1908 Uruguayan Primera División

The Uruguayan Championship 1908 was the eighth official championship of Uruguayan football history.

Uruguayan Primera División
Season1908 (8th)
Champions River Plate F.C.
RelegatedIntrépido
Matches played89
Goals scored259 (2.91 per match)
← 1907
1909 →

Overview

The tournament consisted of a two-wheel championship of all against all. It involved ten teams, and the champion was River Plate F.C. for the first time in history. The tournament featured several defections during the course of it.

Teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Foundation Seasons Consecutive seasons Titles 1907
Albion Montevideo 1 June 1891 5 - - -
Bristol Montevideo - - - -
CURCC Montevideo 28 September 1891 7 7 4 1st
Dublin Montevideo - - - -
French Montevideo - - - -
Intrépido Montevideo 2 2 - 6th
Montevideo Montevideo 1896 7 7 - 5th
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 7,000 14 May 1899 6 6 2 4th
River Plate Montevideo 1897 1 1 - 3rd
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo 15 August 1902 4 4 1 2nd

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate F.C. 18 15 1 2 42 13 +29 31
2 Montevideo Wanderers 18 12 0 6 38 12 +26 24
3 Nacional 17 11 2 4 34 16 +18 24
4 Dublin 18 11 2 5 32 13 +19 24
5 Bristol 18 8 1 9 33 25 +8 17
6 Albion 18 7 3 8 18 36 −18 17
7 CURCC 17 7 2 8 6 20 −14 16
8 Montevideo 18 8 0 10 17 37 −20 16
9 French 18 4 1 13 20 59 −39 9
10 Intrépido 18 0 0 18 5 42 −37 0
Source: rsssf.com
  • C.U.R.C.C. left the competition after the tenth match.
  • Nacional left the competition after the fourteenth match.
  • Intrépido was reversed after failing to attend four of their first 13 games.
  • The match C.U.R.C.C. - Nacional was not contested.
  • Promoted for next season: Colón and Oriental.
 
Uruguayan Champion 1908
 
River Plate F.C.
1st title

References
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