# 2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season

The 2010–11 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2010–11 Copa Uruguaya or the 2010–11 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 107th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 80th in which it was professional.
Nacional won their 43rd Primera División title after defeating Defensor Sporting in the season-ending final.

## Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2009–10 season. Atenas, Cerrito, and Cerro Largo were relegated after accumulating the fewest points in the season aggregate table. They were replaced by El Tanque Sisley, Bella Vista, and Miramar Misiones, the 2009–10 Segunda División winner, runner-up, and playoff winner, respectively. All of the new teams are making repeat appearances. All the teams in this season are from Montevideo, except Tacuarembó F.C., who comes from the city they are named for.
| 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 |
| El Tanque Sisley | Montevideo | Estadio Victor Della Valle |
| Fénix | Montevideo | Estadio Parque Capurro |
| Liverpool | Montevideo | Estadio Belvedere |
| Miramar Misiones | Montevideo | Parque Luis Méndez Piana |
| Montevideo Wanderers | Montevideo | Estadio Viera |
| Nacional | Montevideo | Estadio Gran Parque Central |
| Peñarol | Montevideo | Estadio Centenario |
| Racing | Montevideo | Estadio Osvaldo Roberto |
| Rampla Juniors | Montevideo | Estadio Olímpico |
| River Plate | Montevideo | Estadio Saroldi |
| Tacuarembó | Tacuarembó | Estadio Goyenola |

## Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura "Sudáfrica 2010" was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 21, 2010, and ended on December 5, 2010.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 30 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Nacional | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 29 | |
| 3 | Bella Vista | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 29 | |
| 4 | El Tanque Sisley | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 28 | |
| 5 | Danubio | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 26 | |
| 6 | Peñarol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 25 | |
| 7 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 21 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 21 | |
| 9 | Cerro | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 19 | |
| 10 | Fénix | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 18 | |
| 11 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 18 | |
| 12 | Central Español | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 17 | |
| 13 | Racing | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 14 | |
| 14 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 12 | |
| 15 | Miramar Misiones | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 11 | |
| 16 | Tacuarembó | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | −22 | 5 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BVI | CES | CRR | DAN | DFS | ETS | FNX | LIV | MMI | WAN | NAC | PEÑ | RAC | RAM | RIV | TAC |
| Bella Vista | | | | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | | | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Central Español | 0–1 | | 0–0 | | | 3–5 | | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Cerro | 2–4 | | | 0–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | |
| Danubio | 2–0 | 4–2 | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | | | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | |
| Defensor Sporting | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | 4–1 | | |
| El Tanque Sisley | | | 0–2 | | | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | | |
| Fénix | | 0–1 | 4–0 | | | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 |
| Liverpool | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | |
| Miramar Misiones | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | | 2–4 | | | | 1–1 | |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 0–2 | | | 1–1 | | | 2–2 | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Nacional | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 0–3 | 0–0 | | | | 0–0 | | | 6–1 | 3–0 |
| Peñarol | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Racing | 1–2 | | | | 0–3 | | | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | |
| Rampla Juniors | | 2–2 | 0–0 | | | | 2–2 | | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| River Plate | | 1–3 | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | | 2–1 | | | | 2–0 |
| Tacuarembó | | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | | | 1–5 | 0–2 | | | |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Santiago García | Uruguayan | Nacional | 15 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Mora | Uruguayan | Defensor Sporting | 11 |
| 3 | Diego Alonso | Uruguayan | Peñarol | 9 |
| 3 | Federico Rodríguez | Uruguayan | Bella Vista | 9 |
| 5 | Nicolás Guevara | Argentine | Rampla Juniors | 7 |
| 5 | Diego Martiñones | Uruguayan | Central Español | 7 |
| 7 | Maximiliano Callorda | Uruguayan | El Tanque Sisley | 6 |
| 7 | Sebastián Gaitán | Uruguayan | El Tanque Sisley | 6 |
| 7 | Leonardo Medina | Uruguayan | Miramar Misiones | 6 |
| 7 | Federico Puppo | Uruguayan | River Plate | 6 |
| 7 | Diego Vera | Uruguayan | Liverpool | 6 |
Source:

## Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura is the second tournament of the season. It began on February 5, 2011, and ended on June 5, 2011.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 34 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 28 | |
| 3 | Peñarol | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 27 | |
| 4 | Fénix | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 27 | |
| 5 | Racing | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | |
| 6 | Central Español | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 23 | |
| 7 | Cerro | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Montevideo Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 20 | |
| 9 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 19 | |
| 10 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Tacuarembó | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 19 | |
| 12 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 17 | |
| 13 | Bella Vista | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 15 | |
| 14 | Danubio | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 15 | |
| 15 | El Tanque Sisley | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 13 | |
| 16 | Miramar Misiones | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 9 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BVI | CES | CRR | DAN | DFS | ETS | FNX | LIV | MMI | WAN | NAC | PEÑ | RAC | RAM | RIV | TAC |
| Bella Vista | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | | |
| Central Español | | | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | | | | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
| Cerro | | 1–5 | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | 2–2 |
| Danubio | | | 1–0 | | | | | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | 3–1 |
| Defensor Sporting | | | | 1–1 | | | | | 2–0 | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| El Tanque Sisley | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 4–1 | | | 2–4 | | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Fénix | 2–2 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Liverpool | | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | | 0–2 | 2–4 | | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Miramar Misiones | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 0–4 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | | | | 1–2 | 0–1 | | | |
| Nacional | | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 5–2 | | | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 3–0 | 0–2 | | |
| Peñarol | 2–1 | 2–2 | | | | | 1–1 | | | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 5–0 |
| Racing | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | | | | | | 3–2 | | 3–2 |
| Rampla Juniors | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | | 1–4 | | 1–3 | | | | |
| River Plate | 2–2 | | 3–4 | 3–1 | | | | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | | |
| Tacuarembó | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | | | 3–0 | | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Cristian Palacios | Uruguayan | Central Español | 15 |
| 2 | Santiago García | Uruguayan | Nacional | 8 |
| 2 | Maximiliano Pérez | Argentine | Fénix | 8 |
| 2 | Liber Quiñones | Uruguayan | Racing | 8 |
| 5 | Gabriel Álvez | Uruguayan | El Tanque Sisley | 6 |
| 6 | Emiliano Alfaro | Uruguayan | Liverpool | 5 |
| 6 | Jean Pierre Barrientos | Uruguayan | Racing | 5 |
| 6 | Gastón Colmán | Uruguayan | Tacuarembó | 5 |
| 6 | Antoine Helha | Cameroonian | El Tanque Sisley | 5 |
| 6 | Carlos Núñez | Uruguayan | Liverpool | 5 |
| 6 | Juan Manuel Olivera | Uruguayan | Peñarol | 5 |
| 6 | Antonio Pacheco | Uruguayan | Peñarol | 5 |
| 6 | Diego Perrone | Uruguayan | Danubio | 5 |
| 6 | Richard Porta | Uruguyan | Nacional | 5 |
| 6 | Jonathan Ramírez | Uruguayan | River Plate | 5 |
| 6 | Emiliano Tellechea | Uruguayan | Montevideo Wanderers | 5 |
| 6 | David Texeira | Uruguayan | Defensor Sporting | 5 |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 63 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 2 | Defensor Sporting | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 58 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Peñarol | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 52 | 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Fénix | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 45 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Bella Vista | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 44 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Cerro | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 42 | |
| 7 | Montevideo Wanderers | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 41 | |
| 8 | Danubio | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 41 | |
| 9 | El Tanque Sisley | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Central Español | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Liverpool | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 40 | |
| 12 | Racing | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 38 | |
| 13 | River Plate | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 35 | |
| 14 | Rampla Juniors | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 31 | |
| 15 | Tacuarembó | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 24 | |
| 16 | Miramar Misiones | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 20 | |
* ↑ Nacional qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the Primera División champion.
* 1 2 As Nacional defeated Defensor Sporting in the initial playoff and became champion, the final was not played, and Defensor Sporting became the runner-up as the 2nd best team in the aggregate table. Both Nacional and Defensor Sporting qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores group stage.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Santiago García | Uruguayan | Nacional | 23 |
| 2 | Cristian Palacios | Uruguayan | Peñarol/Central Español | 16 |
| 3 | Maximiliano Pérez | Argentine | Fénix | 12 |
| 4 | Diego Alonso | Uruguayan | Peñarol | 11 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Mora | Uruguayan | Defensor Sporting | 11 |
| 6 | Jean Pierre Barrientos | Uruguayan | Racing | 9 |
| 6 | Diego Perrone | Uruguayan | Danubio | 9 |
| 6 | Ignacio Risso | Uruguayan | Defensor Sporting | 9 |
| 6 | Federico Rodríguez | Uruguayan | Bella Vista | 9 |
| 10 | Nicolás Guevara | Argentine | Rampla Juniors/Liverpool | 8 |
| 10 | Federico Puppo | Uruguayan | River Plate | 8 |
| 10 | Liber Quiñones | Uruguayan | Racing | 8 |

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Nacional | 60 | 40 | 9 | 11 | 123 | 57 | +66 | 126 | |
| 2 | Peñarol | 60 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 120 | 71 | +49 | 121 | |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 60 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 99 | 69 | +30 | 104 | |
| 4 | Liverpool | 60 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 93 | 74 | +19 | 91 | |
| 5 | Bella Vista | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 88 | |
| 6 | Montevideo Wanderers | 60 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 93 | 72 | +21 | 82 | |
| 7 | Cerro | 60 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 80 | 88 | −8 | 82 | |
| 8 | El Tanque Sisley | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 82 | |
| 9 | River Plate | 60 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 100 | 99 | +1 | 81 | |
| 10 | Fénix | 60 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 80 | |
| 11 | Danubio | 60 | 23 | 11 | 26 | 88 | 90 | −2 | 80 | |
| 12 | Rampla Juniors | 60 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 73 | 89 | −16 | 77 | |
| 13 | Racing | 60 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 83 | 93 | −10 | 77 | |
| 14 | Central Español | 60 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 84 | 90 | −6 | 74 | Relegated to the Segunda División Profesional |
| 15 | Tacuarembó | 60 | 17 | 7 | 36 | 66 | 110 | −44 | 58 | Relegated to the Segunda División Profesional |
| 16 | Miramar Misiones | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 40 | Relegated to the Segunda División Profesional |
* ↑ Nacional was docked three points in the last season.
* 1 2 3 Having only played one season in the Primera División, Bella Vista's, El Tanque Sisley's, and Miramar Misiones' points are doubled for the relegation table.

## Championship playoff

Defensor Sporting and Nacional qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Nacional re-qualified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two teams. Nacional needed to win the playoff to become the season champion; Defensor Sporting needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final. Nacional won the match 1–0 for their 43rd Primera División title.
| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | Aggregate table first place | Nacional | — | — | — |
| Apertura winners | Defensor Sporting | 0 | | Nacional | — | — | — |
| Clausura winners | Nacional | 1 | | | | | |

### Semi-final

| Defensor Sporting | Nacional |
DEFENSOR SPORTING: :
| GK | 1 | Martín Silva (c) |
| RB | 8 | Damián Suárez |
| CB | 4 | Mario Risso |
| CB | 3 | Nestor Moiraghi | 43' |
| LB | 23 | Adrián Argachá |
| RM | 14 | Eduardo Aranda |
| DM | 15 | Diego Rodríguez | 48' |
| DM | 6 | Sebastián Suárez | | 58' |
| LM | 10 | Brahian Alemán | | 64' |
| CF | 16 | Ignacio Risso | | 69' |
| CF | 11 | David Texeira |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Yonathan Irrazábal |
| DF | 2 | Ramón Arias |
| MF | 25 | Andrés Fleurquin |
| MF | 21 | Ignacio Lores | | 64' |
| MF | 5 | Diego Ferreira |
| MF | 20 | Adrián Luna | 89' | 58' |
| FW | 18 | Mauro Vila | | 69' |
| Manager: |||
| Pablo Repetto ||||
NACIONAL: :
| GK | 25 | Rodrigo Muñoz |
| RB | 13 | Gabriel Marques | 39' |
| CB | 2 | Alejandro Lembo (c) |
| CB | 19 | Sebastián Coates |
| LB | 4 | Alexis Rolín |
| DM | 23 | Facundo Píriz | 73' |
| AM | 8 | Matías Cabrera |
| AM | 22 | Mauricio Pereyra |
| RW | 15 | Tabaré Viudez | | 83' |
| CF | 20 | Santiago García | | 46' |
| LW | 24 | Richard Porta | | 66' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Leonardo Burián |
| DF | 3 | Jadson Viera |
| MF | 5 | Anderson Silva |
| MF | 17 | Maximiliano Calzada |
| MF | 10 | Marcelo Gallardo | | 66' |
| FW | 6 | Nicolás Vigneri | | 83' |
| FW | 7 | Nicolás López | | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Juan Ramón Carrasco ||||
* Man of the match:
* Mauricio Pereyra
* Assistant referees:
* William Casavieja
* Raúl Hartwig
* Fourth official:
* Gustavo Siegler
* Primera División 2010–11 champion
* Nacional 43rd title