2014–15 Uruguayan Primera División season

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Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season2014–15
ChampionsNacional

The 2014–15 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2014–15 Copa Uruguaya or the 2014–15 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 111th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 84th in which was is professional. Danubio was the defending champion.

Teams

Locations of the 2014–15 season teams outside Montevideo.
Club City Stadium Capacity
Atenas San Carlos Estadio Atenas 6,000
Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000
Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401
Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000
El Tanque Sisley Montevideo Campeones Olímpicos 7,000
Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500
Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500
Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Centenario 65,235
Rampla Juniors Montevideo Olímpico 6,000
Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500
Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600
River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624
Sud América San José Casto Martínez Laguarda 6,000
Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Estadio Goyenola 8,000

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nacional 15 14 0 1 34 7 +27 42 Championship Playoffs
2 Racing 15 10 2 3 32 26 +6 32
3 Peñarol 15 7 4 4 28 16 +12 25
4 River Plate 15 8 1 6 26 18 +8 25
5 El Tanque Sisley 15 6 5 4 18 18 0 23
6 Defensor Sporting 15 6 3 6 28 22 +6 21
7 Sud América 15 5 5 5 17 17 0 20
8 Juventud 15 6 2 7 21 22 −1 20
9 Atenas 15 6 2 7 18 20 −2 20
10 Danubio 15 5 5 5 17 20 −3 20
11 Rentistas 15 6 2 7 18 24 −6 20
12 Montevideo Wanderers 15 6 1 8 21 21 0 19
13 Fénix 15 5 2 8 20 26 −6 17
14 Rampla Juniors 15 5 2 8 18 27 −9 17
15 Cerro 15 3 2 10 10 31 −21 11
16 Tacuarembó 15 1 4 10 17 28 −11 7
Source: [citation needed]

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 15 9 4 2 28 13 +15 31 Championship Playoffs
2 River Plate 15 9 2 4 30 17 +13 29
3 Defensor Sporting 15 7 6 2 20 16 +4 27
4 Danubio 15 8 2 5 17 12 +5 26
5 Juventud 15 7 4 4 25 17 +8 25
6 Tacuarembó 15 7 3 5 23 22 +1 24
7 Cerro 15 7 3 5 21 23 −2 23[a]
8 Sud América 15 5 7 3 19 19 0 22
9 Nacional 15 6 3 6 24 21 +3 21
10 Fénix 15 6 2 7 18 16 +2 20
11 El Tanque Sisley 15 4 4 7 17 25 −8 16
12 Montevideo Wanderers 15 4 3 8 19 18 +1 15
13 Atenas 15 4 2 9 27 37 −10 14
14 Rampla Juniors 15 4 2 9 18 28 −10 14
15 Rentistas 15 4 2 9 16 27 −11 14
16 Racing 15 4 1 10 17 28 −11 13
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Cerro had 1 point deducted.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nacional 30 20 3 7 58 28 +30 63 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Peñarol 30 16 8 6 56 29 +27 56 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 River Plate 30 17 3 10 56 35 +21 54 2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Danubio 30 13 7 10 34 32 +2 46 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Defensor Sporting 30 13 9 8 48 38 +10 48
6 Juventud 30 13 6 11 46 39 +7 45
7 Racing 30 14 3 13 49 54 −5 45
8 Sud América 30 10 12 8 36 36 0 42
9 Fénix 30 11 4 15 38 42 −4 37
10 El Tanque Sisley 30 10 9 11 35 43 −8 39
11 Montevideo Wanderers 30 10 4 16 40 39 +1 34
12 Atenas 30 10 4 16 45 57 −12 34
13 Rentistas 30 10 4 16 34 51 −17 34
14 Cerro 30 10 5 15 29 52 −23 34[a]
15 Tacuarembó 30 8 7 15 40 50 −10 31
16 Rampla Juniors 30 9 4 17 36 55 −19 31
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Cerro had 1 point deducted.

Relegation

Pos
Team 2013–14
Pts
2014–15
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Nacional 57 63 120 60 2
2 River Plate 58 54 112 60 1.87
3 Peñarol 52 55 107 60 1.78
4 Danubio 58 49 116 60 1.78
5 Montevideo Wanderers 62 34 96 60 1.6
6 Defensor Sporting 36 48 84 60 1.4
7 Racing 39 45 84 60 1.4
8 Rentistas 45 34 79 60 1.317
9 Juventud 32 45 77 60 1.283
10 Sud América 35 42 77 60 1.283
11 Fénix 40 37 77 60 1.283
12 Cerro 38 34 71 60 1.183
13 El Tanque Sisley 33 36 69 60 1.15
14 Atenas 34 34 30 1.133 Relegation to Segunda División
15 Tacuarembó 31 31 30 1.033
16 Rampla Juniors 31 31 30 1.033

Championship playoff

Nacional and Peñarol qualified for 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 would become the season champion with a win; Peñarol needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final.

Semi-final Finals
Aggregate table first place Nacional
Apertura winners Nacional 3 Nacional
Clausura winners Peñarol 2

Semi-final

Nacional3–2Peñarol
S. Fernández 19'
I. Alonso 32' (pen.)
S. Romero 111'
Report L. Aguiar 70', 90+2'
Nacional
Peñarol


 Primera División
2014–15 champion 
Nacional
45th title

References