The 2019 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2019, was the 116th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 89th in which it is professional. The season was named as "100 Años de Racing Club de Montevideo" and was originally scheduled to begin on 9 February but its start was pushed back for one week to 16 February. The season ended on 15 December with Nacional winning their forty-seventh title by beating Peñarol in the semifinal. Peñarol were the defending champions, having won back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018.
Teams
El Tanque Sisley, who did not compete in the 2018 season, as well as the two bottom-placed teams in the relegation table of the 2018 season, Torque and Atenas, were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2019 season. They will be replaced by Cerro Largo, Juventud, and Plaza Colonia, who were promoted from the Segunda División.
Club Manager City Stadium Capacity Boston River Martín García MontevideoFlorida Complejo RentistasCampeones Olímpicos 10,6007,000 Cerro Julio César Antúnez Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000 Cerro Largo Danielo Núñez Melo Antonio Ubilla 9,000 Danubio Mauricio Larriera Montevideo Jardines del Hipódromo 14,401 Defensor Sporting Ignacio Risso Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000 Fénix Juan Ramón Carrasco Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500 Juventud Pablo Tiscornia Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000 Liverpool Osvaldo Canobbio (caretaker) Montevideo Belvedere 10,000 Montevideo Wanderers Alfredo Arias Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420 Nacional Álvaro Gutiérrez Montevideo Gran Parque Central 34,000 Peñarol Diego López Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,000 Plaza Colonia Matías Rosa Colonia Parque Juan Prandi 4,500 Progreso Leonel Rocco Montevideo Parque Abraham Paladino 8,000 Racing Eduardo Favaro Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500 Rampla Juniors Eduardo Espinel Montevideo Olímpico 9,500 River Plate Jorge Fossati Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaProgreso Marcelo MéndezResigned6 November 2018Pre-season Leonel Rocco21 November 2018Rampla Juniors Julio César AntúnezEnd of contract12 November 2018 Julio César Toresani14 November 2018Montevideo Wanderers Eduardo EspinelMutual agreement23 November 2018 Román Cuello28 November 2018Defensor Sporting Eduardo AcevedoResigned5 December 2018 Jorge da Silva13 December 2018Nacional Alexander Medina7 December 2018 Eduardo Domínguez27 December 2018Cerro Fernando CorreaEnd of contract10 December 2018 Jorge González20 December 2018Danubio Pablo Peirano12 December 2018 Marcelo Méndez17 December 2018Boston River Alejandro ApudResigned18 December 2018 Gastón Machado24 December 2018Rampla Juniors Julio César ToresaniSacked26 February 201916th Gastón de los Santos (caretaker)27 February 2019Rampla Juniors Gastón de los SantosEnd of caretaker spell4 March 201916th Rosario Martínez5 March 2019Nacional Eduardo DomínguezSacked17 March 201915th Álvaro Gutiérrez17 March 2019Plaza Colonia Mario SzlafmycResigned27 March 201914th Matías Rosa27 March 2019Defensor Sporting Jorge da SilvaMutual consent1 April 201916th Ignacio Risso1 April 2019Cerro Jorge GonzálezSacked7 April 201916th Richard Martínez8 April 2019Racing Juan TejeraResigned1 June 201912th Alejandro Apud13 June 2019Torneo IntermedioRiver Plate Jorge GiordanoMutual consent10 June 2019Pre-tournament Jorge Fossati13 June 2019Boston River Gastón MachadoSacked29 July 20198th, Serie A Martín García30 July 2019Rampla Juniors Rosario Martínez19 August 20196th, Serie B Gastón de los Santos (caretaker)19 August 2019Cerro Richard Martínez21 August 20197th, Serie B Santiago Kalemkerian (caretaker)22 August 2019Rampla Juniors Gastón de los SantosEnd of caretaker spell25 August 20196th, Serie B Eduardo Espinel26 August 2019Cerro Santiago Kalemkerian31 August 20197th, Serie B Julio César Antúnez29 August 2019Juventud Álvaro FuerteSacked31 August 20196th, Serie A Pablo Tiscornia3 September 2019Montevideo Wanderers Román Cuello1 September 20198th, Serie B Alfredo Arias2 September 2019Danubio Marcelo MéndezResigned2 September 20198th, Serie A Mauricio Larriera4 September 2019Torneo ClausuraRacing Alejandro ApudResigned23 September 201916th Eduardo Favaro24 September 2019Liverpool Paulo PezzolanoSigned by Pachuca25 November 20198th Osvaldo Canobbio (caretaker)25 November 2019
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura, named "Sr. Juan Lazaroff", was the first tournament of the 2019 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 5 June.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Leonardo FernándezFénix 12 2 Sebastián SosaCerro Largo 11 Joaquín ZeballosJuventud 4 Maximiliano PérezFénix 9 Juan Ignacio RamírezLiverpool 6 Gonzalo BergessioNacional 8 7 Carlos GrossmüllerDanubio 7 Rodrigo PastoriniMontevideo Wanderers Maximiliano PérezBoston River Cecilio WatermanPlaza Colonia
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Intermedio The Torneo Intermedio was the second tournament of the 2019 season, played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It consisted of two groups whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, and teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. It started on 13 July and concluded on 8 September, with the winners being granted a berth into the 2020 Copa Sudamericana and the 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya.
Serie A
Serie B
Torneo Intermedio Final
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Juan Ignacio RamírezLiverpool 9 2 Mariano PavoneDefensor Sporting 6 3 Gonzalo BergessioNacional 5 4 Jonathan Dos SantosCerro Largo 4 Federico MartínezLiverpool Nicolás SosaRacing Cecilio WatermanPlaza Colonia
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura, named "Sr. Franz Oppenheimer", was the third and last tournament of the 2019 season. It began on 14 September and ended on 11 December.
Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura decider Since Nacional and Peñarol ended up tied in points for first place, an additional match was played by both teams to decide the Torneo Clausura winners. Nacional won this match and qualified for the semifinal.
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Gonzalo BergessioNacional 7 Jonathan Dos SantosCerro Largo 3 Facundo RodríguezBoston River 6 Nicolás SosaRacing Cecilio WatermanPlaza Colonia Joaquín ZeballosJuventud 7 Matías CastroMontevideo Wanderers 5 Léo CoelhoFénix Agustín GonzálezProgreso Xisco JiménezPeñarol Juan Manuel OliveraRiver Plate Juan Ignacio RamírezLiverpool
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table The aggregate table includes the results of the three stages played throughout the season: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura. The top team at the end of the season will qualify for the finals of the championship playoff.
Championship play-off
Semi-final
Final Since Nacional, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semi-final, they became champions automatically and the final was not played. Peñarol became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage.
Relegation Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2018 and 2019. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.
Team Relegation 1Peñarol 84 74 158 73 2Nacional 85 75 160 74 3Cerro Largo — 69 69 37 4Liverpool 58 59 117 74 5Progreso 49 65 114 73 6Plaza Colonia — 56 56 37 7Defensor Sporting 58 45 103 73 8River Plate 49 51 100 73 9 55 46 101 74 10Danubio 60 41 101 74 11Cerro 59 33 92 74 12Fénix 43 48 91 74 13Boston River 37 48 85 73 14Racing (R) 47 37 84 74 15Rampla Juniors (R) 37 35 72 74 16Juventud (R) — 33 33 37
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo