The 2015–16 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2015–16 Copa Uruguaya or the 2015–16 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 112th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 85th in which it was professional. Nacional was the defending champion.
Attendances
The teams with an average home attendance above 10,000 were Club Nacional de Football with 15,065 and Peñarol with 14,172.
Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000 Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401 Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000 El Tanque Sisley Florida Campeones Olímpicos 7,000 Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500 Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 5,500 Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 10,000 Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420 Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500 Peñarol Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,000 Plaza Colonia Colonia Suppici 12,000 Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 4,500 Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600 River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624 Sud América San José Casto Martínez Laguarda 6,000 Villa Teresa Montevideo José Nasazzi 5,000
Torneo Apertura Standings
Torneo Clausura Standings
Aggregate table
Relegation Team Relegation 1Nacional 63 54 117 60 2Peñarol 56 58 114 60 3Plaza Colonia - 49 98 30 4River Plate 54 41 95 60 5Defensor Sporting 48 42 90 60 6Cerro 34 51 85 60 7Sud América 42 43 85 60 8Danubio 49 35 84 60 9Fénix 37 46 83 60 10Montevideo Wanderers 34 48 82 60 11Liverpool - 40 80 30 12Juventud 45 33 78 60 13Racing 45 31 76 60 14Rentistas 34 39 73 60 Relegation to Segunda División 15El Tanque Sisley 39 26 65 60 16Villa Teresa - 24 48 30
Championship playoff Semifinal
PEÑAROL: GK 1 Gastón Guruceaga RB 13 Matías Aguirregaray CB 23 Carlos Valdez CB 2 Guillermo Rodríguez LB 15 Maximiliano Olivera CM 5 Marcel Novick CM 25 Nahitan Nández RM 16 Federico ValverdeLM 10 Diego Forlán FW 29 Miguel MurilloFW 9 Diego Ifrán Substitutes:GK 12 Damián FrascarelliDF 3 Fabrizio BuschiazzoMF 14 Luis Aguiar MF 20 Nicolás AlbarracínMF 28 Tomás Costa FW 27 Diego Rossi FW 26 Mauricio Affonso Manager: Jorge da Silva
PLAZA COLONIA: GK 1 Kevin Dawson RB 13 Santiago de ÁvilaCB 2 Germán Ferreira CB 3 Carlos Rodríguez RodríguezLB 14 Alejandro Villoldo RM 10 Nicolás Milesi CM 7 Alejandro FuriaCM 5 Matías CaserasLM 15 Facundo Waller FW 11 Nicolás Dibble Aristimuño FW 38 Germán Rivero Substitutes:GK Nicolás GuirinDF 16 Nicolás RodríguezDF 17 Alejandro Rodríguez Morales MF 18 Mariano Bogliacino MF 20 Ezequias RedínFW 9 Sergio Leal FW 27 Federico Puppo Manager: Eduardo Espinel
Final Since Peñarol, who has the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically, and the final was not played. Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table.
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo Tournament regulations