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2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season

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112th season of the top-tier football league in Uruguay Football league season
Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season2015–16
ChampionsPeñarol (48th title)
← 2014–15 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.

Teams

2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season is located in UruguayMontevideoMontevideoJuventudJuventudSud AméricaSud AméricaPlaza ColoniaPlaza ColoniaEl Tanque SisleyEl Tanque Sisleyclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2015–16 season teams outside Montevideo. 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season is located in MontevideoCerroCerroDanubioDanubioDefensor SportingDefensor SportingFénixFénixWanderersWanderersNacionalNacionalPeñarolPeñarolRacingRacingRiver PlateRiver PlateLiverpoolLiverpoolclass=notpageimage| 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:

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:

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 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:
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'		 A. Furia 69'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
Peñarol Plaza Colonia
PEÑAROL:
GK 1 Uruguay Gastón Guruceaga
RB 13 Uruguay Matías Aguirregaray Yellow card 119'
CB 23 Uruguay Carlos Valdez Yellow card 28'
CB 2 Uruguay Guillermo Rodríguez Yellow card 54'
LB 15 Uruguay Maximiliano Olivera Yellow card 62'
CM 5 Uruguay Marcel Novick downward-facing red arrow 83'
CM 25 Uruguay Nahitan Nández Yellow card 30' downward-facing red arrow 73'
RM 16 Uruguay Federico Valverde
LM 10 Uruguay Diego Forlán
FW 29 Colombia Miguel Murillo
FW 9 Uruguay Diego Ifrán downward-facing red arrow 62'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Uruguay Damián Frascarelli
DF 3 Uruguay Fabrizio Buschiazzo
MF 14 Uruguay Luis Aguiar
MF 20 Uruguay Nicolás Albarracín
MF 28 Argentina Tomás Costa upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 27 Uruguay Diego Rossi upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 26 Uruguay Mauricio Affonso upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Uruguay Jorge da Silva
PLAZA COLONIA:
GK 1 Uruguay Kevin Dawson
RB 13 Uruguay Santiago de Ávila
CB 2 Uruguay Germán Ferreira Yellow card 46' Red card 106'
CB 3 Uruguay Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez
LB 14 Uruguay Alejandro Villoldo Yellow card 116'
RM 10 Uruguay Nicolás Milesi Yellow card 7'
CM 7 Uruguay Alejandro Furia
CM 5 Uruguay Matías Caseras
LM 15 Uruguay Facundo Waller downward-facing red arrow 68'
FW 11 Uruguay Nicolás Dibble Aristimuño Yellow card 62' downward-facing red arrow 105'
FW 38 Argentina Germán Rivero downward-facing red arrow 98'
Substitutes:
GK   Uruguay Nicolás Guirin
DF 16 Uruguay Nicolás Rodríguez
DF 17 Uruguay Alejandro Rodríguez Morales
MF 18 Uruguay Mariano Bogliacino upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 20 Uruguay Ezequias Redín
FW 9 Uruguay Sergio Leal upward-facing green arrow 98'
FW 27 Uruguay Federico Puppo upward-facing green arrow 105'
Manager:
Uruguay Eduardo Espinel

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.

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