Clausura ======== NB: Minervén del Callao and Atlético Zamora (Barinas) withdrew from the Clausura for economic reasons. Table: 1.Deportivo ItalChacao 18 10 6 2 28-13 36 [Caracas] Clausura Champions 2.Estudiantes de Mérida 18 9 7 2 26-13 34 3.Univ. de Los Andes 18 8 4 6 31-28 28 [Mérida] 4.Zulianos FC 18 5 7 6 34-33 22 [Maracaibo] 5.Internacional de Lara 18 6 4 8 25-25 22 [Barquisimeto] 6.Mineros de Guayana 18 5 7 6 32-36 22 7.Nacional Táchira 18 5 6 7 19-29 21 8.Caracas FC 18 4 8 6 20-22 20 9.Carabobo FC 18 4 6 8 17-23 18 10.Unión Atlético Táchira 18 3 7 8 18-28 16 NB: Nueva Cádiz FC moved to Maracaibo and changed name to Zulianos FC. Round 1 [Feb 7] Mineros 3-0 Caracas ULA 4-1 Tachira Carabobo 1-2 Zulianos Nacional 2-3 Estudiantes Inter Lara 2-1 ItalChacao Round 2 [Feb 14] Caracas 0-0 Tachira Mineros 3-3 Zulianos ULA 0-3 Estudiantes Carabobo 0-1 ItalChacao Nacional 0-0 Inter Lara Round 3 [Feb 21] Estudiantes 3-3 Mineros Nacional 2-0 Caracas Inter Lara 0-1 Carabobo ItalChacao 0-2 ULA Zulianos 3-3 Tachira Round 4 [Feb 28] Caracas 3-0 Zulianos Tachira 1-1 Estudiantes Mineros 1-1 ItalChacao Inter Lara 1-2 ULA Carabobo 1-1 Nacional Round 5 [Feb 10] Estudiantes 1-0 Zulianos [Mar 7] Carabobo 2-1 Caracas Nacional 2-1 ULA Inter Lara 1-0 Mineros ItalChacao 3-0 Tachira Round 6 [Mar 10] Estudiantes 1-0 Carabobo ItalChacao 4-0 Nacional Zulianos 5-3 ULA Inter Lara 1-1 Caracas Tachira 1-2 Mineros Round 7 [Mar 14] Zulianos 2-2 ItalChacao Tachira 2-1 Inter Lara Mineros 2-2 Nacional ULA 1-0 Carabobo [Mar 24] Caracas 1-1 Estudiantes Round 8 [Mar 21] Caracas 0-0 ItalChacao Estudiantes 4-1 Inter Lara Zulianos 2-1 Nacional Tachira 3-1 Carabobo Mineros 2-2 ULA Round 9 [Mar 28] ULA 2-1 Caracas Inter Lara 4-2 Zulianos Nacional 2-1 Tachira Carabobo 1-1 Mineros ItalChacao 0-0 Estudiantes Round 10 [Apr 4] ItalChacao 4-2 Inter Lara Caracas 5-2 Mineros Tachira 1-0 ULA Zulianos 2-1 Carabobo [Apr 7] Estudiantes 1-1 Nacional Round 11 [Apr 11] Carabobo 0-0 ItalChacao Tachira 1-1 Caracas Inter Lara 4-0 Nacional Zulianos 6-1 Mineros Estudiantes 0-0 ULA Round 12 [Apr 18] Caracas 2-2 Nacional Mineros 1-0 Estudiantes ULA 1-2 ItalChacao Tachira 1-1 Zulianos Carabobo 1-1 Inter Lara Round 13 [Apr 24] ItalChacao 3-2 Mineros Zulianos 1-1 Caracas Inter Lara 0-1 ULA Nacional 1-0 Carabobo Estudiantes 1-0 Tachira Round 14 [May 2] Caracas 1-1 Carabobo ULA 3-0 Nacional Zulianos 1-1 Estudiantes ItalChacao 0-0 Tachira Mineros 1-3 Inter Lara Round 15 [Apr 28] Estudiantes 2-0 Carabobo [May 5] ULA 2-1 Zulianos Caracas 1-0 Inter Lara Nacional 0-2 ItalChacao Mineros 3-0 Tachira Round 16 [May 9] Carabobo 4-4 ULA Nacional 1-2 Mineros Inter Lara 2-2 Tachira ItalChacao 2-1 Zulianos Estudiantes 3-0 Caracas Round 17 [May 16] ItalChacao 1-0 Caracas Inter Lara 0-1 Estudiantes Nacional 1-1 Zulianos Carabobo 2-1 Tachira ULA 3-3 Mineros Round 18 [May 23] Estudiantes 0-2 ItalChacao Caracas 2-0 ULA Zulianos 1-2 Inter Lara Mineros 0-1 Carabobo Tachira 0-1 Nacional Table: 1.Deportivo ItalChacao 18 10 6 2 28-13 36 [Caracas] Clausura Champions 2.Estudiantes de Mérida 18 9 7 2 26-13 34 3.Univ. de Los Andes 18 8 4 6 31-28 28 [Mérida] 4.Zulianos FC 18 5 7 6 34-33 22 [Maracaibo] 5.Internacional de Lara 18 6 4 8 25-25 22 [Barquisimeto] 6.Mineros de Guayana 18 5 7 6 32-36 22 7.Nacional Táchira 18 5 6 7 19-29 21 8.Caracas FC 18 4 8 6 20-22 20 9.Carabobo FC 18 4 6 8 17-23 18 10.Unión Atlético Táchira 18 3 7 8 18-28 16 NB: Nueva Cádiz FC moved to Maracaibo and changed name to Zulianos FC. Promoted: Llaneros Guanare and Deportivo Trujillanos. Deportivo ItalChacao and Unión Atlético Táchira to play off for the 1998/99 championship of Venezuela. Championship Playoff First Leg [May 30, Caracas, Estadio Olimpico; att: 8,000] ItalChacao 5-1 Tachira [Rogerio da Silva (4), Dioni Guerra; Brochero] Second leg [Jun 6, San Cristobal, Estadio Pueblo Nuevo; att: 6,000] Tachira 1-2 ItalChacao [Chacón; Casseres, Pereira] ItalChacao champions 1998/99. Authors: Mikael Jönsson and Roberto Lahsen Last updated: 2 Nov 2007 (C) Copyright Mikael Jönsson, Roberto Lahsen and RSSSF 1999/2007