2007–08 Uruguayan Primera División season

Primera División Uruguaya

Season	2007−08
Champions	Defensor Sporting (4th title)
Relegated	Fénix Miramar Misiones Progreso
Copa Libertadores	Defensor Sporting (Group Stage) Nacional (Group Stage) Peñarol (Preliminary Round)
Copa Sudamericana	Defensor Sporting (First Round) River Plate (Preliminary Round)
Top goalscorer	Richard Porta Christian Stuani (19 goals each)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007−08 season of the Primera División Uruguaya is the 76th professional season of Uruguay's top-flight football league.

Teams

Team	Home city	Stadium
Bella Vista	Montevideo	Estadio José Nasazzi
Central Español	Montevideo	Parque Palermo
Cerro	Montevideo	Estadio Luis Tróccoli
Danubio	Montevideo	Jardines Del Hipódromo
Defensor Sporting	Montevideo	Estadio Luis Franzini
Fénix	Montevideo	Estadio Parque Capurro
Juventud	Las Piedras	Estadio Martínez Monegal
Liverpool	Montevideo	Estadio Belvedere
Miramar Misiones	Montevideo	Parque Luis Méndez Piana
Nacional	Montevideo	Estadio Gran Parque Central
Peñarol	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario
Progreso	Montevideo	Parque Abraham Paladino
Rampla Juniors	Montevideo	Estadio Olímpico
River Plate	Montevideo	Estadio Saroldi
Tacuarembó	Tacuarembó	Estadio Goyenola
Wanderers	Montevideo	Estadio Viera

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Defensor Sporting (A)	15	11	2	2	26	10	+16	35
2	Danubio	15	9	4	2	34	14	+20	31
3	Rampla Juniors	15	9	4	2	21	12	+9	31
4	River Plate	15	7	3	5	37	27	+10	24
5	Nacional	15	6	6	3	19	12	+7	24
6	Juventud	15	6	6	3	16	10	+6	24
7	Cerro	15	5	8	2	16	14	+2	23
8	Montevideo Wanderers	15	6	3	6	24	26	−2	21
9	Fénix	15	4	8	3	14	14	0	20
10	Central Español	15	5	3	7	22	28	−6	18
11	Peñarol	15	4	5	6	21	23	−2	17
12	Tacuarembó	15	4	5	6	15	21	−6	17
13	Miramar Misiones	15	4	1	10	9	20	−11	13
14	Liverpool	15	3	3	9	19	24	−5	12
15	Progreso	15	3	2	10	14	38	−24	11
16	Bella Vista	15	1	3	11	14	18	−4	6

Updated to games played on December 9, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1. Points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Richard Porta	River Plate	19
	Christian Stuani	Danubio	19
3	Nicolás Nicolay	Tacuarembó	9
4	Alvaro Navarro	Defensor Sporting	8
5	José Franco	Peñarol	6
	Danilo Peinado	Wanderers	6
7	Osvaldo Canobbio	Liverpool	5
	Sebastián Fernández	Defensor Sporting	5
	Bruno Fornaroli	Nacional	5
	Germán Hornos	Central Español	5
	Mathías Riquero	Progreso	5
	Julio Rodríguez	Wanderers	5

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	15	12	1	2	48	17	+31	37
2	Peñarol (O) (A)	15	12	1	2	40	15	+25	37
3	Liverpool	15	9	4	2	36	21	+15	31
4	Defensor Sporting	15	10	1	4	41	27	+14	31
5	Nacional	15	10	1	4	33	21	+12	31
6	Montevideo Wanderers	15	7	2	6	20	25	−5	23
7	Progreso	15	6	0	9	23	30	−7	18
8	Bella Vista	15	5	2	8	17	24	−7	17
9	Tacuarembó	15	5	2	8	18	29	−11	17
10	Juventud	15	4	4	7	14	19	−5	16
11	Rampla Juniors	15	4	4	7	13	32	−19	16
12	Danubio	15	4	3	8	24	33	−9	15
12	Central Español	15	4	2	9	16	24	−8	14
14	Miramar Misiones	15	4	2	9	18	27	−9	14
15	Cerro	15	4	2	9	14	25	−11	14
16	Fénix	15	3	3	9	19	25	−6	12

Updated to games played on June 1, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1. Points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2
River Plate	3−5	Peñarol

Top Scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Paulo Pezzolano	Liverpool	12
2	Carlos Bueno	Peñarol	11
	Henry Giménez	River Plate	11
4	Sergio Souza	River Plate	10
	Bruno Fornaroli	Nacional	10
6	Jonathan Urretavizcaya	River Plate	9
	Diego Ifrán	Fénix	9

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Defensor Sporting (Q) (A)	30	21	3	6	67	37	+30	66	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
2	River Plate (Q)	30	19	4	7	85	44	+41	61
3	Nacional (Q)	30	16	7	7	52	33	+19	55
4	Peñarol (Q)	30	16	6	8	61	38	+23	54
5	Rampla Juniors (Q)	30	13	8	9	34	44	−10	47
6	Danubio (Q)	30	13	7	10	58	47	+11	46
7	Montevideo Wanderers	30	13	5	12	44	51	−7	44
8	Liverpool	30	12	7	11	55	45	+10	43
9	Juventud	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40
10	Cerro	30	9	10	11	30	39	−9	37
11	Tacuarembó	30	9	7	14	33	50	−17	34
12	Fénix	30	7	11	12	33	39	−6	32
13	Central Español	30	9	5	16	38	52	−14	32
14	Progreso	30	9	2	19	37	68	−31	29
15	Miramar Misiones	30	8	3	19	27	47	−20	27
16	Bella Vista	30	6	5	19	31	52	−21	23

Updated to games played on June 1, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1. Points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship playoff

The Apertura and Clausura winners will play a semifinal match. The winner will advance to the final and play against the best team in the aggregate table.

Semifinal

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Peñarol	1−2	Defensor Sporting	1−2	0−0

Final

Since Defensor Sporting was the best team in the aggregate as well as the semifinal winner, they were automatically declared the champion.

Primera División 2007–08 Champion
Defensor Sporting 4th title

Relegation table

The relegation table is an aggregate of the past two Primera División seasons, with the exception of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores and any playoffs. Teams that were promoted for this season had their statistics doubled. The three lowest teams will be relegated for the next season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Defensor Sporting	60	38	11	11	124	69	+55	125
2	Peñarol	60	35	13	12	125	76	+49	118
3	Danubio	60	34	10	16	120	74	+46	112
4	Nacional	60	29	13	18	94	77	+17	100
5	River Plate	60	28	13	19	126	91	+35	97
6	Montevideo Wanderers	60	29	10	21	97	90	+7	97
7	Liverpool	60	24	13	23	102	89	+13	85
8	Juventud	60	20	20	20	60	58	+2	0801
9	Rampla Juniors	60	21	16	23	69	91	−22	79
10	Bella Vista	60	22	8	30	79	90	−11	74
11	Cerro	60	18	20	22	60	78	−18	0741
12	Tacuarembó	60	17	19	24	73	89	−16	70
13	Central Español	60	19	9	32	69	100	−31	66
14	Fénix (R)	60	14	22	24	66	78	−12	0641	Relegation to the Segunda División
15	Miramar Misiones (R)	60	17	10	33	63	93	−30	61
16	Progreso (R)	60	16	12	32	75	120	−45	60

Updated to games played on June 1, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Since Cerro, Fénix, and Juventud were promoted from the previous season, their statistics were doubled.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nacional (Q)	5	3	1	1	12	7	+5	10	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Defensor Sporting (Q)	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	10	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1
3	Peñarol (Q)	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	8	2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	River Plate (Q)	5	1	2	2	8	10	−2	5	2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary
5	Danubio	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2	4
6	Rampla Juniors	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4

Updated to games played on July 20, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1. Points
1. Defensor Sporting also qualified to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-off

The winner of the final earns the Uruguay 1 spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores; the loser gets the Uruguay 2 spot.

Nacional v Defensor Sporting

2008-07-27

Nacional	1 – 0	Defensor Sporting
García  69'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Larrionda

See also

• 2007–08 in Uruguayan football

External links

• 2007–08 season on RSSSF