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2020 Venezuelan Primera División Season
The 2020 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or ''Liga FUTVE'', was the 39th professional season of the Venezuelan Primera División, Venezuela's top-flight football league. Caracas were the defending champions. The competition was suspended on 12 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all the results recorded until then voided on 15 May, and was reset starting from 14 October with a new format, ending on 15 December 2020. Deportivo La Guaira won their first league title, beating Deportivo Táchira by a score of 2–0 in the final played at Valencia. Format changes Original format The league format changed for the 2020 season. No Apertura and Clausura tournaments would be held and the 20 teams would face each other in a home-and-away round-robin tournament, for a total of 38 matches per team. The top eight teams of the first stage would advance to the semi-final stage, depending on eligibility requirements for CONMEBOL tournaments. The bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Primera División
The Primera División (; ), or Liga Venezolana (; ) is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957. It is organized by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. Format Starting in the 2020 season, 20 teams play in a home-and-away round-robin tournament, with the top eight teams advancing to the semi-final stage. At the semi-final stage, the eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each, facing the other teams in their group twice. The two group winners advance to the Serie Final to decide the league champions. International qualification *The champions and runners-up qualify to the group phase of the Copa Libertadores. *The team with the most points in the entire season qualifies to the preliminary round of the Copa Libertadores as Venezuela 3. *The second and third team with the most points in the entire season qualifies to the Copa Sudamericana as Venezuela 1 and Venezuela 2. *If a team won both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Venezuelan Primera División Season
The 2019 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or ''Liga FUTVE'', was the 38th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but in the ''Torneo Apertura'' they were knocked out by Mineros in the quarter-finals and in the ''Torneo Clausura'' they failed to advance to the knockout stage. The champions were Caracas, who won the Torneo Clausura by defeating Deportivo Táchira in the final and then went on to beat Apertura winners Estudiantes de Mérida in the Serie Final on penalties to claim their twelfth league title. Teams Stadia and locations Managerial changes Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura is the first tournament of the season. The regular season started on 26 January and ended on 19 May. Standings Results Knockout stage Quarter-finals =First leg= =Second leg= Semi-finals =First leg= =Second leg= Final ---- ''Tied 0–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Ossa
Leonardo or The Leonardo may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' Leonardo Journal'', an arts journal * ''Leonardo'' (Italian magazine), a philosophy magazine published in Florence, Italy, in 1903–1907 * ''Leonardo'' (journal), published by the MIT Press * Leonardo (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''), one of the main characters in the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise * Leonardo (TV channel), an Italian television channel * ''Leonardo'' (2011 TV series), a CBBC television series which centers around teenage Leonardo da Vinci played by Jonathan Bailey * ''Leonardo'' (2021 TV series), an Italian-American television series * '' Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love'', a 1993 musical * Leonardo/ISAST, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology * " The Leonardo", a 1933 short story written in Russian by Vladimir Nabokov * Leonardo, the assistant of inventor Clyde Crashcup People * Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian polymath * Leonardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Segunda División
Segunda División, officially known as Liga FUTVE 2, is the men's second professional football division of the Venezuelan football league system. The Venezuelan second division was established in 1979. List of champions Titles by Team References External links Segunda División on the FVF's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Venezuelan Segunda Division 2 Sports leagues established in 1979 1979 establishments in Venezuela Second-level football leagues in South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llaneros Escuela De Fútbol
Llaneros de Guanare Escuela de Fútbol (usually called Llaneros) was a Venezuelan professional association football, football club based in Guanare, Portuguesa State. Achievements *Segunda División Venezolana: 3 ::1996, 1999, 2011 Current first team squad Managers * Frank Piedrahita (July 1, 2009–July 1, 2011), (July 1, 2012–2012) * Miguel Acosta (Sept 20, 2011–Dec 31, 2012) * Rodrigo Piñon (2013) External linksOfficial website (archived 18 September 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Llaneros Escuela de Futbol Association football clubs established in 1985 Football clubs in Venezuela, Llaneros Sport in Portuguesa (state) 1985 establishments in Venezuela Association football clubs disestablished in 2022 2022 disestablishments in Venezuela Defunct football clubs in Venezuela Llaneros de Guanare, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Cabello
Puerto Cabello () is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the country and is thus a vital cog in the country's vast oil industry. The word 'cabello' translates to 'hair'. The Spanish took to saying that the sea was so calm there that a ship could be moored to the dock with a single hair. History The foundation date of Puerto Cabello is not known although its name was documented for the first time on the map of the province of Caracas prepared in 1578 by Juan de Pimentel. Puerto Cabello's location made it an easy prey to buccaneers and was a popular trading post for Dutch people, Dutch smugglers during the 17th century. Most of the contraband trade consisted of cocoa with neighboring island Curaçao, colonized by the Dutch. Puerto Cabello was also at that time under Dutch control. It was not until 1730 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barinas, Barinas
Barinas () is a city in west central Venezuela. According to the 2011 census, its population is 353,442. It is the capital of the Barinas Municipality and the State of Barinas. The city of Barinas is known as the capital of the Llanos. History The original city was founded under the name ''Altamira de Caceres'' on June 30, 1577, by Captain Juan Andres Varela fulfilling orders of the governor of La Grita Francisco de Cáceres, who had founded this Andean city and established it governorate in 1576. In 1786 Barinas state was established in the territories of the existing states of Barinas and Apure. The city became the capital of the state and an important bastion of the patriots during the War of Independence. Cristóbal Mendoza, the first President of Venezuela, lived and practiced his profession in Barinas. Etymology The name of the city comes from an indigenous word which identifies a strong wind that occurs during the rainy season, from the valleys of Santo Domingo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Football Federation
The Venezuelan Football Federation ( or FVF) is the governing body of Association football, football in Venezuela. It was founded in 1925 and affiliated in 1952. It is a member of CONMEBOL as well as FIFA, and is in charge of the Venezuela national football team. Copa America 2007 Venezuela was selected as the host of the Copa América 2007. The FVF and CONMEBOL were responsible of many aspects of the organisation and logistics of the tournament. Association staff Executive Board * President: Jorge Giménez, Jorge Giménez Ochoa * 1st Vice-President: Pedro Infante Aparicio * 2nd Vice-President: Jose Antonio Quintero * 3rd Vice-President: Akram Almatni * Secretary: David Quintanilla * Director: Suying Olivares * Director: Oscar Linares * Director: Juan Carlos Copa * Director: Reina Suarez * Director: Miguel Mea Vitali * Director: Oscar Cunto * Director: Adrian Aguirre * Referee Board: Miguel Buitriago * Honor Council: Consuelo Vasquez * Electoral Commission: Edgar Morale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, wherein participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ('ribbon'). Over time, the term became idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a ''double round-robin''. The term is rarely used when all participants play one another more than twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an unequal number of times, as is the case in almost all of the major North American professional sports leagues. In the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apertura And Clausura
The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split Season (sports), season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American soccer, football sports league, leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season (sports), season, each with its own champion. ' and ' are the Spanish language, Spanish words for "opening" and "closing". In French-speaking Ligue Haïtienne, Haiti, these are known as the ' and the ', while in English-speaking Premier League of Belize, Belize, they are respectively the ''Opening'' and ''Closing'' seasons. When used in the United States and Canada, they are known as the ''Spring Championship'' and ''Fall Championship'' (). The Americas The ' is held in the first half of the calendar year in Bolivian Primera División, Bolivia, Categoría Primera A, Colombia, Ligue Haïtienne, Haiti, Paraguayan Primera División, Paraguay and Uruguayan Primera Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia, Carabobo
Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay metropolitan region, which with a population of about 4.5 million is the country's second largest after that of Caracas. Caracas lies some away to the east. History The area was already inhabited in the fourth millennium BC. The inhabitants were mainly hunters and gatherers who might have already developed some elementary forms of agriculture. Between AD 200 and 1000 an important settlement was formed close to Lake Valencia. Around the year 1000, waves of migration started to come from the Orinoco river area, probably arriving along the Pao river. The fusion of previous settlements with these new populations gave rise to the Vacencioide culture. People in the area belonged mostly to Arawak groups. They were hunters and gatherers wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
