2017 Copa Venezuela
# 2017 Copa Venezuela

The 2017 Copa Venezuela was the 48th edition of the competition. It began with the first round on 26 April and finished with the second leg of the final on 29 November 2017. The winner qualified to the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.

Primera División side Zulia were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Ureña in the quarter-finals.

Mineros won the title after defeating Zamora in the final, 5–4 on aggregate.

## First stage

* Teams entering this round: 21 teams from the Tercera División.
* The matches take place on 26 April, 3 and 10 May 2017.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Deportivo Nueva Esparta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Fundación UDC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | Ciudad Vinotinto | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Minasoro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Minervén | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | La Mejía | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hermandad Gallega | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Pellícano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Libertador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pacairigua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Arroceros de Calabozo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Ortiz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Talentos del Sur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Unión Deportiva Lara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Madeira Club Lara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Internacional Turén | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Ilusión Naranja | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | |
| – | Policía de Lara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Independiente La Fría | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Atlético Mérida | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Policía del Táchira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

## Second stage

* Teams entering this round: 21 teams from the Segunda División.
* The first legs will be played on 24 and the second legs will be played on 28 May 2017.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Deportivo Nueva Esparta | 3–3 (2–4 p) | Margarita | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Minasoro | 5–2 | Angostura | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Hermandad Gallega | 5–9 | Petroleros | 4–5 | 1–4 |
| Pacairigua | 3–3 (a) | Tucanes | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| LALA | 4–2 | Chicó de Guayana | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Petare | 4–2 | Universidad Central | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Gran Valencia | 4–5 | Estudiantes de Caracas | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| Talentos del Sur | 3–5 | Llaneros | 0–0 | 3–5 |
| Internacional Turén | 5–8 | Atlético Guanare | 1–4 | 4–4 |
| Independiente La Fría | 2–3 | Titanes | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Unión Atlético Falcón | 5–0 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| El Vigía | 3–5 | ULA | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| Yaracuy | 1–4 | Yaracuyanos | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Ureña | 3–2 | Real Frontera | 2–0 | 1–2 |

## Third stage

* Teams entering this round: 18 teams from the Primera División.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarita | 3–1 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Minasoro | 2–10 | Mineros | 2–5 | 0–5 |
| LALA | 0–5 | Monagas | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Petroleros | 3–3 (a) | Caracas | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Pacairigua | 0–4 | Atlético Venezuela | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Petare | 1–4 | Deportivo La Guaira | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Estudiantes de Caracas | 2–0 | Metropolitanos | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Yaracuyanos | 1–4 | Aragua | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Titanes | 2–4 | Zulia | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| ULA | 2–2 (a) | Estudiantes de Mérida | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo JBL | 0–1 | Trujillanos | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Ureña | 2–2 (a) | Deportivo Táchira | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Unión Atlético Falcón | 0–3 | Carabobo | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Llaneros | 3–3 (a) | Portuguesa | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Guanare | 1–7 | Deportivo Lara | 1–2 | 0–5 |
| Atlético Socopó | 1–2 | Zamora | 1–1 | 0–1 |

## Final stages

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zulia | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trujillanos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trujillanos | 1 | 0 | 1 | Zulia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ureña | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ureña | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ureña | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ureña | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | Ureña | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Zamora | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Carabobo (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | Zamora | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Deportivo Lara | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Lara | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | Carabobo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Zamora | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Llaneros | 1 | 1 | 2 | Zamora | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Zamora | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zamora | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | Zamora | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mineros | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Mineros (a) | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mineros | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Caracas | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Caracas | 2 | 2 | 4 | Mineros | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Margarita | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Margarita | 0 | 3 | 3 | Margarita | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Monagas | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Monagas | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | Mineros | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Estudiantes de Caracas | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | Estudiantes de Caracas | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Aragua (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aragua (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | Aragua | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Estudiantes de Caracas (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 2 | Estudiantes de Caracas (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Estudiantes de Caracas (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Zulia | 4–1 | Trujillanos | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | 2–4 | Ureña | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Carabobo | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Deportivo Lara | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Llaneros | 2–5 | Zamora | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Margarita | 3–2 | Monagas | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Mineros | 4–4 (a) | Caracas | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Atlético Venezuela | 2–2 (a) | Estudiantes de Caracas | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo La Guaira | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Aragua | 1–0 | 0–1 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Zulia | 1–3 | Ureña | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Carabobo | 2–4 | Zamora | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Mineros | 5–1 | Margarita | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Aragua | 3–3 (a) | Estudiantes de Caracas | 2–2 | 1–1 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ureña | 1–2 | Zamora | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Mineros | 4–0 | Estudiantes de Caracas | 2–0 | 2–0 |

### Final

| Zamora | Mineros |
| - | - |
| GK | 22 | Joel Graterol |
| DF | 27 | Kevin de la Hoz | | 55' |
| DF | 2 | Javier Maldonado |
| DF | 23 | Óscar Hernández | 66' |
| DF | 12 | Mayker González |
| MF | 8 | Luis Melo (c) | 75' |
| MF | 28 | Anderson Cardozo |
| MF | 24 | Brian Mendoza |
| MF | 18 | Ángel Osorio | | 62' |
| FW | 9 | Anthony Uribe |
| FW | 11 | Juan Falcón | | 78' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 25 | Giancarlo Schiavone |
| DF | 15 | Anthony Trujillo |
| MF | 3 | Cleiderman Osorio | | 55' |
| MF | 10 | Eduardo Sosa | | 62' |
| MF | 26 | Víctor Aponte |
| FW | 7 | Erickson Gallardo | | 78' |
| FW | 16 | Sebastián Fernández |
| Manager: ||
| Alí Cañas ||
| GK | 55 | Luis Romero | | 9' |
| DF | 1 | Ángel Faría | 72' |
| DF | 13 | Anthonys Matos |
| DF | 14 | José Marrufo |
| DF | 30 | José Granados |
| MF | 6 | Francisco Flores |
| MF | 19 | Francisco Pol | 77' | 80' |
| MF | 10 | Rolando Escobar | | 62' |
| FW | 11 | Charlis Ortiz |
| FW | 9 | Richard Blanco (c) |
| FW | 15 | Yamil Medina |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Mario Santilli | | 9' |
| DF | – | Paolo Chacón |
| DF | 28 | Christian Gómez |
| MF | 7 | Argenis Gómez | | 62' |
| MF | 8 | Edson Castillo | | 80' |
| MF | 18 | Nelson Hernández |
| FW | 21 | Johan Arrieche |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Tolisano ||
| Assistant referees: Francisco González Mauricio Torrealba Fourth official: Jean Gómez | Match rules 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |

Mineros won 5–4 on aggregate.

| Mineros | Zamora |
| - | - |
| GK | 22 | Mario Santilli |
| DF | 1 | Ángel Faría |
| DF | 13 | Anthonys Matos |
| DF | 14 | José Marrufo |
| DF | 30 | José Granados |
| MF | 6 | Francisco Flores |
| MF | 19 | Francisco Pol | 40' | 58' |
| MF | 10 | Rolando Escobar | | 68' |
| MF | 15 | Yamil Medina |
| FW | 11 | Charlis Ortiz |
| FW | 9 | Richard Blanco (c) | | 62' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Jesús Rojas |
| DF | 5 | Julio Machado |
| MF | 7 | Argenis Gómez | | 68' |
| MF | 8 | Edson Castillo | | 58' |
| MF | 18 | Nelson Hernández |
| MF | 28 | Christian Gómez |
| FW | 21 | Johan Arrieche | | 62' |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Tolisano ||
| GK | 22 | Joel Graterol |
| DF | 27 | Kevin de la Hoz |
| DF | 23 | Óscar Hernández |
| DF | 5 | Ignacio González (c) |
| DF | 12 | Mayker González |
| MF | 4 | Christian Makoun | | 69' |
| MF | 8 | Luis Melo | 12' |
| MF | 14 | Diego García | | 56' |
| MF | 18 | Ángel Osorio | | 69' |
| FW | 9 | Anthony Uribe |
| FW | 11 | Juan Falcón | 38' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 25 | Giancarlo Schiavone |
| DF | 2 | Javier Maldonado |
| MF | 6 | José Pinto |
| MF | 24 | Brian Mendoza | | 69' |
| MF | 30 | Marcelo Moreno | | 69' |
| FW | 19 | Rodolfo Marcano | | 56' |
| FW | 20 | Jorge Páez |
| Manager: ||
| Alí Cañas ||
| Assistant referees: Jorge Urrego Carlos López Fourth official: Francisco López | Match rules 90 minutes. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is used to determine the winner. Penalty shoot-out if the tie persists. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |
