1915 Uruguayan Primera División

The Uruguayan Championship 1915 was the 15th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league.

Uruguayan Primera División
Nacional, champions
Season1915 (15th)
ChampionsNacional
RelegatedBristol and Independencia
Matches played90
Goals scored195 (2.17 per match)
1914
1916

Overview

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The tournament consisted of a two-wheel championship of all against all. It involved ten teams, and the champion was Nacional.

Club Atlético Defensor first appeared in this season. Afterwards, Bristol and Independencia were relegated.

Teams

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Team City Stadium Capacity Foundation Seasons Consecutive seasons Titles 1914
  Bristol   Montevideo 6 - - -
  Central   Montevideo 5 January 1905 6 6 - 7th
Defensor   Montevideo 15 March 1913 - - - -
  Independencia   Montevideo 1 1 - 8th
  Nacional   Montevideo Gran Parque Central 15,000 14 May 1899 13 13 3 3rd
  CURCC / Peñarol[n 1]   Montevideo 28 September 1891 14 14 5 2nd
Reformers   Montevideo 2 2 - 6th
  River Plate   Montevideo 1897 8 8 4 1st
  Universal   Montevideo 3 3 - 4th
  Montevideo Wanderers   Montevideo 15 August 1902 11 11 2 5th

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nacional 18 13 3 2 33 9 +24 29
2 Peñarol 18 12 3 3 37 8 +29 27
3 Universal 18 10 3 5 29 25 +4 23
4 Defensor 18 9 2 7 16 20 −4 20
5 Montevideo Wanderers 18 9 1 8 19 23 −4 19
6 River Plate 18 7 3 8 18 15 +3 17
7 Central 18 7 1 10 15 19 −4 15
8 Reformers 18 5 3 10 10 20 −10 13
9 Bristol 18 5 1 12 9 27 −18 11
10 Independencia 18 2 2 14 9 29 −20 6
Source: rsssf.com


  
Uruguayan Champion 1915
  
 
Nacional
4th title

Notes

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  1. ^ Controversy exists on the date of the founding of C.A. Peñarol. The club's official position assumes a change of name of CURCC (founded on December 28, 1891). On the other hand, some historians state that "C.A. Peñarol" was established on December 13, 1913.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Discusiones por el decanato Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine on Fútbol.uy, 29 Sep 2009