2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season

The 2010–11 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2010–11 Copa Uruguaya or the 2010–11 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 107th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 80th in which it was professional.

Liga Profesional de Primera División

Season	2010–11
Champions	Nacional (43rd title)
Relegated	Central Español Tacuarembó Miramar Misiones
2012 Copa Libertadores	Nacional Defensor Sporting Peñarol
2011 Copa Sudamericana	Nacional Fénix Bella Vista
Matches played	241
Goals scored	671 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Santiago García (15 goals) Clausura: Cristian Palacios (15 goals) Overall: Santiago García (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Racing 6–0 Danubio (May 7, 2011)
Biggest away win	Cerro 1–5 Central Español (Feb. 13, 2011) Miramar Misiones 0–4 Liverpool (May 21, 2011) Miramar Misiones 0–4 Montevideo Wanderers (Jun. 4, 2011)
Highest scoring	Central Español 3–5 El Tanque Sisley (Oct. 3, 2010)
Longest winning run	7 matches: Nacional (Mar. 29, 2011–Apr. 10, 2011)[1]
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches: Liverpool (Sep. 26, 2010–Nov. 21, 2010) Nacional (Oct. 17, 2010–Feb. 5, 2011)[1]
Longest winless run	11 matches: Tacuarembó (Sep. 25, 2010–Dec. 5, 2010) Miramar Misiones (Sep. 25, 2010–Dec. 4, 2010)[1]
Longest losing run	9 matches: Tacuarembó (Oct. 10, 2010–Dec. 5, 2010)[1]
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Nacional won their 43rd Primera División title after defeating Defensor Sporting in the season-ending final.

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2009–10 season. Atenas, Cerrito, and Cerro Largo were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the season aggregate table. They were replaced by El Tanque Sisley, Bella Vista, and Miramar Misiones, the 2009–10 Segunda División winner, runner-up, and playoff winner, respectively. All of the new teams are making repeat appearances. All the teams in this season are from Montevideo, except Tacuarembó F.C., who comes from the city they are named for.

Montevideo

Tacuarembó

Montevideo teams:
Bella Vista
Central Español
Cerro
Danubio
Defensor Sporting
El Tanque Sisley
Fénix
Liverpool
Miramar Misiones
Nacional
Peñarol
Racing
Rampla Juniors
River Plate
Wanderers

Locations of the 2010–11 Primera División teams

Team	Home city	Stadium
Bella Vista	Montevideo	Estadio José Nasazzi
Central Español	Montevideo	Parque Palermo
Cerro	Montevideo	Estadio Luis Tróccoli
Danubio	Montevideo	Jardines Del Hipódromo
Defensor Sporting	Montevideo	Estadio Luis Franzini
El Tanque Sisley	Montevideo	Estadio Victor Della Valle
Fénix	Montevideo	Estadio Parque Capurro
Liverpool	Montevideo	Estadio Belvedere
Miramar Misiones	Montevideo	Parque Luis Méndez Piana
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 "Sudáfrica 2010" was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 21, 2010, and ended on December 5, 2010.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Defensor Sporting	15	9	3	3	31	13	+18	30	Championship Playoffs
2	Nacional	15	8	5	2	28	18	+10	29
3	Bella Vista	15	9	2	4	24	18	+6	29
4	El Tanque Sisley	15	8	4	3	21	18	+3	28
5	Danubio	15	7	5	3	24	14	+10	26
6	Peñarol	15	7	4	4	24	17	+7	25
7	Montevideo Wanderers	15	5	6	4	20	16	+4	21
8	Liverpool	15	5	6	4	18	19	−1	21
9	Cerro	15	4	7	4	15	17	−2	19
10	Fénix	15	4	6	5	21	20	+1	18
11	River Plate	15	5	3	7	16	23	−7	18
12	Central Español	15	4	5	6	21	25	−4	17
13	Racing	15	3	5	7	14	20	−6	14
14	Rampla Juniors	15	2	6	7	19	27	−8	12
15	Miramar Misiones	15	2	5	8	14	23	−9	11
16	Tacuarembó	15	1	2	12	10	32	−22	5

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw.

Results

Home \ Away	BVI	CES	CRR	DAN	DFS	ETS	FNX	LIV	MMI	WAN	NAC	PEÑ	RAC	RAM	RIV	TAC
Bella Vista						1–2	0–0		3–2			1–2		3–2	1–0	3–2
Central Español	0–1		0–0			3–5			0–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	1–1			1–0
Cerro	2–4			0–0				2–1		1–1	4–1		1–1		0–0
Danubio	2–0	4–2			1–1	2–0	1–0						2–0	3–3	1–2
Defensor Sporting	1–2	1–1	2–0			3–1	5–1	3–0		1–2	1–2			4–1
El Tanque Sisley			0–2					1–1		1–1	1–1		1–0	3–2
Fénix		0–1	4–0			0–1			2–1			2–2	1–1			1–1
Liverpool	1–1	2–2		1–1			2–1		0–0	0–2			1–0	3–1
Miramar Misiones			1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1					2–4				1–1
Montevideo Wanderers	0–2			1–1			2–2		1–1		1–1			2–0	1–2	2–0
Nacional	1–0			2–1			0–3	0–0				0–0			6–1	3–0
Peñarol			2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0		1–2	3–1	2–1				1–1
Racing	1–2				0–3				1–2	0–2	2–2	2–1			2–0
Rampla Juniors		2–2	0–0				2–2		2–0		1–2		1–1		0–1	1–0
River Plate		1–3			1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2				2–1				2–0
Tacuarembó			0–1	0–3	1–3	1–2		3–2	1–1			1–5	0–2

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Santiago García	Uruguayan	Nacional	15
2	Rodrigo Mora	Uruguayan	Defensor Sporting	11
3	Diego Alonso	Uruguayan	Peñarol	9
	Federico Rodríguez	Uruguayan	Bella Vista	9
5	Nicolás Guevara	Argentine	Rampla Juniors	7
	Diego Martiñones	Uruguayan	Central Español	7
7	Maximiliano Callorda	Uruguayan	El Tanque Sisley	6
	Sebastián Gaitán	Uruguayan	El Tanque Sisley	6
	Leonardo Medina	Uruguayan	Miramar Misiones	6
	Federico Puppo	Uruguayan	River Plate	6
	Diego Vera	Uruguayan	Liverpool	6

Source:^[4]

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season. It began on February 5, 2011, and ended on June 5, 2011.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	11	1	3	32	13	+19	34	Championship Playoffs
2	Defensor Sporting	15	8	4	3	19	12	+7	28
3	Peñarol	15	8	3	4	28	20	+8	27
4	Fénix	15	7	6	2	23	15	+8	27
5	Racing	15	7	3	5	26	22	+4	24
6	Central Español	15	6	5	4	26	17	+9	23
7	Cerro	15	6	4	5	19	22	−3	22
8	Montevideo Wanderers	15	5	5	5	24	17	+7	20
9	Liverpool	15	5	4	6	22	20	+2	19
10	Rampla Juniors	15	5	4	6	18	25	−7	19
11	Tacuarembó	15	6	1	8	17	26	−9	19
12	River Plate	15	5	2	8	29	34	−5	17
13	Bella Vista	15	3	6	6	16	18	−2	15
14	Danubio	15	4	3	8	17	26	−9	15
15	El Tanque Sisley	15	4	1	10	19	30	−11	13
16	Miramar Misiones	15	2	3	10	12	30	−18	9

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw.

Results

Home \ Away	BVI	CES	CRR	DAN	DFS	ETS	FNX	LIV	MMI	WAN	NAC	PEÑ	RAC	RAM	RIV	TAC
Bella Vista		1–1	0–1	4–1	1–1			2–4		0–1	0–1		1–0
Central Español				1–0	2–0		1–1	1–2						5–1	2–0
Cerro		1–5			2–1	2–1	1–1		1–1			0–2		1–1		2–2
Danubio			1–0					3–2	5–2	0–0	0–1	0–1				3–1
Defensor Sporting				1–1					2–0			1–1	3–0		4–1	1–0
El Tanque Sisley	0–0	1–0		3–2	0–1		0–1		4–1			2–4			2–1	0–1
Fénix	2–2			1–0	0–1			0–0		2–2	2–1			3–0	4–1
Liverpool			0–2		1–2	1–0					0–2	2–4			1–1	3–0
Miramar Misiones	0–0	0–1					0–1	0–4		0–4		3–0	1–1	1–2		1–0
Montevideo Wanderers		2–2	0–0		0–1	5–1		1–0				1–2	0–1
Nacional		3–1	3–0		3–0	5–2			3–1	1–1			3–0	0–2
Peñarol	2–1	2–2					1–1				0–1		0–1		1–4	5–0
Racing		1–1	1–2	6–0		2–1	2–4	1–1						3–2		3–2
Rampla Juniors	1–0			0–0	0–0	4–2		1–1		1–4		1–3
River Plate	2–2		3–4	3–1					2–1	4–2	4–2		1–4	1–2
Tacuarembó	1–2	2–1					3–0			2–1	0–3			1–0	2–1

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Cristian Palacios	Uruguayan	Central Español	15
2	Santiago García	Uruguayan	Nacional	8
	Maximiliano Pérez	Argentine	Fénix	8
	Liber Quiñones	Uruguayan	Racing	8
5	Gabriel Álvez	Uruguayan	El Tanque Sisley	6
6	Emiliano Alfaro	Uruguayan	Liverpool	5
	Jean Pierre Barrientos	Uruguayan	Racing	5
	Gastón Colmán	Uruguayan	Tacuarembó	5
	Antoine Helha	Cameroonian	El Tanque Sisley	5
	Carlos Núñez	Uruguayan	Liverpool	5
	Juan Manuel Olivera	Uruguayan	Peñarol	5
	Antonio Pacheco	Uruguayan	Peñarol	5
	Diego Perrone	Uruguayan	Danubio	5
	Richard Porta	Uruguyan	Nacional	5
	Jonathan Ramírez	Uruguayan	River Plate	5
	Emiliano Tellechea	Uruguayan	Montevideo Wanderers	5
	David Texeira	Uruguayan	Defensor Sporting	5

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	30	19	6	5	60	31	+29	63	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage[a][b]
2	Defensor Sporting	30	17	7	6	50	25	+25	58	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[b]
3	Peñarol	30	15	7	8	52	37	+15	52	2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	Fénix	30	11	12	7	44	35	+9	45	2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Bella Vista	30	12	8	10	40	36	+4	44
6	Cerro	30	10	12	8	34	39	−5	42
7	Montevideo Wanderers	30	10	11	9	44	33	+11	41
8	Danubio	30	11	8	11	41	40	+1	41
9	El Tanque Sisley	30	12	5	13	40	48	−8	41
10	Central Español	30	10	10	10	47	42	+5	40
11	Liverpool	30	10	10	10	40	39	+1	40
12	Racing	30	10	8	12	40	43	−3	38
13	River Plate	30	10	5	15	45	57	−12	35
14	Rampla Juniors	30	7	10	13	38	52	−14	31
15	Tacuarembó	30	7	3	20	27	58	−31	24
16	Miramar Misiones	30	4	8	18	26	53	−27	20

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th draw.
Notes:

1. Nacional qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the Primera División champion.
2. As Nacional defeated Defensor Sporting in the initial playoff and became champion, the final was not played, and Defensor Sporting became the runner-up as the 2nd best team in the aggregate table. Both Nacional and Defensor Sporting qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Santiago García	Uruguayan	Nacional	23
2	Cristian Palacios	Uruguayan	Peñarol/Central Español	16
3	Maximiliano Pérez	Argentine	Fénix	12
4	Diego Alonso	Uruguayan	Peñarol	11
	Rodrigo Mora	Uruguayan	Defensor Sporting	11
6	Jean Pierre Barrientos	Uruguayan	Racing	9
	Diego Perrone	Uruguayan	Danubio	9
	Ignacio Risso	Uruguayan	Defensor Sporting	9
	Federico Rodríguez	Uruguayan	Bella Vista	9
10	Nicolás Guevara	Argentine	Rampla Juniors/Liverpool	8
	Federico Puppo	Uruguayan	River Plate	8
	Liber Quiñones	Uruguayan	Racing	8

Relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Nacional	60	40	9	11	123	57	+66	126[a]
2	Peñarol	60	36	13	11	120	71	+49	121
3	Defensor Sporting	60	30	14	16	99	69	+30	104
4	Liverpool	60	24	19	17	93	74	+19	91
5	Bella Vista	30	12	8	10	41	38	+3	88[b]
6	Montevideo Wanderers	60	21	19	20	93	72	+21	82
7	Cerro	60	21	19	20	80	88	−8	82
8	El Tanque Sisley	30	12	5	13	40	50	−10	82[b]
9	River Plate	60	22	15	23	100	99	+1	81
10	Fénix	60	20	20	20	77	73	+4	80
11	Danubio	60	23	11	26	88	90	−2	80
12	Rampla Juniors	60	20	17	23	73	89	−16	77
13	Racing	60	21	14	25	83	93	−10	77
14	Central Español	60	18	20	22	84	90	−6	74	Relegated to the Segunda División Profesional
15	Tacuarembó	60	17	7	36	66	110	−44	58
16	Miramar Misiones	30	4	8	18	26	52	−26	40[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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 in the last season.
2. Having only played one season in the Primera División, Bella Vista's, El Tanque Sisley's, and Miramar Misiones' points are doubled for the relegation table.

Championship playoff

Defensor Sporting and Nacional qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Nacional re-qualified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two teams. Nacional needed to win the playoff to become the season champion; Defensor Sporting needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final. Nacional won the match 1–0^[5] for their 43rd Primera División title.

	Semi-final					Finals
						Aggregate table first place	Nacional	—	—	—
	Apertura winners	Defensor Sporting	0				Nacional	—	—	—
	Clausura winners	Nacional	1

Semi-final

June 12, 2011

16:00 UTC−03:00

Defensor Sporting	0–1	Nacional
	Report	Viudez 19'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Darío Ubriaco

Defensor Sporting

Nacional

DEFENSOR SPORTING: GK 1 Martín Silva (c) RB 8 Damián Suárez CB 4 Mario Risso CB 3 Nestor Moiraghi  43' LB 23 Adrián Argachá RM 14 Eduardo Aranda DM 15 Diego Rodríguez  48' DM 6 Sebastián Suárez  58' LM 10 Brahian Alemán  64' CF 16 Ignacio Risso  69' CF 11 David Texeira Substitutes: GK 12 Yonathan Irrazábal DF 2 Ramón Arias MF 25 Andrés Fleurquin MF 21 Ignacio Lores  64' MF 5 Diego Ferreira MF 20 Adrián Luna  89'  58' FW 18 Mauro Vila  69' Manager: Pablo Repetto

NACIONAL: GK 25 Rodrigo Muñoz RB 13 Gabriel Marques  39' CB 2 Alejandro Lembo (c) CB 19 Sebastián Coates LB 4 Alexis Rolín DM 23 Facundo Píriz  73' AM 8 Matías Cabrera AM 22 Mauricio Pereyra RW 15 Tabaré Viudez  83' CF 20 Santiago García  46' LW 24 Richard Porta  66' Substitutes: GK 1 Leonardo Burián DF 3 Jadson Viera MF 5 Anderson Silva MF 17 Maximiliano Calzada MF 10 Marcelo Gallardo  66' FW 6 Nicolás Vigneri  83' FW 7 Nicolás López  46' Manager: Juan Ramón Carrasco

Man of the match: Mauricio Pereyra Assistant referees: William Casavieja Raúl Hartwig Fourth official: Gustavo Siegler

Primera División 2010–11 champion
Nacional 43rd title

See also

• 2010–11 in Uruguayan football