The 2024 Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera División was the 121st season of the Liga Profesional de Primera División, Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 94th in which it is professional. The season, which was named "100 años de Colombes", began on 16 February and ended on 2 December 2024.
Peñarol were the champions, winning their fifty-second league title after winning both the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura, as well as topping the season's aggregate table, which ensured that the championship playoff would not be played. They clinched the title after beating Fénix 3–1 on the final round of the Torneo Clausura played on 1 December. Liverpool were the defending champions.
Teams 16 teams competed in the season: the top thirteen teams in the relegation table of the 2023 season as well as three promoted teams from the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2023 season (Montevideo City Torque, Plaza Colonia and La Luz) were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2024 season. They were replaced by the Segunda División champions Miramar Misiones, runners-up Progreso, and the winners of the promotion play-offs Rampla Juniors.
Miramar Misiones, Progreso and Rampla Juniors returned to the top flight after nine, two and four seasons, respectively. On the other hand, La Luz were relegated after one season, Montevideo City Torque were relegated after four seasons and Plaza Colonia returned to the second tier after five seasons.
Stadiums and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity Boston River Florida Campeones Olímpicos 5,124 Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 25,000 Cerro Largo Melo Antonio Ubilla 9,000 Danubio Montevideo Jardines del Hipódromo 18,000 Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000 Deportivo Maldonado Maldonado Domingo Burgueño Miguel 22,000 Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 10,000 Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 10,000 Miramar Misiones Montevideo Parque Luis Méndez Piana 6,500 Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 11,000 Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 34,000 Peñarol Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,700 Progreso Montevideo Parque Abraham Paladino 8,000 Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500 Rampla Juniors Montevideo Olímpico 9,500 River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 6,000
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit maker Shirt sponsor(s)MainOther Boston River Jadson Viera Kelme Asociación Española Cerro Ignacio Pallas MGR Sport Médica Uruguaya Cerro Largo Danielo Núñez Concreto Sport Link-Belt Excavators Danubio Alejandro Apud MGR Sport None Defensor Sporting Álvaro Navarro Puma Médica Uruguaya Deportivo Maldonado Martín Piñeyro Joma Enjoy Punta del Este Fénix Carlos Britos Juan Quefan(caretakers) MGR Sport Cousa Liverpool Joaquín Papa MGR Sport Molino Puritas Miramar Misiones Walter Pandiani MGR Sport Talent Management Associates Montevideo Wanderers Antonio Pacheco Umbro BYD Nacional Martín Lasarte Umbro Antel Peñarol Diego Aguirre Puma Antel Progreso Carlos Canobbio MGR Sport Médica Uruguaya Racing Eduardo Espinel Macron DirecTV Rampla Juniors Edgar Martínez MGR Sport El Clon Supermercados River Plate Francisco Palladino MGR Sport Macromercado
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaDefensor Sporting Marcelo MéndezEnd of contract7 December 2023Pre-season Martín Varini7 December 2023Cerro Largo Juan Jacinto RodríguezEnd of caretaker spell15 December 2023 Bruno Silva15 December 2023Deportivo Maldonado Fabián CoitoMutual agreement15 December 2023 Joaquín Boghossian21 December 2023Boston River Alejandro Apud18 December 2023 Jadson Viera18 December 2023Liverpool Jorge BavaResigned19 December 2023 Emiliano Alfaro21 December 2023Cerro Damián SantínEnd of contract3 January 2024 Ignacio Pallas5 January 2024Rampla Juniors Nicolás Vigneri30 January 2024 Martín García2 February 2024Fénix Leonel RoccoSacked3 March 202412th Nicolás Vigneri4 March 2024Montevideo Wanderers Alejandro Cappuccio7 March 202413th Antonio Pacheco9 March 2024Miramar Misiones Leonardo Medina24 March 202416th Horacio Peralta28 March 2024Rampla Juniors Martín GarcíaMutual agreement27 March 202414th Juan Guillermo Castillo27 March 2024Miramar Misiones Horacio PeraltaEnd of caretaker spell6 April 202413th Ricardo Caruso Lombardi3 April 2024Rampla Juniors Juan Guillermo Castillo10 April 202415th Edgar Martínez10 April 2024Danubio Mario SaraleguiSacked15 April 20249th Alejandro Apud17 April 2024Miramar Misiones Ricardo Caruso LombardiResigned22 May 202416th Santiago Kalemkerian22 May 2024 Santiago KalemkerianEnd of caretaker spell27 May 2024 Walter Pandiani27 May 2024Deportivo Maldonado Joaquín BoghossianSacked28 May 202411th Gustavo Díaz30 May 2024Torneo IntermedioNacional Álvaro RecobaMutual agreement10 June 2024Serie B, 8th Martín Lasarte14 June 2024River Plate Ignacio IthurraldeSacked15 June 2024Serie A, 5th Francisco Palladino17 June 2024Cerro Largo Bruno SilvaResigned3 July 2024Serie B, 5th Juan Jacinto Rodríguez3 July 2024Defensor Sporting Martín Varini7 July 2024Serie A, 2nd Álvaro Navarro8 July 2024Cerro Largo Juan Jacinto RodríguezEnd of caretaker spell27 July 2024Serie B, 2nd Danielo Núñez25 July 2024Torneo ClausuraDeportivo Maldonado Gustavo DíazMutual agreement1 October 202416th Martín Piñeyro2 October 2024Liverpool Emiliano Alfaro6 October 202412th Gustavo Ferrín7 October 2024 Gustavo FerrínEnd of caretaker spell17 October 202414th Joaquín Papa17 October 2024Fénix Nicolás VigneriResigned14 November 202411th Carlos Britos Juan Quefan15 November 2024 Notes
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura, named "100 años de la vuelta Olímpica", was the first tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 4 June 2024.
Standings
Results
Torneo Intermedio The Torneo Intermedio, named "Atilio Narancio", was the second tournament of the 2024 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 8 June and ended on 4 August, and the winners were assured of a berth into the 2025 Copa Sudamericana and the 2025 Supercopa Uruguaya.
Serie A
Serie B
Torneo Intermedio Final
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura, named "José Nasazzi", was the third and last tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 August and ended on 2 December 2024.
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Championship playoff Since Peñarol won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, they became champions automatically and the championship playoff was not played. Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage.
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Leonardo FernándezPeñarol162 Bruno DamianiBoston River133 Octavio RiveroDefensor Sporting124 Alexander MachadoMiramar Misiones11 Joaquín LavegaRiver Plate Nicolás LópezNacional7 Agustín AlanizRacing10 Sebastián FernándezDanubio Emiliano GómezBoston River Franco LópezProgreso Dylan NandínRacing Source: AUF
Relegation Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the total of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2023 and 2024. The three teams with the lowest average at the end of the season were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.
Team Relegation 1Peñarol 69 93 162 74 2Nacional 64 86 150 74 3Defensor Sporting 60 59 119 74 4Liverpool 74 39 113 74 5Cerro Largo 50 54 104 74 6Racing 50 52 102 74 7Danubio 48 53 101 74 8Boston River 41 60 101 74 9Montevideo Wanderers 50 48 98 74 10River Plate 48 40 88 74 11Cerro 43 39 82 74 12Miramar Misiones — 40 40 37 13Progreso — 40 40 37 14Rampla Juniors (R) — 39 39 37 15Fénix (R) 37 37 74 74 16 43 30 73 74
Season awards On 22 January 2025 the AUF announced the winners of the season awards, who were chosen by its Technical Staff based on voting by managers and captains of the 16 Primera División teams as well as a group of local sports journalists. On 20 December 2024, 36 players were confirmed to have been nominated for the Public's Player and Team of the Season awards according to their ratings and evaluations by the Technical Staff throughout the season, whilst the shortlists of nominees for the remaining awards were announced six days later.
AwardWinnerClubBest Player Leonardo FernándezPeñarolPublic's Player Leonardo FernándezPeñarolYouth Talent Damián GarcíaPeñarolBest Manager Diego AguirrePeñarolBest Goal Gonzalo Petit()NacionalBest Save Luis Mejía()NacionalBest Newcomer Lucas SanabriaNacionalTop Scorer Leonardo Fernández()PeñarolLeast beaten goal in regular seasonPeñarol()Most minutes on field Kevin Dawson()Defensor SportingFair Play AwardPeñarolCopa AUF Sin GéneroPeñarolBest RefereeEsteban OstojichBest Assistant RefereeAndrés Nievas
Team of the SeasonGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Washington Aguerre (Peñarol) Leandro Lozano (Nacional) Guzmán Rodríguez (Peñarol) Javier Méndez (Peñarol) Juan Rodríguez (Boston River) Eduardo Darias (Peñarol) Damián García (Peñarol) Leonardo Fernández (Peñarol) Nicolás López (Nacional) Maximiliano Silvera (Peñarol) Bruno Damiani (Boston River)
See also 2024 Uruguayan Segunda División season 2024 Copa Uruguay
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo