2025 Copa Venezuela

2025 Copa Venezuela
Tournament details
Country	Venezuela
Dates	4 June – October 2025
Teams	28
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	219 (2.74 per match)
All statistics correct as of 20 August 2025.

The 2025 Copa Venezuela is the 52nd edition of the Venezuelan football cup, which is organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF). The competition began on 4 June 2025, with the participation of 14 Primera División and 14 Segunda División teams, and is expected to be played for five months. The winners will qualify for the 2026 Supercopa de Venezuela against the 2025 Primera División champions.^[1]

Deportivo La Guaira are the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2024.

Format changes

Although for this year, the competition retained its group and knockout stages, the number of participating sides was reduced from 30 to 28 as the reserve sides of Academia Puerto Cabello and Monagas were not allowed to enter the competition despite competing in Segunda División, and the group stage was contested by 20 teams: the remaining 14 second tier sides and the six Primera División teams that failed to advance to the final stages of the 2025 Apertura tournament, whilst the eight Primera División teams that advanced to the semi-finals of the 2025 Apertura tournament (Deportivo La Guaira, Carabobo, Universidad Central, Deportivo Táchira, Academia Puerto Cabello, Portuguesa, Metropolitanos, and Anzoátegui) received a bye to the round of 16. In the group stage, the 20 participating teams were divided into five groups of four teams each, in which teams played each one of their group rivals twice (once at home and once away), with the five group winners and the three best group runners-up advancing to the knockout stage to join the eight teams that will enter the competition at that point. Unlike the previous edition, in which matches in the knockout rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) were played over a single leg, the different knockout rounds will be played over two legs in this season.^[2]

Group stage

The group stage began on 4 June and ended on 10 July 2025.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAR	DYP	DMI	ARA
1	Caracas	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11	Advance to the knockout stage		—	2–0	0–0	4–0
2	Dynamo Puerto	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to the knockout stage		2–2	—	2–0	4–1
3	Deportivo Miranda	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8			0–1	3–0	—	3–0
4	Aragua	6	1	1	4	5	16	−11	4			2–1	1–3	1–1	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESM	REF	VIG	URE
1	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	5	1	0	16	1	+15	16	Advance to the knockout stage		—	3–0	4–0	5–0
2	Real Frontera	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to the knockout stage		0–0	—	0–1	3–1
3	El Vigía	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9			1–3	1–2	—	3–1
4	Ureña	6	0	0	6	3	16	−13	0			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	ZAM	TIT	YAR
1	Marítimo de La Guaira	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to the knockout stage		—	2–1	3–2	1–0
2	Zamora	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			2–2	—	1–1	3–2
3	Titanes	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6			1–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	Yaracuyanos	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3			1–4	0–2	2–0	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	MIN	BOL	ANG
1	Monagas	6	5	1	0	13	5	+8	16	Advance to the knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	3–1
2	Mineros de Guayana	6	3	0	3	12	8	+4	9			2–3	—	5–0	2–1
3	Bolívar	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8			0–0	2–1	—	1–1
4	Angostura	6	0	1	5	6	15	−9	1			2–5	1–2	0–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAY	BAR	HEF	TRU
1	Rayo Zuliano	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to the knockout stage		—	4–0	5–0	1–1
2	Barquisimeto	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Advance to the knockout stage		2–0	—	4–0	1–0
3	Héroes de Falcón	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	6			0–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	Trujillanos	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4			1–3	3–4	3–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of group runners-up

The three best teams among those ranked second in their groups will advance to the knockout stage.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Barquisimeto	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Advance to the knockout stage
2	A	Dynamo Puerto	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
3	B	Real Frontera	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
4	D	Mineros de Guayana	6	3	0	3	12	8	+4	9
5	C	Zamora	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final

	Caracas	2	2	4

	Metropolitanos	0	2	2
							Caracas	0

							Deportivo La Guaira	1
	Real Frontera	0	0	0

	Deportivo La Guaira	1	2	3



	Marítimo de La Guaira	0	2	2

	Anzoátegui	0	3	3
							Anzoátegui	2

							Universidad Central	4
	Barquisimeto	0	2	2

	Universidad Central	1	2	3



	Estudiantes de Mérida	2	0	2 (4)

	Portuguesa (p)	2	0	2 (5)
							Portuguesa	1

							Carabobo	1
	Dynamo Puerto	0	0	0

	Carabobo	1	5	6



	Monagas	2	3	5

	Academia Puerto Cabello	0	2	2
							Monagas	1

							Deportivo Táchira	0
	Rayo Zuliano	0	1	1

	Deportivo Táchira	2	4	6

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Frontera	0–3	Deportivo La Guaira	0–1	0–2
Dynamo Puerto	0–6	Carabobo	0–1	0–5
Barquisimeto	2–3	Universidad Central	0–1	2–2
Rayo Zuliano	1–6	Deportivo Táchira	0–2	1–4
Monagas	5–2	Academia Puerto Cabello	2–0	3–2
Marítimo de La Guaira	2–3	Anzoátegui	0–0	2–3
Estudiantes de Mérida	2–2 (4–5 p)	Portuguesa	2–2	0–0
Caracas	4–2	Metropolitanos	2–0	2–2

First leg

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Real Frontera	0–1	Deportivo La Guaira	San Cristóbal
15:30 UTC−4		Report	Osío 56'	Stadium: JHS Referee: Rafael Torres

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Rayo Zuliano	0–2	Deportivo Táchira	Maracaibo
15:30 UTC−4		Report	Zúñiga 47' Duarte 59'	Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Referee: Miguel Rosales

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Monagas	2–0	Academia Puerto Cabello	Maturín
15:30 UTC−4	Romero 59' L. Rodríguez 76'	Report		Stadium: Alexander Botinni Referee: Reyes Soto

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Marítimo de La Guaira	0–0	Anzoátegui	Caraballeda
17:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Camurí Chico Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Estudiantes de Mérida	2–2	Portuguesa	Mérida
18:00 UTC−4	Alderete 2' Hernández 65'	Report	Zúñiga 67' Gómez 71'	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Alexis Herrera

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Caracas	2–0	Metropolitanos	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4	Tegües 62' Covea 89'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Yeferzon Miranda

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)	Dynamo Puerto	0–1	Carabobo	Puerto La Cruz
19:30 UTC−4		Report	Silva 16'	Stadium: Francisco Massiani Referee: Gabriel Velásquez

30 July 2025 (2025-07-30)	Barquisimeto	0–1	Universidad Central	Barquisimeto
17:30 UTC−4		Report	Sosa 57'	Stadium: Farid Richa Referee: Yember Mora

Second leg

5 August 2025 (2025-08-05)	Deportivo La Guaira	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Real Frontera	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4	Castillo 44' Sulbarán 45+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Alexis Herrera

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Carabobo	5–0 (6–0 agg.)	Dynamo Puerto	Valencia
16:00 UTC−4	Riasco 30', 46', 90+3' Ramos 44' Lucena 79'	Report		Stadium: Misael Delgado Referee: Leinny Rodríguez

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Metropolitanos	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Caracas	Caracas
16:00 UTC−4	Ramírez 41' Blanco 90+2'	Report	Vegas 19' Murillo 57'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Ángel Arteaga

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Academia Puerto Cabello	2–3 (2–5 agg.)	Monagas	Puerto Cabello
18:00 UTC−4	Arace 31' (pen.), 63' (pen.)	Report	Basante 27', 66' Sulbarán 42'	Stadium: La Bombonerita Referee: Stalin Rondón

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Anzoátegui	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Marítimo de La Guaira	Puerto La Cruz
18:00 UTC−4	Castellano 12' Graterol 35' Blanco 71' (pen.)	Report	Altamar 19' Escobar 83'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: José Uzcátegui

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Portuguesa	0–0 (2–2 agg.) (5–4 p)	Estudiantes de Mérida	Acarigua
18:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: General José Antonio Páez Referee: Carlos Parra
	Penalties
	Marchán Montero Colmenarez Soto López		Rojas Alderete Ramírez Fernández Hernández

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Deportivo Táchira	4–1 (6–1 agg.)	Rayo Zuliano	San Cristóbal
19:00 UTC−4	Duarte 32' Jiménez 45+2' (o.g.) J. Castillo 57' Cano 77'	Report	Paz 35'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Referee: Reyes Soto

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06)	Universidad Central	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Barquisimeto	Caracas
20:00 UTC−4	Carrillo 87', 90+3'	Report	Ramos 5' Flores 15'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: Rony Cueva

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Caracas		Deportivo La Guaira	0–1
Portuguesa		Carabobo	1–1
Anzoátegui		Universidad Central	2–4
Monagas		Deportivo Táchira	1–0

First leg

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)	Portuguesa	1–1	Carabobo	Acarigua
18:00 UTC−4	Silva 19' (o.g.)	Report	Lucena 35'	Stadium: General José Antonio Páez Referee: Alejandro Velásquez

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)	Anzoátegui	2–4	Universidad Central	Puerto La Cruz
18:00 UTC−4	Santos 19' Blanco 90+3'	Report	Polo 33' Simarra 38' De Souza 74' Machís 77'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: Carlos Parra

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20)	Monagas	1–0	Deportivo Táchira	Maturín
15:30 UTC−4	Basante 68'	Report		Stadium: Alexander Botinni Referee: Reyes Soto

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20)	Caracas	0–1	Deportivo La Guaira	Caracas
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Rivas 90+5'	Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV Referee: José Uzcátegui

Second leg

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Deportivo La Guaira	v	Caracas	Caracas
--:-- UTC−4				Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Carabobo	v	Portuguesa	Valencia
--:-- UTC−4				Stadium: Misael Delgado

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Universidad Central	v	Anzoátegui	Caracas
--:-- UTC−4				Stadium: Olímpico de la UCV

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27)	Deportivo Táchira	v	Monagas	San Cristóbal
--:-- UTC−4				Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo

See also

2025 Venezuelan Primera División season

References

^ "La Copa Venezuela 2025 empezará el 4 de junio" [The 2025 Copa Venezuela will begin on 4 June] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
^ "¡Nuevo Formato! ¿Cómo se jugará la Copa Venezuela 2025? (+ Detalles)" [New Format! How will the 2025 Copa Venezuela be played? (+ Details)] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
^ "Calendario de la fase de grupos de la Copa Venezuela 2025" [Schedule of the 2025 Copa Venezuela group stage] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.

External links

Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation (in Spanish)

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