2005–06 Uruguayan Primera División

The 2005-06 season in the Primera División Uruguaya saw Nacional defend and win a back-to-back-title by defeating the surprise of the championship, Rocha F.C., on two consecutive finals, thus winning their 41st title in Uruguayan football. Two teams were relegated, Deportivo Colonia and Cerro, but this time only one team, Progreso, was promoted.

Statistics of Primera División Uruguaya in season 2005/2006.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Nacional won the championship.

Apertura

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Rocha	17	10	3	4	37	25	33
2	Nacional	17	9	7	1	32	16	31
3	Danubio	17	8	3	6	36	25	27
4	Rampla Juniors	17	8	2	7	35	25	26
5	Deportivo Colonia	17	6	8	3	23	19	26
6	Cerrito	17	6	7	4	20	18	25
7	Peñarol	17	6	7	4	22	26	25
8	River Plate	17	6	6	5	24	22	24
9	Rentistas	17	7	3	7	21	22	24
10	Liverpool	17	5	7	5	19	18	22
11	Defensor Sporting	17	5	7	5	21	21	22
12	Cerro	17	5	7	5	23	25	22
13	Plaza Colonia	17	5	6	6	15	23	21
14	Montevideo Wanderers	17	4	8	5	27	32	20
15	Miramar Misiones	17	3	9	5	18	18	18
16	Tacuarembó	17	4	5	8	13	21	17
17	Fénix	17	3	4	10	22	31	13
18	Paysandú	17	1	5	11	18	39	8

Relegation Table (2005 and Apertura)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Nacional	34	21	12	1	71	32	72
2	Defensor Sporting	34	17	12	5	54	34	63
3	Peñarol	34	16	12	6	50	45	60
4	Rocha	34	16	10	8	64	46	58
5	Danubio	34	16	7	11	59	41	55
6	Rentistas	34	13	9	12	51	47	48
7	Liverpool	34	12	11	11	45	43	47
8	River Plate	34	12	10	12	58	54	46
9	Cerrito	34	11	13	10	41	37	46
10	Montevideo Wanderers	34	10	13	11	57	65	43
11	Miramar Misiones	34	10	11	13	51	47	41
12	Rampla Juniors	34	11	7	16	54	56	40
13	Deportivo Colonia	34	9	12	13	38	50	39
14	Tacuarembó	34	9	11	14	30	39	38
15	Cerro	34	8	11	15	43	55	35
16	Plaza Colonia	34	8	11	15	23	50	35
17	Fénix	34	8	8	18	41	57	32
18	Paysandú	34	4	10	20	41	73	22

Clausura

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Nacional	16	12	2	2	31	12	38
2	Defensor Sporting	16	10	5	1	34	15	35
3	Danubio	16	9	3	4	31	24	30
4	Central Español	16	8	3	5	19	16	27
5	Liverpool	16	7	4	5	27	27	25
6	Rentistas	16	7	3	6	28	22	24
7	Cerrito	16	5	8	3	17	16	23
8	Rampla Juniors	16	6	5	5	24	29	23
9	River Plate	16	6	2	8	19	20	20
10	Bella Vista	16	5	4	7	18	19	19
11	Tacuarembó	16	4	6	6	12	19	18
12	Montevideo Wanderers	16	4	4	8	18	19	16
13	Cerro	16	6	3	7	23	16	15
14	Miramar Misiones	16	3	5	8	17	30	14
15	Rocha	16	3	3	10	18	29	12
16	Deportivo Colonia	16	3	2	11	12	30	11
17	Peñarol	16	5	4	7	20	25	7

Play-offs

Championship

First Leg
2006-06-22

Rocha	1 – 4	Nacional
Caro 54'		Vázquez 22', 45' Suárez 51' Garcés 88'

Estadio Doctor Sobrero, Rocha

Referee: Prudente (URU)

Second Leg
2006-06-25

Nacional	2 – 0	Rocha
Suárez 62' Vázquez 77'

Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo

Referee: Silvera (URU)

Nacional winners of semifinal; the team should play the final against the best team of the aggregate table 2005/06; as that is also Nacional, they are champions of Uruguay 2005/06.

Title

Primera División 2005–06 Champion
Nacional 41st title

Relegation Table (2005 and 2005/06)

Pos	Club	P	Pts	Average
13	Bella Vista	16	19	1.188
14	Tacuarembó	50	56	1.120
15	Miramar Misiones	55	50	1.110
16	Cerro	50	50	1.000
17	Deportivo Colonia	50	50	1.000

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals ^[1]
1	José Pedro Cardozo	Rocha	17
2	Ignacio González	Danubio	13
3	Junior Aliberti	Wanderers / Plaza Colonia	12
	Gonzalo Castro	Nacional	12
	Marcos Antonio García	Rampla Juniors	12
	Juan Manuel Olivera	Danubio	12
	Maxi Pereira	Defensor	12
8	Gabriel Cedrés	River Plate / C.A. Peñarol	11
	Richard Porta	River Plate	11
	Elías Ferreira	C.A. Peñarol / Rentistas	11
11	Mauro Aldave	Rocha	10
	Nicolás Olivera	Defensor	10

Notes

↑ Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006

References

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[1] Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006