2024 Uruguayan Segunda División season

Segunda División Profesional
Season2024
Dates16 March – 12 December 2024
ChampionsPlaza Colonia (1st title)
PromotedPlaza Colonia
Montevideo City Torque
Juventud
RelegatedSud América
Cooper
Matches played233
Goals scored493 (2.12 per match)
Biggest home winLa Luz 6–0 Cerrito
(31 May)
Biggest away winCity Torque 0–5 Rentistas
(16 November)
Highest scoringJuventud 4–2 Oriental
(30 March)
Cooper 3–3 Plaza Colonia
(12 April)
La Luz 6–0 Cerrito
(31 May)
Sud América 3–3 Plaza Colonia
(30 September)
Colón 4–2 Tacuarembó
(13 October)
Cooper 4–2 City Torque
(10 November)
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The 2024 Uruguayan Segunda División season was the 117th season of the Uruguayan Segunda División, the second division championship of football in Uruguay. The season, named "100 Años del Club Oriental", started on 16 March and ended on 12 December 2024. A total of 14 teams competed in the season; the top two teams and the winner of the promotion play-offs were promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División.[1] The fixture draw for the season was held on 2 March 2024.[2]

Plaza Colonia were the champions, winning their first Segunda División title as well as promotion to Primera División after defeating Oriental by a 2–1 score on 16 November, the final day of the regular season.[3] The second promoted team was Montevideo City Torque, who defeated Uruguay Montevideo in a tiebreaker series for the last direct promotion spot.[4] The last promoted team was Juventud, who won the promotion play-offs after beating Uruguay Montevideo in the finals.[5]

Teams

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Locations of the 2024 season teams outside Montevideo.
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Locations of the 2024 Segunda División teams within Montevideo.

Fourteen teams took part in the season, nine of them returning from the previous edition. Montevideo City Torque, La Luz, and Plaza Colonia, relegated from Primera División, replaced the promoted sides Miramar Misiones, Progreso, and Rampla Juniors, while the 2023 Primera División Amateur champions Colón and runners-up Cooper replaced Bella Vista and Potencia, both relegated to the third tier in the previous season.[6]

Club information

Club City Home stadium[i] Capacity
Albion Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Atenas San Carlos Atenas 6,000
Cerrito Montevideo Parque Maracaná 8,000
Colón Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Cooper Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000
La Luz Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Montevideo City Torque Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,527
Oriental La Paz Parque Palermo 6,500
Plaza Colonia Colonia del Sacramento Juan Gaspar Prandi 3,500
Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600
Sud América Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Raúl Goyenola 12,000
Uruguay Montevideo Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Notes
  1. ^ The stadiums owned by Colón, Oriental, Sud América, and Uruguay Montevideo do not meet the requirements to host league games. On the other hand, Albion, Cooper, La Luz, and Montevideo City Torque do not own a stadium.

Torneo Competencia

The Torneo Competencia, named "Héctor Peri", was the first stage of the tournament. The 14 participating teams were divided into two groups of seven where they played each one of the teams in their group under a single round-robin format. The winners of each group advanced to the final, with the winner being assured of a berth into the promotion play-offs.[7] Originally, the participating clubs had decided not to hold the Torneo Competencia in this season, however it was eventually reinstated after a vote prior to the start of the season.[2]

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV ALB TAC ORI URU LLU SUD
1 Juventud 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 Advance to Final — — 0–2 4–2 — — 2–0
2 Albion 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 1–1 — 0–0 — — — 3–0
3 Tacuarembó 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 — — — 2–2 1–3 1–0 —
4 Oriental 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10 — 2–0 — — 3–2 0–1 —
5 Uruguay Montevideo 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 6 1–2 0–1 — — — — 1–0
6 La Luz 6 2 0 4 2 5 −3 6 0–1 0–2 — — 1–0 — —
7 Sud América 6 1 0 5 2 10 −8 3 — — 0–2 1–2 — 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored, 4) Head-to-head points, 5) Head-to-head goal difference, 6) Head-to-head goals scored.

Serie B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCT REN PCO COL CER COO ATE
1 Montevideo City Torque 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 14 Advance to Final — — — 3–0 0–0 2–1 —
2 Rentistas 6 3 1 2 4 3 +1 10 0–1 — — — 1–0 1–0 —
3 Plaza Colonia 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 0–2 1–0 — — 1–2 — —
4 Colón 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8 — 1–1 0–1 — — — 2–1
5 Cerrito 6 1 4 1 4 4 0 7 — — — 1–1 — 1–1 0–0
6 Cooper 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5 — — 3–3 0–1 — — 1–0
7 Atenas 6 0 3 3 3 6 −3 3 1–1 0–1 1–1 — — — —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored, 4) Head-to-head points, 5) Head-to-head goal difference, 6) Head-to-head goals scored.

Final

Montevideo City Torque2–0Juventud
 Report
Referee: Santiago Motta

Regular stage

In the regular stage, the 14 teams played each other twice under a double round-robin format for a total of 26 matches. Teams carried over their Torneo Competencia performances to this stage. The top two teams at the end of the regular stage were promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División, while the teams placing from third to sixth place advanced to the promotion play-offs.[7]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Plaza Colonia (C, P) 32 18 4 10 40 32 +8 58 Promotion to Primera División
2 Uruguay Montevideo 32 16 6 10 39 21 +18 54 Advance to Promotion tiebreaker series
3 Montevideo City Torque (P) 32 15 9 8 43 31 +12 54
4 Colón 32 14 10 8 42 27 +15 52 Advance to Promotion play-offs
5 Juventud 32 15 5 12 36 38 −2 50
6 Cerrito 32 13 7 12 32 34 −2 46
7 Rentistas 32 11 12 9 32 26 +6 45
8 Oriental 32 12 8 12 39 41 −2 44
9 Albion 32 11 11 10 32 32 0 44
10 La Luz 32 9 8 15 28 33 −5 35
11 Atenas 32 8 10 14 26 41 −15 34
12 Cooper 32 7 12 13 27 35 −8 33
13 Tacuarembó 32 8 8 16 28 39 −11 32
14 Sud América 32 7 10 15 28 42 −14 31
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff series (if needed to decide promotion), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Head-to-head points, 6) Head-to-head goals scored, 7) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion tiebreaker series

Since Uruguay Montevideo and Montevideo City Torque ended up tied in points for second place, a two-legged tiebreaker was played to decide the second promoted team. The losing team advanced to the promotion play-offs.

Montevideo City Torque0–0Uruguay Montevideo
Report
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez
Uruguay Montevideo1–3 (a.e.t.)Montevideo City Torque
 Report
Referee: Pablo Giménez

Montevideo City Torque won 4–1 on points.

Results

Home \ Away ALB ATE CER COL COO JUV LLU MCT ORI PCO REN SUD TAC URU
Albion — 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1
Atenas 2–1 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Cerrito 1–0 4–1 — 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–2
Colón 3–0 1–1 0–2 — 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–2 0–0
Cooper 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 — 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–1
Juventud 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 — 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
La Luz 3–2 1–1 6–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–0
Montevideo City Torque 2–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–1 0–5 2–0 2–1 2–1
Oriental 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–2
Plaza Colonia 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Rentistas 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 2–0 2–0 0–3
Sud América 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 — 0–2 1–2
Tacuarembó 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–0
Uruguay Montevideo 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Finals
        
Juventud 0 3 3
Colón 1 0 1
Juventud 2 1 3
Uruguay Montevideo 0 1 1
Cerrito 2 1 3
Uruguay Montevideo 2 3 5

Semi-finals

First leg

Cerrito2–2Uruguay Montevideo
 Report
  • Vargas 45+2', 48'
Referee: Santiago Motta
Juventud0–1Colón
Report
  • Siri 53'
Referee: Leandro Lasso

Second leg

Uruguay Montevideo3–1Cerrito
 Report
  • Batista 61'
Referee: Bruno Sacarelo

Uruguay Montevideo won 5–3 on aggregate.

Colón0–3Juventud
Report
Referee: Antonio García

Juventud won 3–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Juventud2–0Uruguay Montevideo
 Report
Referee: Pablo Giménez
Uruguay Montevideo1–1Juventud
 Report
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez

Juventud won 3–1 on aggregate and promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División.

Relegation

Pos Team 2023
Pts 		2024
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 Relegation
1 Plaza Colonia — 58 58 32 1.813
2 Uruguay Montevideo 56 54 110 64 1.719
3 Montevideo City Torque — 54 54 32 1.688
4 Colón — 52 52 32 1.625
5 Juventud 51 50 101 64 1.578
6 Rentistas 47 45 92 64 1.438
7 Oriental 47 44 91 64 1.422
8 Cerrito 41 46 87 64 1.359
9 Albion 41 44 85 64 1.328
10 Atenas 40 34 74 64 1.156
11 Tacuarembó 39 32 71 64 1.109
12 La Luz — 35 35 32 1.094
13 Cooper (R) — 33 33 32 1.031 Relegation to Primera División Amateur
14 Sud América (R) 26 31 57 64 0.891

See also

References

  1. ^ "LAPro: comienza el 16 de marzo" [LAPro: it begins on 16 March] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Segunda División: se realizó el sorteo de la temporada 2024, que comenzará el sábado 16" [Segunda División: the draw for the 2024 season, which will begin on Saturday the 16th, was held] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Segunda: Plaza Colonia fue campeón y es de primera; habrá definición por el otro ascenso" [Segunda: Plaza Colonia were the champions and are a top-flight team; there will be a tiebreaker for the second promotion spot] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 16 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Uruguay Montevideo 1-3 Montevideo City Torque: el Ciudadano ganó y logró su regreso a Primera División" [Uruguay Montevideo 1–3 Montevideo City Torque: the Citizen won and achieved its return to Primera División] (in Spanish). El País. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Juventud de Las Piedras consiguió el ascenso a la Primera División tras derrotar a Uruguay Montevideo" [Juventud de Las Piedras earned promotion to Primera División after defeating Uruguay Montevideo] (in Spanish). DSports. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Primera División Amateur: Colón salió campeón y ascendió a Segunda, al igual que Cooper" [Primera División Amateur: Colón ended up as champions and promoted to Segunda, same as Cooper] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "LAPro: Torneo Competencia desde el sábado 16" [LAPro: Torneo Competencia from Saturday the 16th] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.