1915 Uruguayan Primera División

Uruguayan Primera División
Nacional, champions
Season1915 (15th)
ChampionsNacional
RelegatedBristol and Independencia
Matches played90
Goals scored195 (2.17 per match)
← 1914
1916 →

The Uruguayan Championship 1915 was the 15th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league.

Overview

The tournament consisted of a two-wheel championship of all against all. It involved ten teams, and the champion was Nacional.

Club Atlético Defensor first appeared in this season. Afterwards, Bristol and Independencia were relegated.

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Foundation Seasons Consecutive seasons Titles 1914
Bristol Montevideo 6 - - -
Central Montevideo 5 January 1905 6 6 - 7th
Defensor Montevideo 15 March 1913 - - - -
Independencia Montevideo 1 1 - 8th
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 15,000 14 May 1899 13 13 3 3rd
CURCC / Peñarol[n 1] Montevideo 28 September 1891 14 14 5 2nd
Reformers Montevideo 2 2 - 6th
River Plate Montevideo 1897 8 8 4 1st
Universal Montevideo 3 3 - 4th
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo 15 August 1902 11 11 2 5th

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nacional 18 13 3 2 33 9 +24 29
2 Peñarol 18 12 3 3 37 8 +29 27
3 Universal 18 10 3 5 29 25 +4 23
4 Defensor 18 9 2 7 16 20 −4 20
5 Montevideo Wanderers 18 9 1 8 19 23 −4 19
6 River Plate 18 7 3 8 18 15 +3 17
7 Central 18 7 1 10 15 19 −4 15
8 Reformers 18 5 3 10 10 20 −10 13
9 Bristol 18 5 1 12 9 27 −18 11
10 Independencia 18 2 2 14 9 29 −20 6
Source: rsssf.com


 Uruguay
Uruguayan Champion 1915
 
Nacional
4th title

Notes

  1. ^ Controversy exists on the date of the founding of C.A. Peñarol. The club's official position assumes a change of name of CURCC (founded on December 28, 1891). On the other hand, some historians state that "C.A. Peñarol" was established on December 13, 1913.[1]

References

  1. ^ Discusiones por el decanato Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine on Fútbol.uy, 29 Sep 2009