sacked	28 August^[23]	12th	Frank Flores	28 August^[23]
Trujillanos	Cristian Ferlauto	Mutual consent	11 September^[24]	17th	Horacio Matuszyczk	11 September^[25]
Atlético Socopó	Alberto Valencia	Sacked	18 September^[26]	16th	Fernando Capobianco	18 September^[27]
Deportivo Táchira	Santiago Escobar	Mutual consent	11 October^[28]	9th	Francesco Stifano	11 October^[29]
Metropolitanos	Rafael Santana	Mutual consent	3 November^[30]	9th	Daniel de Oliveira	4 November^[31]
Carabobo	Julio César Baldivieso	Sacked	3 December^[32]	3rd, SF	Wilson Gutiérrez	14 December^[33]
Aragua	Antonio Franco	Sacked	11 December^[34]	17th	José Manuel Rey	12 December^[35]

Home \ Away	ARA	SOC	AVE	CBO	CAR	ANZ	JBL	DLG	LAR	TAC	ESM	MET	MIN	MON	POR	TRU	ZAM	ZUL
Aragua	—	1–1	—	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	5–0
Atlético Socopó	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–1	2–2	—	—	1–2	0–2	3–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1
Atlético Venezuela	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–3	2–1	—	—	1–2	—	0–0	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–1	—	1–2	—	—
Carabobo	3–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	4–0	—	0–0	—	0–0	—
Caracas	—	0–0	3–1	—	—	2–2	4–1	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	4–0	1–1	—
Deportivo Anzoátegui	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	—	—	0–0	—	2–0	1–2
Deportivo JBL	—	—	—	0–4	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–3
Deportivo La Guaira	—	4–1	2–1	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–0	4–0	3–1	—	1–1	—	0–0	—
Deportivo Lara	—	1–0	2–3	—	1–3	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	6–0	1–1	1–0	—
Deportivo Táchira	2–1	—	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	2–2	4–1	—	—	—	2–4	—	1–1	—	0–0	—
Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	—	1–1	2–3	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	1–4	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	0–0	—	—
Metropolitanos	0–2	—	—	0–5	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	3–1	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0
Mineros	3–3	1–0	—	—	—	4–4	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	0–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–1	—	—
Monagas	—	—	—	3–3	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–1	4–3	—	—	—	—	3–4
Portuguesa	—	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	—	0–3	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	0–2	—	0–0	—	1–1
Trujillanos	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	—	0–2	4–1	2–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	3–0
Zamora	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	6–1	2–2	—	—
Zulia	—	—	3–1	1–5	3–0	—	—	1–3	2–2	0–3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1–2	—	3–2	—	—	—	3–0	—

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0	0	0

5	Caracas	1	0	1
					5	Caracas (p)	2	1	3 (4)

					8	Deportivo La Guaira	1	2	3 (3)
1	Deportivo Táchira	2	2	4

8	Deportivo La Guaira	3	2	5
										5	Caracas	0	2	2

										6	Monagas (a)	1	1	2
2	Carabobo	0	2	2

7	Aragua	1	0	1
					2	Carabobo	0	1	1

					6	Monagas (a)	0	1	1
3	Zamora	1	1	2

6	Monagas	3	3	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Táchira	17	10	6	1	30	15	+15	36	Advance to knockout stage
2	Carabobo	17	10	5	2	36	12	+24	35
3	Zamora	17	8	6	3	26	14	+12	30
4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	17	7	7	3	23	13	+10	28
5	Caracas	17	7	7	3	27	19	+8	28
6	Monagas	17	6	8	3	27	19	+8	26
7	Aragua	17	6	7	4	22	18	+4	25
8	Deportivo La Guaira	17	6	5	6	23	17	+6	23
9	Zulia	17	7	2	8	28	35	−7	23
10	Mineros	17	6	4	7	30	36	−6	22
11	Atlético Venezuela	17	6	3	8	22	27	−5	21
12	Deportivo Lara	17	5	4	8	22	24	−2	19
13	Trujillanos	17	4	7	6	17	21	−4	19
14	Estudiantes de Mérida	17	4	6	7	16	21	−5	18
15	Portuguesa	17	2	10	5	13	27	−14	16
16	Metropolitanos	17	4	3	10	14	32	−18	15
17	Deportivo JBL	17	4	2	11	17	31	−14	14
18	Atlético Socopó	17	3	4	10	15	27	−12	13

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Guaira	5–4	Deportivo Táchira	3–2	2–2
Caracas	1–0	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–0	0–0
Aragua	1–2	Carabobo	1–0	0–2
Monagas	6–2	Zamora	3–1	3–1

26 May 2017	Caracas	1–0	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Caracas
15:00	E. Hernández 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

27 May 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	3–2	Deportivo Táchira	Caracas
17:00	Aguilar 14' D. González 66' Azócar 78'	Report	Ramírez 39' Benítez 72'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,847 Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

29 May 2017	Monagas	3–1	Zamora	Maturín
19:00	L. González 10' Blondell 58', 69'	Report	Luis Vargas 37'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Juan Soto

4 June 2017	Aragua	1–0	Carabobo	Acarigua
15:30	O. García 29'	Report		Stadium: José Antonio Páez Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 28 May 2017 at Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez in Maracay, was suspended due to crowd disturbance.

10 June 2017	Zamora	1–3 (2–6 agg.)	Monagas	Barinas
19:00	Clarke 6' (pen.)	Report	L. González 71' (pen.) Febles 79' Blondell 83'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 2,962 Referee: Marlón Escalante

11 June 2017	Deportivo Táchira	2–2 (4–5 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	San Cristóbal
17:00	J. R. Reyes 10' J. González 64'	Report	Valoyes 26' Meleán 82'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Edixon España

11 June 2017	Carabobo	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Aragua	Valencia
19:30	Cova 15' Tobar 38' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

12 June 2017	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Caracas	Puerto La Cruz
15:30		Report		Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Randy Lugo

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Yohandry Orozco	Zulia	10
2	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	7
3	Evelio Hernández	Caracas	6
3	Zamir Valoyes	Deportivo La Guaira	6
5	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira	5
	Eduard Bello	Carabobo
	Richard Blanco	Mineros
	Pedro Ramírez	Deportivo Táchira

11 November 2017	Deportivo Lara	6–2 (7–3 agg.)	Zamora	Cabudare
15:30	Caraballo 32', 50' Sierra 48', 82' L. Gómez 70', 90+2'	Report	M. González 34' S. Fernández 76'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 5,399 Referee: Ramón Ortega

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Guaira	3–3 (3–4 p)	Caracas	1–2	2–1
Monagas	1–1 (a)	Carabobo	0–0	1–1

17 June 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	1–2	Caracas	Caracas
17:30	D. González 8'	Report	Farías 32' (pen.) Castro 71'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 7,246 Referee: José Argote

17 June 2017	Monagas	0–0	Carabobo	Maturín
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 16,357 Referee: Kevin Sánchez

21 June 2017	Caracas	1–2 (3–3 agg.) (4–3 p)	Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas
17:00	Farías 82'	Report	D. González 21' Valoyes 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,211 Referee: José Luis Hoyo
	Penalties
	Castro Arrieta E. Pernía Rosa Farías		Aguilar La Mantía Cásseres Azócar Tucker

21 June 2017	Carabobo	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Monagas (a)	Valencia
19:30	Bandillo 42'	Report	Febles 3'	Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 11,440 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edder Farías	Caracas	13
2	Víctor Aquino	Deportivo Táchira	11
3	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	10
4	Juan García Reyes	Aragua	9
	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo
	Jesús Hernández	Deportivo Lara
	Luis González	Monagas
8	Richard Blanco	Mineros	8
	Zamir Valoyes	Deportivo La Guaira
	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zamora	3–7	Deportivo Lara	1–1	2–6
Monagas	2–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1	1–0
Deportivo La Guaira	2–3	Mineros	1–1	1–2
Caracas	0–3	Carabobo	0–1	0–2

4 November 2017	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	Mineros	Caracas
15:00	C. González 33'	Report	M. Granados 10' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

5 November 2017	Caracas	0–1	Carabobo	Caracas
15:30		Report	Bello 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,450 Referee: José Argote

11 November 2017	Estudiantes de Mérida	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Monagas	Mérida
17:45		Report	Trejo 90'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Anderson Tovar

2017_Venezuelan_Primera_División_season

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

Results

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Awards

Team of the Tournament

Player of the Tournament

Torneo Clausura

Results

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

Awards

Team of the Tournament

Player of the Tournament

Serie Final

First leg

Second leg

Aggregate table

Awards

Torneo Apertura

Player of the Matchday

Monthly awards

Torneo Clausura

Player of the Matchday

Annual awards

Player of the Year

Team of the Year

References

External links

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12 November 2017	Mineros	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Deportivo La Guaira	Ciudad Guayana
17:00	R. Blanco 9' Castillo 89'	Report	Arteaga 78'	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 6,824 Referee: Francisco López

12 November 2017	Carabobo	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Caracas	Valencia
19:15	Núñez 37' Tobar 53'	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 5,958 Referee: José Luis Hoyo

18 November 2017	Monagas	1–0	Deportivo Lara	Maturín
19:00	Blondell 45+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 7,872 Referee: José Argote

19 November 2017	Carabobo	0–0	Mineros	Valencia
19:00		Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

25 November 2017	Mineros	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Carabobo	Ciudad Guayana
17:00	N. Hernández 25'	Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Ángel Arteaga

26 November 2017	Deportivo Lara	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Monagas	Cabudare
15:00	L. Gómez 39', 48' J. González 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 15,847 Referee: Juan Soto

Deportivo Lara	1–0	Mineros
J. González 18'	Report
Penalties
Sierra J. González L. Gómez Manzano Di Giorgi H. Pernía	4–3	R. Blanco Escobar Pol Faría C. Ortiz Castillo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carabobo	34	19	9	6	64	25	+39	66	Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
2	Deportivo Táchira	34	16	11	7	48	33	+15	59	Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
3	Mineros	34	16	8	10	58	48	+10	56	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Deportivo Lara	34	15	10	9	47	35	+12	55	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
5	Zamora	34	14	12	8	47	36	+11	54	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Monagas (C)	34	14	11	9	50	39	+11	53	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
7	Caracas	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
8	Deportivo La Guaira	34	13	8	13	47	39	+8	47
9	Estudiantes de Mérida	34	11	13	10	37	39	−2	46	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage^{[lower-alpha 4]}
10	Zulia	34	13	5	16	47	56	−9	44
11	Trujillanos	34	10	10	14	33	45	−12	40
12	Deportivo Anzoátegui^{[lower-alpha 5]}	34	9	15	10	35	35	0	39
13	Aragua	34	9	12	13	34	42	−8	39
14	Portuguesa	34	8	14	12	35	49	−14	38
15	Metropolitanos	34	9	11	14	30	47	−17	38
16	Atlético Venezuela	34	9	9	16	39	52	−13	36
17	Deportivo JBL (R)	34	10	5	19	35	54	−19	35	Relegation to Segunda División
18	Atlético Socopó (R)	34	6	9	19	28	52	−24	27	Relegation to Segunda División

Day	Player	Club	Reference
12	Jairo Otero	Atlético Venezuela	^[44]
13	Aquiles Ocanto	Carabobo	^[45]
14	Darwin González	Deportivo La Guaira	^[46]
15	Jesús Vargas	Estudiantes de Mérida	^[47]
16	Argenis Gómez	Mineros	^[48]
17	Ricardo Martins	Deportivo Anzoátegui	^[49]

Day	Player	Club	Reference
1	Luz Rodríguez	Estudiantes de Mérida	^[51]
2	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo	^[52]
3	Manuel Arteaga	Deportivo La Guaira	^[53]
4	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	^[54]
6	Gustavo Britos	Metropolitanos	^[55]
7	Brayan Hurtado	Mineros	^[56]
8	Carlos Espinoza	Estudiantes de Mérida	^[57]
9	Richard Blanco	Mineros	^[58]
10	Christian Novoa	Carabobo	^[59]
11	Jhoan Mina	Atlético Socopó	^[60]
14	Anthony Uribe	Zamora	^[61]
15	Tommy Tobar	Carabobo	^[62]
16	Jesús González	Deportivo Lara	^[63]
QF1	Eduard Bello	Carabobo	^[64]
QF2	Jeysen Núñez	Carabobo	^[65]
SF1	Anthony Blondell	Monagas	^[66]
SF2	Lucas Gómez	Deportivo Lara	^[67]