Torneo Apertura
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Table:
1.Nacional 11 9 0 2 32-14 27
2.Bella Vista 11 5 5 1 10- 7 20
3.Peñarol 11 6 0 5 15-14 18
4.Defensor Sporting 11 4 4 3 14-12 16
5.River Plate 11 4 2 5 22-20 14
6.Wanderers 11 3 5 3 17-15 14
7.Rampla Juniors 11 3 4 4 10-14 13
8.Rentistas 11 2 6 3 10-12 12
9.Villa Española 11 3 3 5 9-11 12
10.Huracán Buceo 11 2 5 4 15-19 11
11.Danubio 11 3 2 6 11-18 11
12.Liverpool 11 2 4 5 7-14 10
Nacional Apertura champions.
Torneo Clausura
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Table:
1.Nacional 11 7 2 2 19- 8 23
2.Rentistas 11 6 4 1 9- 3 22
3.River Plate 11 5 4 2 21-11 19
4.Peñarol 11 6 1 4 25-20 19
5.Danubio 11 5 4 2 12- 7 19
6.Bella Vista 11 3 6 2 14-10 15
7.Defensor Sporting 11 2 7 2 12-14 13
8.Liverpool 11 2 5 4 6-10 11
9.Huracán Buceo 11 3 2 6 10-16 11
10.Rampla Juniors 11 3 2 6 10-18 11
11.Villa Española 11 2 4 5 13-18 10
12.Wanderers 11 0 3 8 8-24 3
Nacional Clausura Champions.
By winning the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, Nacional are champions
of Uruguay 1998.
Overall Table:
1.Nacional 22 16 2 4 51-22 50 Champions
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2.Peñarol 22 12 1 9 40-34 37 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3.Bella Vista 22 8 11 3 24-17 35 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
4.Rentistas 22 8 10 4 19-15 34 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
5.River Plate 22 9 6 7 43-31 33 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
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6.Danubio 22 8 6 8 23-25 30
7.Defensor Sporting 22 6 11 5 26-26 29
8.Rampla Juniors 22 6 6 10 20-32 24
9.Villa Española 22 5 7 10 22-29 22
10.Huracán Buceo 22 5 7 10 25-35 22
11.Liverpool 22 4 9 9 13-24 21
12.Wanderers 22 3 8 11 25-39 17
Relegation Table
1996+1997 1998 Total
12.Wanderers 49 17 66 Relegated
11.Villa Española 2nd Div 22 66 Relegated (factor 3 for 1998)
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10.Rampla Juniors 55 24 79 Relegation Playoff
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9.Liverpool 59 21 80
8.Danubio 53 30 83
7.Rentistas 33 34 84 (factor 1.5 for 1998)
6.Huracán Buceo 64 22 86
5.River Plate 65 33 98
4.Bella Vista 2nd Div 35 105 (factor 3 for 1998)
3.Defensor Sporting 83 29 112
2.Peñarol 82 37 119
1.Nacional 86 50 136
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
First Leg [Nov 14]
Maldonado 2-3 Rampla Juniors
[F.Fajardo(RJ,2), D.Pereira(RJ), P.Cuello(DM), M.Barceló(DM)]
Second Leg [Nov 18]
Rampla Jrs. 1-3 Deportivo Maldonado
[G.Matosas(RJ), M.Barceló(DM), M.Cortés(DM), M.Affonso(DM)]
Playoff [Nov 21, Estadio Centenario]
Rampla Jrs. 1-1 Deportivo Maldonado [6-5 pen]
[M.Barceló(DM), R.Aguerre(RJ)]
[penalties:
Pereira, Badell, Pappa, Perdomo, Kanapkis, Aguerre scored for Rampla.
Márcora, Cortés, Giménez, Aldao, Affonso scored for Deportivo.
Seré(RJ) saved Cuello(DM)'s penalty.]
Rampla Juniors remain in first division.
Topscorers:
13 Martín Rodríguez (River Plate)
Ruben Sosa (Nacional)
10 Diego Alonso (Bella Vista)
9 Milton Núñez (Nacional)
Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
NB: all matches at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo; second match always
involving Peñarol.
[Nov 5]
River Plate 0-2 Bella Vista
[46'D.Alonso(BV), 87'G.Giacomazzi(BV)]
Rentistas 0-1 Penarol
[30'J.M.Franco(P)]
[Nov 10]
Bella Vista 1-0 Rentistas
[79'D.Alonso(BV)]
Penarol 2-0 River Plate
[29'y47'I.Borjas(P)]
[Nov 20]
Rentistas 3-1 River Plate
[L.Cor(R,2), H.Sosa(RP), M.Suárez(R)]
Penarol 1-1 Bella Vista
[J.Casanova(BV), 90'J.E.De Los Santos(P)]
1.Bella Vista 3 2 1 0 4- 1 7
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2.Peñarol 3 2 1 0 4- 1 7
3.Rentistas 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3 Copa Conmebol 99
4.River Plate 3 0 0 3 1- 7 0
Playoff [Nov 24]
Bella Vista 1-0 Penarol
[66' Lionel Philipauskas]
Bella Vista qualify for Copa Libertadores 1999.
Rentistas and River Plate will both play Copa Conmebol 1999, since
Peñarol (as Supercopa participants) are not eligible for it.
Six teams have presented a request to be included in the first division 1999:
Bella Vista (Paysandú, Paysandú)
San Eugenio (Artigas, Artigas)
Deportivo Maldonado (Maldonado, Maldonado)
Oriental (Rivera, Rivera)
Deportivo Tacuarembó (Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó)
Juventud (Las Piedras, Canelones)
Of those six, three were given a license:
Bella Vista (Paysandú, Paysandú)
Deportivo Maldonado (Maldonado, Maldonado)
Deportivo Tacuarembó (Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó)
The Primera División Profesional will therefore contain 15 clubs
in 1999.
Torneo Apertura
Final Table:
1. CA Cerro 13 8 3 2 21- 8 27 Apertura winners
2. CA Progreso 13 8 2 3 20-10 26
3. CD Maldonado (Maldonado) 13 6 4 3 18-12 22
4. IA Sud América 13 6 3 4 22-16 21
5. Racing Club Montevideo 13 5 5 3 19-18 20
6. Central Español FC 13 4 6 3 18-15 18
7. CSyD Frontera Rivera Chico 13 5 3 5 10-11 18
8. CA Basáñez 13 4 5 4 12-12 17
9. CA Fénix 13 5 2 6 10-16 17
10. CS Miramar Misiones 13 3 6 4 21-19 15
11. CA Juventud (Las Piedras) 13 3 4 6 18-19 13
12. Salus FC 13 3 4 6 22-31 13
13. Colón FC 13 3 2 8 13-23 11
14. CCyD El Tanque Sisley 13 2 3 8 10-24 9
Final Table:
1. CA Cerro 13 8 5 0 25- 7 29 Clausura Winners
2. CA Progreso 13 7 3 3 18-14 24
3. CD Maldonado (Maldonado) 13 6 4 3 22-17 22
4. Central Español FC 13 6 4 3 17-17 22
5. CA Fénix 13 6 3 4 16-12 21
6. CSyD Frontera Rivera Chico 13 6 3 4 14-13 21
7. CA Juventud (Las Piedras) 13 5 5 3 21-17 20
8. Racing Club Montevideo 13 5 3 5 12-12 18
9. CS Miramar Misiones 13 4 4 5 14-14 16
10. Salus FC 13 4 4 5 11-14 16
11. CCyD El Tanque Sisley 13 4 1 8 13-20 13
12. IA Sud América 13 2 4 7 18-23 10
13. CA Basáñez 13 1 6 6 16-23 9
14. Colón FC 13 2 1 10 5-17 7
Cerro Champions of Uruguay Segunda División Profesional 1998.
Overall Table:
1. CA Cerro 26 16 8 2 46-15 56 Promoted (won Apertura and Clausura)
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2. CA Progreso 26 15 5 6 38-24 50 Liguilla de Promoción
3. CD Maldonado (Maldonado) 26 12 8 6 40-29 44 Liguilla de Promoción
4. Central Español FC 26 10 10 6 35-32 40 Liguilla de Promoción
5. CSyD Frontera Rivera Chico 26 11 6 9 24-24 39 Liguilla de Promoción
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6. Racing Club Montevideo 26 10 8 8 31-30 38
7. CA Fénix 26 11 5 10 26-28 38
8. CA Juventud (Las Piedras) 26 8 9 9 39-36 33
9. CS Miramar Misiones 26 7 10 9 35-33 31
10. IA Sud América 26 8 7 11 40-39 31
11. Salus FC 26 7 8 11 33-45 29
12. CA Basáñez 26 5 11 10 28-36 26
13. CCyD El Tanque Sisley 26 6 4 16 23-44 22
14. Colón FC 26 5 3 18 18-41 18
Relegation Table
1997 1998 Total
14. CCyD El Tanque Sisley 1C 22 42.306 Relegated (multiplied by 1.923)
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13. Colón FC 27 18 45
12. IA Sud América 22 31 53
11. Salus FC 25 29 54
10. CA Basáñez 29 26 55
9. CA Juventud (Las Piedras) 29 33 62
8. CS Miramar Misiones 37 31 68
7. CA Fénix 34 38 72
6. CD Maldonado (Maldonado) 29 44 73
5. Racing Club Montevideo 1A 38 73.074 (multiplied by 1.923)
4. CSyD Frontera Rivera Chico 1C 39 74.997 (multiplied by 1.923)
3. Central Español FC 36 40 76
2. CA Progreso 39 50 89
1. CA Cerro 1A 56 107.688 (multiplied by 1.923)
Liguilla de Promoción
Final Table:
1. CSyD Frontera Rivera Chico 3 2 1 0 7- 3 7 Promoted
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2. CD Maldonado (Maldonado) 3 1 2 0 8- 6 5 Promotion Playoff
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3. Central Español FC 3 1 1 1 4- 5 4
4. CA Progreso 3 0 0 3 2- 7 0
Round 1 [Oct 24]
Central Español 2-2 Deportivo Maldonado
[Oscar Torlacoff 20, Rómulo Fernández 58; Diego Meijide 78,
Mario Barceló 90]
Progreso 0-2 Frontera Rivera Chico
[Walter Surraco 5, Darwin Quintana 85]
Round 2 [Oct 31]
Frontera Rivera Ch. 2-0 Central Español
[Daniel Valverde 15og, Carlos Silva 62]
Deportivo Maldonado 3-1 Progreso
[Diego Meijide 28, Carlos Márcora 67, Milton Cortés 90;
Ricardo Dos Santos 26]
Round 3 [Nov 8]
Progreso 1-2 Central Español
[Marcelo Bentos 64; Sergio Orteman 25, Santiago Silva 71]
Frontera Rivera Ch. 3-3 Deportivo Maldonado
[Carlos Silva 29, Darwin Quintana 43, Pablo Zanoni 45og; Mario Barceló 27,
Milton Cortés 50, Carlos Márcora 74]
Final Table:
1. CSyD Frontera Rivera Chico 3 2 1 0 7- 3 7 Promoted
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2. CD Maldonado (Maldonado) 3 1 2 0 8- 6 5 Promotion Playoff
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3. Central Español FC 3 1 1 1 4- 5 4
4. CA Progreso 3 0 0 3 2- 7 0
Frontera Rivera Chico is the first team from outside Montevideo to gain
promotion to the first level in Uruguay!
NB: Frontera Rivera Chico changed name to Frontera Rivera.
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
First Leg [Nov 14]
Deportivo Maldonado 2-3 Rampla Juniors
[Pablo Cuello 75, Mario Barceló 90pen; Fernando Fajardo 43, Dardo Pereira 23,
Gustavo Matosas 89pen]
Second Leg [Nov 18]
Rampla Juniors 1-3 Deportivo Maldonado
[Fernando Fajardo 3; Mario Barceló 4, Milton Cortés 45, Marcos Affonso 90]
Playoff [Nov 21, Estadio Centenario]
Rampla Juniors 1-1 Deportivo Maldonado [6-5 pen]
[Raphael Aguerre 81; Mario Barceló 69]
[Penalties: 1-0 Dardo Pereira, 1-1 Carlos Márcora, 2-1 Gustavo Badell,
2-2 Milton Cortés, 3-2 Elbio Pappa, 3-3 Aldo Giménez, 4-3 José Batlle Perdomo,
4-4 Julio Aldao, 5-4 Fernando Kanapkis, 5-5 Marcos Affonso, 6-5 Raphael Aguerre,
6-5 Pablo Cuello (held)]
Deportivo Maldonado remain in Segunda División Profesional.
However, Deportivo Maldonado were given a license for the Primera División
Profesional after the season, together with Tacuarembó FC and Atlético
Bella Vista (Paysandú).
Since this leaves the second division with 13 teams in 1999, there is
an additional playoff for the 14th place:
First Leg [Mar 6, 1999]
Villa Teresa 1-0 El Tanque Sisley
[Nogueira 45]
Second Leg [Mar 13, 1999]
El Tanque Sisley 2-1 Villa Teresa
[Jorge Charquero 14, Carlos Pereyra 65; Richard González 28]
Third Leg [Mar 20, 1999]
El Tanque Sisley 2-1 Villa Teresa
[Marcelo Durán 10, Marcelo Dopazo 75pen; Richard González 47]
El Tanque Sisley qualified for 1999 second division.
Relegated from first division: Villa Española and Montevideo Wanderers.
Promoted from third division: Cerrito.
Liga Metropolitana Amateur
First Phase
First four qualify for second phase. Second phase consists of a double
round robin, each team starting at zero points. The winners of the two
phases play off for the championship and promotion to the 2nd division.
Final Table:
1. CA Villa Teresa 7 7 0 0 17- 4 21 First Phase winners
2. CS Cerrito 7 5 0 2 16- 6 15
3. CA Platense 7 5 1 1 20- 6 14 [*]
4. CA Parque del Plata 7 3 1 3 11-15 10
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5. Uruguay Montevideo FC 7 2 2 3 11-15 8
6. Albion FC 7 2 1 4 11-15 7
7. CA Alto Perú 7 0 2 5 8-25 2
8. Huracán FC (Paso de la Arena) 7 0 1 6 5-13 1
[*] Platense had 2 points deducted for riots in 1997.
NB: all teams from Montevideo except Parque del Plata (Parque del Plata, Canelones).
Liguilla
Final Table:
1. CS Cerrito 6 3 2 1 9- 7 11 Liguilla winners
2. CA Villa Teresa 6 3 1 2 10- 5 10
3. CA Platense 6 3 1 2 12-11 10
4. CA Parque del Plata 6 0 2 4 8-16 2
Championship and Promotion Playoff
First Leg [Nov 22, Parque Federico Saroldi]
Villa Teresa 0-3 Cerrito
[Claudio Pasadi 33, Ruben Díaz 76, Javier Benia 81]
Second Leg [Nov 29]
Cerrito 4-2 Villa Teresa
[Claudio Pasadi 9, Javier Benia 77pen, Ruben Díaz 83, 89;
Eduardo Rodríguez 23, Carlos Migues 37]
Cerrito champions of the Liga Metropolitana Amateur 1998 and promoted.
Topscorers:
11 - Andrés Bazzano (CA Platense)
10 - Alvaro Méndez (CS Cerrito)
6 - Julio Medina (CA Platense)
Angel González (CA Platense)
5 - Víctor Pedrozo (CA Villa Teresa)
When Deportivo Maldonado were given a license for the Primera División
Profesional after the season, the second division was left with 13 teams
in 1999, therefore an additional playoff for the 14th place is played:
First Leg [Mar 6, 1999]
Villa Teresa 1-0 El Tanque Sisley
[Nogueira 45]
Second Leg [Mar 13, 1999]
El Tanque Sisley 2-1 Villa Teresa
[Jorge Charquero 14, Carlos Pereyra 65; Richard González 28]
Third Leg [Mar 20, 1999]
El Tanque Sisley 2-1 Villa Teresa
[Marcelo Durán 10, Marcelo Dopazo 75pen; Richard González 47]
El Tanque Sisley qualified for 1999 second division.
Source: [Kai 00]
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