The 2012–13

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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.

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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.

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

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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
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