2019 Uruguayan Primera División season
The 2019 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2019, was the 116th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 89th in which it is professional. The season was named as "100 Años de Racing Club de Montevideo" and was originally scheduled to begin on 9 February but its start was pushed back for one week to 16 February.[1][2] The season ended on 15 December with Nacional winning their forty-seventh title by beating Peñarol in the semifinal. Peñarol were the defending champions, having won back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018.
Season | 2019 |
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Dates | 16 February – 15 December 2019 |
Champions | Nacional (47th title) |
Relegated | Racing Rampla Juniors Juventud |
Copa Libertadores | Nacional Peñarol Cerro Largo Progreso |
Copa Sudamericana | Liverpool Plaza Colonia River Plate Fénix |
Matches played | 299 |
Goals scored | 804 (2.69 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Leonardo Fernández (12 goals) Intermedio: Juan Ignacio Ramírez (8 goals) Clausura: Gonzalo Bergessio and Jonathan Dos Santos (7 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Nacional 6–0 River Plate (6 April) |
Biggest away win | Liverpool 0–5 Danubio (11 May) |
Highest scoring | Fénix 4–4 Liverpool (24 February) Liverpool 3–5 Progreso (2 March) Liverpool 6–2 Defensor Sporting (16 March) Fénix 4–4 Nacional (20 April) |
← 2018 2020 → |
Teams
El Tanque Sisley, who did not compete in the 2018 season, as well as the two bottom-placed teams in the relegation table of the 2018 season, Torque and Atenas, were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2019 season. They will be replaced by Cerro Largo, Juventud, and Plaza Colonia, who were promoted from the Segunda División.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Torneo Apertura | ||||||
Progreso | Marcelo Méndez | Resigned | 6 November 2018[3] | Pre-season | Leonel Rocco | 21 November 2018[4] |
Rampla Juniors | Julio César Antúnez | End of contract | 12 November 2018[5] | Julio César Toresani | 14 November 2018[6] | |
Montevideo Wanderers | Eduardo Espinel | Mutual agreement | 23 November 2018[7] | Román Cuello | 28 November 2018[8] | |
Defensor Sporting | Eduardo Acevedo | Resigned | 5 December 2018[9] | Jorge da Silva | 13 December 2018[10] | |
Nacional | Alexander Medina | 7 December 2018[11] | Eduardo Domínguez | 27 December 2018[12] | ||
Cerro | Fernando Correa | End of contract | 10 December 2018[13] | Jorge González | 20 December 2018[14] | |
Danubio | Pablo Peirano | 12 December 2018[15] | Marcelo Méndez | 17 December 2018[16] | ||
Boston River | Alejandro Apud | Resigned | 18 December 2018[17] | Gastón Machado | 24 December 2018[18] | |
Rampla Juniors | Julio César Toresani | Sacked | 26 February 2019[19] | 16th | Gastón de los Santos (caretaker) | 27 February 2019[20] |
Rampla Juniors | Gastón de los Santos | End of caretaker spell | 4 March 2019 | 16th | Rosario Martínez | 5 March 2019[21] |
Nacional | Eduardo Domínguez | Sacked | 17 March 2019[22] | 15th | Álvaro Gutiérrez | 17 March 2019[23] |
Plaza Colonia | Mario Szlafmyc | Resigned | 27 March 2019[24] | 14th | Matías Rosa | 27 March 2019[24] |
Defensor Sporting | Jorge da Silva | Mutual consent | 1 April 2019[25] | 16th | Ignacio Risso | 1 April 2019[26] |
Cerro | Jorge González | Sacked | 7 April 2019[27] | 16th | Richard Martínez | 8 April 2019[28] |
Racing | Juan Tejera | Resigned | 1 June 2019[29] | 12th | Alejandro Apud | 13 June 2019[30] |
Torneo Intermedio | ||||||
River Plate | Jorge Giordano | Mutual consent | 10 June 2019[31] | Pre-tournament | Jorge Fossati | 13 June 2019[32] |
Boston River | Gastón Machado | Sacked | 29 July 2019[33] | 8th, Serie A | Martín García | 30 July 2019[34] |
Rampla Juniors | Rosario Martínez | 19 August 2019[35] | 6th, Serie B | Gastón de los Santos (caretaker) | 19 August 2019[35] | |
Cerro | Richard Martínez | 21 August 2019[36] | 7th, Serie B | Santiago Kalemkerian (caretaker) | 22 August 2019[36] | |
Rampla Juniors | Gastón de los Santos | End of caretaker spell | 25 August 2019 | 6th, Serie B | Eduardo Espinel | 26 August 2019[37] |
Cerro | Santiago Kalemkerian | 31 August 2019 | 7th, Serie B | Julio César Antúnez | 29 August 2019[38] | |
Juventud | Álvaro Fuerte | Sacked | 31 August 2019[39] | 6th, Serie A | Pablo Tiscornia | 3 September 2019[40] |
Montevideo Wanderers | Román Cuello | 1 September 2019[41] | 8th, Serie B | Alfredo Arias | 2 September 2019[42] | |
Danubio | Marcelo Méndez | Resigned | 2 September 2019[42] | 8th, Serie A | Mauricio Larriera | 4 September 2019[43] |
Torneo Clausura | ||||||
Racing | Alejandro Apud | Resigned | 23 September 2019[44] | 16th | Eduardo Favaro | 24 September 2019[45] |
Liverpool | Paulo Pezzolano | Signed by Pachuca | 25 November 2019[46] | 8th | Osvaldo Canobbio (caretaker) | 25 November 2019[46] |
Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura, named "Sr. Juan Lazaroff", was the first tournament of the 2019 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 5 June.
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Peñarol | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 31 | Qualification for Championship playoff |
2 | Fénix | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 28 | |
3 | Nacional | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 27 | |
4 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 27 | |
5 | Danubio | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 27 | |
6 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 23 | |
7 | Progreso | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 22 | |
8 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 20 | |
9 | Boston River | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | |
10 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 18 | |
11 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 16 | |
12 | Racing | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 15 | |
13 | Juventud | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 14 | |
14 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 14 | |
15 | River Plate | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 14 | |
16 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | Leonardo Fernández | Fénix | 12 |
2 | Sebastián Sosa | Cerro Largo | 11 |
Joaquín Zeballos | Juventud | ||
4 | Maximiliano Pérez | Fénix | 9 |
Juan Ignacio Ramírez | Liverpool | ||
6 | Gonzalo Bergessio | Nacional | 8 |
7 | Carlos Grossmüller | Danubio | 7 |
Rodrigo Pastorini | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
Maximiliano Pérez | Boston River | ||
Cecilio Waterman | Plaza Colonia |
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Intermedio
The Torneo Intermedio was the second tournament of the 2019 season, played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It consisted of two groups whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, and teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. It started on 13 July and concluded on 8 September, with the winners being granted a berth into the 2020 Copa Sudamericana and the 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya.
Serie A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIV | NAC | PRO | PEÑ | DFS | JUV | BOR | DAN | |
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1 | River Plate | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 15 | Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final | — | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | — | — | |
2 | Nacional | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 14 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — | ||
3 | Progreso | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Peñarol | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||
5 | Defensor Sporting | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||
6 | Juventud | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||
7 | Boston River | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
8 | Danubio | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | — |
Serie B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | CRL | PCO | FNX | RAJ | CRR | RAC | WAN | |
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1 | Liverpool | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 18 | Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final | — | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | — | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Cerro Largo | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 16 | 1–0 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | ||
3 | Plaza Colonia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | — | 3–1 | — | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Fénix | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
5 | Rampla Juniors | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | — | ||
6 | Cerro | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | 0–2 | — | — | 0–1 | — | — | 1–2 | — | ||
7 | Racing | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 7 | — | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | — | — | 2–2 | ||
8 | Montevideo Wanderers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | — | 1–2 | — | — | 4–3 | 0–1 | — | — |
Torneo Intermedio Final
Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | Juan Ignacio Ramírez | Liverpool | 9 |
2 | Mariano Pavone | Defensor Sporting | 6 |
3 | Gonzalo Bergessio | Nacional | 5 |
4 | Jonathan Dos Santos | Cerro Largo | 4 |
Federico Martínez | Liverpool | ||
Nicolás Sosa | Racing | ||
Cecilio Waterman | Plaza Colonia |
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura, named "Sr. Franz Oppenheimer", was the third and last tournament of the 2019 season. It began on 14 September and ended on 11 December.
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nacional | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 34 | Qualification for Torneo Clausura decider |
2 | Peñarol | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 34 | |
3 | Progreso[lower-alpha 1] | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 33 | |
4 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 29 | |
5 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 26 | |
6 | River Plate | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 22 | |
7 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 21 | |
8 | Boston River | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 21 | |
9 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 20 | |
10 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 19 | |
11 | Racing | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 15 | |
12 | Cerro[lower-alpha 1] | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 14 | |
13 | Danubio | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 13 | |
14 | Juventud | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 11 | |
15 | Fénix | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 11 | |
16 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:
- Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.[47]
Results
Torneo Clausura decider
Since Nacional and Peñarol ended up tied in points for first place, an additional match was played by both teams to decide the Torneo Clausura winners. Nacional won this match and qualified for the semifinal.
Top goalscorers
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table
The aggregate table includes the results of the three stages played throughout the season: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura. The top team at the end of the season will qualify for the finals of the championship playoff.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nacional (C) | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Peñarol | 37 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 74 | |
3 | Cerro Largo | 37 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
4 | Progreso[lower-alpha 1] | 37 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage |
5 | Liverpool | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
6 | Plaza Colonia | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 56 | |
7 | River Plate | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 51 | |
8 | Fénix | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 48 | |
9 | Boston River | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 48 | |
10 | Montevideo Wanderers | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 46 | |
11 | Defensor Sporting | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 45 | |
12 | Danubio | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 41 | |
13 | Racing | 37 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 37 | |
14 | Rampla Juniors | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 35 | |
15 | Cerro[lower-alpha 1] | 37 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 33 | |
16 | Juventud | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Progreso were awarded two points and Cerro were deducted one point due to Cerro fielding the ineligible player Martín González during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.[47]
Championship play-off
Semi-final | Final | ||||||
Peñarol (Apertura winners) | 0 | ||||||
Nacional (Clausura winners) | 1 | ||||||
Nacional (Semi-final winners) | – | – | |||||
Nacional (Aggregate table first place) | – | – | |||||
Semi-final
Nacional | 1–0 | Peñarol |
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Report |
Final
Since Nacional, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semi-final, they became champions automatically and the final was not played. Peñarol became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage.
Primera División 2019 Champions |
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Nacional 47th title |
Relegation
Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2018 and 2019. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.
Pos |
Team | 2018 Pts |
2019 Pts |
Total Pts |
Total Pld |
Avg |
Relegation |
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1 | Peñarol | 84 | 74 | 158 | 73 | 2.164 | |
2 | Nacional | 85 | 75 | 160 | 74 | 2.162 | |
3 | Cerro Largo | — | 69 | 69 | 37 | 1.865 | |
4 | Liverpool | 58 | 59 | 117 | 74 | 1.581 | |
5 | Progreso | 49 | 65 | 114 | 73 | 1.562 | |
6 | Plaza Colonia | — | 56 | 56 | 37 | 1.514 | |
7 | Defensor Sporting | 58 | 45 | 103 | 73 | 1.411 | |
8 | River Plate | 49 | 51 | 100 | 73 | 1.37 | |
9 | Montevideo Wanderers | 55 | 46 | 101 | 74 | 1.365 | |
10 | Danubio | 60 | 41 | 101 | 74 | 1.365 | |
11 | Cerro | 59 | 33 | 92 | 74 | 1.243 | |
12 | Fénix | 43 | 48 | 91 | 74 | 1.23 | |
13 | Boston River | 37 | 48 | 85 | 73 | 1.164 | |
14 | Racing (R) | 47 | 37 | 84 | 74 | 1.135 | Relegation to Segunda División |
15 | Rampla Juniors (R) | 37 | 35 | 72 | 74 | 0.973 | |
16 | Juventud (R) | — | 33 | 33 | 37 | 0.892 |
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