The 2023 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera División 2023, is the 120th season of the

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's top-flight football league, and the 93rd in which it is professional. The season, which was named "100 años del Club Atlético Cerro", began on 4 February and is scheduled to end in December 2023.

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are the defending champions.

Format

On 19 October 2022, the Primera División clubs voted to keep the format used in the previous season for 2023, with single round-robin

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tournaments, a Torneo Intermedio played between these tournaments with the 16 teams divided into two groups of eight, and a three-team championship playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments and the best team in the season's aggregate table, which gets a bye to the finals. The League Council of the

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presented a proposal to switch the order of the Apertura and Intermedio tournaments, so that the Intermedio (rebranded as ''Torneo Inicial'' in the proposal) would be played at the beginning of the season followed by the Apertura tournament during the winter months. However, the clubs did not accept the proposal and the season will be played in a similar way to the previous ones.

Teams

16 teams compete in the season: the top thirteen teams in the relegation table of the 2022 season as well as three promoted teams from the

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. The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2022 season,

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, Rentistas, and Cerrito were relegated to the

for the 2023 season. They were replaced by the Segunda División champions

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, runners-up La Luz, and the winners of the promotion play-offs Cerro. Racing and Cerro returned to the top flight after three and two seasons, respectively, whilst La Luz played in the Primera División for the first time ever. On the other hand, Albion were relegated after one season, Cerrito were relegated after two seasons, and Rentistas returned to the second tier after three years.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "

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", is the first tournament of the 2023 season. It began on 4 February 2023 and is scheduled to end on 14 May 2023.

Standings

Results

Top scorers

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Relegation

Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons:

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and 2023. The three teams with the lowest average at the end of the season will be relegated to the

for the following season.

References

External links

Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo
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