Transfers
First Division
*Champion:
Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievement ...
(4th title)
*Top scorer:
Richard Porta and
Cristhian Stuani
Cristhian Ricardo Stuani Curbelo (; born 12 October 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for and captain (association football), captains La Liga club Girona FC, Girona.
He started ...
(19 goals each)
*International qualifiers:
**Copa Libertadores:
Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievement ...
,
Nacional
Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to:
Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
and
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 ...
**Copa Sudamericana:
Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievement ...
and
River Plate
*Highest scoring:
Danubio
Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División.
Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...
9–1
Progreso (December 9, 2007)
*Relegated:
Fénix,
Miramar Misiones
Club Sportivo Miramar Misiones, usually known simply as Miramar Misiones is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club was formed from the merger of two clubs: Miramar (founded on October 17, 1915) and Misiones (founded on March 26, ...
, and
Progreso
International tournaments
Copa Sudamericana 2007
*
Danubio
Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División.
Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...
- 1st round (eliminated by
Tacuary
Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.
Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamerican ...
).
*
Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievement ...
- quarter-finals (eliminated by
River Plate).
Copa Libertadores 2008
''Starting from Group stage''
*
Danubio
Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División.
Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...
- 1st round (eliminated by
Estudiantes and
Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, metropolitan area. The List of cities in Argentina, city has a populati ...
).
*
Nacional
Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to:
Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
- 2nd round (eliminated by
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
).
''Starting from Pre-eliminary round''
*
Wanderers - Pre-eliminary round (eliminated by
Cienciano
Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...
)
Second Division
Teams
These are the teams that currently participates in
Uruguayan Second Division:
*
Atenas
Atenas () is a district of the Atenas canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Its urban area is referred as Atenas city.
Toponymy
Its name means Athens ''(Αθήνα)'', the capital of Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Repu ...
*
Basañez
*
Boston River
Club Atlético Boston River, simply known as Boston River, is a Uruguayan sports club located in Montevideo. Founded on 20 February 1939, their football section is currently playing in the Uruguayan Primera División. At the futsal
Futsal i ...
*
Cerrito
*
Cerro Largo
*
Deportivo Maldonado
Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División following their relegation from the Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American ...
*
Durazno FC
Durazno Fútbol Club is a former football club from Durazno in Uruguay.
History
Asociación Atlética Durazno Fútbol Club was founded through the association of many clubs of the department of Durazno. Those associated clubs were: Central, Juven ...
*
El Tanque Sisley
El Tanque Sisley is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 3rd Division.
The club were founded in 1955 with the name ''Club Atlético El Tanque'', on December 15, 1981 the club were amalgamated with '' ...
*
Huracán Buceo
Huracán Buceo is a multisports club, best known for its football (soccer), football side, located in Montevideo in Uruguay. In 2009 the team went into a financial crisis and couldn't play anymore in the professional competitions and played furt ...
*
La Luz Tacurú FC
La Luz Fútbol Club (often called La Luz) is a professional Uruguayan football club from Aires Puros, Montevideo, who currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División.
History
A group of friends by the names, Luis Rivero, Luis Enrico, and Jose ...
*
Platense (withdraw)
*
Plaza Colonia
Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, or simply Plaza Colonia, is a Uruguayan professional football club from Colonia del Sacramento, that competes in the Uruguayan Primera Division. Founded in 1917, the club plays its home games at the 3,000 seater ...
*
Racing
In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific g ...
*
Rentistas
Club Atlético Rentistas, known simply as Rentistas is a Uruguayan professional association football, football club based in Cerrito de la Victoria, Montevideo. Founded in 1933, the club competes in the Uruguayan Segunda División.
History
In 1 ...
*
Rocha FC
*
IASA
*
Uruguay Montevideo (withdraw)
*
Villa Española
Villa Española is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo.
Location
This barrio shares borders with Mercado Modelo to the west, Pérez Castellanos to the northwest, Ituzaingó to the north, Flor de Maroñas to the northeast, Mar ...
Final positions
Teams promoted to 2008/2009 First Division
*
Racing
In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific g ...
(champion)
*
Cerro Largo FC
Cerro Largo Fútbol Club is a football club from Melo, Cerro Largo Department in Uruguay. They play their games at Estadio Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla. They are followed by many fans since it is the only professional team that represents ...
(won promotion playoff against
Cerrito)
*
Villa Española
Villa Española is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo.
Location
This barrio shares borders with Mercado Modelo to the west, Pérez Castellanos to the northwest, Ituzaingó to the north, Flor de Maroñas to the northeast, Mar ...
(won promotion playoff against
El Tanque Sisley
El Tanque Sisley is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 3rd Division.
The club were founded in 1955 with the name ''Club Atlético El Tanque'', on December 15, 1981 the club were amalgamated with '' ...
)
Uruguay national teams
This section will cover
Uruguay's games from the end of the
Copa América 2007 until the June 30, 2008.
Uruguay in FIFA.com
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Friendly matches
2010 World Cup qualifiers
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2007-08 In Uruguayan Football
Seasons in Uruguayan football
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