2012–13 in Uruguayan football

Football in Uruguay

Season	2012–13
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

National leagues

Primera División

Bella Vista	Central Español	Cerro	Cerro Largo
Danubio	Defensor Sporting	El Tanque Sisley	Fénix
Juventud	Liverpool	M. Wanderers	Nacional
Peñarol	Progreso	Racing	River Plate

• Apertura champion: Peñarol (3rd title)
  • Top scorer: Juan Manuel Olivera (13 goals)
• Clausura champion: Defensor Sporting (4th title)
  • Top scorer: Matías Alonso
    Liber Quiñones (11 goals each)
• Overall champion: Peñarol (47th title)
  • Top scorer: Juan Manuel Olivera (18 goals)
• International qualifiers:
  • Copa Libertadores:
    • Group Stage: Peñarol and Defensor Sporting
    • Preliminary Round: Nacional
  • Copa Sudamericana:
    • First Stage: Peñarol, River Plate, M. Wanderers and El Tanque Sisley
• Relegated: Progreso, Bella Vista and Central Español

Segunda División

Atenas	Boston River	Cerrito	Deportivo Maldonado	Huracán
Miramar Misiones	Plaza Colonia	Rocha	Rampla Juniors	Rentistas
Torque	Sud América	Tacuarembó	Villa Teresa

• Segunda División champion: Sud América (7th title)
• Play-off winner: Miramar Misiones
• Promoted: Sud América, Rentistas and Miramar Misiones
  • Top scorer: Guillermo Maidana (16 goals)
• Relegated: Huracán

Segunda División Amateur

Albion	Alto Perú	Basañez	Canadian
Colón	La Luz	Mar de Fondo	Oriental
Platense	Potencia	Salus	Uruguay Montevideo

• Segunda División Amateur champion: Canadian
• Promoted: Canadian (1st title)
• Desafiliated: TBD

Clubs in international competitions

Team \ Competition	2012 Copa Sudamericana	2013 Copa Libertadores
Cerro Largo	First Stage	did not qualify
Danubio	First Stage	did not qualify
Defensor Sporting	did not qualify	First Stage
Liverpool	Round of 16	did not qualify
Nacional	Second Stage	Second Stage
Peñarol	did not qualify	Second Stage

Cerro Largo

2012 Copa Sudamericana

First Stage 26 July 2012	Aurora	2–1	Cerro Largo	Cochabamba, Bolivia
20:30 UTC-04:00	Rodríguez  40' Castellón  64'	Report	Ruíz  69' Castillo  79' Barboza  86'	Stadium: Estadio Félix Capriles Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

First Stage 14 August 2012	Cerro Largo	0–0	Aurora	Melo, Uruguay
18:30 UTC-03:00	Ruíz  45+2' Castillo  90+3'	Report	Angulo  16' Cedrola  45' D. Blanco  66' Robles  90' Lanz  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Arquitecto Ubilla Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)

Cerro Largo eliminated on points 1–4.

Danubio

2013 Copa Libertadores

Firs Stage 24 July 2012	Danubio	11–0	Olimpia	Montevideo, Uruguay
19:15 UTC-03:00	Cayetano  6'	Report	Paredes  32' R. Ortíz  36' Candía  52'	Stadium: Estadio Luis Franzini Attendance: 200,000 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

First Stage 7 August 2012	Olimpia	2–1	Danubio	Asunción, Paraguay
20:45 UTC-04:00	R. Ortíz  4' Aranda  40' Salgueiro  44'	Report	Carboni  22' Fernández  60' Cayetano  78'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ferreira Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

Danubio eliminated on points 1–4.

Defensor Sporting

2013 Copa Libertadors

Defensor Sporting is already qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores.

Liverpool

2012 Copa Sudamericana

First Stage 25 July 2012	Liverpool	3–0	Universitario	Montevideo, Uruguay
19:15 UTC-03:00	Núñez  11', 21'  76' Pezzolano  18' (pen.) Aguirre  49'	Report	Liendo  13' Ricardo Braz  25' Flores  66' Bejarano  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Luis Franzini Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

First Stage 16 August 2012	Universitario	1–2	Liverpool	Sucre, Bolivia
18:00 UTC-04:00	Fierro  1' Liendo  11' Torrez  42' Escalante  52' (pen.) Ricardo Braz  58'	Report	Felipe  3' Ferreira  70' Scarone  73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Patria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marlon Escalante (Venezuela)

Second Stage 28 August 2012	Envigado	1–1	Liverpool	Envigado, Colombia
19:45UTC-05:00	J. Mejía  21' J. Mosquera  40' Morantes  46', 81' Mendoza  86' Angulo  90'	Report	Tamareo  38' Felipe  43' Melo  46' Aguirre  86'	Stadium: Estadio Polideportivo Sur Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Second Stage 19 September 2012	Liverpool	1–0	Envigado	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:15 UTC-03:00	Semperena  10' Núñez  30' Aguirre  48' Felipe  51'	Report	J. Mosquera  10' Orozco  29' Mejía  70'	Stadium: Estadio Luis Franzini Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Julio Quintana (Paraguay)

Round of 16 25 September 2012	Independiente	2–1	Liverpool	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30UTC-03:00	Vargas  6' Galeano  36' Rosales  49' Cáceres  56'	Report	Mansilla  32' Núñez  85'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

Round of 16 25 October 2012	Liverpool	2–1	Independiente	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:15UTC-03:00	Ferreira  33' Núñez  43' Silvera  51' Semperena  55', 79'	Report	Vallés  40' Mancuello  48'  77' Battión  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Liverpool eliminated on points 6–0.

Nacional

2012 Copa Sudamericana

First Stage 31 July 2012	Iquique	2–0	Nacional	Iquique, Chile
18:00 UTC-04:00	Ereros  40' Dávila  60'	Report	Torres  43' Damonte  65'	Stadium: Estadio Tierra de Campeones Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

First Stage 14 August 2012	Nacional	4–0	Iquique	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:00 UTC-03:00	Rolín  6' Medina  27' Bueno  45+1' Recoba  85' A. Romero  89', 90+1' Vecino  90+2'	Report	Taucare  34', 83' Bogado  78'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira (Brazil)

Second Stage 29 August 2012	LDU Loja	0–1	Nacional	Loja, Ecuador
17:15 UTC-05:00	Fábio Renato  63' Fernández  86'	Report	Medina  22' Taborda  61'	Stadium: Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georges Buckley (Peru)

Second Stage 19 September 2012	Nacional	1–2	LDU Loja	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:15 UTC-03:00	Luna  23' Píriz  34' Cabrera  82'	Report	Calderón  14'  78' Uchuari  21' Mosquera  39' Vera  40' Hurtado  68'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Patricio Polic (Chile)

Nacional eliminated on away goals.

2013 Copa Libertadors

Nacional is already qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores.

National teams

Senior team

This section covers Uruguay's senior team matches from the end of the 2012 Summer Olympics until the end of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Friendly matches

15 August 2012	France	0–0	Uruguay	Le Havre, France
21:00 UTC+02:00	Martin  66' Capoue  79'	Report	Á. Pereira  39' Lugano  48' Pérez  82'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

14 November 2012	Poland	1–3	Uruguay	Gdańsk, Poland
16:45 UTC-03:00	Glik  22' (o.g.) Wasilewski  25' Obraniak  64'	Report	Cavani  34' Suárez  66'	Stadium: PGE Arena Attendance: 39,460 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

6 February 2013	Spain	3–1	Uruguay	Qatar, Doha
19:00 CET	Fàbregas  16' Busquets  22' Pedro  51', 74' Ramos  56' Alba  56'	Report	Cristian Rodríguez  32' Pérez  56'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

5 June 2013	Uruguay	1–0	France	Montevideo, Uruguay
17:00 UTC-3	Suarez  50'			Stadium: Estadio Centenario

World Cup qualifiers

Round 7 7 September 2012	Colombia	4–0	Uruguay	Barranquilla, Colombia
15:30 UTC-05:00	Falcao  2' Gutiérrez  47', 52' Zúñiga  90+1'	Report	Gargano  82'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Attendance: 454,000 Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

Round 8 11 September 2012	Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador	Montevideo, Uruguay
18:30 UTC-03:00	Lugano  7' Á. Pereira  36' Suárez  55' Cavani  67' Ramírez  90+2'	Report	Caidedo  8' (pen.) Minda  9' Campos  22' Domínguez  23' Benítez  61' Valencia  75', 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Round 9 12 October 2012	Argentina	3–0	Uruguay	Mendoza, Argentina
21:00 UTC−3	Messi  65', 79' Agüero  74'	Report	Cáceres  32' Lugano  52' Godín  79' Maxi Pereira  89'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 31,997 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Round 10 16 October 2012	Bolivia	4–1	Uruguay	La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 UTC−4	Saucedo  5', 50', 54' Mojica  26' Raldes  67' Chumacero  73'	Report	A. Pereira  33' Suárez  80'	Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 25,402 Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Round 11 22 March 2013	Uruguay	1-1	Paraguay	Montevideo, Uruguay
--:-- UTC-03:00				Stadium: Estadio Centenario

Round 12 26 March 2013	Chile	2-0	Uruguay	Santiago, Chile
--:-- UTC-04:00				Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Round 13 11 June 2013	Venezuela	0–1	Uruguay	Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
19:30 UTC-04:30		Report	Cavani  28'	Stadium: Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay Referee: Paulo Oliveira (Brazil)

Confederations Cup

Group Stage 16 June 2013	Spain	2 – 1	Uruguay	Recife, Brazil
19:00 UTC-03:00	Pedro  20' Soldado  32'	Report	Suárez  88'	Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 41,705 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Group Stage 20 June 2013	Nigeria	1 – 2	Uruguay	Salvador, Brazil
19:00 UTC-03:00	Mikel  37'	Report	Lugano  19' Forlán  51'	Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 26,769 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Group Stage 23 June 2013	Uruguay	8 – 0	Tahiti	Recife, Brazil
16:00 UTC-03:00	Hernández  2', 24', 45+1', 67' (pen.) Pérez  27' Lodeiro  61' Suárez  82', 90'	Report		Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 22,047 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Semi-finals 26 June 2013	Brazil	2 – 1	Uruguay	Belo Horizante, Brazil
16:00 UTC-03:00	Fred  41' Paulinho  86'	Report	Cavani  48'	Stadium: Estádio Mineirão Attendance: 57,483 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 30 June 2013	Uruguay	2–2 (aet) (2–3 p)	Italy	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
13:00	Cavani  58', 78'	Report	Astori  24' Diamanti  73'	Attendance: 43,382 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
		Penalties
	Forlán Cavani Suárez Cáceres Gargano		Aquilani El Shaarawy De Sciglio Giaccherini	|

Uruguay U-20

Friendly matches

5 September 2012	Uruguay	2–0	Paraguay	Montevideo, Uruguay
15:30 UTC-03:00	César  46' Varela  69' Rolán  75'	Report	Caballero  69'	Stadium: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi Attendance: 300 Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

8 September 2012	Uruguay	1–1	Paraguay	Montevideo, Uruguay
15:30 UTC-03:00	Mastriani  72'  90+4'	Report	Almirón  29' Gómez  52' Domínguez  54'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: 400 Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

9 October 2012	Uruguay	0–0	Peru	Montevideo, Uruguay
15:30 UTC-03:00		Report	Ortiz  63'	Stadium: Estadio Parque Capurro Attendance: 220 Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

11 October 2012	Uruguay	2–1	Peru	Montevideo, Uruguay
16:00 UTC-03:00	César  18' Laxalt  49'	Report	Hinostroza  32' Polo  63'	Stadium: Estadio Luis Franzini Referee: Héctor Martínez (Uruguay)

27 November 2012	Paraguay	2–2	Uruguay	Capiatá, Paraguay
--:-- UTC-03:30	Giménez  85' Formiliano  91' (o.g.)	Report	Formiliano  44' De Arrascaeta  48'	Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Capiatá Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

World Cup qualifiers

First Stage 10 January 2013	Uruguay	3–3	Peru	San Juan, Argentina
22:15 (UTC-03:00)	López  40' Bentancourt  53' Rolán  55'		Reyna  19' Gómez  44' Benavente  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio del Bicentenario Attendance: 400 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

First Stage 12 January 2013	Brazil	2–3	Uruguay	San Juan, Argentina
20:00 (UTC-03:00)	Fred  70' Marcos Júnior  72'	Report	Laxalt  5' Rolán  47' (pen.) López  90'	Stadium: Estadio del Bicentenario Attendance: 300 Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

First Stage 14 January 2013	Uruguay	2–2	Ecuador	San Juan, Argentina
22:15 (UTC-03:00)	López  19' Aguirre  85'	Report	Esterilla  46' Grueso  55'	Stadium: Estadio del Bicentenario Attendance: 1,000 Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

First Stage 18 January 2013	Uruguay	2–2	Venezuela	San Juan, Argentina
17:45 (UTC-03:00)	Rolán  25' (pen.) López  59'	Report	Martínez  20' Añor  47'	Stadium: Estadio del Bicentenario Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Final stage 20 January 2013	Peru	1–3	Uruguay	Mendoza, Argentina
19:45 (UTC-03:00)	Reyna  42'	Report	Formiliano  12' López  68' Rolán  88'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Final stage 23 January 2013	Colombia	1–0	Uruguay	Mendoza, Argentina
22:00 (UTC-03:00)	Córdoba  38'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Final stage 27 January 2013	Chile	0–1	Uruguay	Mendoza, Argentina
17:30 (UTC-03:00)		Report	Bueno  64'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marlon Escalante (Venezuela)

Final stage 30 January 2013	Paraguay	1–0	Uruguay	Mendoza, Argentina
22:00 (UTC-03:00)	Alonso  59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Final stage 3 February 2013	Uruguay	1–0	Ecuador	Mendoza, Argentina
17:15 (UTC-03:00)	López  5'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 7,000 Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

Uruguay U-17

Friendly matches

2 October 2012	Uruguay	v	Chile	Uruguay
--:-- UTC-03:00

4 October 2012	Uruguay	v	Chile	Uruguay
--:-- UTC-03:00

Copa Backus

Team	Pld	W	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	222	0	+222	3
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3
Peru	1	0	0	1	2	3	–1	0
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	1	3	–2	0

18 September 2012	Uruguay	8–3	Paraguay	Lima, Peru
13:45 UTC-05:00	D'Albenas  72' Ospitaleche  89'	Report	M. González  34'  39' Medina  80' Duarte  87' Tandi  89'	Stadium: Estadio San Martín Attendance: 500 Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

20 September 2012	Uruguay	3–1	Costa Rica	Lima, Peru
13:45 UTC-05:00	Benítez Buschiazzo Latorre	Report		Stadium: Club Regatas

22 September 2012	Peru	2–3	Uruguay	Lima, Peru
11:00 UTC-05:00	Da Silva González	Report		Stadium: Complejo F.P.F.

Limoge's International tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	9	-7	3
Norway	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0

31 October 2012	France	4–0	Uruguay	Limoges, France
--:-- UTC+02:00	Jean  28' Saïd  51' Etcheverry  62' (o.g.) Ongenda  83'	Report		Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

2 November 2012	Portugal	4–0	Uruguay	Limoges, France
--:-- UTC+02:00	Nunes  31' Alfaiate  43' Santos  48' Guzzo  61'	Report		Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

4 November 2012	Norway	1–2	Uruguay	Limoges, France
--:-- UTC+02:00	Skanes  52'	Report	D´Álbenas  57' González  72'	Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

References

External links

• AUF
• Uruguay on FIFA.com