[6] Professionalism was not established until 1957 with the Copa de Venezuela arriving two years later.
[10] Their growing status was further demonstrated by their hosting of the Copa América 2007 during which they reached the quarter-finals.
Furthermore, during the Copa América 2011, held in Argentina, they even improved this performance and reached the semifinals, after knocking out the Chilean team in the quarter-finals.
[13] In 2017, Venezuela achieved one of its biggest ever feat in its football history, by becoming the fourth South American country after Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, to reach the final of any FIFA competitions, when its U-20 side reached the final of 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time.
Football in growing in popularity in Venezuela but many of the best female players have to play abroad in order to make a living.