2008–09 in Uruguayan football
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| Season | 2008–09 | |
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- Champion: Nacional (42nd title)
- Top scorer: Joaquín Boghossian (16 goals)
- International qualifiers:
- Copa Libertadores:
- 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
[edit]| Team \ Competition | Copa Sudamericana 2008 | Copa Libertadores 2009 |
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| River Plate | Preliminary round eliminated by  Universidad Católica
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N/A |
| Defensor Sporting | Round of 16 eliminated by  River Plate
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Quarterfinals eliminated by Estudiantes de La Plata
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| Nacional | N/A | Semifinals eliminated by Estudiantes de La Plata
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| Peñarol | N/A | Preliminary round eliminated by  Independiente Medellín
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Second Division
[edit]Teams
[edit]These are the teams that currently participate in Uruguayan Second Division:
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Final positions
[edit]Teams promoted to 2009/2010 First Division
[edit]- Fénix (Apertura champion)
- Cerrito (Clausura champion)
- Atenas (won promotion playoff against Durazno)
Uruguay national teams
[edit]This section will cover Uruguay's games from August 1, 2008 until June 30, 2009.[1]
Uruguay
[edit]Friendly matches
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]World Cup qualifiers
[edit]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
[edit]| Bolivia | 0 – 2 | Uruguay |
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| Sánchez 80' Verduguez 82' |
Report | Lodeiro 53', 90' D. Rodríguez 59'Gunino 75'Charquero 84' |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Juan Ernesto Soto (Venezuela)
| Uruguay | 3 – 2 | Chile |
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| Viudez 1' Peña 41'García 70'Cabrera 80'Lodeiro 80' |
Report | Aránguiz 5' Sagredo 9' (pen.)Labrin 30' |
| Paraguay | 2 – 4 | Uruguay |
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| Ramírez 21' J. Cabrera 24'Pérez 53'Burgos 70'Santander 90+2' |
Report | L. Cabrera 52' García 54'Calzada 63'Lodeiro 77'Urretavizcaya 79' |
| Uruguay | 3 – 2 | Brazil |
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| Cordoba 22' Hernández 69', 85'Coates 78'Aguirregaray 80'Charquero 90' |
Report | Douglas Costa 33' Alan Kardec 64', 76'Maylson 81' |
Final group
[edit]| Uruguay | 2 – 3 | Brazil |
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| Cabrera 37' Silva 40'Herrera 44'Pereyra 88'Hernández 90+5' |
Report | Dentinho 1' Walter 20', 31'Douglas Costa 78' |
| Uruguay | 2 – 1 | Colombia |
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| Aguirregaray 25', 58' Peña 28'Urretavizcaya 57'Charquero 78' |
Report | Pertuz 9' Cárdenas 59'Cuesta 87' |
| Argentina | 1 – 2 | Uruguay |
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| Gaitán 34' 54' Salvio 85' |
Report | Aguirregaray 36' Urretavizcaya 71'Hernández 77' 80' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
| Uruguay | 2 – 2 | Paraguay |
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| Urretavizcaya 13' Pereyra 66'Coates 72'García 74'Silva 90+2' |
Report | Paniagua 15', 33' Huth 30'Ramírez 90' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)
| Venezuela | 3 – 1 | Uruguay |
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| Velasquez 14', 59' Lezama 31'Peña 54' (o.g.)Acosta 69' |
Report | Peña 34' García 45'Aguirregaray 76' |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Uruguay U-17
[edit]World Cup qualifiers
[edit]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
[edit]| Chile | 1 – 3 | Uruguay |
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| Aravena 38' Andia 49'Navarrete 60'González 83' (pen.) |
Report | Arias 25' Barreto 35' (pen.), 55'Pereyra 52'Gallegos 79'Ichazo 84'Sellares 85' |
| Uruguay | 0 – 2 | Argentina |
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| Rodríguez 43' Arias 64'Avilés 78' |
Report | Araujo 11' Pereyra 14'Marín 14'González Pires 43'Sosa 70' 72'Villalba 90+1' |
| Uruguay | 1 – 1 | Ecuador |
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| De los Santos 2' Pereyra 24' |
Report | De la Cruz 23' (pen.) Valencia 43'Fuertes 45+2' |
Final group
[edit]| Ecuador | 1 – 3 | Uruguay |
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| Fuertes 20' Quiñonez 26'Pineida 34'Villaprado 41' 90+1'Caicedo 79'Villacís 86' |
Report | Barreto 35' (pen.) Luna 53', 58' |