2017 Venezuelan Primera División season
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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.
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Season | 2017 |
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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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Monagas were the champions, defeating Deportivo Lara in the Serie Final, 2–1 on aggregate.