The 2024 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera División 2024, was the 121st season of the
Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...
,
Uruguay
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's top-flight football league, and the 94th in which it is professional. The season, which was named "
100 años de Colombes",
began on 16 February and ended on 2 December 2024.
Peñarol
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were the champions, winning their fifty-second league title after winning both the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura, as well as topping the season's aggregate table, which ensured that the championship playoff would not be played. They clinched the title after beating
Fénix 3–1 on the final round of the Torneo Clausura played on 1 December.
Liverpool
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were the defending champions.
Teams
16 teams competed in the season: the top thirteen teams in the
relegation table of the 2023 season as well as three promoted teams from the
Segunda División
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. The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2023 season (
Montevideo City Torque,
Plaza Colonia and
La Luz) were relegated to the
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
for the 2024 season. They were replaced by the Segunda División champions
Miramar Misiones, runners-up
Progreso, and the winners of the promotion play-offs
Rampla Juniors
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.
Miramar Misiones, Progreso and Rampla Juniors returned to the top flight after nine, two and four seasons, respectively. On the other hand, La Luz were relegated after one season, Montevideo City Torque were relegated after four seasons and Plaza Colonia returned to the second tier after five seasons.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
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Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura, named "100 años de la vuelta Olímpica",
was the first tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 4 June 2024.
Standings
Results
Torneo Intermedio
The Torneo Intermedio, named "Atilio Narancio",
was the second tournament of the 2024 season, played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It consisted of two groups whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, and teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. It started on 8 June and ended on 4 August, and the winners were assured of a berth into the
2025 Copa Sudamericana and the 2025
Supercopa Uruguaya.
Serie A
Serie B
Torneo Intermedio Final
Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura, named "
José Nasazzi", was the third and last tournament of the 2024 season. It began on 16 August and ended on 2 December 2024.
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Championship playoff
Since
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 ...
won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, they became champions automatically and the championship playoff was not played.
Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the
2025 Copa Libertadores group stage.
Top scorers
Source
AUF
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Relegation
Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the total of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons:
2023
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and 2024. The three teams with the lowest average at the end of the season were relegated to the
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
for the following season.
Season awards
On 22 January 2025 the AUF announced the winners of the season awards, who were chosen by its Technical Staff based on voting by managers and captains of the 16 Primera División teams as well as a group of local sports journalists.
On 20 December 2024, 36 players were confirmed to have been nominated for the Public's Player and Team of the Season awards according to their ratings and evaluations by the Technical Staff throughout the season, whilst the shortlists of nominees for the remaining awards were announced six days later.
See also
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2024 Uruguayan Segunda División season
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2024 Copa Uruguay
References
External links
Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - Campeonato Uruguayo
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