Copa Venezuela

Copa Venezuela

Founded	1959
Region	Venezuela
Number of teams	47
Current champions	La Guaira (2015)
Most successful club(s)	Caracas (5 titles)

The Copa Venezuela (English: Venezuela Cup) is the national cup football competition of Venezuela. Organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation, is it disputed in the first half of the season by the teams in the Primera División, Segunda División A, and Segunda División B.

Over the years, the competitions has had several names. Under its current format, the competition was revived by the FVF in 2007. Its format is similar format of the Spanish Copa del Rey. The champion qualifies to the Copa Sudamericana.

Champions

Season	Champion (title count)	Runner-up
Copa Liga Mayor
1959	Portugués	Español
Copa Naciones
1960	Banco Agricola	Portugués
Copa Caracas
1961	Deportivo Italia	Dos Caminos
1962	Deportivo Italia	Canarias
1963	Canarias	Tiquire Flores
1964	Tiquire Flores	Canarias
1965	Valencia	Lara
1966	Galicia	Canarias
1967	Galicia	Portugués
Copa Venezuela
1968	Canarias	Lara
1969	Galicia	Canarias
1970	Deportivo Italia	Galicia
1971	Estudiantes	Anzoátegui
1972	Portugués	Valencia
1973	Portuguesa	Estudiantes
1974	no competition
1975	Estudiantes	San Cristóbal
1976	Portuguesa	Deportivo Italia
1977	Portuguesa	Valencia
1978	Valencia	Universidad de Los Andes
1979	Galicia	Lara
1980	Atlético Zamora	Valencia
1981	Galicia	Deportivo Táchira
1982	Deportivo Táchira	Atlético Zamora
1983–1984	no competition
1985	Mineros	Deportivo Táchira
1986	no competition
1987	Caracas	Mineros
1988	Maritimo	Estudiantes
1989	Maritimo	Mineros
1990	Internacional	Portuguesa
1991	Anzoátegui	Caracas
1992	Trujillanos	Caracas
1993	Caracas	Minervén
1994	Caracas	Trujillanos
1995	Universidad de Los Andes	Caracas
1996–2006	no competition
Copa Venezuela
2007–08	Aragua	Maracaibo
2008	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Estudiantes
2009	Caracas	Trujillanos
2010	Trujillanos	Zamora
2011	Mineros	Trujillanos
2012	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Estudiantes
2013	Caracas	Deportivo Táchira
2014	La Guaira	Trujillanos
2015	La Guaira	Deportivo Lara

Titles by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Caracas	5	1987, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2013
Galicia	5	1966, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981
Deportivo Italia	3	1961, 1962, 1970
Portuguesa	3	1973, 1976, 1977
Estudiantes	2	1971, 1975
Valencia	2	1965, 1978
Portugués	2	1959, 1972
Marítimo	2	1988, 1989
Mineros	2	1985, 2011
Trujillanos	2	1992, 2010
Canarias	2	1963, 1968
Zamora	2	1980, 1982
Deportivo Anzoátegui	2	2008, 2012
La Guaira	2	2014, 2015
Aragua	1	2007
Anzoátegui	1	1991
Internacional	1	1990
Tiquire Flores	1	1964
Universidad de Los Andes	1	1995

External links

• Copa Venezuela winners on RSSSF