2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season

The 2015–16 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2015–16 Copa Uruguaya or the 2015–16 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 112th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 85th in which it was professional. Nacional was the defending champion.

Liga Profesional de Primera División
Season2015–16
ChampionsPeñarol (48th title)
2016 →

Attendances

The teams with an average home attendance above 10,000 were Club Nacional de Football with 15,065 and Peñarol with 14,172.[1]

Teams
Locations of the 2015–16 season teams outside Montevideo.
Locations of the 2015−16 Primera División teams within Montevideo.
Club City Stadium Capacity
Cerro Montevideo Luis Tróccoli 24,000
Danubio Montevideo Jardines Del Hipódromo 14,401
Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000
El Tanque Sisley Florida Campeones Olímpicos 7,000
Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 5,500
Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 5,500
Liverpool Montevideo Belvedere 10,000
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera 7,420
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 23,500
Peñarol Montevideo Campeón del Siglo 40,000
Plaza Colonia Colonia Suppici 12,000
Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 4,500
Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600
River Plate Montevideo Parque Federico Omar Saroldi 5,624
Sud América San José Casto Martínez Laguarda 6,000
Villa Teresa Montevideo José Nasazzi 5,000

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 15 9 4 2 28 17 +11 31 Championship Playoffs
2 Nacional 15 9 3 3 32 21 +11 30
3 Cerro 15 9 1 5 25 19 +6 28
4 Montevideo Wanderers 15 6 6 3 22 16 +6 24
5 River Plate 15 7 2 6 31 25 +6 23
6 Fénix 15 6 5 4 17 12 +5 23
7 Danubio 15 6 4 5 21 13 +8 22
8 Defensor Sporting 15 6 3 6 25 25 0 21
9 El Tanque Sisley 15 5 4 6 17 17 0 19
10 Rentistas 15 5 3 7 18 19 −1 18
11 Sud América 15 4 6 5 17 22 −5 18
12 Liverpool 15 5 3 7 15 24 −9 18
13 Plaza Colonia 15 3 8 4 15 16 −1 17
14 Racing 15 4 5 6 21 26 −5 17
15 Juventud 15 4 3 8 14 25 −11 15
16 Villa Teresa 15 1 2 12 9 30 −21 5
Source:

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Plaza Colonia 15 9 5 1 20 9 +11 32 Championship Playoffs
2 Peñarol 15 8 3 4 25 18 +7 27
3 Sud América 15 7 4 4 17 16 +1 25
4 Montevideo Wanderers 15 7 3 5 31 21 +10 24
5 Nacional 15 7 3 5 21 17 +4 24
6 Cerro 15 7 3 5 17 15 +2 24
7 Fénix 15 6 5 4 18 13 +5 23
8 Liverpool 15 7 1 7 16 18 −2 22
9 Rentistas 15 6 3 6 18 17 +1 21
10 Defensor Sporting 15 6 3 6 23 29 −6 21
11 Villa Teresa 15 5 4 6 15 19 −4 19
12 Juventud 15 4 6 5 19 19 0 18
13 River Plate 15 5 3 7 15 16 −1 18
14 Racing 15 3 5 7 19 24 −5 14
15 Danubio 15 3 4 8 18 25 −7 13
16 El Tanque Sisley 15 2 1 12 14 30 −16 7
Source:

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 30 17 7 6 53 35 +18 58 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Nacional 30 16 6 8 53 38 +15 54 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Cerro 30 16 4 10 42 34 +8 51[lower-alpha 1] 2017 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Plaza Colonia 30 12 13 5 35 25 +10 49 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Montevideo Wanderers 30 13 9 8 53 37 +16 48
6 Fénix 30 12 10 8 35 25 +10 46
7 Sud América 30 11 10 9 34 38 −4 43
8 Defensor Sporting 30 12 6 12 48 54 −6 42
9 River Plate 30 12 5 13 46 41 +5 41
10 Liverpool 30 12 4 14 31 42 −11 40
11 Rentistas 30 11 6 13 36 36 0 39
12 Danubio 30 9 8 13 39 38 +1 35
13 Juventud 30 8 9 13 33 44 −11 33
14 Racing 30 7 10 13 40 50 −10 31
15 El Tanque Sisley 30 7 5 18 31 47 −16 26
16 Villa Teresa 30 6 6 18 24 49 −25 24
Source:
Notes:
  1. Cerro had 1 point deducted

Relegation
Pos
 Team 2014–15
Pts		 2015–16
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Relegation
1 Nacional 635411760
2 Peñarol 565811460
3 Plaza Colonia -499830
4 River Plate 54419560
5 Defensor Sporting 48429060
6 Cerro 34518560
7 Sud América 42438560
8 Danubio 49358460
9 Fénix 37468360
10 Montevideo Wanderers 34488260
11 Liverpool -408030
12 Juventud 45337860
13 Racing 45317660
14 Rentistas 34397360Relegation to Segunda División
15 El Tanque Sisley 39266560
16 Villa Teresa -244830

Championship playoff

Semifinal
Peñarol3–1 (a.e.t.)Plaza Colonia
D. Rossi 79'
M. Olivera 109'
M. Affonso 112'		 A. Furia 69'
Peñarol
Plaza Colonia

Final

Since Peñarol, who has the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically, and the final was not played. Nacional became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table.

 Primera División
2015–16 champion 
Peñarol
43rd title

References
  1. "¿Miente Peñarol o miente Nacional? - Diario La República". www.republica.com.uy. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09.
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