2008–09 in Uruguayan football

Primera División

Champion: Nacional (42nd title)
Top scorer: Joaquín Boghossian (16 goals)
International qualifiers:
- Copa Libertadores:
  - Group Stage: Nacional and Cerro
  - Preliminary Round: Racing
- Copa Sudamericana:
  - First Stage: River Plate and Liverpool
Widest winning margin: Tacuarembó 0-5 Cerro (February 28, 2009)
Highest scoring: Bella Vista 5−2 Cerro Largo (November 9, 2008)
Most wins: Defensor Sporting and Nacional (21)
Fewest wins: Rampla Juniors and Villa Española (3)
Most draws: Liverpool and Racing (12)
Fewest draws: Villa Española (3)
Most losses: Juventud (21)
Fewest losses: Racing (6)
Most goals scored: Nacional (68)
Fewest goals scored: Villa Española (11)
Most goals conceded: Rampla Juniors and Juventud (60)
Fewest goals conceded: Villa Española (26)
Best goal difference: Cerro (+31)
Worst goal difference: Juventud (-36)
Relegated: Villa Española, Bella Vista, Juventud

International tournaments

Team \ Competition	Copa Sudamericana 2008	Copa Libertadores 2009
River Plate	Preliminary round eliminated by Universidad Católica	N/A
Defensor Sporting	Round of 16 eliminated by River Plate	Quarterfinals eliminated by Estudiantes de La Plata
Nacional	N/A	Semifinals eliminated by Estudiantes de La Plata
Peñarol	N/A	Preliminary round eliminated by Independiente Medellín

Second Division

Teams

These are the teams that currently participate in Uruguayan Second Division:

Final positions

Teams promoted to 2009/2010 First Division

Fénix (Apertura champion)
Cerrito (Clausura champion)
Atenas (won promotion playoff against Durazno)

Uruguay national teams

This section will cover Uruguay's games from August 1, 2008 until June 30, 2009.^[1]

Uruguay

Friendly matches

20 August 2008	Japan	1 – 3	Uruguay	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
19:10 (JST)	Eguren 55' (o.g.)	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Eguren 48' I. González 83' Abreu 90'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

19 November 2009	France	0 – 0	Uruguay	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
21:00 (UTC+1)		Report	Cáceres 40' Á. Pereira 57' Sánchez 90'	Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

11 February 2009	Libya	2 – 3	Uruguay	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya
16:30 (UTC+2)	Esnany 31' al Fazzani 57'	Report	Eguren 13' Martínez 70' Á. Pereira 74'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Muhammad al Jilali (Libya)

2010 World Cup qualifiers

6 September 2008 Round 7	Colombia	0 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia
18:20 (UTC-5)		Report	Eguren 15' Fucile 27' Castillo 75' Rodríguez 90+2'	Attendance: 35,024 Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

10 September 2008 Round 8	Uruguay	0 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
17:40 (UTC-3)	Eguren 7'	Report	Méndez 6' Valencia 68' Mina 74' Cevallos 82'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

11 October 2008 Round 9	Argentina	2 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:10 (UTC-3)	Messi 5', 83' Agüero 12' Riquelme 48' Tevez 53' Heinze 60' Mascherano 64'	Report	Eguren 27' Godín 32' Lugano 39' Suárez 50' Bueno 77' Pérez 85'	Attendance: 42,421 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

14 October 2008 Round 10	Bolivia	2 – 2	Uruguay	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 (UTC-4)	Moreno 15', 41' Vargas 66'	Report	Scotti 8' Silva 23' Bueno 64' Arismendi 73' Abreu 88'	Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

28 March 2009 Round 11	Uruguay	2 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
17:00 (UTC-3)	Forlán 28' Lugano 57' Á. Pereira 84'	Report	Estigarribia 16' Cáceres 65' Barreto 67'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

1 April 2009 Round 12	Chile	0 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
19:10 (UTC-4)	Isla 22' 33'	Report	Pérez 17' Lugano 39' Eguren 42' Forlán 65' Cáceres 80' Rodríguez 85'	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

6 June 2009 Round 13	Uruguay	0 – 4	Brazil	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
16:00 (UTC-3)	Valdez 58' M. Pereira 86' Eguren 90+2'	Report	Alves 12' Luís Fabiano 21' 65', 52' Juan 36' Kaká 75' (pen.)	Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Saul Laverni (Argentina)

10 June 2009 Round 14	Venezuela	2 – 2	Uruguay	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
20:30 (UTC-4:30)	Maldonado 9' Rey 74' Peña 82'	Report	Suárez 60' Cáceres 70' Forlán 72', 90+2' Lugano 72' Cavani 73' Pérez 90+1'	Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Uruguay U-20

World Cup qualifiers

The Uruguay under-20 squad is in Group B of the qualification process for the Final Group of 2009 South American Youth Championship.

First Group stage

20 January 2009

18:00 (UTC-4:30)

Bolivia	0 – 2	Uruguay
Sánchez 80' Verduguez 82'	Report	Lodeiro 53', 90' D. Rodríguez 59' Gunino 75' Charquero 84'

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Juan Ernesto Soto (Venezuela)

22 January 2009

18:00 (UTC-4:30)

Uruguay	3 – 2	Chile
Viudez 1' Peña 41' García 70' Cabrera 80' Lodeiro 80'	Report	Aránguiz 5' Sagredo 9' (pen.) Labrin 30'

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

24 January 2009

18:00 (UTC-4:30)

Paraguay	2 – 4	Uruguay
Ramírez 21' J. Cabrera 24' Pérez 53' Burgos 70' Santander 90+2'	Report	L. Cabrera 52' García 54' Calzada 63' Lodeiro 77' Urretavizcaya 79'

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Saul Laverni (Argentina)

28 January 2009

20:00 (UTC-4:30)

Uruguay	3 – 2	Brazil
Cordoba 22' Hernández 69', 85' Coates 78' Aguirregaray 80' Charquero 90'	Report	Douglas Costa 33' Alan Kardec 64', 76' Maylson 81'

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Final group

31 January 2009

18:15 (UTC-4:30)

Uruguay	2 – 3	Brazil
Cabrera 37' Silva 40' Herrera 44' Pereyra 88' Hernández 90+5'	Report	Dentinho 1' Walter 20', 31' Douglas Costa 78'

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

2 February 2009

18:15 (UTC-4:30)

Uruguay	2 – 1	Colombia
Aguirregaray 25', 58' Peña 28' Urretavizcaya 57' Charquero 78'	Report	Pertuz 9' Cárdenas 59' Cuesta 87'

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

4 February 2009

18:15 (UTC-4:30)

Argentina	1 – 2	Uruguay
Gaitán 34' 54' Salvio 85'	Report	Aguirregaray 36' Urretavizcaya 71' Hernández 77' 80'

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

6 February 2009

18:15 (UTC-4:30)

Uruguay	2 – 2	Paraguay
Urretavizcaya 13' Pereyra 66' Coates 72' García 74' Silva 90+2'	Report	Paniagua 15', 33' Huth 30' Ramírez 90'

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)

8 February 2009

18:15 (UTC-4:30)

Venezuela	3 – 1	Uruguay
Velasquez 14', 59' Lezama 31' Peña 54' (o.g.) Acosta 69'	Report	Peña 34' García 45' Aguirregaray 76'

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Uruguay U-17

World Cup qualifiers

The Uruguay under-17 squad is in Group B of the qualification process for the Final Group of 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship.

First Group stage

18 April 2009

22:00 (UTC-4)

Chile	1 – 3	Uruguay
Aravena 38' Andia 49' Navarrete 60' González 83' (pen.)	Report	Arias 25' Barreto 35' (pen.), 55' Pereyra 52' Gallegos 79' Ichazo 84' Sellares 85'