The 2010–11 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2010–11 Copa Uruguaya or the 2010–11 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 107th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 80th in which it was professional.
Nacional won their 43rd Primera División title after defeating Defensor Sporting in the season-ending final.
Teams Sixteen teams will compete in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2009–10 season. Atenas, Cerrito, and Cerro Largo were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the season aggregate table. They were replaced by El Tanque Sisley, Bella Vista, and Miramar Misiones, the 2009–10 Segunda División winner, runner-up, and playoff winner, respectively. All of the new teams are making repeat appearances. All the teams in this season are from Montevideo, except Tacuarembó F.C., who comes from the city they are named for.
Team Home city Stadium Bella Vista Montevideo Estadio José Nasazzi Central Español Montevideo Parque Palermo Cerro Montevideo Estadio Luis Tróccoli Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo Defensor Sporting Montevideo Estadio Luis Franzini El Tanque Sisley Montevideo Estadio Victor Della Valle Fénix Montevideo Estadio Parque Capurro Liverpool Montevideo Estadio Belvedere Miramar Misiones Montevideo Parque Luis Méndez Piana Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Estadio Viera Nacional Montevideo Estadio Gran Parque Central Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Centenario Racing Montevideo Estadio Osvaldo Roberto Rampla Juniors Montevideo Estadio Olímpico River Plate Montevideo Estadio Saroldi Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Estadio Goyenola
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura "Sudáfrica 2010" was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 21, 2010, and ended on December 5, 2010.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Nationality Club Goals 1 Santiago García Nacional 15 2 Rodrigo Mora Defensor Sporting 11 3 Diego Alonso Peñarol 9 Federico Rodríguez Bella Vista 9 5 Nicolás Guevara Rampla Juniors 7 Diego Martiñones Central Español 7 7 Maximiliano Callorda El Tanque Sisley 6 Sebastián Gaitán El Tanque Sisley 6 Leonardo Medina Miramar Misiones 6 Federico Puppo River Plate 6 Diego Vera Liverpool 6 Source:
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season. It began on February 5, 2011, and ended on June 5, 2011.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Nationality Club Goals1Cristian PalaciosCentral Español152Santiago GarcíaNacional8Maximiliano PérezFénix8Liber QuiñonesRacing85Gabriel ÁlvezEl Tanque Sisley66Emiliano AlfaroLiverpool5Jean Pierre BarrientosRacing5Gastón ColmánTacuarembó5Antoine HelhaEl Tanque Sisley5Carlos NúñezLiverpool5Juan Manuel OliveraPeñarol5Antonio PachecoPeñarol5Diego PerroneDanubio5Richard PortaNacional5Jonathan RamírezRiver Plate5Emiliano TellecheaMontevideo Wanderers5David TexeiraDefensor Sporting5
Aggregate table
Top goalscorers Rank Player Nationality Club Goals1Santiago GarcíaNacional232 Cristian PalaciosPeñarol/Central Español163Maximiliano PérezFénix124Diego AlonsoPeñarol11Rodrigo MoraDefensor Sporting116Jean Pierre BarrientosRacing9Diego PerroneDanubio9Ignacio RissoDefensor Sporting9Federico RodríguezBella Vista910Nicolás GuevaraRampla Juniors/Liverpool8Federico PuppoRiver Plate8Liber QuiñonesRacing8
Relegation
Championship playoff Defensor Sporting and Nacional qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Nacional re-qualified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two teams. Nacional needed to win the playoff to become the season champion; Defensor Sporting needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final. Nacional won the match 1–0 for their 43rd Primera División title.
Semi-final
DEFENSOR SPORTING: GK 1 Martín Silva (c)RB 8 Damián SuárezCB 4 Mario Risso CB 3 Nestor Moiraghi LB 23 Adrián ArgacháRM 14 Eduardo Aranda DM 15 Diego Rodríguez DM 6 Sebastián Suárez LM 10 Brahian Alemán CF 16 Ignacio Risso CF 11 David Texeira Substitutes:GK 12 Yonathan IrrazábalDF 2 Ramón AriasMF 25 Andrés FleurquinMF 21 Ignacio Lores MF 5 Diego FerreiraMF 20 Adrián Luna FW 18 Mauro Vila Manager:Pablo Repetto
NACIONAL: GK 25 Rodrigo MuñozRB 13 Gabriel Marques CB 2 Alejandro Lembo (c)CB 19 Sebastián CoatesLB 4 Alexis RolínDM 23 Facundo Píriz AM 8 Matías Cabrera AM 22 Mauricio Pereyra RW 15 Tabaré Viudez CF 20 Santiago García LW 24 Richard Porta Substitutes:GK 1 Leonardo BuriánDF 3 Jadson VieraMF 5 Anderson SilvaMF 17 Maximiliano CalzadaMF 10 Marcelo Gallardo FW 6 Nicolás Vigneri FW 7 Nicolás López Manager: Juan Ramón Carrasco
Man of the match: Mauricio Pereyra Assistant referees: William Casavieja Raúl Hartwig Fourth official: Gustavo Siegler
See also 2010–11 in Uruguayan football
References General
Specific
External links Official webpage Season regulation