The 2017 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2017, was the 114th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 87th in which it is professional. Nacional were the defending champions. Peñarol were the champions after winning the Torneo Clausura and defeating Apertura winners Defensor Sporting at the championship playoff via penalty shoot-out.
Format The season was played under the Apertura-Clausura format, with the Apertura being played from February to May and the Clausura from August to November, and the inclusion of an additional tournament between the Apertura and Clausura named Torneo Intermedio and played from May to July. In the Intermedio, the 16 teams were split into two groups of eight with each club facing the others in their group once, and both group winners played the final. All three tournaments of the season counted for the aggregate table. If the best team in the aggregate table did not win the Apertura or Clausura, it would have gained a berth to the finals, but if one team won both tournaments it would automatically win the championship. The worst three teams in the relegation table were relegated, taking into account the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Also, the Torneo Intermedio winners would qualify for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana in case they failed to secure an international berth at the end of the season.
Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Boston River Montevideo José Nasazzi 5,002 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 Profesor Alberto Suppici 12,000 Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 4,500 Rampla Juniors Montevideo Olímpico 9,500 River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624 Sud América Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Cristian PalaciosMontevideo Wanderers 15 2 Maureen FrancoCerro 12 3 Maximiliano GómezDefensor Sporting 10 4 Fabián EstoyanoffFénix 8 5 Facundo RodríguezBoston River 7
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Intermedio The Torneo Intermedio was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, and consisted of two groups of eight teams whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, while teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. In each group, teams played each other once, and both group winners played the Torneo Intermedio final, with its winner being assured of a Copa Sudamericana berth in case it failed to qualify for CONMEBOL competitions through the aggregate table. The Intermedio winner also had the chance to play the Supercopa Uruguaya against the Primera División champion.
Serie A
Serie B
Torneo Intermedio Final
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Rodrigo AguirreNacional 6 2 Gonzalo CarneiroDefensor Sporting 5 Fabián EstoyanoffFénix 5 4 Sebastián FernándezNacional 4 Cristian PalaciosMontevideo Wanderers 4 Juan Ignacio RamírezLiverpool 4
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Maureen FrancoCerro 10 Cristian PalaciosPeñarol 10 3 Rubén BentancourtSud América 9 4 Sebastián FernándezNacional 8 Renzo LópezPlaza Colonia 8 Cristian RodríguezPeñarol 8 David TeransDanubio 8 8 Gonzalo MalánJuventud 7 Maxi RodríguezPeñarol 7 10 Liber QuiñonesRacing 6 Alex SilvaRampla Juniors 6
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table
Aggregate table playoff
Since Peñarol and Defensor Sporting ended the season tied in points, a playoff was played to determine the aggregate table first-placed team. The winners qualified for the Championship playoff finals.
Championship playoff
Semi-final
Peñarol won 4–2 on penalties.
PEÑAROL: GK 12 Kevin Dawson RB 6 Guillermo VarelaCB 2 Fabricio Formiliano CB 21 Ramón Arias LB 27 Lucas HernándezCM 23 Walter Gargano CM 7 Cristian Rodríguez RM 9 Diego RossiLM 16 Fabián Estoyanoff AM 11 Maximiliano Rodríguez FW 28 Lucas Viatri Substitutes:GK 1 Gastón GuruceagaDF 3 Yefferson Quintana DF 18 Mathías Corujo MF 5 Marcel NovickMF 14 Guzmán PereiraFW 10 Gastón Rodríguez FW 30 Cristian Palacios Manager: Leonardo Ramos
DEFENSOR SPORTING: GK 1 Matías Gastón RodríguezCB 24 Gonzalo MaulellaCB 26 Nicolás CorreaCB 6 Andrés LamasRM 22 Mathías SuárezCM 20 Carlos Benavídez CM 23 Mathías Cardaccio LM 28 Joaquín PiquerezAM 8 Matías Cabrera FW 7 Facundo Castro FW 29 Cecilio Waterman Substitutes:GK 12 Agustín LópezDF 18 Santiago CarreraDF 14 Emanuel Beltrán MF 5 Martín Rabuñal MF 16 Facundo MilánFW 19 Héctor Acuña FW 30 Pablo López Manager: Eduardo Acevedo
Final Since Peñarol, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically and the final was not played. Defensor Sporting became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage.
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Cristian PalaciosMontevideo Wanderers / Peñarol 29 2 Maureen FrancoCerro 25 3 Fabián EstoyanoffFénix / Peñarol 15 Cristian RodríguezPeñarol 15 5 Sebastián FernándezNacional 14 6 Rodrigo AguirreNacional 13 7 Juan Ignacio RamírezLiverpool 12
Source: Tenfield
Relegation Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the four most recent tournaments: 2016 Transición and this season's three tournaments (Apertura, Intermedio, and Clausura). The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.
Team Relegation 1Nacional 34 83 117 52 2Defensor Sporting 25 86 111 52 3Peñarol 15 86 101 52 4Montevideo Wanderers 29 55 84 52 5Cerro 22 53 75 52 6Danubio 29 46 75 52 7Boston River 22 52 74 52 8Rampla Juniors 17 50 67 52 9Racing 20 45 65 52 10River Plate 18 45 63 52 11Fénix 19 42 61 52 12Liverpool 24 37 61 52 13El Tanque Sisley (O) — 37 37 37 Qualification to Relegation playoff 14Sud América (R) 17 35 52 52 15Juventud (R) 17 31 48 52 Relegation to Segunda División 16Plaza Colonia (R) 12 29 41 52
Relegation playoff
Since El Tanque Sisley and Sud América ended with the same average, a playoff (by points) between both teams was played to determine the third relegated team. If both teams were tied in points after the second leg, an extra match would be played. The loser was relegated to the Segunda División.
TeamsScoresTeam 1Team 21st leg2nd legTiebreaker matchEl Tanque Sisley3:3Sud América 3–20–11–1 (4–2 p)
Notes
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo