2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season

The 2009–10 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2009–10 Copa Uruguaya or the 2009–10 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 106th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 79th in which it was professional. The season was named in honor of Héctor del Campo, ex-president of Danubio.

Liga Profesional de Primera División

Season	2009–10
Champions	Peñarol (46th title)
Relegated	Cerrito Cerro Largo Atenas
Copa Libertadores	Peñarol Nacional Liverpool
Copa Sudamericana	Peñarol River Plate Defensor Sporting
Matches played	240
Goals scored	706 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Maureen Franco (13 goals) Clausura: Antonio Pacheco (14 goals) Season: Antonio Pacheco (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Liverpool 7–1 Tacuarembó Montevideo Wanderers 7–1 Cerro Largo
Biggest away win	Atenas 0–6 Nacional
Highest scoring	Danubio 4–5 Tacuarembó
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Format

The season was divided into two tournaments: the Apertura and the Clausura. In each tournament, the teams played against each other in a single round-robin format. Whoever plays at home against an opponent in the Apertura played the same opponent as a visitor in the Clausura. The champion of the Copa Uruguaya could have been decided in three ways:

1. If the same team won both the Apertura and the Clausura.
2. If two different teams won the Apertura and the Clausura and one of those teams had the most points in the aggregate table, a single playoff match would have been contested between the two clubs. If the winner of the playoff match was the team with the most points in the aggregate table, they would have won the Copa Uruguaya. If not, the same two teams would have contested a two-legged tie, the winner of which would have been decided on points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss). If there was a tie in points after the second leg, the team with the best goal difference would be the Copa Uruguaya champion. If there was a tie in points and goal difference after the second leg, 30 minutes of extra time would be played in two 15-minutes halves, followed a penalty shootout if necessary.
3. If two different teams won the Apertura and the Clausura and neither had the most points in the aggregate table, the Apertura and Clasura winners would play one match (with extra time and a penalty shootout, if needed). The winner of the match would play a maximum of two matches (for points) against the team with the most points in the aggregate table. The team with the most points would be the champion. If there was a tie in points after the second match, goal difference would determine the champion. If there was a tie in points and goal difference after the second leg, 30 minutes of extra time would be played in two 15-minutes halves, followed a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Relegation

Relegation was determined by an aggregate table of the past two seasons. The teams who had participated only in this season had their points and goal difference multiplied by two. The three lowest-placed teams were relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the next season.

International qualification

Because of Uruguay's qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, there was no Liguilla Pre-Libertadores this season. The champion of the Copa Uruguaya earned the Uruguay 1 berth in the 2011 Copa Libertadores and 2010 Copa Sudamericana. The Copa Uruguaya runner-up earned the Uruguay 2 berth in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. The Uruguay 3 berth for the 2011 Copa Libertadores went to the highest-placed non-qualified team in the aggregate table. The Uruguay 2 and Uruguay 3 berths for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana went to the next highest-placed non-qualified teams in the aggregate table.

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2008–09 season. Villa Española was relegated last season after the Apertura tournament due to financial reasons. They were joined by Juventud and Bella Vista, who finished 14th and 15th in the relegation table, respectively. These three teams were replaced by Fénix and Cerrito, the 2008–09 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively, and Atenas, the Segunda División playoff winner. Both Fénix and Cerrito are returning to the Primera División while this is Atenas' first season in the top-flight.

Montevideo

Cerro Largo

Atenas

Tacuarembó

Montevideo teams:
Central Español
Cerrito
Cerro
Danubio
Defensor Sporting
Fénix
Liverpool
Nacional
Peñarol
Racing
Rampla Juniors
River Plate
Wanderers

Locations of the 2009−10 Primera División

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atenas	San Carlos	Estadio Atenas
Central Español	Montevideo	Parque Palermo
Cerrito	Montevideo	Parque Maracaná
Cerro	Montevideo	Estadio Luis Tróccoli
Cerro Largo	Melo	Estadio Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla
Danubio	Montevideo	Jardines Del Hipódromo
Defensor Sporting	Montevideo	Estadio Luis Franzini
Fénix	Montevideo	Estadio Parque Capurro
Liverpool	Montevideo	Estadio Belvedere
Montevideo Wanderers	Montevideo	Estadio Viera
Nacional	Montevideo	Estadio Gran Parque Central
Peñarol	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario
Racing	Montevideo	Estadio Osvaldo Roberto
Rampla Juniors	Montevideo	Estadio Olímpico
River Plate	Montevideo	Estadio Saroldi
Tacuarembó	Tacuarembó	Estadio Goyenola

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura "Coronel Matías Vázquez" began on August 23, 2009 and ended on December 13, 2009.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	13	0	2	36	11	+25	36[a]	Championship Playoffs
2	Liverpool	15	8	5	2	31	14	+17	29
3	Defensor Sporting	15	8	5	2	28	16	+12	29
4	Montevideo Wanderers	15	7	5	3	24	13	+11	26
5	Peñarol	15	7	5	3	28	19	+9	26
6	Danubio	15	7	2	6	26	25	+1	23
7	Rampla Juniors	15	7	3	5	18	19	−1	24
8	River Plate	15	6	5	4	24	23	+1	23
9	Racing	15	5	5	5	25	22	+3	20
10	Cerrito	15	4	6	5	20	21	−1	18
11	Cerro Largo	15	4	4	7	15	18	−3	16
12	Tacuarembó	15	5	1	9	17	24	−7	16
13	Central Español	15	2	6	7	13	28	−15	12
14	Cerro	15	2	5	8	18	31	−13	11
15	Atenas	15	3	2	10	9	32	−23	11
16	Fénix	15	1	3	11	10	26	−16	6

Updated to match(es) played on December 13, 2009. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

1. Nacional was docked three points.

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	CES	CSC	CRR	CRL	DAN	DFS	FNX	LIV	WAN	NAC	PEÑ	RAC	RAM	RIV	TAC
Atenas		0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0						0–5	0–5	0–5
Central Español			2–2				0–4	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–3	1–1	0–3	2–2
Cerrito						2–2				1–2	2–5	2–2			1–1	2–0
Cerro		1–2	0–2		1–1		1–4	3–2						1–1	2–3	1–1
Cerro Largo		1–0	0–1			2–3			1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3
Danubio	0–1	2–0		4–2			3–0			2–3	0–2				2–2
Defensor Sporting	5–1		1–0		0–0			2–0	2–2		0–3		1–1
Fénix	1–4		0–0		1–1	4–1			1–1		0–1		0–2		0–3	0–2
Liverpool	2–0		4–3	2–0		1–0						2–2	2–0	3–1		7–1
Montevideo Wanderers	0–0			3–1			2–2	2–0	0–0		4–0	0–2		0–1
Nacional		5–1		2–0					2–1			3–0	3–2	3–0		1–0
Peñarol				1–1		2–3	1–1	1–0						3–0	2–2	1–0
Racing			1–1	3–3		1–2				0–4		2–1			0–2	4–1
Rampla Juniors	4–1		1–0		0–3	2–0	1–3	2–1					0–0
River Plate	1–0				1–4		1–2		1–4	2–1	1–0			1–1
Tacuarembó	2–0	3–1			3–0	1–2	0–1			1–2				0–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on December 13, 2009. Source: AUF (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top-ten goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Maureen Franco	Cerrito	13
2	Emiliano Alfaro	Liverpool	12
3	Diego Ifrán	Danubio	10
4	Fabricio Núñez	Cerro Largo	8
	Antonio Pacheco	Peñarol	8
6	Martín Cauteruccio	Racing	7
	Ismael Espiga	Central Español	7
	Nicolás Lodeiro	Nacional	7
	Jonathan Ramis	Peñarol	7
10	Diego de Souza	Defensor Sporting	6
	Nicolás Guevara	Rampla Juniors	6

Updated as of games played on December 13, 2009.
Source: AUF (in Spanish)

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura "Dr. Walter Lanfranco" began on January 23.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	15	14	1	0	40	15	+25	43	Championship Playoffs
2	Cerro	15	9	2	4	28	18	+10	29
3	Fénix	15	8	5	2	21	11	+10	29
4	Nacional	15	8	3	4	27	15	+12	27
5	River Plate	15	6	5	4	31	19	+12	23
6	Central Español	15	6	4	5	24	20	+4	22
7	Liverpool	15	6	4	5	22	21	+1	22
8	Rampla Juniors	15	6	4	5	18	18	0	22
9	Racing	15	6	1	8	18	29	−11	19
10	Tacuarembó	15	5	3	7	22	28	−6	18
11	Defensor Sporting	15	5	2	8	21	28	−7	17
12	Danubio	15	5	1	9	21	25	−4	16
13	Montevideo Wanderers	15	4	3	8	25	26	−1	15
14	Cerrito	15	4	2	9	17	27	−10	14
15	Cerro Largo	15	3	3	9	13	34	−21	12
16	Atenas	15	3	1	11	16	30	−14	10

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2010. Source: AUF (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	CES	CSC	CRR	CRL	DAN	DFS	FNX	LIV	WAN	NAC	PEÑ	RAC	RAM	RIV	TAC
Atenas						0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–6			1–2	0–2	2–0
Central Español	1–0			1–2	1–2	2–0					0–2	0–2				4–1
Cerrito	2–0	1–3		1–4	1–1		2–0	1–2	1–4				3–0	1–1
Cerro	3–2					1–0			5–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–0
Cerro Largo	0–2			0–1			1–3	1–0						1–1	2–2	1–2
Danubio			1–0		2–0			1–2	2–2			1–2	2–3	1–2		4–5
Defensor Sporting		3–4		1–0		0–1				2–0		2–3		2–0	1–1	2–3
Fénix		2–2		2–0			3–0			2–1				1–0
Liverpool		0–2			3–0		3–0	0–0		1–1	0–2			0–2	1–1
Montevideo Wanderers		1–1	1–2		7–1	1–3							1–2		2–2	2–1
Nacional			3–1		3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1		2–1					1–4
Peñarol	3–2		3–1		5–0				3–1	4–2	0–0		3–0
Racing	3–2	1–0			1–2		3–3	0–2	2–0		0–3			2–1
Rampla Juniors		0–0		2–2					1–3	2–1	1–0	1–2			2–1	1–0
River Plate		3–3	3–0	0–1		3–0		0–1				2–3	4–1			3–1
Tacuarembó			1–0	3–3				1–1	0–1		1–1	1–3	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top-ten goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Antonio Pacheco	Peñarol	14
2	Sergio Blanco	Nacional	9
	Rodrigo Mora	Cerro	9
4	Luis Machado	Tacuarembó	8
	Fabricio Núñez	Cerro Largo	8
	Ignacio Risso	Defensor Sporting	8
7	Nicolás Guevara	Rampla Juniors	7
	Diego Rodríguez	Central Español	7
9	Diego Alonso	Peñarol	6
	Diego Ifrán	Danubio	6
	Alejandro Martinuccio	Peñarol	6

Source: AUF (in Spanish)

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	30	21	6	3	68	34	+34	69	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
2	Nacional	30	21	3	6	63	26	+37	63[b]
3	Liverpool	30	14	9	7	53	35	+18	51	2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	River Plate	30	12	10	8	55	42	+13	46	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Defensor Sporting	30	13	7	10	49	44	+5	46
6	Rampla Juniors	30	13	7	10	36	37	−1	46
7	Montevideo Wanderers	30	11	8	11	49	39	+10	41
8	Cerro	30	11	7	12	46	49	−3	40
9	Danubio	30	12	3	15	47	50	−3	39
10	Racing	30	11	6	13	43	51	−8	39
11	Fénix	30	9	8	13	31	37	−6	35
12	Central Español	30	8	10	12	37	48	−11	34
13	Tacuarembó	30	10	4	16	39	52	−13	34
14	Cerrito	30	8	8	14	37	48	−11	32
15	Cerro Largo	30	7	7	16	28	52	−24	28
16	Atenas	30	6	3	21	25	62	−37	21

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
Notes:

1. Peñarol and Nacional are qualified as the season finalists (the Apertura and Clausura winners)
2. Nacional was docked three points.

Season topscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Antonio Pacheco	Peñarol	22
2	Diego Ifrán	Danubio	16
	Fabricio Núñez	Cerro Largo	16
4	Sergio Blanco	Nacional	13
	Maureen Franco	Cerrito	13
	Alfredo Guevara	Rampla Juniors	13
7	Emiliano Alfaro	Liverpool	12
	Martín Cauteruccio	Racing	12
9	Ignacio Risso	Defensor Sporting	11
10	Diego de Souza	Defensor Sporting	10

Source: AUF (in Spanish)

Relegation table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Nacional	59	37	10	12	113	60	+53	118[a]
2	Peñarol	59	36	12	11	119	64	+55	120
3	Defensor Sporting	59	33	11	15	101	71	+30	110
4	Liverpool	59	28	19	12	97	67	+30	103
5	River Plate	59	25	18	16	103	78	+25	96[b]
6	Cerro	59	26	14	19	96	74	+22	92
7	Racing	59	24	17	18	89	82	+7	89
8	Danubio	59	26	8	25	94	89	+5	86
9	Montevideo Wanderers	59	21	13	25	91	81	+10	76
10	Fénix	30	9	8	13	31	37	−6	68.83[c]
11	Central Español	59	16	18	25	70	93	−23	66
12	Rampla Juniors	59	16	18	25	70	93	−23	63[b]
13	Tacuarembó	59	17	12	30	70	97	−27	63
14	Cerrito (R)	30	8	8	14	37	48	−11	62.93[c]	Relegation to the Segunda División Profesional
15	Cerro Largo (R)	59	13	17	29	61	97	−36	56
16	Atenas (R)	30	6	3	21	25	62	−37	41.3[c]

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2010. Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nacional was docked three points.
2. In the previous season, Rampla Juniors was docked three points won against River Plate, to whom the points were then awarded to.
3. Having only played one season in the Primera División, Atenas', Cerrito's, and Fénix's total points for this year were multiplied by 1.966 for the relegation table.

Championship playoffs

Nacional and Peñarol qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Peñarol requalified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two team. Peñarol needed only to win the playoff to become the season champions; Nacional had to win the playoff to force another two matches, which they successfully did.

May 12, 2010

20:30 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	0–2	Nacional
	Report	García 13', 60'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Peñarol

Nacional

PEÑAROL: GK 1 Sebastián Sosa RB 13 Matías Aguirregaray CB 3 Gerardo Alcoba CB 6 Guillermo Rodríguez LB 22 Darío Rodríguez DM 16 Sergio Orteman  17' DM 5 Egidio Arévalo Ríos  33' RW 17 Jonathan Urretavizcaya LW 25 Gastón Ramírez  23'  62' FW 8 Antonio Pacheco (c)  67' FW 20 Alejandro Martinuccio  85' Substitutes: GK 12 Gonzalo Noguera DF 4 Alejandro González DF 24 Emiliano Albín MF 10 Rubén Olivera  67' MF 18 Marcelo Sosa FW 11 Bosco Frontán FW 9 Diego Alonso  62' Manager: Diego Aguirre

NACIONAL: GK 25 Rodrigo Muñoz RB 15 Álvaro González CB 2 Alejandro Lembo CB 19 Sebastián Coates LB 4 Christian Núñez DM 13 Raúl Ferro  76' DM 21 Óscar Morales (c)  6' AM 16 Gustavo Varela  21'  58' AM 10 Ángel Morales  61' FW 20 Santiago García FW 14 Mario Regueiro  16' Substitutes: GK 1 Leonardo Burián DF 18 Gonzalo Godoy MF 8 Matías Cabrera  76' MF 22 Mauricio Pereyra  61' MF 17 Maximiliano Calzada  58' FW 11 Sergio Blanco FW 24 Diego Vera Manager: Eduardo Mario Acevedo

Man of the match: Santiago García Assistant referees: Pablo Fandiño Mauricio Espinosa Fourth official: Darío Ubriaco

Finals

Since Nacional won the initial playoff, an additional two matches was contested to crown the champion. The points system was used for the two matches. The team with the most points at the end of the second game was declared the champion. If there was a tie in points after the second game, goal difference would be used to break the tie, followed by two fifteen-minute extra periods, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
2	Nacional	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd extra time; 4th penalty shoot-out.

May 15, 2010

16:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0–1	Peñarol
	Report	Pacheco 24'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Héctor Martínez

Nacional[1]

Peñarol

NACIONAL: GK 25 Rodrigo Muñoz RB 15 Álvaro González  73' CB 2 Alejandro Lembo  45' CB 19 Sebastián Coates  17' LB 4 Christian Núñez DM 21 Óscar Morales (c) DM 13 Raúl Ferro  45' AM 16 Gustavo Varela  61' AM 10 Ángel Morales  75' FW 14 Mario Regueiro  90' FW 20 Santiago García  62' Substitutes: GK 1 Leonardo Burián DF 18 Gonzalo Godoy MF 8 Matías Cabrera  77'  73' MF 17 Maximiliano Calzada  63'  45' MF 22 Mauricio Pereyra FW 11 Sergio Blanco FW 24 Diego Vera  75' Manager: Eduardo Mario Acevedo

PEÑAROL: GK 1 Sebastián Sosa RB 13 Matías Aguirregaray CB 4 Alejandro González  43' CB 6 Guillermo Rodríguez LB 22 Darío Rodríguez  62' DM 5 Egidio Arévalo Ríos DM 16 Sergio Orteman RW 17 Jonathan Urretavizcaya  72' LW 25 Gastón Ramírez  75' FW 8 Antonio Pacheco (c)  67' FW 20 Alejandro Martinuccio  83' Substitutes: GK 12 Gonzalo Noguera DF 24 Emiliano Albín MF 10 Rubén Olivera  90+4'  83' MF 18 Marcelo Sosa MF 15 Marcel Román FW 9 Diego Alonso  75' FW 11 Bosco Frontán  67' Manager: Diego Aguirre

Man of the match: Sebastián Sosa Assistant referees: Marcelo Costa William Casavieja Fourth official: Heber Rodríguez

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May 18, 2010

16:00 (UTC-3)

Peñarol	1–1	Nacional
Aguirregaray 68'	Report	Lembo 35'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

Peñarol

Nacional

PEÑAROL: GK 1 Sebastián Sosa  90+1' RB 24 Emiliano Albín  37' CB 4 Alejandro González CB 6 Guillermo Rodríguez  33' LB 22 Darío Rodríguez DM 16 Sergio Orteman DM 5 Egidio Arévalo Ríos RW 17 Matías Aguirregaray  44'  90+4' LW 25 Gastón Ramírez  22'  79' FW 8 Antonio Pacheco (c)  74' FW 20 Alejandro Martinuccio  88' Substitutes: GK 12 Gonzalo Noguera DF 2 Willinton Techera MF 7 Sergio Pérez MF 15 Marcel Román  90+4' MF 18 Marcelo Sosa  74' FW 9 Diego Alonso  88' FW 11 Bosco Frontán Manager: Diego Aguirre

NACIONAL: GK 25 Rodrigo Muñoz RB 16 Gustavo Varela  12' CB 2 Alejandro Lembo  69' CB 19 Sebastián Coates LB 4 Christian Núñez DM 13 Raúl Ferro  80' DM 21 Óscar Morales (c) RW 15 Álvaro González  72' LW 14 Mario Regueiro  90+3' AM 10 Ángel Morales  76' FW 20 Santiago García Substitutes: GK 1 Leonardo Burián DF 18 Gonzalo Godoy MF 5 Gianni Guigou MF 22 Mauricio Pereyra  72'  72' FW 9 Sebastián Balsas  80' FW 11 Sergio Blanco  88'  76' FW 24 Diego Vera Manager: Eduardo Mario Acevedo

Man of the match: Matías Aguirregaray Assistant referees: Maiguel Nievas Carlos Changala Fourth official: Fernando Falce

See also

• 2009–10 in Uruguayan football