2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season

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
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]

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.

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 accumlating the least amount of the 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.

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 or relegation
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[1] BVI CES CRRDANDFSETSFNXLIVMMIWANNACPEÑRACRAMRIVTAC
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 0–2 1–5

Source: [3]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 or relegation
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[1] BVI CES CRRDANDFSETSFNXLIVMMIWANNACPEÑRACRAMRIVTAC
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]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 or relegation
1 Nacional 30 19 6 5 60 31 +29 63 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage 1 2
2 Defensor Sporting 30 17 7 6 50 25 +25 58 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 2
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.
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
Qualification or relegation
1 Nacional 60 40 9 11 123 57 +66 01261
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 0882
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 0822
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 0402

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

Defensor Sporting
Nacional
DEFENSOR SPORTING:
GK 1Uruguay Martín Silva (c)
RB 8Uruguay Damián Suárez
CB 4Uruguay Mario Risso
CB 3Argentina Nestor Moiraghi YC 43'
LB 23Uruguay Adrián Argachá
RM 14Paraguay Eduardo Aranda
DM 15Uruguay Diego Rodríguez YC 48'
DM 6Uruguay Sebastián Suárez  58'
LM 10Uruguay Brahian Alemán  64'
CF 16Uruguay Ignacio Risso  69'
CF 11Uruguay David Texeira
Substitutes:
GK 12Uruguay Yonathan Irrazábal
DF 2Uruguay Ramón Arias
MF 25Uruguay Andrés Fleurquin
MF 21Uruguay Ignacio Lores  64'
MF 5Uruguay Diego Ferreira
MF 20Uruguay Adrián Luna Red card 89'  58'
FW 18Uruguay Mauro Vila  69'
Manager:
Pablo Repetto
NACIONAL:
GK 25Uruguay Rodrigo Muñoz
RB 13Brazil Gabriel Marques YC 39'
CB 2Uruguay Alejandro Lembo (c)
CB 19Uruguay Sebastián Coates
LB 4Uruguay Alexis Rolín
DM 23Uruguay Facundo Píriz YC 73'
AM 8Uruguay Matías Cabrera
AM 22Uruguay Mauricio Pereyra
RW 15Uruguay Tabaré Viudez  83'
CF 20Uruguay Santiago García  46'
LW 24Uruguay Richard Porta  66'
Substitutes:
GK 1Uruguay Leonardo Burián
DF 3Brazil Jadson Viera
MF 5Brazil Anderson Silva
MF 17Uruguay Maximiliano Calzada
MF 10Argentina Marcelo Gallardo  66'
FW 6Uruguay Nicolás Vigneri  83'
FW 7Uruguay Nicolás López  46'
Manager:
Juan Ramón Carrasco

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

Primera División
2010–11 Champion
Nacional
43rd title

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 "Primera División - Estadisticas" [Primera División - Statistics] (in Spanish). golgolgol.net. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Campeonato Uruguayo 2010–2011 / Posiciones" [2010–2011 Uruguayan Championship–Standings] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. February 20, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Campeonato Uruguayo 2010–2011" (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Goleadores Torneo Apertura 2010" [2010 Torneo Apertura Goalscorers] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.auf.org.uy/2b_fijatras.html
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