Copa Venezuela

Copa Venezuela

Founded	1959
Region	Venezuela
Number of teams	47
Current champions	Trujillanos
Most successful club	Caracas Galicia de Aragua (5 titles each)

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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
Copa Liga Mayor
1959	Deportivo Portugués	Deportivo Español
Copa Naciones
1960	Banco Agricola	Deportivo Portugués
Copa Caracas
1961	Deportivo Italia	Dos Caminos
1962	Deportivo Italia
1963	Unión Deportiva Canarias	Tiquire Flores
1964	Tiquire Flores	Unión Deportiva Canarias
1965	Valencia	Lara
1966	Deportivo Galicia	Unión Deportiva Canarias
1967	Deportivo Galicia
Copa Venezuela
1968	Unión Deportiva Canarias	Lara
1969	Deportivo Galicia	Unión Deportiva Canarias
1970	Deportivo Italia	Deportivo Galicia
1971	Estudiantes de Mérida	Anzoátegui
1972	Deportivo Portugués	Valencia
1973	Portuguesa	Estudiantes de Mérida
1974	no competition
1975	Estudiantes de Mérida	Deportivo San Cristóbal
1976	Portuguesa	Deportivo Italia
1977	Portuguesa	Valencia
1978	Valencia	Universidad de Los Andes
1979	Deportivo Galicia	Lara
1980	Atlético Zamora	Valencia
1981	Deportivo Galicia
1982	Atlético Zamora
1983	no competition
1984	Mineros de Guayana
1985	Estudiantes de Mérida
1986	Deportivo Táchira
1987	Maritimo
1988	Caracas
1989	Maritimo
1990	Anzoátegui
1991	Internacional Puerto La Cruz	Portuguesa
1992	Trujillanos	Caracas
1993	no competition
1994	Caracas	Minervén
1995	Caracas	Trujillanos
1996	Universidad de Los Andes	Caracas
1997	Atlético Zulia	Minervén
1998	no competition
1999	no competition
Copa Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
2000	Caracas	Deportivo Táchira
2001–2006	no competition
Copa Venezuela
2007–08	Aragua	Maracaibo
2008	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Estudiantes de Mérida
2009	Caracas	Trujillanos
2010	Trujillanos	Zamora
2011

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