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.

Liga FUTVE
Season2020
Dates30 January – 15 May 2020 (cancelled)
14 October – 15 December 2020
(resumption under new format)
ChampionsDeportivo La Guaira (1st title)
RelegatedNone
Copa LibertadoresDeportivo La Guaira
Deportivo Táchira
Deportivo Lara
Caracas
Copa SudamericanaAcademia Puerto Cabello
Aragua
Metropolitanos
Mineros
Matches played130
Goals scored325 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerRichard Blanco
Edder Farías
(8 goals each)
Biggest home winDeportivo Lara 4–0 Atl. Venezuela
(18 November)
Caracas 6–2 GV Maracay
(23 November)
Biggest away winGV Maracay 0–4 Caracas
(30 October)
Trujillanos 0–4 Pto. Cabello
(9 December)
Highest scoringCaracas 6–2 GV Maracay
(23 November)
2019
2021

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.

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