2018 Uruguayan Primera División season

The 2018 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2018, was the 115th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 88th in which it is professional. The season was named as "Ing. Julio César Franzini" and began on 3 February, ending on 11 November.^[1] Peñarol were the defending champions, and successfully defended the title with a 2–1 win over Nacional in the championship playoff.^[2]

Liga Profesional de Primera División

Season	2018
Dates	3 February – 11 November 2018
Champions	Peñarol (50th title)
Relegated	Torque Atenas El Tanque Sisley (withdrawal)
Copa Libertadores	Peñarol Nacional Danubio Defensor Sporting
Copa Sudamericana	Cerro Liverpool Montevideo Wanderers River Plate
Matches played	261
Goals scored	709 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: David Terans (10 goals) Intermedio: Cristian Palacios (8 goals) Clausura: Gabriel Fernández (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Peñarol 6–0 River Plate (20 May)
Biggest away win	Atenas 0–6 Progreso (5 May)
Highest scoring	Defensor Sporting 5–2 River Plate (1 April) Progreso 4–3 Peñarol (12 May) Liverpool 3–4 Danubio (13 May) Peñarol 3–4 Torque (31 May) Atenas 2–5 Defensor Sporting (22 July) Cerro 5–2 Progreso (25 August) River Plate 3–4 Rampla Juniors (26 August)
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Format

The format in this season was the same as the most recent season, with the Torneo Apertura in the first half of the year and the Torneo Clausura in the second half, and a Torneo Intermedio played between both tournaments.

Teams

Montevideo

El Tanque Sisley

Boston River

Atenas

Torque

Locations of the 2018 season teams outside Montevideo.

Cerro

Danubio

Defensor Sporting

Fénix

Liverpool

Wanderers

Nacional

Peñarol

Progreso

Racing

Rampla Juniors

River Plate

Locations of the 2018 Primera División teams within Montevideo.

The two bottom-placed teams in the relegation table of the 2017 season, Juventud and Plaza Colonia, as well as Sud América, who lost a tiebreaker to El Tanque Sisley, were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2018 season. They were replaced by Torque, Atenas, and Progreso, who were promoted from the Segunda División.

On 2 February 2018, the Uruguayan Football Association confirmed that El Tanque Sisley would not take part in the league due to an outstanding debt.^[3] As a result, El Tanque Sisley were administratively relegated to the second tier for the 2019 season and the season was played by 15 teams.^[4]

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atenas	Ricardo Ortiz	San Carlos	Atenas	6,000
Boston River	Alejandro Apud	Montevideo	Parque Artigasa	12,000
Cerro	Fernando Correa	Montevideo	Luis Tróccoli	24,000
Danubio	Pablo Peirano	Montevideo	Jardines del Hipódromo	14,401
Defensor Sporting	Eduardo Acevedo	Montevideo	Luis Franzini	18,000
El Tanque Sisley	Vacant	Montevideo	Campeones Olímpicosb	7,000
Fénix	Juan Ramón Carrasco	Montevideo	Parque Capurro	5,500
Liverpool	Paulo Pezzolano	Montevideo	Belvedere	10,000
Montevideo Wanderers	Eduardo Espinel	Montevideo	Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera	7,420
Nacional	Alexander Medina	Montevideo	Gran Parque Central	23,500
Peñarol	Diego López	Montevideo	Campeón del Siglo	40,000
Progreso	Marcelo Méndez	Montevideo	Parque Abraham Paladino	8,000
Racing	Juan Tejera	Montevideo	Osvaldo Roberto	4,500
Rampla Juniors	Julio César Antúnez	Montevideo	Olímpico	9,500
River Plate	Jorge Giordano	Montevideo	Parque Federico Omar Saroldi	5,624
Torque	Pablo Marini	Montevideo	Casto Martínez Laguardac	3,800

a: Boston River is based in Montevideo but plays its home games at Estadio Parque Artigas in Las Piedras.
b: El Tanque Sisley is based in Montevideo but plays its home games at Estadio Campeones Olímpicos in Florida.
c: Torque is based in Montevideo but plays its home games at Estadio Municipal Casto Martínez Laguarda in San José de Mayo. They played their first five home games at Estadio José Nasazzi in Montevideo.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Torque	Paulo Pezzolano	Mutual consent	25 November 2017[5]	Pre-season	Pablo Marini	12 December 2017[6]
Danubio	Roberto Roo	End of caretaker tenure	4 December 2017		Pablo Peirano	20 December 2017[7]
Liverpool	Rosario Martínez	Sacked	4 December 2017[8]		Paulo Pezzolano	18 December 2017[9]
Nacional	Martín Lasarte	Mutual consent	4 December 2017[10]		Alexander Medina	11 December 2017[11]
Montevideo Wanderers	Jorge Giordano	Resigned	6 December 2017[12]		Eduardo Espinel	17 December 2017[9]
Racing	Pablo Peirano		7 December 2017[13]		Hernán Rodrigo López	18 December 2017[14]
Cerro	José Basualdo	Mutual consent	6 January 2018[15]		Fernando Correa	8 January 2018[15]
Atenas	Adolfo Barán	Resigned	5 May 2018[16]	12th	Miguel Falero	7 May 2018[17]
Rampla Juniors	Luis López		6 May 2018[18]	15th	Julio Fuentes	7 May 2018[19]
Torneo Intermedio
Fénix	Nathaniel Revetria	Mutual consent	15 May 2018[20]	8th, Serie A	Juan Ramón Carrasco	17 May 2018[21]
Peñarol	Leonardo Ramos	Signed by Al-Ettifaq	7 June 2018[22]	2nd, Serie B	Diego López	8 June 2018[23]
Torneo Clausura
Atenas	Miguel Falero	Resigned	3 July 2018[24]	Pre-tournament	Ricardo Ortiz	8 July 2018[25]
Racing	Hernán Rodrigo López	Sacked	13 August 2018[26]	14th	Juan Tejera	14 August 2018[27]
River Plate	Pablo Tiscornia		27 August 2018[28]	14th	Jorge Giordano	29 August 2018[29]
Rampla Juniors	Julio Fuentes		10 September 2018[30]	10th	Julio César Antúnez	11 September 2018[31]

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "Sr. Abdón Porte", was the first tournament of the 2018 season. It began on 3 February and ended on 6 May. With El Tanque Sisley being unable to take part in the season, all teams were awarded three points in their matches against El Tanque Sisley, with no goals for being counted.^[32]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	15	12	2	1	26	8	+18	38	Qualification to Championship playoff
2	Peñarol	15	11	3	1	28	10	+18	36
3	Danubio	15	9	3	3	23	13	+10	30
4	Defensor Sporting	15	9	3	3	26	20	+6	30
5	Liverpool[a]	15	7	4	4	17	16	+1	27
6	River Plate	15	7	4	4	28	22	+6	25
7	Cerro	15	7	4	4	16	18	−2	25
8	Progreso	15	6	3	6	25	17	+8	21
9	Fénix	15	6	2	7	18	18	0	20
10	Boston River[a]	15	5	5	5	17	21	−4	19
11	Montevideo Wanderers	15	5	3	7	14	20	−6	18
12	Atenas	15	5	1	9	11	27	−16	16
13	Racing	15	3	3	9	14	24	−10	12
14	Torque	15	2	4	9	13	27	−14	10
15	Rampla Juniors	15	2	4	9	12	27	−15	10
16	El Tanque Sisley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from league[b]

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:

1. Liverpool were awarded two points and Boston River were deducted one point due to a breach of rules by a member of the managerial staff of Boston River during the Torneo Apertura match between both teams.^[33]
2. El Tanque Sisley withdrew from the league due to outstanding debts.

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	BOR	CRR	DAN	DFS	ETS	FNX	LIV	WAN	NAC	PEÑ	PRO	RAC	RAJ	RIV	TOR
Atenas	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	2–1	—	0–2	0–6	1–0	—	—	2–0
Boston River	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–3	—	1–3	—	—	3–2	2–1	—	—	1–1
Cerro	1–0	2–3	—	3–2	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	0–3	—	—	2–0	—	1–1
Danubio	5–0	0–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	0–3	—	1–2	—	—	—	3–1	1–0	—
Defensor Sporting	3–0	2–1	2–1	—	—	—	3–2	1–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	5–2	2–1
El Tanque Sisley	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Fénix	—	—	0–0	0–1	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	0–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	—	—
Liverpool	1–0	2–2	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	2–1	—	—	1–0
Montevideo Wanderers	—	—	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	0–2	1–1	—	—	1–1	0–3	—
Nacional	2–1	1–0	4–0	—	2–0	—	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—
Peñarol	—	2–1	—	1–1	4–1	—	—	2–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–1	4–1	—
Progreso	—	—	0–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	2–1	0–1	—	3–0	4–1	—	—
Racing	—	—	1–2	1–2	2–2	—	—	—	2–3	0–1	0–2	—	—	2–1	—	—
Rampla Juniors	1–1	0–0	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–2	—	0–3	—	—	—	—	1–2	2–1
River Plate	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	—	—	2–1	5–0	—	—	—	4–2	1–1	—	—	2–2
Torque	—	—	—	0–3	—	—	0–2	—	1–2	2–4	2–0	0–3	2–2	—	—	—

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	David Terans	Danubio	10
2	Gonzalo Bergessio	Nacional	9
3	Germán Rivero	Defensor Sporting	7
4	Leonardo Fernández	Fénix	6
	Diego Martiñones	Rampla Juniors
	Nicolás Rodríguez	River Plate
7	Gastón Colmán	Progreso	5
	Maureen Franco	Cerro
	Federico Martínez	Liverpool
	Cristian Rodríguez	Peñarol

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Intermedio

The Torneo Intermedio, named "Sr. Juan Carlos Bugallo" was the second tournament of the 2018 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. Given the absence of El Tanque Sisley for this season, Serie A had the usual eight teams while Serie B was contested by seven teams.^[34] It started on 9 May and ended on 10 June, with the winners being granted a berth into the 2019 Copa Sudamericana and the 2019 Supercopa Uruguaya.

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAC	CRR	DAN	RAC	WAN	LIV	RAJ	FNX
1	Nacional	7	5	2	0	19	5	+14	17	Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final		—	—	—	5–0	—	1–1	—	3–1
2	Cerro	7	3	4	0	9	5	+4	13			2–2	—	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	—	—
3	Danubio	7	3	1	3	12	12	0	10			0–2	0–2	—	—	0–2	—	4–1	—
4	Racing	7	3	1	3	5	9	−4	10			—	—	0–2	—	—	2–0	1–2	1–0
5	Montevideo Wanderers	7	3	0	4	8	10	−2	9			1–4	—	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	0–1
6	Liverpool	7	2	2	3	10	11	−1	8			—	—	3–4	—	—	—	2–1	3–1
7	Rampla Juniors	7	2	0	5	9	14	−5	6			0–2	0–1	—	—	2–3	—	—	—
8	Fénix	7	1	2	4	7	13	−6	5			—	1–1	2–2	—	—	—	1–3	—

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.

Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOR	PEÑ	RIV	ATE	PRO	DFS	BOR
1	Torque	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Advance to Torneo Intermedio Final		—	—	2–2	—	—	1–0	0–1
2	Peñarol	6	4	0	2	20	10	+10	12			3–4	—	6–0	—	—	—	3–0
3	River Plate	6	2	3	1	5	9	−4	9			—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–0
4	Atenas	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8			0–1	1–2	1–1	—	—	—	1–0
5	Progreso	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6			0–2	4–3	0–0	1–1	—	—	—
6	Defensor Sporting	6	2	0	4	4	8	−4	6			—	1–3	—	0–2	1–0	—	—
7	Boston River	6	1	1	4	2	7	−5	4			—	—	—	—	0–0	1–2	—

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.

Torneo Intermedio Final

10 June 2018

15:00

Nacional	3–2	Torque
Aguiar 66', 71' Bergessio 90'	Report	Pereira 21', 38'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Esteban Ostojich

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Cristian Palacios	Peñarol	8
2	Gonzalo Bergessio	Nacional	6
3	Luis Aguiar	Nacional	4
	Nicolás González	Cerro
	Diego Guastavino	Liverpool
	Darío Pereira	Torque
	David Terans	Danubio
8	Facundo Boné	River Plate	3
	Álvaro Brun	Torque
	Ignacio González	Montevideo Wanderers
	Juan Ignacio Ramírez	Liverpool
	Tabaré Viudez	Nacional

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura, named "Cr. Hugo Sebastiani", was the third tournament of the 2018 season. It began on 21 July and ended on 4 November. As happened in the Torneo Apertura, all teams were awarded three points in their matches against El Tanque Sisley, with no goals for being counted.^[32]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	15	11	3	1	25	10	+15	36	Qualification to Championship playoff
2	Nacional	15	9	3	3	19	14	+5	30
3	Montevideo Wanderers	15	8	4	3	26	20	+6	28
4	Racing	15	7	4	4	17	13	+4	25
5	Liverpool	15	6	5	4	22	17	+5	23
6	Defensor Sporting	15	6	4	5	23	19	+4	22
7	Progreso	15	6	4	5	21	19	+2	22
8	Rampla Juniors	15	5	6	4	16	16	0	21
9	Cerro	15	5	6	4	22	23	−1	21
10	Danubio	15	4	8	3	13	15	−2	20
11	Torque	15	4	6	5	16	18	−2	18
12	Fénix	15	5	3	7	16	19	−3	18
13	River Plate	15	4	3	8	20	33	−13	15
14	Boston River	15	4	2	9	14	22	−8	14
15	Atenas	15	2	7	6	12	24	−12	13
16	El Tanque Sisley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from league[a]

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:

1. El Tanque Sisley withdrew from the league due to outstanding debts.

Results

Home \ Away	ATE	BOR	CRR	DAN	DFS	ETS	FNX	LIV	WAN	NAC	PEÑ	PRO	RAC	RAJ	RIV	TOR
Atenas	—	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–5	—	—	0–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	2–2	1–1	—
Boston River	—	—	2–3	0–0	3–1	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	1–2	—	—	0–0	2–3	—
Cerro	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	0–5	—	1–1	1–2	—	5–2	1–2	—	4–2	—
Danubio	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	2–2	—	0–2	2–2	1–1	—	—	3–1
Defensor Sporting	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	3–0	2–0	1–2	—	2–1	2–2	—	—
El Tanque Sisley	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Fénix	2–1	2–1	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–0	—	0–3	—	—	—	—	1–3	2–1
Liverpool	—	—	1–1	3–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	1–2	2–4	—	—	2–0	4–1	—
Montevideo Wanderers	2–2	3–1	—	—	—	—	1–1	3–2	—	—	—	3–2	1–2	—	—	1–0
Nacional	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–3	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	—	3–2
Peñarol	2–0	—	3–2	—	—	—	2–0	—	3–0	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	1–1
Progreso	5–0	1–0	—	—	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	3–1
Racing	0–0	3–0	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–1	0–1
Rampla Juniors	—	—	2–2	0–0	—	—	1–0	—	0–1	—	1–0	1–2	2–0	—	—	—
River Plate	—	—	—	1–2	3–2	—	—	—	0–5	0–0	0–1	—	—	3–4	—	—
Torque	1–1	3–2	0–0	—	0–0	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	3–0	—

Source: AUF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel Fernández	Peñarol	9
2	Álvaro Navarro	Defensor Sporting	8
	Federico Martínez	Liverpool
4	Luis Acevedo	Cerro	6
	Nicolás Albarracín	Montevideo Wanderers
	Luis Manuel Castro	Montevideo Wanderers
	Diego Coelho	Boston River
	Sebastián Fernández	Nacional
	Ignacio Lemmo	Progreso
	Rodrigo Pastorini	Montevideo Wanderers

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

The aggregate table includes the results of the three stages played throughout the season (Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura). Since El Tanque Sisley did not compete (which caused the Torneo Intermedio to have groups of different size), the points earned by the teams in the smaller group of the Torneo Intermedio were weighted for the purposes of elaborating the aggregate table: teams in Serie B had their points divided between the number of games they played (6) and then multiplied by the number of games played by teams in Serie A (7), in order to get the points earned in the Torneo Intermedio to the effects of the aggregate table.^[34]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol[a] (C)	36	26	6	4	73	30	+43	86	Qualification to Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Nacional	37	26	7	4	64	27	+37	85
3	Danubio	37	16	12	9	48	40	+8	60	Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Defensor Sporting[a]	36	17	7	12	53	47	+6	59	Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Cerro	37	15	14	8	47	46	+1	59	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage[b]
6	Liverpool[c]	37	15	11	11	49	44	+5	58
7	Montevideo Wanderers	37	16	7	14	48	50	−2	55
8	River Plate[a]	36	13	10	13	53	64	−11	50.5
9	Progreso[a]	36	13	10	13	51	43	+8	50
10	Racing	37	13	8	16	36	46	−10	47
11	Torque[a]	36	10	11	15	39	51	−12	43.166
12	Fénix	37	12	7	18	41	50	−9	43
13	Atenas[a]	36	9	10	17	29	56	−27	38.333
14	Boston River[a]	36	10	8	18	33	50	−17	37.666
15	Rampla Juniors	37	9	10	18	37	57	−20	37
16	El Tanque Sisley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from league[d]

Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Torneo Intermedio points after weighting:
   Torque: 15.166, Peñarol: 14, River Plate: 10.5, Atenas: 9.333, Progreso: 7, Defensor Sporting: 7, Boston River: 4.666
2. Since the Torneo Intermedio winners (Nacional) qualified for the Copa Libertadores, the spot awarded to the Torneo Intermedio winners (Copa Sudamericana first stage) was passed down to the next best-placed team, in this case to the sixth-placed team.
3. Liverpool were awarded two points and Boston River were deducted one point due to a breach of rules by a member of the managerial staff of Boston River during the Torneo Apertura match between both teams.^[33]
4. El Tanque Sisley withdrew from the league due to outstanding debts.

Championship playoff

	Semi-final				Finals
					Peñarol (Semifinal winners)	—	—	—
	Nacional (Apertura winners)	1			Peñarol (Aggregate table first place)	—	—	—
	Peñarol (Clausura winners) (a.e.t.)	2

Semi-final

11 November 2018

16:30

Nacional	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Peñarol
Zunino 47'	Report	Formiliano 71' Cr. Rodríguez 95' (pen.)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

Nacional

Peñarol

NACIONAL: GK 1 Esteban Conde RB 2 Marcos Angeleri CB 5 Rafael García  87' CB 6 Alexis Rolín  81' LB 22 Alfonso Espino  93' RM 13 Matías Zunino  56'  94' CM 19 Santiago Romero CM 17 Christian Oliva  17'  69' LM 14 Gonzalo Castro FW 24 Gonzalo Bergessio  97' FW 18 Sebastián Fernández  45' Substitutes: GK 12 Luis Mejía DF 3 Rodrigo Erramuspe  81' MF 7 Luis Aguiar  69' MF 10 Tabaré Viudez  94' FW 20 Carlos De Pena FW 11 Leandro Barcia FW 23 Pierre Webó Manager: Alexander Medina

PEÑAROL: GK 12 Kevin Dawson RB 15 Ezequiel Busquets  102' CB 2 Fabricio Formiliano CB 4 Carlos Rodríguez LB 27 Lucas Hernández RM 20 Giovanni González  55' CM 23 Walter Gargano CM 7 Cristian Rodríguez LM 19 Agustín Canobbio  66' FW 28 Lucas Viatri FW 26 Gabriel Fernández  114' Substitutes: GK 1 Thiago Cardozo DF 25 Carlos Matheu MF 5 Marcel Novick MF 11 Fabián Estoyanoff  66'  110' MF 17 Ignacio Lores MF 10 Maximiliano Rodríguez  55' FW 24 Darwin Núñez  114' Manager: Diego López

Final

Since Peñarol, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically and the final was not played. Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Primera División 2018 Champions
Peñarol 50th title

Relegation

Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2017 and 2018. El Tanque Sisley was one of the teams relegated to the Segunda División for the following season, as well as the two teams with the lowest average.

Pos	Team	2017 Pts	2018 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Peñarol	86	84	170	73	2.329
2	Nacional	83	85	168	74	2.27
3	Defensor Sporting	86	58	144	73	1.973
4	Cerro	53	59	112	74	1.514
5	Montevideo Wanderers	55	55	110	74	1.486
6	Danubio	46	60	106	74	1.432
7	Progreso	—	49	49	36	1.361
8	River Plate	45	49	94	73	1.288
9	Liverpool	37	58	95	74	1.284
10	Racing	45	47	92	74	1.243
11	Boston River	52	37	89	73	1.219
12	Rampla Juniors	50	37	87	74	1.176
13	Fénix	42	43	85	74	1.149
14	Torque (R)	—	41	41	36	1.139	Relegation to Segunda División
15	Atenas (R)	—	37	37	36	1.028
16	El Tanque Sisley (R)	37	—	37	37	1