2025 Venezuelan Primera División season

Liga FUTVE

Season	2025
Dates	24 January – December 2025
← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, will be the 69th season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top-flight football league in Venezuela, and the 44th season since the start of the professional era. The season is scheduled to begin on 24 January 2025.

For the second season in a row, Deportivo Táchira will be the defending champions.

Teams

14 teams are expected to compete in the season, subject to the fulfillment of club licensing requirements: the top 13 teams of the 2024 season as well as the 2024 Segunda División champions Yaracuyanos, who defeated Anzoátegui in the Segunda División final on 30 November 2024. In case they comply with licensing requirements, Yaracuyanos will replace Inter de Barinas, relegated at the end of the previous season after finishing last in the aggregate table.

Pto. Cabello

Angostura

Carabobo

Caracas

Deportivo Táchira

Est. Mérida

Portuguesa

Monagas

Rayo Zuliano

Yaracuyanos

Zamora

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Locations of the 2025 Primera División teams

Caracas
Deportivo La Guaira

Metropolitanos
Universidad Central

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Locations of the 2025 Primera División teams – Caracas

Relegated to 2025 Segunda División 14 Inter de Barinas	Promoted to 2025 Primera División 1 Yaracuyanos

Stadia and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Academia Puerto Cabello	Puerto Cabello	La Bombonerita	7,500
Angostura	Ciudad Bolívar	Ricardo Tulio Maya	2,500
Carabobo	Valencia	Misael Delgado	10,400
Caracas	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Deportivo Táchira	San Cristóbal	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755
Estudiantes de Mérida	Mérida	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,200
Metropolitanos	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Monagas	Maturín	Monumental de Maturín	51,796
Portuguesa	Acarigua	General José Antonio Páez	18,000
Rayo Zuliano	Maracaibo	José Pachencho Romero	40,800
Universidad Central	Caracas	Olímpico de la UCV	23,940
Yaracuyanos	San Felipe	Florentino Oropeza	10,000
Zamora	Barinas	Agustín Tovar	29,800

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsors
Academia Puerto Cabello	Iván Fernández	Givova	CLX Samsung
Angostura	Saúl Maldonado	RS	Genpar
Carabobo	Diego Merino	New Arrival	Fospuca, El Maizal, Juega En Línea
Caracas	Fernando Aristeguieta	RS	Maltín Polar, SellaTuParley
Deportivo La Guaira	Juan Domingo Tolisano	RS	Traki
Deportivo Táchira	Edgar Pérez Greco	Boman	Juega En Línea, Rutaca Airlines, Grupo JHS
Estudiantes de Mérida	Daniel Farías	Econtex	Cordialito.la, Frigilux, Daka, Ivon
Metropolitanos	Roland Marcenaro	RS	Aerolíneas Estelar
Monagas	Carlojavier Fuhrman (caretaker)	RS	Banplus
Portuguesa	Giancarlo Maldonado	Attle	Bet77, Alimentos Fina Ideal
Rayo Zuliano	Javier Villafráz	Attle	San Simón, Javitour
Universidad Central	Daniel Sasso	New Arrival	CFMoto Venezuela, SoyTechno
Yaracuyanos	Jhon Pinto	Manita
Zamora	Alí Cañas	RS	Thundernet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Metropolitanos	José María Morr	Resigned	11 December 2024	Pre-season	Roland Marcenaro	20 December 2024

External links

• Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation (in Spanish)
• Liga FUTVE