The 2017
Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2017, was the 114th 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 league, and the 87th in which it is professional.
Nacional
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Airlines
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Bank
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were the defending champions.
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neig ...
were the champions after winning the Torneo Clausura and defeating Apertura winners
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 achieveme ...
at the championship playoff via
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
Format
The season was played under the Apertura-Clausura format, with the Apertura being played from February to May and the Clausura from August to November, and the inclusion of an additional tournament between the Apertura and Clausura named ''Torneo Intermedio'' and played from May to July. In the Intermedio, the 16 teams were split into two groups of eight with each club facing the others in their group once, and both group winners played the final. All three tournaments of the season counted for the aggregate table. If the best team in the aggregate table did not win the Apertura or Clausura, it would have gained a berth to the finals, but if one team won both tournaments it would automatically win the championship. The worst three teams in the relegation table were relegated, taking into account the
2016 and 2017 seasons. Also, the Torneo Intermedio winners would qualify for the
2018 Copa Sudamericana
The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 17th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or pt, Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
Brazili ...
in case they failed to secure an international berth at the end of the season.
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Teams
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Source
Soccerway
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Torneo Intermedio
The Torneo Intermedio was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, and consisted of two groups of eight teams whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in ''Serie A'', while teams in even-numbered positions played in ''Serie B''. In each group, teams played each other once, and both group winners played the Torneo Intermedio final, with its winner being assured of a Copa Sudamericana berth in case it failed to qualify for CONMEBOL competitions through the aggregate table. The Intermedio winner also had the chance to play the
Supercopa Uruguaya against the Primera División champion.
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Serie A
Serie B
Torneo Intermedio Final
Top goalscorers
Source
Soccerway
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Torneo Clausura
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Source
Soccerway
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Aggregate table
Aggregate table playoff
Since
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neig ...
and
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 achieveme ...
ended the season tied in points, a playoff was played to determine the aggregate table first-placed team. The winners qualified for the
Championship playoff finals.
Championship playoff
Semi-final
''Peñarol won 4–2 on penalties.''
Final
Since
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neig ...
, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically and the final was not played.
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 achieveme ...
became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the
2018 Copa Libertadores group stage The 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 27 February to 24 May 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was hel ...
.
Top goalscorers
Source
Tenfield
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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 four most recent tournaments:
2016 Transición and this season's three tournaments (Apertura, Intermedio, and Clausura). The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the
Segunda División for the following season.
Relegation playoff
Since
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 ' ...
and
Sud América
Institución Atlética Sud América, usually known as Sud América or just IASA, is a football club from Montevideo. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda Division.
History
Sud América has won the Uruguayan 2nd Division on 7 occasions, ...
ended with the same average, a playoff (by points) between both teams was played to determine the third relegated team. If both teams were tied in points after the second leg, an extra match would be played. The loser was relegated to the
Segunda División.
Notes
References
External links
Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo
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