2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season

Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season 2015–16
Champions Peñarol
2016 →

The 2015–16 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2015–16 Copa Uruguaya or the 2015–16 Campeonato Uruguayo, is the 112th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 85th in which it is professional. Nacional is the defending champion.

Attendances

The teams with an average home attendance above 10,000 were Club Nacional de Football with 15,065 and Peñarol with 14,172.[1]

Teams

Locations of the 2015–16 season teams outside Montevideo.
Club City Stadium Capacity
Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000
Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401
Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000
El Tanque Sisley Florida Campeones Olímpicos 7,000
Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500
Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 5,500
Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 10,000
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500
Peñarol Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,000
Plaza Colonia Colonia Suppici 12,000
Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 4,500
Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600
River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624
Sud América San José Casto Martínez Laguarda 6,000
Villa Teresa Montevideo José Nasazzi 5,000

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Peñarol 15 9 4 2 28 17 +11 31 Championship Playoffs
2 Nacional 15 9 3 3 32 21 +11 30
3 Cerro 15 9 1 5 25 19 +6 28
4 Montevideo Wanderers 15 6 6 3 22 16 +6 24
5 River Plate 15 7 2 6 31 25 +6 23
6 Fénix 15 6 5 4 17 12 +5 23
7 Danubio 15 6 4 5 21 13 +8 22
8 Defensor Sporting 15 6 3 6 25 25 0 21
9 El Tanque Sisley 15 5 4 6 17 17 0 19
10 Rentistas 15 5 3 7 18 19 −1 18
11 Sud América 15 4 6 5 17 22 −5 18
12 Liverpool 15 5 3 7 15 24 −9 18
13 Plaza Colonia 15 3 8 4 15 16 −1 17
14 Racing 15 4 5 6 21 26 −5 17
15 Juventud 15 4 3 8 14 25 −11 15
16 Villa Teresa 15 1 2 12 9 30 −21 5

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Plaza Colonia 15 9 5 1 20 9 +11 32 Championship Playoffs
2 Peñarol 15 8 3 4 25 18 +7 27
3 Sud América 15 7 4 4 17 16 +1 25
4 Montevideo Wanderers 15 7 3 5 31 21 +10 24
5 Nacional 15 7 3 5 21 17 +4 24
6 Cerro 15 7 3 5 17 15 +2 24
7 Fénix 15 6 5 4 18 13 +5 23
8 Liverpool 15 7 1 7 16 18 −2 22
9 Rentistas 15 6 3 6 18 17 +1 21
10 Defensor Sporting 15 6 3 6 23 29 −6 21
11 Villa Teresa 15 5 4 6 15 19 −4 19
12 Juventud 15 4 6 5 19 19 0 18
13 River Plate 15 5 3 7 15 16 −1 18
14 Racing 15 3 5 7 19 24 −5 14
15 Danubio 15 3 4 8 18 25 −7 13
16 El Tanque Sisley 15 2 1 12 14 30 −16 7

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Peñarol 30 17 7 6 53 35 +18 58 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Nacional 30 16 6 8 53 38 +15 54 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Cerro 30 16 4 10 42 34 +8 51 2017 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Plaza Colonia 30 12 13 5 35 25 +10 49 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Montevideo Wanderers 30 13 9 8 53 37 +16 48
6 Fénix 30 12 10 8 35 25 +10 46
7 Sud América 30 11 10 9 34 38 −4 43
8 Defensor Sporting 30 12 6 12 48 54 −6 42
9 River Plate 30 12 5 13 46 41 +5 41
10 Liverpool 30 12 4 14 31 42 −11 40
11 Rentistas 30 11 6 13 36 36 0 39
12 Danubio 30 9 8 13 39 38 +1 35
13 Juventud 30 8 9 13 33 44 −11 33
14 Racing 30 7 10 13 40 50 −10 31
15 El Tanque Sisley 30 7 5 18 31 47 −16 26
16 Villa Teresa 30 6 6 18 24 49 −25 24

Relegation

Pos
 Team 2014–15
Pts		 2015-16
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Relegation
1 Nacional 635411760
2 Peñarol 565811460
3 Plaza Colonia -499830
4 River Plate 54419560
5 Defensor Sporting 48429060
6 Cerro 34518560
7 Sud América 42438560
8 Danubio 49358460
9 Fénix 37468360
10 Montevideo Wanderers 34488260
11 Liverpool -408030
12 Juventud 45337860
13 Racing 45317660
14 Rentistas 34397360Relegation to Segunda División
15 El Tanque Sisley 39266560
16 Villa Teresa -244830

Championship playoff

Semifinal

Peñarol 3–1 (a.e.t.) Plaza Colonia
D. Rossi  79'
M. Olivera  109'
M. Affonso  112'		 A. Furia  69'
Peñarol
Plaza Colonia
PEÑAROL:
GK1Uruguay Gastón Guruceaga
RB13Uruguay Matías AguirregarayYellow card 119'
CB23Uruguay Carlos ValdezYellow card 28'
CB2Uruguay Guillermo RodríguezYellow card 54'
LB15Uruguay Maximiliano OliveraYellow card 62'
CM5Uruguay Marcel Novick 83'
CM25Uruguay Nahitan NándezYellow card 30' 73'
RM16Uruguay Federico Valverde
LM10Uruguay Diego Forlán
FW29Colombia Miguel Murillo
FW9Uruguay Diego Ifrán 62'
Substitutes:
GK12Uruguay Damián Frascarelli
DF3Uruguay Fabrizio Buschiazzo
MF14Uruguay Luis Aguiar
MF20Uruguay Nicolás Albarracín
MF28Argentina Tomás Costa 83'
FW27Uruguay Diego Rossi 62'
FW26Uruguay Mauricio Affonso 73'
Manager:
Uruguay Jorge da Silva
PLAZA COLONIA:
GK1Uruguay Kevin Dawson
RB13Uruguay Santiago de Ávila
CB2Uruguay Germán FerreiraYellow cardRed card 46', 106'
CB3Uruguay Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez
LB14Uruguay Alejandro VilloldoYellow card 116'
RM10Uruguay Nicolás MilesiYellow card 7'
CM7Uruguay Alejandro Furia
CM5Uruguay Matías Caseras
LM15Uruguay Facundo Waller 68'
FW11Uruguay Nicolás Dibble AristimuñoYellow card 62' 105'
FW38Argentina Germán Rivero 98'
Substitutes:
GK'Uruguay Nicolás Guirin
DF16Uruguay Nicolás Rodríguez
DF17Uruguay Alejandro Rodríguez Morales
MF18Uruguay Mariano Bogliacino 68'
MF20Uruguay Ezequias Redín
FW9Uruguay Sergio Leal 98'
FW27Uruguay Federico Puppo 105'
Manager:
Uruguay Eduardo Espinel

Final

Since Peñarol, who has the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically, and the final was not played. Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table.

Primera División
2015–16 Champion
Peñarol
43rd title

References

  1. ↑ http://www.republica.com.uy/quen-miente/
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