The Women's Uruguayan Championship is the highest division of women's football in Uruguay, and is organized by the

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since 1997, from a

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request.

Format

The current format, first played in 2014, is divided into two stages. The first stage in played in three to four team groups. The best teams then advance to the championship round, called Copa de Oro, while the last placed teams play for the Copa de Plata. Both rounds in the second stage are played with about 7 teams. The winner of the Copa de Oro is the national champion and qualifies to the

Copa Libertadores Femenina The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, commonly known as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( Portuguese: ''Copa/Taça Libertadores Feminina''), is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by th ...

. The losers of the Copa de Plata are relegated to the

Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino B The Divisional B Femenina is the second division of Women's football in Uruguay, and is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association since 2016, from a FIFA request. Champions The Divisional B organized by the Uruguayan Football Associatio ...

. Since 2017 the

Apertura and Clausura The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split Season (sports), season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American soccer, football sports league, leagues in which the traditional association ...

format is played. In 2017 there were two stages. In the first stage there were seven teams that played each other once. The leading team qualified for stage 2, the teams placed second to sixth played a playoff round with the three winners advancing to stage 2 as well. The final four teams had their points reset and then played a round-robin (the ''cuadrangular'') for the title. Since 2018 the Apertura and Clausura are both standard round-robin.

Champions

The Uruguayan championship organized by the

began to dispute in

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. Before that, championships were unofficial.

Titles by club

References

External links

AUF

League
at soccerway.com

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Sports leagues established in 1997 1997 establishments in Uruguay Women's football in Uruguay Women's sports leagues in Uruguay

Format

Champions

Titles by club

See also

References

External links