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The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa
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organized by the
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(AUF). The first championship was held in
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, being an amateur competition until
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when the league became professional. From 1900 to the 2024 season there have been 121 first division seasons. In 2011, the Uruguayan Primera División was regarded as the 23rd most difficult football league in the 21st century by the
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on IFFHS (Archive, 14 Jan 2013) If considered the same club,
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/ CURCC is the most successful Uruguayan club with 52 titles. Otherwise, it is Nacional with 49 titles. Of clubs to win titles, only
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did not win multiple titles. Rampla Juniors and Wanderers were the only clubs to not win titles consecutively.


History

The Uruguayan Primera División was held for the first time in 1900. Between 1923 and 1925, under the Uruguayan football schism, a dissident league, the Federación Uruguaya de Football, was established. The body operated in parallel with the official Association (AUF). After an intervention by the Uruguayan government to impose the dissolution of the FUF, in 1926 a Provisional Council ("Concejo Provisorio") organised a championship to unify the two organizations. Peñarol was the winner of the Serie A of the tournament. Nevertheless, neither the AUF nor the FIFA recognised the titles of the championships organized by FUF or CP."Hasta ahora se jugaron 109 Uruguayos" on ''Ovación Digital''
/ref> From 1930 to 1975, either Nacional or Peñarol won every title. This streak was finally broken when Defensor won its first title in 1976. Besides Nacional or Peñarol, no other club has won titles consecutively. Both Peñarol (1958 to 1962 and 1993 to 1997) and Nacional (from 1939 to 1943) hold the record title streaks winning five titles consecutively. The longest period of time without neither Peñarol nor Nacional winning the title was from 1987 to 1991, when Defensor,
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, Progreso, Bella Vista, and again Defensor won the five tournaments played during that period.Uruguay – List of Champions
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After 1994, the competition was divided in two stages, called the Opening Championship (Torneo Apertura) and Closing Championship (Torneo Clausura), with an end-of-season two-legged final match between the winners of these two tournaments. Originally, like other South American football leagues, the league was contested according to the
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, from austral summer to summer in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2005, the league started to play the "European season", from boreal summer to summer in
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starting in August, with the aim of preventing clubs from losing many players in the middle of the season. In the first semester of 2005, a special short season was held to decide the qualification to international competition. In the 2005–06 season, the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments played a two (or three) legged play-off; the winner of that playoff played against the best team in the aggregate table to decide the 2005–06 season champion. In the 2006–07 season, the competition was reduced to 16 clubs. The season of 2008–09 was intended to be the last one to be played in "European season", as the system appeared to be unable to prevent clubs from losing players between the Apertura (opening) tournament and the Clausura (closing). However, the transition did not take place for several years. After a regular 2015–16 season was played, a short 2016 was played in the latter half of the year, with the full calendar year system in place once again beginning with the 2017 season.


Division levels


Participating teams

A total of 60 teams have participated in the Primera Division since its inception in 1900. Nacional has played the most seasons followed by
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/ CURCC. Peñarol and Nacional are also the only two teams to have never been relegated out of the Primera Division. Of the so-called 'minor' teams the record for most seasons lies with Montevideo Wanderers.


2025 season

All statistics pertain only to the Uruguayan Championships organized by the
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(AUF), not including FUF tournaments of
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and the 1926 Consejo Provisorio tournament in seasons counted. The founding dates of clubs are those declared by the clubs themselves involved. The column "stadium" reflects the stadium where the team play their home matches, but does not indicate that the team in question owns the stadium.


Champions


List of champions (1900–present)

All tournaments organized by the
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(AUF) except where indicated.


Titles by club

*Clubs participating in the 2025 Uruguayan Primera División season are denoted in bold type. *Clubs no longer active are denoted in ''italics''.


Half-year / Short tournaments


Apertura and Clausura seasons


Torneo Intermedio


Torneo Clasificatorio


Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América


Top scorers


See also

* Uruguayan football league system * Uruguayan championship (FUF) * Torneo del Consejo Provisorio * Uruguayan Football Stadiums *
Uruguayan Segunda División The Segunda División Profesional is the second division of professional football in Uruguay, established in 1942. The league is sometimes referred to as ''Primera B''. In 1942, the Segunda División was established to replace the amateur Uruguaya ...


Notes


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uruguayan Primera Division 1 Uru Sports leagues established in 1900 1900 establishments in Uruguay