2021 Uruguayan Primera División season

Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season2021
Dates15 May – 7 December 2021
ChampionsPeñarol (51st title)
RelegatedProgreso
Sud América
Villa Española
Copa LibertadoresPeñarol
Nacional
Plaza Colonia
Montevideo City Torque
Copa SudamericanaCerro Largo
Montevideo Wanderers
Liverpool
River Plate
Matches played241
Goals scored610 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerMaximiliano Silvera (21 goals)
Biggest home winLiverpool 5–0 Sud América
(11 June)
City Torque 5–0 Villa Española
(30 October)
Biggest away winRiver Plate 0–4 Cerro Largo
(2 October)
Highest scoringPeñarol 5–2 Boston River
(30 May)
Liverpool 5–2 Fénix
(22 June)
Fénix 3–4 River Plate
(26 June)
Boston River 2–5 Peñarol
(26 September)
City Torque 4–3 Boston River
(3 October)
2020
2022

The 2021 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera División 2021, was the 118th season of the Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 91st in which it is professional. The season, named "Dr. Tabaré Vázquez" after the late former President of Uruguay and chairman of Progreso from 1979 to 1989, started on 15 May and ended on 7 December 2021, with the starting date having been pushed back from early 2021 due to the late conclusion of the previous season owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

The tournament was originally scheduled to start on 8 May, however its date of start was postponed for a week to 15 May per request from the Uruguayan government.[3] Peñarol won their fifty-first league title at the end of the season, winning the Torneo Clausura and placing first in the season's aggregate table and then beating Torneo Apertura winners Plaza Colonia on penalties in the semi-final played on 7 December.[4] Nacional were the defending champions.

Format changes

For the 2021 season, the competition was scheduled to run for eight months, from May to December, and had a change from the previous editions with the elimination of the Torneo Intermedio which is usually played midway into the season and adds seven matchdays to the league schedule. This change was intended to leave extra time available to finish the season before the end of the year in the event the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced any suspension of matches in the course of the season. With that change, clubs only played 15 matches in the Torneo Apertura and 15 matches in the Torneo Clausura, for a total of 30 matches in the season, as well as the ones belonging to the Championship playoff for the clubs that eventually qualified for it. Matches would only be scheduled on weekends, with mid-week dates to be used only if necessary due to the pandemic.[1]

Teams

The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2020 season, Defensor Sporting, Danubio, and Cerro, were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2021 season. They were replaced by Cerrito, Sud América, and Villa Española, who were promoted from the Segunda División.

Club Manager City Stadium[5] Capacity
Boston River Uruguay Ignacio Ithurralde Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000
Cerrito Uruguay Roland Marcenaro Montevideo Charrúa 14,000
Cerro Largo Uruguay Danielo Núñez Melo Antonio Ubilla 9,000
Deportivo Maldonado Uruguay Francisco Palladino Maldonado Domingo Burgueño Miguel 22,000
Fénix Uruguay Ignacio Pallas Montevideo Parque Capurro 10,000
Liverpool Uruguay Jorge Bava Montevideo Belvedere 10,000
Montevideo City Torque Uruguay Román Cuello Montevideo Centenario 60,235
Montevideo Wanderers Uruguay Daniel Carreño Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 11,000
Nacional Uruguay Martín Ligüera Montevideo Gran Parque Central 34,000
Peñarol Uruguay Mauricio Larriera Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,000
Plaza Colonia Uruguay Eduardo Espinel Colonia Parque Juan Prandi 4,500
Progreso Uruguay Álvaro Fuerte Montevideo Parque Abraham Paladino 8,000
Rentistas Uruguay Diego Jaume Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600
River Plate Uruguay Gustavo Díaz Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 6,000
Sud América Uruguay Luis López Minas Juan Antonio Lavalleja 8,000
Villa Española Uruguay Julio Mozzo Montevideo Obdulio Varela 8,000

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Villa Española Uruguay Damián Santín Resigned 18 December 2020[6] Pre-season Uruguay Bruno Piano 1 February 2021[6]
Sud América Uruguay Maximiliano Viera 10 February 2021[7] Argentina Claudio Biaggio 6 March 2021[8]
River Plate Uruguay Jorge Fossati End of contract 29 March 2021[9] Uruguay Gustavo Díaz 5 April 2021[10]
Nacional Uruguay Martín Ligüera End of caretaker spell 7 April 2021 Uruguay Alejandro Cappuccio 9 April 2021[11]
Rentistas Uruguay Alejandro Cappuccio Resigned 7 April 2021[12] Uruguay Martín Varini 8 April 2021[13]
Liverpool Uruguay Marcelo Méndez Signed by Atlético San Luis 11 June 2021[14] 1st Uruguay Gustavo Ferrín (caretaker) 11 June 2021[15]
Uruguay Gustavo Ferrín End of caretaker spell 17 June 2021[15] 2nd Uruguay Jorge Bava 15 June 2021[15]
Villa Española Uruguay Bruno Piano Resigned 20 June 2021[16] 16th Uruguay Julio Mozzo 21 June 2021[16]
Fénix Uruguay Juan Ramón Carrasco Sacked 23 June 2021[17] 11th Uruguay Murad Djellatian (caretaker) 23 June 2021[18]
Boston River Uruguay Juan Tejera 23 June 2021[19] 15th Uruguay Ignacio Ithurralde 23 June 2021[20]
Fénix Uruguay Murad Djellatian End of caretaker spell 26 June 2021 11th Uruguay Ignacio Pallas 26 June 2021[21]
Montevideo City Torque Argentina Pablo Marini End of contract 30 June 2021[22] 7th Uruguay Román Cuello 25 June 2021[23]
Progreso Uruguay Maximiliano Viera Resigned 20 August 2021[24] 15th Uruguay Álvaro Fuerte 20 August 2021[25]
Nacional Uruguay Alejandro Cappuccio Mutual consent 22 August 2021[26] 2nd Uruguay Martín Ligüera 22 August 2021[26]
Torneo Clausura
Rentistas Uruguay Martín Varini Mutual consent 2 October 2021[27] 16th Uruguay Diego Jaume 3 October 2021[28]
Sud América Argentina Claudio Biaggio 4 October 2021[29] 12th Uruguay Luis López 5 October 2021[30]

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "Eduardo Roca Couture", was the first tournament of the 2021 season. It began on 15 May and ended on 22 August 2021.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Plaza Colonia 15 11 3 1 20 7 +13 36 Qualification for Championship playoff
2 Nacional 15 9 2 4 23 14 +9 29
3 Peñarol 15 7 7 1 22 10 +12 28
4 Liverpool 15 8 3 4 38 20 +18 27
5 River Plate 15 7 5 3 27 20 +7 26
6 Montevideo City Torque 15 8 1 6 26 19 +7 25
7 Fénix 15 6 3 6 20 22 −2 21
8 Cerro Largo 15 6 2 7 20 22 −2 20
9 Cerrito 15 5 4 6 14 15 −1 19
10 Sud América 15 5 3 7 15 22 −7 18
11 Montevideo Wanderers 15 5 2 8 12 16 −4 17
12 Rentistas 15 4 4 7 12 21 −9 16
13 Boston River 15 3 5 7 14 19 −5 14
14 Deportivo Maldonado 15 3 5 7 11 22 −11 14
15 Progreso 15 2 5 8 13 26 −13 11
16 Villa Española 15 1 6 8 14 26 −12 9
Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.

Results

Home \ Away BOR CSC CRL DMA FNX LIV MCT WAN NAC PEÑ PCO PRO REN RIV SUD VES
Boston River 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0
Cerrito 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–1
Cerro Largo 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–1
Deportivo Maldonado 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–3
Fénix 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–4 1–0
Liverpool 3–0 3–0 5–2 2–1 3–3 5–0 2–2
Montevideo City Torque 0–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1
Montevideo Wanderers 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0
Nacional 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Peñarol 5–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Plaza Colonia 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0
Progreso 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–2 2–2
Rentistas 1–3 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
River Plate 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–0
Sud América 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 2–1
Villa Española 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–1
Source: AUF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura, named "Marcos Basiaco", was the second and last tournament of the 2021 season. It began on 11 September and ended on 5 December 2021.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 15 9 5 1 27 11 +16 32 Qualification for Championship playoff
2 Nacional[a] 15 8 4 3 23 15 +8 30
3 Montevideo Wanderers 15 8 3 4 23 18 +5 27
4 Cerro Largo[a] 15 6 9 0 24 11 +13 26
5 Montevideo City Torque 15 7 4 4 26 19 +7 25
6 Progreso 15 7 4 4 12 7 +5 25
7 Boston River 15 6 5 4 24 24 0 23
8 Cerrito 15 6 3 6 20 22 −2 21
9 Plaza Colonia 15 5 5 5 20 18 +2 20
10 Fénix 15 4 7 4 18 18 0 19
11 River Plate 15 4 4 7 18 22 −4 16
12 Liverpool 15 4 3 8 15 19 −4 15
13 Deportivo Maldonado 15 4 3 8 12 18 −6 15
14 Rentistas 15 4 2 9 18 24 −6 14
15 Sud América 15 3 4 8 14 26 −12 13
16 Villa Española 15 1 3 11 12 34 −22 6
Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Nacional were awarded two points and Cerro Largo were deducted one point due to a breach of rules by Cerro Largo manager Danielo Núñez during the match between both teams.[31]

Results

Home \ Away BOR CSC CRL DMA FNX LIV MCT WAN NAC PEÑ PCO PRO REN RIV SUD VES
Boston River 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–5 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
Cerrito 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0
Cerro Largo 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Deportivo Maldonado 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Fénix 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2
Liverpool 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1
Montevideo City Torque 4–3 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–0
Montevideo Wanderers 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–1
Nacional 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–2
Peñarol 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–1
Plaza Colonia 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–0
Progreso 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Rentistas 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 3–1
River Plate 1–0 0–4 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 4–2
Sud América 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–1
Villa Española 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–2
Source: AUF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol (C) 30 16 12 2 49 21 +28 60 Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Nacional[a] 30 17 6 7 46 29 +17 59 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
3 Plaza Colonia 30 16 8 6 40 25 +15 56 Qualification for Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Montevideo City Torque 30 15 5 10 52 38 +14 50 Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Cerro Largo[a] 30 12 11 7 44 33 +11 46 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 Montevideo Wanderers 30 13 5 12 35 34 +1 44
7 Liverpool 30 12 6 12 53 39 +14 42
8 River Plate 30 11 9 10 45 42 +3 42
9 Fénix 30 10 10 10 38 40 −2 40
10 Cerrito 30 11 7 12 34 37 −3 40
11 Boston River 30 9 9 12 38 44 −6 36
12 Progreso 30 9 9 12 25 33 −8 36
13 Deportivo Maldonado 30 8 7 15 24 40 −16 31
14 Sud América 30 8 7 15 29 48 −19 31
15 Rentistas 30 8 6 16 30 45 −15 30
16 Villa Española 30 2 9 19 26 60 −34 15
Source: AUF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Nacional were awarded two points and Cerro Largo were deducted one point due to a breach of rules by Cerro Largo manager Danielo Núñez during the Torneo Clausura match between both teams.[31]

Championship playoff

Semi-final Finals
Peñarol (Aggregate table first place)
Plaza Colonia (Apertura winners) 1 (7) Peñarol (Semi-final winners)
Peñarol (Clausura winners) (p) 1 (8)

Semi-final

Plaza Colonia1–1 (a.e.t.)Peñarol
  • López 35' (pen.)
Report
Penalties
7–8

Finals

Since Peñarol, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semi-final, they became champions automatically and the finals were not played. Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage.


 Primera División
2021 Champions
 
Peñarol
51st title

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Uruguay Maximiliano Silvera Cerrito 21
2 Uruguay Matías Arezo River Plate 16
3 Argentina Gonzalo Bergessio Nacional 15
4 Uruguay Federico Martínez Liverpool 14
5 Uruguay Agustín Álvarez Martínez Peñarol 13
Uruguay Leandro Otormín Cerro Largo
7 Uruguay Juan Ignacio Ramírez Liverpool 11
8 Uruguay Sebastián Guerrero Montevideo City Torque 10
Uruguay Salomón Rodríguez Rentistas
10 Argentina Lucas Di Yorio Cerro Largo 9
Uruguay Renzo López Montevideo Wanderers / Plaza Colonia
Uruguay Lucas Rodríguez Montevideo City Torque

Source: AUF

Relegation

Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2020 and 2021. The three teams with the lowest average at the end of the season were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.

Pos
Team 2020
Pts
2021
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Nacional 69 59 128 67 1.91
2 Peñarol 65 60 125 67 1.866
3 Montevideo City Torque 61 50 110 67 1.642
4 Liverpool 65 42 107 67 1.597
5 Plaza Colonia 46 56 102 67 1.522
6 Cerro Largo 50 46 96 67 1.433
7 Montevideo Wanderers 52 44 96 67 1.433
8 River Plate 49 42 91 67 1.358
9 Cerrito 40 40 30 1.333
10 Fénix 49 40 89 67 1.328
11 Rentistas 47 30 77 67 1.149
12 Deportivo Maldonado 46 31 77 67 1.149
13 Boston River 40 36 76 67 1.134
14 Progreso (R) 38 36 74 67 1.104 Relegation to Segunda División
15 Sud América (R) 31 31 30 1.033
16 Villa Española (R) 15 15 30 0.5

Season awards

On 28 December 2021 the AUF announced the winners of the season awards, who were chosen by its Technical Staff based on voting by managers and captains of the 16 Primera División teams as well as a group of local sports journalists.[32] 30 players were nominated for Best Player and the Team of the Season according to their ratings and evaluations by the Technical Staff throughout the season.[33]

Award Winner Club
Best Player Uruguay Agustín Canobbio Peñarol
Youth Talent Uruguay Agustín Álvarez Martínez Peñarol
Best Goal Uruguay Matías Arezo
(against Nacional, Torneo Apertura Round 15)
River Plate
Best Save Uruguay Sebastián Lentinelly
(against River Plate, Torneo Clausura Round 2)
Liverpool
Public's Player[note 1] Argentina Gonzalo Bergessio Nacional
Best Manager Uruguay Mauricio Larriera Peñarol
Best Newcomer Uruguay Ignacio Sosa Fénix
Top Scorer Uruguay Maximiliano Silvera
(21 goals in 30 games played)
Cerrito
Least beaten goal in regular season Peñarol
(21 goals conceded)
Most minutes on field Uruguay Gonzalo Falcón
(2,700 minutes in 30 games played)
Boston River
Fair Play Award Peñarol
Best Referee Andrés Matonte
Best Assistant referee Martín Soppi
  1. ^ Chosen by public voting on the competition's social network accounts.[33]
Team of the Season[32]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Bench
Uruguay Sergio Rochet (Nacional) Uruguay Giovanni González (Peñarol)
Uruguay Haibrany Ruiz Díaz (Plaza Colonia)
Uruguay Gary Kagelmacher (Peñarol)
Uruguay Andrew Teuten (Montevideo City Torque)
Uruguay Agustín Canobbio (Peñarol)
Uruguay Walter Gargano (Peñarol)
Brazil Leonai (Plaza Colonia)
Uruguay Facundo Torres (Peñarol)
Uruguay Maximiliano Silvera (Cerrito)
Uruguay Agustín Álvarez Martínez (Peñarol)
Uruguay Santiago Mele (Plaza Colonia)
Uruguay Gonzalo Camargo (Plaza Colonia)
Uruguay Ángel Cayetano (Cerro Largo)
Uruguay Jesús Trindade (Peñarol)
Uruguay César Araújo (Montevideo Wanderers)
Uruguay Leandro Otormín (Cerro Largo)
Argentina Gonzalo Bergessio (Nacional)

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