The 2012–13 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2012–13 Copa Uruguaya or the 2012–13 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 109th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 82nd in which it was professional. Nacional was the defending champion.
Teams Sixteen teams will compete in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2011–12 season. Rentistas, Rampla Juniors, and Cerrito were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the relegation table. They were replaced by Central Español, Juventud, and Progreso, the 2011–12 Segunda División winner, runner-up, and playoff winner, respectively. All of the new teams are making repeat appearances.
Club City Stadium Capacity Bella Vista Montevideo José Nasazzi 15,000 Central Español Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000 Cerro Largo Melo Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla 9,000 Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401 Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 9,357 El Tanque Sisley Montevideo Dr. Victor Della Valle 4,500 Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500 Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000 Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 8,384 Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420 Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500 Peñarol Montevideo - - Progreso Montevideo Parque Abraham Paladino 5,400 Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500 River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner ofdeparture Date ofvacancy Replaced by Date ofappointment Positionin table Pre-season changes Bella Vista Diego Alonso End of Contract June 8, 2012 Guillermo Sanguinetti June 16, 2012 N/A Nacional Marcelo Gallardo End of contract June 18, 2012 Gustavo Díaz June 28, 2012 N/A Fénix Lorenzo Carrabs (interim) Sacked June 21, 2012 Eduardo Favaro July 9, 2012 N/A Defensor Sporting Gustavo Díaz Signed by Nacional June 23, 2012 Tabaré Silva June 27, 2012 N/A Cerro Gabriel Camacho (interim) Sacked July 6, 2012 Ricardo Ortíz July 6, 2012 N/A Season changes Danubio Daniel Sánchez Sacked September 5, 2012 Juan Ramón Carrasco September 17, 2012 15th
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Juan Manuel OliveraPeñarol132 Héctor AcuñaEl Tanque Sisley113 Mauro GuevgeozianFénix104 Maximiliano Rodríguez MaesoWanderers95 Diego RolánDefensor Sporting8
Updated as of games played on September 9, 2012.Source:
Torneo Clausura
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Relegation
Championship playoff Peñarol and Defensor Sporting qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Peñarol 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. Peñarol would become the season champion with a win; Defensor Sporting needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final.
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol Tournament regulations