Uruguayan Primera División

The Primera División Profesional de Uruguay is the top league in the Uruguayan Mr football and wearing the championship from. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association ON. First founded in 1900 as an amateur league, since the championship round of the year 1932, the professionalism handle space.

• 3.1 Master of Amateur Time
• 3.2 Professional League Champions
• 3.3 overall championships

Mode

Competition mode and ascent and descent rules were subjected to constant change. Eligible, currently 16 teams. The game is played each August to May Three teams in the Segunda División Profesional rise from the ascent and descent control does, on the two immediately previous seasons completed reference. The points total will be added together. However, there is a special effect that an association which, although based would descend on the achieved number of points actually, but at the same time is also entitled to play the championship final, the league does not have to leave. In this case the above it in the relegation table club must take up the aisle in the second highest league. For previous climbers, in which only a Erstligasaison to determine the Absteigers can be used, a separate, different calculation to determine the score is performed. Current champion is the CA Peñarol.

Format

Since 1994, the championship was divided into two parts, the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura the. At the end there were two play-off matches between the winners of both Torneos. While until 2005, the season system at typical in South America -year cycle was aligned, followed by lodging a mid-season in 2005 for the 2005/ 06 the conversion to the " European system " whereby the first half of the season takes place in the second half and the Torneo Clausura then will be held in the first half of the following year. Since 2005 /06 the winner then plays against the top finishers for the full year. This is not necessary if both master Torneos same team is.

Current clubs (2012 /13)

Master

Master of Amateur Time

Professional league champions

Championships in total

According to official statistics of the Association

In this context flares in Uruguayan football always a central dispute about which of the two dominant clubs - is the most successful club in the country - Nacional or Penarol. The 44 national champion titles that can show Nacional stand 42 opposite to pages Peñarols. The supporters of the Aurinegros but also expects the two titles to their own club, which they won during the cleavage of the organizational structure of the Uruguayan football in the years 1924 and 1926, which are part of the ON but not recognized. Thus one would have been caught up by this bill with the rivals. In addition, you want the part of the trailer, assets that are the predecessors club CURCC once won, incorporate their own track record, so that after this bill 49 championship would be on the credit side Peñarols. After source location but it was historical fact that the club CURCC have ceased to exist and with Peñarol, a new association was formed.