1914 Uruguayan Primera División
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The Uruguayan Championship 1914 was the 14th season of
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's top-flight football league.


Overview

The tournament consisted of a two-wheel championship of all against all. It involved eight teams, and the champion was
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which won its second consecutive title and fourth championship in just seven years. It was also the last tournament for this team before its ultimate demise. Before starting the sporting year, the C.U.R.C.C. announced a name change to
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, which sparked controversy many years later. Another club (
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) denounced that as two different clubs, claiming that this was a manoeuvre for the new club Peñarol, allowing them to enter the First Division without having to go through the divisions of ascent.


Teams


League standings

First Final:
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Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...
Second Final:
River Plate F.C. River Plate Football Club was a Uruguayan association football, football club, founded in 1897. River Plate is considered one of the four giants of the first era in Uruguayan football, alongside rivals Montevideo Wanderers and the current ''big ...
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Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...
Third Final:
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Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...


Notes


References


Uruguay - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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