Primera División Uruguaya 2005

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Primera División Uruguaya 2005 was started from March 5, 2005 to July 12, 2005.

The league changed to European style after the season, which started at August to next year June, but a winter league instead of summer due to Southern Hemisphere.

The league was a single round-robin tournament and not relegation and promotion from Segunda División Uruguay.

But along with Apertura 2005 of 2005-06 season, the whole schedule of 2005 would count in a final table, the bottom three would direct relegated.

Winners qualified for Copa Libertadores 2006.

[edit] Final classification

	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Comments
1.	Nacional	41	17	12	5	0	39	16	+23	Playoffs
2.	Defensor	41	17	12	5	0	33	13	+20	Playoffs
3.	Peñarol	35	17	10	5	2	28	19	+9
4.	Danubio	28	17	8	4	5	23	16	+7
5.	Rocha	25	17	6	7	4	27	21	+6
6.	Liverpool	25	17	7	4	6	26	25	+1
7.	Rentistas	24	17	6	6	5	30	25	+5
8.	Miramar Misiones	23	17	7	2	8	33	29	+4
9.	Wanderers	23	17	6	5	6	30	33	-3
10.	River Plate	22	17	6	4	7	34	32	+2
11.	Cerrito	21	17	5	6	6	21	19	+2
12.	Tacuarembó	21	17	5	6	6	17	18	-1
13.	Fénix	19	17	5	4	8	19	26	-7
14.	Paysandú	14	17	3	5	9	23	34	-11
15.	Rampla Juniors	14	17	3	5	9	19	31	-12
16.	Plaza Colonia	14	17	3	5	9	8	27	-19
17.	Cerro	13	17	3	4	10	20	30	-10
18.	Deportivo Colonia	13	17	3	4	10	15	31	-16

[edit] Play-offs

July 10, 2005	Defensor Sporting	w/o	Nacional	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
				Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

July 12, 2005	Nacional	w/o	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
				Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Defensor Sporting refused to play the playoff due to Nacional won his last match by a contested penalty in 7th minute of injury time. Nacional was awarded the Champions on 6 July 2005.