The 2008–09 Primera División season is the 77th professional season of
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
's top-flight
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league.
Teams
Torneo Apertura
Apertura tiebreaker
Top-ten goalscorers
Last Updated: February 9, 2009
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Torneo Clausura
C.S.D. Villa Española, Villa Española was relegated due to financial issues after the Apertura.
Top-ten goalscorers
Last Updated: June 18, 2009
Results
Results tables includes scores from both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
Aggregate table
Relegation table
Championship playoffs
Semifinals
First leg
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Second leg
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Third leg
''Nacional won 5–2 on points.''
Finals
First Leg
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Second leg
''Nacional won 6–0 on points.''
Nacional qualified for
2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.
Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
Liguilla 4th place tiebreaker
Since Liverpool and Defensor Sporting tied on points and goal difference in the Liguilla, a playoff was needed to determine who earned the ''Uruguay 2'' spot in the
2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.
Top goalscorers
Last Updated: August 2, 2009
See also
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2008–09 in Uruguayan football
Primera División
*Champion: Nacional (42nd title)
*Top scorer: Joaquín Boghossian (16 goals)
*International qualifiers:
**Copa Libertadores:
***Group Stage: Nacional and Cerro
***Preliminary Round: Racing
**Copa Sudamericana:
***First Sta ...
References
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Uru
Uru or URU may refer to:
Language
* Uru dialect of Central Kilimanjaro, a Bantu language of Tanzania
* Uru language, the extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
* Uru of Ch'imu, an extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
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Uru
Uru or URU may refer to:
Language
* Uru dialect of Central Kilimanjaro, a Bantu language of Tanzania
* Uru language, the extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
* Uru of Ch'imu, an extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
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