The 2024 Uruguayan Segunda División season was the 117th season of the Uruguayan Segunda División, the second division championship of football in Uruguay. The season, named "100 Años del Club Oriental", started on 16 March and ended on 12 December 2024. A total of 14 teams competed in the season; the top two teams and the winner of the promotion play-offs were promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División. The fixture draw for the season was held on 2 March 2024.
Plaza Colonia were the champions, winning their first Segunda División title as well as promotion to Primera División after defeating Oriental by a 2–1 score on 16 November, the final day of the regular season. The second promoted team was Montevideo City Torque, who defeated Uruguay Montevideo in a tiebreaker series for the last direct promotion spot. The last promoted team was Juventud, who won the promotion play-offs after beating Uruguay Montevideo in the finals.
Teams
Fourteen teams took part in the season, nine of them returning from the previous edition. Montevideo City Torque, La Luz, and Plaza Colonia, relegated from Primera División, replaced the promoted sides Miramar Misiones, Progreso, and Rampla Juniors, while the 2023 Primera División Amateur champions Colón and runners-up Cooper replaced Bella Vista and Potencia, both relegated to the third tier in the previous season.
Club information Club City Home stadium Capacity Albion Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Atenas San Carlos Atenas 6,000 Cerrito Montevideo Parque Maracaná 8,000 Colón Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Cooper Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000 La Luz Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Montevideo City Torque Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,527 Oriental La Paz Parque Palermo 6,500 Plaza Colonia Colonia del Sacramento Juan Gaspar Prandi 3,500 Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600 Sud América Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Raúl Goyenola 12,000 Uruguay Montevideo Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Notes
Torneo Competencia The Torneo Competencia, named "Héctor Peri", was the first stage of the tournament. The 14 participating teams were divided into two groups of seven where they played each one of the teams in their group under a single round-robin format. The winners of each group advanced to the final, with the winner being assured of a berth into the promotion play-offs. Originally, the participating clubs had decided not to hold the Torneo Competencia in this season, however it was eventually reinstated after a vote prior to the start of the season.
Serie A
Serie B
Final
Regular stage In the regular stage, the 14 teams played each other twice under a double round-robin format for a total of 26 matches. Teams carried over their Torneo Competencia performances to this stage. The top two teams at the end of the regular stage were promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División, while the teams placing from third to sixth place advanced to the promotion play-offs.
Standings
Promotion tiebreaker series Since Uruguay Montevideo and Montevideo City Torque ended up tied in points for second place, a two-legged tiebreaker was played to decide the second promoted team. The losing team advanced to the promotion play-offs.
Montevideo City Torque won 4–1 on points.
Results
Promotion play-offs Bracket
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Uruguay Montevideo won 5–3 on aggregate.
Juventud won 3–1 on aggregate.
Finals
Juventud won 3–1 on aggregate and promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División.
Relegation Team Relegation 1Plaza Colonia — 58 58 32 2Uruguay Montevideo 56 54 110 64 3 — 54 54 32 4Colón — 52 52 32 5Juventud 51 50 101 64 6Rentistas 47 45 92 64 7Oriental 47 44 91 64 8Cerrito 41 46 87 64 9Albion 41 44 85 64 10Atenas 40 34 74 64 11Tacuarembó 39 32 71 64 12La Luz — 35 35 32 13Cooper (R) — 33 33 32 Relegation to Primera División Amateur 14Sud América (R) 26 31 57 64
See also 2024 Uruguayan Primera División season 2024 Copa Uruguay
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Segunda División Profesional