The 1923 Primera División was the 23rd season of top-flight

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. This was organised by official body,

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(AUF), while dissident body,

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(FUF), organised its own championship simultaneously.

Overview

The tournament consisted of a round-robin. It involved twelve teams, and the champion was

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. This year was the first fractured Uruguayan football championship, due to the schism that triggered the emergence of a parallel

organizing their own championship. However, the league recognized by

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and

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remained the

(AUF), which achieved the same for the fourth time to get South American Championship selections with their representative, qualifying for the Paris Olympic Games the following year. Disenrollment of AUF clubs

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and

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the previous year, produced the first appearance of clubs Bella Vista and Fénix in the first division. In turn,

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, Charley and Lito participated in both tournaments with two different teams. Lito were dubbed "round" in the AUF and Lito "square" in the FUF, differing by the shield they carried on a Barca shirt. The Wanderers used their official name in the AUF, registering with an alternate team under the name of "Athletic Wanderers" in the FUF.

Teams

League standings

External links

Uruguay – List of final tables 1900–2000
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:1923 Uruguayan Primera Division of AUF Uruguayan Primera División seasons

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1923 in Uruguayan football

Overview

Teams

League standings

See also

External links