2012–13 Uruguayan Primera División season

Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season2012–13
ChampionsPeñarol (47th title)
RelegatedBella Vista
Progreso
Central Español
2014 Copa LibertadoresPeñarol
Defensor Sporting
Nacional
2013 Copa SudamericanaPeñarol
River Plate
El Tanque Sisley
Montevideo Wanderers
Matches played240
Goals scored629 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerJuan Manuel Olivera (18 goals)
Biggest home winNacional 2–0 Cerro Largo
(September 9, 2012)
Defensor Sporting 2–0 Liverpool
(September 15, 2012)
Cerro 2–0 Juventud
Biggest away winMontevideo Wanderers 0–4 Defensor Sporting
(September 1, 2012)
Highest scoringFénix 4–3 Peñarol
(August 26, 2012)
Longest winning run2 games:
Defensor Sporting
Fénix
Nacional
Progreso
Longest unbeaten run3 games:
Defensor Sporting
El Tanque Sisley
Liverpool
Nacional
Progreso
Longest winless run3 games:
Central Español
Cerro Largo
Danubio
Racing
Longest losing run3 games:
Central Español

The 2012–13 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2012–13 Copa Uruguaya or the 2012–13 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 109th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 82nd in which it was professional. Nacional was the defending champion.

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2011–12 season. Rentistas, Rampla Juniors, and Cerrito were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the relegation table. They were replaced by Central Español, Juventud, and Progreso, the 2011–12 Segunda División winner, runner-up, and playoff winner, respectively. All of the new teams are making repeat appearances.

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Locations of the 2012–13 season teams outside Montevideo.
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Locations of the 2012−13 Primera División teams within Montevideo.
Club City Stadium Capacity
Bella Vista Montevideo José Nasazzi 15,000
Central Español Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000
Cerro Largo Melo Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla 9,000
Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401
Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 9,357
El Tanque Sisley Montevideo Dr. Victor Della Valle 4,500
Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500
Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000
Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 8,384
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500
Peñarol Montevideo - -
Progreso Montevideo Parque Abraham Paladino 5,400
Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500
River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of
vacancy 		Replaced by Date of
appointment 		Position
in table
Pre-season changes
Bella Vista Diego Alonso End of Contract June 8, 2012[1] Guillermo Sanguinetti June 16, 2012[2] N/A
Nacional Marcelo Gallardo End of contract June 18, 2012[3] Gustavo Díaz June 28, 2012[4] N/A
Fénix Lorenzo Carrabs (interim) Sacked June 21, 2012[5] Eduardo Favaro July 9, 2012[6] N/A
Defensor Sporting Gustavo Díaz Signed by Nacional June 23, 2012[7] Tabaré Silva June 27, 2012[8] N/A
Cerro Gabriel Camacho (interim) Sacked July 6, 2012[9] Ricardo Ortíz July 6, 2012[9] N/A
Season changes
Danubio Daniel Sánchez Sacked September 5, 2012[10] Juan Ramón Carrasco September 17, 2012[11] 15th

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 15 11 3 1 35 13 +22 36 Championship Playoffs
2 Defensor Sporting 15 9 5 1 31 11 +20 32
3 Nacional 15 10 2 3 29 14 +15 32
4 El Tanque Sisley 15 8 6 1 23 17 +6 30
5 River Plate 15 5 6 4 21 17 +4 21
6 Fénix 15 6 3 6 24 24 0 21
7 Bella Vista 15 6 2 7 13 17 −4 20
8 Montevideo Wanderers 15 5 4 6 22 24 −2 19
9 Juventud 15 5 4 6 13 17 −4 19
10 Cerro 15 5 3 7 14 17 −3 18
11 Central Español 15 4 4 7 11 19 −8 16
12 Liverpool 15 4 3 8 21 28 −7 15
13 Progreso 15 4 3 8 17 28 −11 15
14 Racing 15 3 4 8 17 27 −10 13
15 Cerro Largo 15 2 6 7 14 20 −6 12
16 Danubio 15 1 6 8 15 27 −12 9
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away BVI CES CRR CRL DAN DFS ETS FNX JUV LIV WAN NAC PEÑ PRO RAC RIV
Bella Vista 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–1
Central Español 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–5
Cerro 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2
Cerro Largo 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–4 1–1 2–2
Danubio 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–4 0–0 1–4 0–2
Defensor Sporting 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0
El Tanque Sisley 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–0
Fénix 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 4–1 4–3 2–2
Juventud 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–5 0–1
Liverpool 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–3 3–1 4–4
Montevideo Wanderers 0–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 1–3
Nacional 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 6–1 0–2
Peñarol 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Progreso 1–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2
Racing 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–5
River Plate 0–2 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 2012.. Source: [12]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera Peñarol 13
2 Uruguay Héctor Acuña El Tanque Sisley 11
3 Uruguay Mauro Guevgeozian Fénix 10
4 Uruguay Maximiliano Rodríguez Maeso Wanderers 9
5 Uruguay Diego Rolán Defensor Sporting 8

Updated as of games played on September 9, 2012.
Source:[12]

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Defensor Sporting 15 9 4 2 19 9 +10 31 Championship Playoffs
2 Peñarol 15 9 3 3 26 8 +18 30
3 River Plate 15 9 3 3 27 14 +13 30
4 Nacional 15 7 5 3 23 21 +2 26
5 Danubio 15 8 2 5 18 16 +2 26
6 Racing 15 6 6 3 17 13 +4 24
7 Montevideo Wanderers 15 6 3 6 19 14 +5 21
8 Juventud 15 6 3 6 27 32 −5 21
9 Fénix 15 5 4 6 18 18 0 19
10 El Tanque Sisley 15 4 6 5 16 17 −1 18
11 Cerro 15 4 5 6 19 24 −5 17
12 Liverpool 15 3 7 5 19 23 −4 16
13 Cerro Largo 15 4 3 8 17 20 −3 15
14 Progreso 15 4 1 10 15 28 −13 13
15 Central Español 15 3 3 9 13 25 −12 12
16 Bella Vista 15 2 4 9 16 27 −11 10
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away BVI CES CRR CRL DAN DFS ETS FNX JUV LIV WAN NAC PEÑ PRO RAC RIV
Bella Vista 0–0 0–1 5–2 3–3 0–2 3–4 0–1 0–1
Central Español 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–0
Cerro 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2
Cerro Largo 3–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1
Danubio 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–2
Defensor Sporting 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2
El Tanque Sisley 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–4 0–0 0–1 0–0
Fénix 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1
Juventud 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–4
Liverpool 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–4 4–2
Montevideo Wanderers 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1
Nacional 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1
Peñarol 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2
Progreso 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–3
Racing 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
River Plate 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 2012. Source: [13]
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 30 20 6 4 61 21 +40 66 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
2 Defensor Sporting 30 18 9 3 50 20 +30 63 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Nacional 30 17 7 6 52 35 +17 58 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 River Plate 30 14 9 7 48 31 +17 51 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 El Tanque Sisley 30 12 12 6 39 34 +5 48
6 Montevideo Wanderers 30 11 7 12 41 38 +3 40
7 Fénix 30 11 7 12 42 42 0 40
8 Juventud 30 11 7 12 40 49 −9 40
9 Racing 30 9 10 11 34 40 −6 37
10 Cerro 30 9 8 13 33 41 −8 35
11 Danubio 30 9 8 13 33 43 −10 35
12 Liverpool 30 7 10 13 40 51 −11 31
13 Bella Vista 30 8 6 16 29 44 −15 30
14 Central Español 30 7 7 16 24 44 −20 28
15 Progreso 30 8 4 18 32 56 −24 28
16 Cerro Largo 30 6 9 15 31 40 −9 27
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Peñarol qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the league champion.

Relegation

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Peñarol 58 37 11 10 123 50 +73 122
2 Defensor Sporting 58 36 13 9 102 46 +56 121
3 Nacional 58 35 14 9 115 63 +52 119
4 River Plate 58 26 17 15 92 71 +21 95
5 Montevideo Wanderers 58 24 11 23 89 86 +3 83
6 Liverpool 58 24 11 23 88 86 +2 83
7 Danubio 58 21 18 19 68 68 0 83[a]
8 Cerro Largo 58 22 15 21 77 72 +5 81
9 Juventud 28 11 6 11 35 40 −5 78[b]
10 El Tanque Sisley 58 21 14 23 64 78 −14 77
11 Cerro 58 19 13 26 67 76 −9 70
12 Racing 58 17 17 24 73 93 −20 67[a]
13 Fénix 58 17 15 26 74 86 −12 66
14 Progreso 28 8 4 16 30 51 −21 56[b] Relegation to the 2013–14 Segunda División
15 Bella Vista 58 16 8 34 56 89 −33 56
16 Central Español 28 7 6 15 23 38 −15 54[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Danubio won the points of the match against Racing because Racing fielded an ineligible player (Marcelo Sosa).
  2. ^ a b c Having only played one season in the Primera División, Central Español's, Juventud's, and Progreso's points are doubled for the relegation table.

Championship playoff

Peñarol and Defensor Sporting qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Peñarol re-qualified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two teams. Peñarol would become the season champion with a win; Defensor Sporting needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final.

Defensor Sporting1–3Peñarol
Luna 90' Report Pacheco 26', 36' (pen.), 80'
Attendance: 58,000


 Primera División
2012–13 champion 
Peñarol
42nd title

References

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  13. ^ "Soccerway".