2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season

Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season2015–16
ChampionsPeñarol (48th title)
2016 →

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

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Locations of the 2015–16 season teams outside Montevideo.
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Locations of the 2015−16 Primera División teams within 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
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
Source: [citation needed]

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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[a] 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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Cerro had 1 point deducted

Relegation

Pos
 Team 2014–15
Pts 		2015–16
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Relegation
1 Nacional 63 54 117 60
2 Peñarol 56 58 114 60
3 Plaza Colonia - 49 98 30
4 River Plate 54 41 95 60
5 Defensor Sporting 48 42 90 60
6 Cerro 34 51 85 60
7 Sud América 42 43 85 60
8 Danubio 49 35 84 60
9 Fénix 37 46 83 60
10 Montevideo Wanderers 34 48 82 60
11 Liverpool - 40 80 30
12 Juventud 45 33 78 60
13 Racing 45 31 76 60
14 Rentistas 34 39 73 60 Relegation to Segunda División
15 El Tanque Sisley 39 26 65 60
16 Villa Teresa - 24 48 30

Championship playoff

Semifinal

Peñarol3–1 (a.e.t.)Plaza Colonia
D. Rossi 79'
M. Olivera 109'
M. Affonso 112'		 [1] A. Furia 69'
Peñarol
Plaza Colonia

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. ^ "¿Miente Peñarol o miente Nacional? - Diario La República". www.republica.com.uy. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09.