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Uruguayan Primera División
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Torneo Uruguayo
Copa Coca-Cola
Founded 1900; 123 years ago
Country Uruguay
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Segunda División
Domestic cup(s) Copa Uruguay
Supercopa Uruguaya
International cup(s) Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Current champions Nacional (49th title)
(2022)
 Peñarol / CURCC (46/5 titles)[note 1]
Most championships
 Nacional (49 titles)[note 2]
Top goalscorer Fernando Morena (230)
TV partners Tenfield, Gol TV, Arena Sport
Website auf.org.uy
Current: 2023 season
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish [ˈliɣa pɾofesjoˈnal de pɾi

ˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon], English: First Division Professional League, local: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβi
ˈsjon], First Division), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship
reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uruguay and organized by
the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
The first championship was held in 1900, being an amateur competition
until 1932 when the league became professional. From 1900 to the 2014–15
season there have been 111 first division seasons.
In 2011, the Uruguayan Primera División was regarded as the 23rd most difficult
football league in the 21st century by the International Federation of Football
History & Statistics (IFFHS).[1]
If considered the same club, Peñarol/CURCC is the most successful Uruguayan
club with 51 titles. Otherwise, it is Nacional with 49 titles. Of clubs to win titles,
only Rampla Juniors did not win multiple titles. Rampla Juniors
and Wanderers were the only clubs to not win titles consecutively.
History[edit]
The Uruguayan Primera División was held by the first time in 1900. Between 1923
and 1925, under the Uruguayan football schism, a dissident league,
the Federación Uruguaya de Football, was established. The body operated in
parallel with the official Association (AUF). After an intervention by the Uruguayan
government to impose the dissolution of the FUF, in 1926 a Provisional Council
("Concejo Provisorio") organised a championship to unify the two organizations.
Peñarol was the winner of the Serie A of the tournament. Nevertheless, neither the
AUF nor the FIFA recognised the titles of the championships organized by FUF or
CP.[2]
From 1930 to 1975, either Nacional or Peñarol won every title. This streak was
finally broken when Defensor won its first title in 1976. Besides Nacional or
Peñarol, no other club has won titles consecutively. Both Peñarol (1958 to 1962
and 1993 to 1997) and Nacional (from 1939 to 1943) hold the record title streaks
winning five titles consecutively. The longest period of time without neither Peñarol
nor Nacional winning the title was from 1987 to 1991, when
Defensor, Danubio, Progreso, Bella Vista, and again Defensor won the five
tournaments played during that period. [3]
After 1994, the competition was divided in two stages, called the Opening
Championship (Torneo Apertura) and Closing Championship (Torneo Clausura),
with an end-of-season two-legged final match between the winners of these two
tournaments.
Originally, like other South American football leagues, the league was contested
according to the calendar year, from austral summer to summer in the Southern
Hemisphere. In 2005, the league started to play the "European season", from
boreal summer to summer in Northern Hemisphere starting in August, with the aim
of preventing clubs from losing many players in the middle of the season. In the
first semester of 2005, a special short season was held to decide the qualification
to international competition. In the 2005–06 season, the winners of the Apertura
and Clausura tournaments played a two (or three) legged play-off; the winner of
that playoff played against the best team in the aggregate table to decide the
2005–06 season champion.
In the 2006–07 season, the competition was reduced to 16 clubs. The season of
2008–09 was intended to be the last one to be played in "European season", as
the system appeared to be unable to prevent clubs from losing players between
the Apertura (opening) tournament and the Clausura (closing). However, the
transition did not take place for several years. After a regular 2015–16 season was
played, a short 2016 was played in the latter half of the year, with the full calendar
year system in place once again beginning with the 2017 season.

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Uruguayan Primera División

Founded 1900; 123 years ago

Domestic cup(s) Copa Uruguay

International cup(s) Copa Libertadores

Current champions Nacional (49th title)

Top goalscorer Fernando Morena (230)

TV partners Tenfield, Gol TV, Arena Sport

The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish [ˈliɣa pɾofesjoˈnal de pɾi

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