2005–06 Uruguayan Primera División

The 2005–06 season in the Uruguayan Primera División saw Nacional defend and win a back-to-back-title by defeating the surprise of the championship, Rocha F.C., on two consecutive finals, thus winning their 41st title in Uruguayan football. Two teams were relegated, Deportivo Colonia and Cerro, but this time only one team, Progreso, was promoted.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Nacional won the championship.

Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rocha 17 10 3 4 37 25 +12 33
2 Nacional 17 9 7 1 32 16 +16 31[lower-alpha 1]
3 Danubio 17 8 3 6 36 25 +11 27
4 Rampla Juniors 17 8 2 7 35 25 +10 26
5 Deportivo Colonia 17 6 8 3 23 19 +4 26
6 Cerrito 17 6 7 4 20 18 +2 25
7 Peñarol 17 6 7 4 22 26 4 25
8 River Plate 17 6 6 5 24 22 +2 24
9 Rentistas 17 7 3 7 21 22 1 24
10 Liverpool 17 5 7 5 19 18 +1 22
11 Defensor Sporting 17 5 7 5 21 21 0 22
12 Cerro 17 5 7 5 23 25 2 22
13 Plaza Colonia 17 5 6 6 15 23 8 21
14 Montevideo Wanderers 17 4 8 5 27 32 5 20
15 Miramar Misiones 17 3 9 5 18 18 0 18
16 Tacuarembó 17 4 5 8 13 21 8 17
17 Fénix 17 3 4 10 22 31 9 13
18 Paysandú 17 1 5 11 18 39 21 8
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted?

Relegation table (2005 and Apertura)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nacional 34 21 12 1 71 32 +39 72[lower-alpha 1]
2 Defensor Sporting 34 17 12 5 54 34 +20 63
3 Peñarol 34 16 12 6 50 45 +5 60
4 Rocha 34 16 10 8 64 46 +18 58
5 Danubio 34 16 7 11 59 41 +18 55
6 Rentistas 34 13 9 12 51 47 +4 48
7 Liverpool 34 12 11 11 45 43 +2 47
8 River Plate 34 12 10 12 58 54 +4 46
9 Cerrito 34 11 13 10 41 37 +4 46
10 Montevideo Wanderers 34 10 13 11 57 65 8 43
11 Miramar Misiones 34 10 11 13 51 47 +4 41
12 Rampla Juniors 34 11 7 16 54 56 2 40
13 Deportivo Colonia 34 9 12 13 38 50 12 39
14 Tacuarembó 34 9 11 14 30 39 9 38
15 Cerro 34 8 11 15 43 55 12 35 Relegation play-offs
16 Plaza Colonia 34 8 11 15 23 50 27 35
17 Fénix 34 8 8 18 41 57 16 32 Relegation
18 Paysandú 34 4 10 20 41 73 32 22
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted?

Clausura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nacional 16 12 2 2 31 12 +19 38
2 Defensor Sporting 16 10 5 1 34 15 +19 35
3 Danubio 16 9 3 4 31 24 +7 30
4 Central Español 16 8 3 5 19 16 +3 27
5 Liverpool 16 7 4 5 27 27 0 25
6 Rentistas 16 7 3 6 28 22 +6 24
7 Cerrito 16 5 8 3 17 16 +1 23
8 Rampla Juniors 16 6 5 5 24 29 5 23
9 River Plate 16 6 2 8 19 20 1 20
10 Bella Vista 16 5 4 7 18 19 1 19
11 Tacuarembó 16 4 6 6 12 19 7 18
12 Montevideo Wanderers 16 4 4 8 18 19 1 16
13 Cerro 16 6 3 7 23 16 +7 15[lower-alpha 1]
14 Miramar Misiones 16 3 5 8 17 30 13 14
15 Rocha 16 3 3 10 18 29 11 12
16 Deportivo Colonia 16 3 2 11 12 30 18 11
17 Peñarol 16 5 4 7 20 25 5 7[lower-alpha 2]
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. 6 points deducted?
  2. 12 points deducted?

Championship play-off

Semi-finals Finals
Aggregate table first place Nacional
Apertura winners Rocha 1 0 Nacional
Clausura winners Nacional 4 2

Semi-finals

Rocha1 – 4Nacional
Caro 54' Vázquez 22', 45'
Suárez 51'
Garcés 88'
Referee: Prudente (URU)
Nacional2 – 0Rocha
Suárez 62'
Vázquez 77'

Finals

Nacional winners of semifinal; the team should play the final against the best team of the aggregate table 2005–06; as that is also Nacional, they are champions of Uruguay 2005–06.

 Primera División
2005–06 champion 
Nacional
41st title

Relegation table (2005 and 2005–06)

PosClubPPtsAverage
13Bella Vista16191.188
14Tacuarembó50561.120
15Miramar Misiones55501.110
16Cerro50501.000
17Deportivo Colonia50501.000

Topscorers

Pos Name Team Goals [1]
1José Pedro CardozoRocha17
2Ignacio GonzálezDanubio13
3Junior AlibertiWanderers / Plaza Colonia12
Gonzalo CastroNacional12
Marcos Antonio GarcíaRampla Juniors12
Juan Manuel OliveraDanubio12
Maxi PereiraDefensor12
8Gabriel CedrésRiver Plate / C.A. Peñarol11
Richard PortaRiver Plate11
Elías FerreiraC.A. Peñarol / Rentistas11
11Mauro AldaveRocha10
Nicolás OliveraDefensor10

Notes

  1. Apertura 2005 and Clausura 2006

References

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