The 2014–15 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2014–15 Copa Uruguaya or the 2014–15 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 111th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 84th in which it was professional. Danubio was the defending champion.
Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Atenas San Carlos Estadio Atenas 6,000 Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000 Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401 Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000 El Tanque Sisley Montevideo Campeones Olímpicos 7,000 Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500 Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000 Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420 Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500 Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Centenario 65,235 Rampla Juniors Montevideo Olímpico 6,000Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500 Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600 River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624 Sud América San José Casto Martínez Laguarda 6,000 Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Estadio Goyenola 8,000
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Torneo Clausura
Standings
Aggregate table
Relegation Team Relegation 1Nacional 57 63 120 60 2River Plate 58 54 112 60 3Peñarol 52 55 107 60 4Danubio 58 49 116 60 5Montevideo Wanderers 62 34 96 60 6Defensor Sporting 36 48 84 60 7Racing 39 45 84 60 8Rentistas 45 34 79 60 9Juventud 32 45 77 60 10Sud América 35 42 77 60 11Fénix 40 37 77 60 12Cerro 38 34 71 60 13El Tanque Sisley 33 36 69 60 14Atenas — 34 34 30 Relegation to Segunda División 15Tacuarembó — 31 31 30 16Rampla Juniors — 31 31 30
Championship playoff Nacional and Peñarol qualified for 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 would become the season champion with a win; Peñarol needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final.
Semi-final
NACIONAL: GK 1 Gustavo MunúaCB 23 Diego PolentaCB 22 Alfonso Espino CB 2 Sebastián GorgaDM 8 Diego Arismendi MF 19 Santiago Romero MF 16 Carlos De Pena MF 14 Gonzalo PorrasFW 30 Sebastián Fernández FW 24 Iván AlonsoFW 11 Leandro Barcia Substitutes:GK 25 Jorge BavaCB 4 Guillermo de los SantosDF 15 Nicolás Prieto AM 21 Gastón PereiroAM 29 Alejandro Tabo AM 20 Álvaro Recoba FW 9 Sebastián TabordaManager: Álvaro Gutiérrez
PEÑAROL: GK 1 Pablo Migliore RB 15 Jonathan Sandoval CB 4 Emilio MacEachenCB 23 Carlos Valdez LB 6 Diogo Silvestre DM 14 Sebastian Piriz RM 24 Urreta LM 10 Jorge Rodríguez AM 41 Luis Aguiar FW 8 Antonio Pacheco FW 17 Marcelo Zalayeta Substitutes:GK 27 Gastón GuruceagaDF 2 Gonzalo VieraDF 13 Damián Macaluso CM 25 Nahitan Nández MF 7 Hernán Novick FW 33 Gabriel Leyes FW 19 Juan Manuel Olivera Manager: Pablo Bengoechea
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol Tournament regulations