The 2025 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Liga AUF Uruguaya 2025, was the 122nd season of the Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay's top-flight football league, and its 95th professional season. The season, which was named "Juan Manuel Izquierdo", began on 31 January and ended on 30 November 2025.
Nacional were the champions, winning their fiftieth league championship after topping the season's aggregate table and defeating the defending champions Peñarol in the finals.
Teams 16 teams competed in the season: the top thirteen teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season as well as three promoted teams from the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season (Rampla Juniors, Fénix and Deportivo Maldonado) were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2025 season. They were replaced by the Segunda División champions Plaza Colonia, the runners-up Montevideo City Torque, and the winners of the promotion play-offs Juventud.
Plaza Colonia and City Torque both returned to the top flight after one season and Juventud played in Primera División for the first time since 2019, while Rampla Juniors were relegated after one season, Fénix returned to the second tier after a 14-year spell in Primera División, and Deportivo Maldonado were relegated after five seasons.
Stadiums and locations
Club City Home 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 Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000 Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 10,000 Miramar Misiones Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500 Montevideo City Torque Montevideo Centenario 60,235 Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 11,000 Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 34,000 Peñarol Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,700 Plaza Colonia Colonia Juan Gaspar Prandi 4,500 Progreso Montevideo Abraham Paladino 8,000 Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500 River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 6,000 Notes
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor Boston River Gustavo Ferreyra (caretaker) Kelme Asociación Española, Cotrans, Schneider, Europcar Cerro Tabaré Silva Mgr Sport Médica Uruguaya Cerro Largo Danielo Núñez Concreto Sport The La Planta Danubio Gustavo Matosas (caretaker) Tiffosi CUTCSA Defensor Sporting Ignacio Ithurralde Kelme Médica Uruguaya Juventud Sebastián Méndez Macron Frigorífico Las Piedras Liverpool Joaquín Papa Mgr Sport Puritas Miramar Misiones Bernardo Giordano (caretaker) Mgr Sport Fix Montevideo City Torque Marcelo Méndez Puma Mar-Plast Montevideo Wanderers Daniel Carreño Umbro BYD Nacional Jadson Viera Umbro Antel Peñarol Diego Aguirre Puma Antel Plaza Colonia Luis Alberto Mena (caretaker) Mgr Sport Montes del Plata Progreso Leonel Rocco XU Médica Uruguaya Racing Cristian Chambian Macron River Plate Raúl Salazar Mgr Sport Macromercado
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaMontevideo City Torque Pablo GaglianoneEnd of caretaker spell26 November 2024Pre-season Martín Cicotello23 December 2024Cerro Ignacio PallasEnd of contract30 November 2024 Tabaré Silva4 January 2025Progreso Carlos Canobbio4 December 2024 Javier Méndez12 December 2024Racing Eduardo Espinel9 December 2024 Darío Rodríguez27 December 2024River Plate Francisco Palladino30 December 2024 Diego López30 December 2024Racing Darío RodríguezSacked17 February 202514th Cristian Chambian17 February 2025Miramar Misiones Walter Pandiani18 February 202515th Horacio Peralta21 February 2025Montevideo Wanderers Antonio Pacheco6 March 202514th Juan Manuel Martínez6 March 2025Danubio Alejandro Apud7 March 20259th Juan Manuel Olivera7 March 2025Defensor Sporting Álvaro Navarro27 March 20252nd Ignacio Ithurralde31 March 2025River Plate Diego López29 March 202516th Julio César Ribas31 March 2025Nacional Martín LasarteMutual agreement30 March 20257th Martín Ligüera30 March 2025 Martín LigüeraEnd of caretaker spell6 April 20256th Pablo Peirano5 April 2025Progreso Javier MéndezSacked7 April 202515th Alejandro Larrea7 April 2025Montevideo Wanderers Juan Manuel MartínezReturned to the youth setup2 May 202514th Alejandro Apud2 May 2025Torneo IntermedioMontevideo City Torque Martín CicotelloSacked5 July 2025Serie B, 7th Marcelo Méndez10 July 2025Torneo ClausuraProgreso Alejandro LarreaSacked17 August 202516th Leonel Rocco18 August 2025River Plate Julio César Ribas18 August 202514th Raúl Salazar19 August 2025Danubio Juan Manuel Olivera24 August 202512th Gustavo Matosas24 August 2025Miramar Misiones Horacio Peralta24 August 202511th Bernardo Giordano24 August 2025Montevideo Wanderers Alejandro Apud28 August 202514th Daniel Carreño29 August 2025Plaza Colonia Sebastián DíazResigned21 September 202516th Luis Alberto Mena23 September 2025Juventud Diego MonarrizSacked13 October 202513th Sebastián Méndez16 October 2025Nacional Pablo Peirano27 October 20252nd Jadson Viera27 October 2025Boston River Jadson VieraSigned by Nacional27 October 20254th Gustavo Ferreyra28 October 2025 Notes
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura, named "Eduardo Arsuaga", was the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 31 January and ended on 19 May 2025.
Standings
Results
Torneo Intermedio The Torneo Intermedio, named "Mathías Acuña", was the second tournament of the 2025 season, played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. Although it consists of two groups whose composition depends on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura, a change in that composition was made starting from this season: the Apertura winners played in Serie A along with the teams placing 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, and last in the Apertura, whilst the remaining teams played in Serie B, instead of having the teams in odd-numbered positions playing in Serie A and those in even-numbered positions playing in Serie B, as it had been played since its inception. The tournament started on 23 May and ended on 6 July, and the winners were assured of a berth into the 2026 Copa Sudamericana and the 2026 Supercopa Uruguaya.
Serie A
Serie B
Torneo Intermedio Final
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura, named "José Ignacio Villarreal", was the third and final tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 1 August and ended on 9 November 2025.
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Championship playoff The Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura winners (Liverpool and Peñarol, respectively) played a semi-final match, while the top team in the aggregate table (Nacional) received a bye to the finals. The championship playoff finalists qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage.
Semi-final
Finals
Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate.
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Abel HernándezLiverpool 25 2 Nicolás LópezNacional 21 3 Agustín RodríguezJuventud 18 4 José NerisMontevideo City Torque 16 5 Maximiliano SilveraPeñarol 12 6 Leonardo FernándezPeñarol 11 7 Agustin AnelloBoston River 10 Franco RossiCerro Largo 9 Sebastián FernándezDanubio 9 Enzo LarrosaCerro Matías ArezoPeñarol
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: 2024 and 2025. 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 93 78 171 74 2Nacional 86 79 165 74 3Juventud — 61 61 37 4Defensor Sporting 59 61 120 74 5Boston River 60 55 115 74 6Racing 52 53 105 74 7Liverpool 39 65 104 74 8Cerro Largo 54 49 103 74 9 — 49 49 37 10Danubio 53 43 96 74 11Cerro 39 46 85 74 12Montevideo Wanderers 48 31 79 74 13Progreso 40 39 79 74 14Plaza Colonia (R) — 35 35 37 15River Plate (R) 40 29 69 74 16Miramar Misiones (R) 40 29 69 74 Source: AUF
See also 2025 Uruguayan Segunda División season 2025 Copa Uruguay
References
External links Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Liga AUF Uruguaya