2007-2008 in Uruguayan football

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[edit] First Division

[edit] Teams

Bella Vista	Central Español	Cerro	Danubio	Defensor Sporting	Fénix	Juventud	Liverpool
Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Las Piedras	Montevideo
Estadio José Nasazzi	Parque Palermo	Estadio Luis Tróccoli	Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo	Estadio Luis Franzini	Parque Capurro	Estadio Martínez Monegal	Estadio Belvedere

Miramar Misiones	Nacional	Peñarol	Progreso	Rampla Juniors	River Plate	Tacuarembó FC	Wanderers
Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Montevideo	Tacuarembó	Montevideo
Parque Méndez Piana	Gran Parque Central	Estadio Centenario	Parque Abraham Paladino	Estadio Olímpico	Parque Federico O. Saroldi	Estadio Raúl O. Goyenola	Parque Alfredo Victor Viera

[edit] Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

[edit] Positions

^[1]

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Defensor Sporting	35	15	11	2	2	26	10	+6
2	Danubio FC	31	15	9	4	2	34	14	+20
3	Rampla Juniors	31	15	9	4	2	21	12	+9
4	River Plate	24	15	7	3	5	37	27	+10
5	Nacional	24	15	6	6	3	19	12	+7
6	Juventud	24	15	6	6	3	16	10	+6
7	Cerro	23	15	5	8	2	16	14	+2
8	Wanderers	21	15	6	3	6	24	26	-2
9	Fénix	20	15	4	8	3	14	14	0
10	Central Español	18	15	5	3	7	22	28	-6
11	Peñarol	17	15	4	5	6	21	23	-2
12	Tacuarembó	17	15	4	5	6	15	21	-6
13	Miramar Misiones	13	15	4	1	10	9	20	-11
14	Liverpool FC	12	15	3	3	9	19	24	-5
15	Progreso	11	15	3	10	9	14	38	-24
16	Bella Vista	6	15	1	3	11	14	28	-14

[edit] Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Richard Porta	River Plate	19
1	Christian Stuani	Danubio	19
2	Nicolás Nicolay	Tacuarembó FC	9
3	Alvaro Navarro	Defensor Sporting	8
4	José Franco	Peñarol	6
4	Danilo Peinado	Wanderers	6
5	Osvaldo Canobbio	Liverpool	5
5	Sebastián Fernández	Defensor Sporting	5
5	Bruno Fornaroli	Nacional	5
5	Germán Hornos	Central Español	5
5	Mathías Riquero	Progreso	5
5	Julio Rodríguez	Wanderers	5

[edit] Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

[edit] Positions

^[2]

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	25	9	8	1	0	34	5	+26
2	Nacional	24	9	8	0	1	19	6	+13
4	Defensor Sporting	21	9	7	0	2	25	13	+12
4	Peñarol	19	9	6	1	2	22	12	+10
5	Liverpool FC	17	9	5	2	2	20	14	+6
6	Progreso	12	9	4	0	5	11	16	-5
7	Juventud	11	9	3	2	4	11	12	-1
8	Danubio FC	10	9	3	1	5	18	21	-3
9	Miramar Misiones	10	9	3	1	5	9	13	-4
10	Cerro	10	9	3	1	5	8	12	-4
11	Tacuarembó FC	10	9	3	1	5	9	17	-8
12	Wanderers	10	9	3	1	5	8	17	-9
13	Central Español	9	9	3	0	6	9	14	-5
14	Bella Vista	8	9	2	2	5	10	18	-8
15	Fénix	6	9	1	3	5	10	15	-5
16	Rampla Juniors	5	9	1	2	6	4	22	-18

[edit] Top Scorers

^[3]

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Henry Giménez	River Plate	9
2	Carlos Bueno	Peñarol	8
2	Bruno Fornaroli	Nacional	8
3	Sergio Souza	River Plate	7
3	Jonathan Urretavizcaya	River Plate	7
4	Christian Bardaro	Danubio	6
4	Sebastián Fernández	Defensor Sporting	6
4	Paulo Pezzolano	Liverpool	6
5	Jairo Castillo	Defensor Sporting	5
6	Héctor Acuña	Liverpool	4
6	Martín Cauteruccio	Central Español	4
6	José María Franco	Peñarol	4
6	Antonio Pacheco	Peñarol	4
6	Diego Silva	River Plate	4

[edit] Annual Statistics

[edit] Positions

[edit] Top Scorers

[edit] Relegation

^[4]

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
10	Cerro	66	24	8	9	7	23	24	-1
11	Bella Vista	65	54	19	8	27	72	84	-12
12	Tacuarembó	63	54	15	18	21	64	77	-13
13	Central Español	61	54	18	8	28	61	88	-27
14	Miramar Misiones	57	54	16	9	29	54	78	-24
15	Progreso	54	54	14	12	28	63	106	-43
16	Fénix	52	24	5	11	8	24	29	-5

(*) Fénix, Cerro and Juventud multiply by two the points gained due to they were promoted from Second Division at the end of the last season.

These are the teams relegated to Second Division: Fénix, Progreso and Miramar Misiones

[edit] Liguilla Pre Libertadores

[edit] Teams

These are the teams qualified to this tournament:

[edit] Positions

[edit] 2007/2008 Resume

[edit] Champion 2007/2008

[edit] Highest Goal Scorer

[edit] Highest Match-Score

[edit] Teams qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2008

[edit] Teams qualified to Copa Libertadores 2009

[edit] International tournaments

[edit] Copa Sudamericana 2007

Danubio - 1st round (eliminated by Tacuary).
Defensor Sporting - quarter-finals (eliminated by River Plate).

[edit] Copa Libertadores 2008

Starting from Group Stage

Danubio - 1st round (eliminated by Estudiantes and Lanús).
Nacional - 2nd round (eliminated by Sao Paulo).

Starting from Pre-eliminary Stage

Wanderers - Pre-eliminary round (eliminated by Cienciano)

[edit] Second Division

[edit] Teams

These are the teams that currently participates in Uruguayan Second Division:

[edit] Final positions

[edit] Teams promoted to 2008/2009 First Division

[edit] Uruguay national team

This section will cover Uruguay's games from the end of the Copa América 2007 until the June 30, 2008.^[5]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Uruguay scorers	Match report(s)
September 12, 2007	Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	0 - 0	F	N/A	N/A
October 13, 2007	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay	Bolivia	5-0	WCQ	Suárez 4' Forlán 38' Abreu 48' Sánchez 67' Bueno 82'	N/A
October 17, 2007	Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1-0	WCQ	N/A	Report
November 17, 2007	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay	Chile	2-2	WCQ	Suárez 42' Abreu 81'	Report
November 20, 2007	Morumbi Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	2-1	WCQ	Abreu 9'	Report
February 6, 2008	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay	Colombia	2-2	F	Cavani Suárez	N/A
May 25, 2008	rewirpowerSTADION Bochum, Germany	Turkey	3-2	F	Suárez 31' 78' Rodríguez 85'	N/A
May 28, 2008	Ullevaal Stadion Oslo, Norway	Norway	2-2	F	Suárez 43' Eguren 68'	N/A
June 14, 2008	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay	Venezuela	-	WCQ	-	N/A
June 18, 2008	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay	Peru	-	WCQ	-	N/A