2009–10 in Uruguayan football

National leagues

Primera División

Champion: Peñarol (48th title)
Top scorer: Antonio Pacheco (23 goals)
International qualifiers:
- Copa Libertadores:
  - Group Stage: Peñarol and Nacional
  - Preliminary Round: Liverpool
- Copa Sudamericana:
  - First Stage: River Plate and Defensor Sporting
  - Second Stage: Peñarol
Widest winning margin: Montevideo Wanderers 7–1 Cerro Largo (April 4, 2010), Atenas 0–6 Nacional (March 14, 2010) and Liverpool 7–1 Tacuarembó (October 22, 2009)
Highest scoring: Danubio 4–5 Tacuarembó (January 24, 2010)
Most wins: Nacional and Peñarol (22)
Fewest wins: Atenas (6)
Most draws: Central Español and River Plate (10)
Fewest draws: Atenas and Danubio (3)
Most losses: Atenas (21)
Fewest losses: Peñarol (4)
Most goals scored: Peñarol (70)
Fewest goals scored: Atenas (25)
Most goals conceded: Atenas (62)
Fewest goals conceded: Nacional (28)
Best goal difference: Nacional (+38)
Worst goal difference: Atenas (-37)
Relegated: Atenas, Cerro Largo and Cerrito

Source: RSSSF ^[1]

Second Division

Segunda División champion: El Tanque Sisley
- Top scorer: Daniel Martínez (10 goals)
Apertura champion: Miramar Misiones
- Top scorer: Jesús Benítez (9 goals)
Clausura champion: Bella Vista
- Top scorer: Marcelo Fernández and José Pérez Bach (8 goals)

First promotion play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bella Vista	2–1	Miramar Misiones	0–0	2–1

Second promotion play-offs

Semifinals					Final

5	Rocha	2	2	4

4	Juventud (a.e.t.)	2	6	8
					4	Juventud	1	0	1

					2	Miramar Misiones	1	2	3
6	Progreso	0	0	0

2	Miramar Misiones	1	0	1

Promoted teams

Source: RSSSF ^[2]

Clubs in international competitions

Team \ Competition	Copa Sudamericana 2009	Copa Libertadores 2010
Cerro	did not qualify	Second Stage eliminated (finish 3rd in the group)
Liverpool	First Stage eliminated by Cienciano	did not qualify
Nacional	did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by Cruzeiro
Racing	did not qualify	Second Stage eliminated (finish 2nd in the group)
River Plate	Semifinals eliminated by LDU Quito	did not qualify

National teams

Senior team

This section covers Uruguay's senior team matches from 1 August 2009 until the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, on 11 July 2010.^[3]

Friendly matches

20 August 2009	Algeria	1 – 0	Uruguay	Algiers, Algeria
21:00 (UTC+1)	Djebbour 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Riad Harzi (Algeria)

3 March 2010	Switzerland	1 – 3	Uruguay	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:15 (CET)	Rossini 6' Inler 28' (pen.) Fernandes 84'	Report	Forlán 34' Suárez 49' Cavani 87'	Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

26 May 2010	Uruguay	4 – 1	Israel	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:30 (UTC-3)	Forlán 14' Á. Pereira 36' Abreu 74', 80'	Report	Rafaelov 29'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

World Cup qualifiers

5 September 2009 Round 15	Peru	1 – 0	Uruguay	Lima, Peru
15:30 (UTC-5)	Zambrano 3' Ávila 65' Rengifo 86' Vargas 89'	Report	Lugano 17' C. Rodríguez 89' Godín 89'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental "U" Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

9 September 2009 Round 16	Uruguay	3 – 1	Colombia	Montevideo, Uruguay
18:00 (UTC-3)	Suárez 7' Cáceres 8' Valdez 30' Pérez 51' Silva 66' Scotti 77' Eguren 87'	Report	Gutiérrez 46' Martínez 63'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

10 October 2009 Round 17	Ecuador	1 – 2	Uruguay	Quito, Ecuador
17:10 (UTC-5)	Noboa 23' Valencia 68', 68' Ayoví 74' Elizaga 90+2'	Report	Suárez 50', 69' Lugano 73' Scotti 88' Forlán 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 42,700 Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

14 October 2009 Round 18	Uruguay	0 – 1	Argentina	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:00 (UTC-3)	M. Pereira 13' Pérez 38' Cáceres 76' 83' Scotti 78' Rodríguez 90+3'	Report	Heinze 9' Otamendi 16' Romero 73' Bolatti 84' Monzón 85'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

14 November 2009 Inter-confederation play-off	Costa Rica	0 – 1	Uruguay	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC-6)	Azofeifa 30' 52' Centeno 90+2'	Report	Lugano 21' Victorino 33' Á. Fernández 42' Godín 55' Suárez 79'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

18 November 2009 Inter-confederation play-off	Uruguay	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:00 (UTC-2)	Pérez 32' Abreu 70'	Report	Bolaños 16' Miller 17' Centeno 74'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 62,150 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

2010 FIFA World Cup

11 June 2010 Group stage	Uruguay	0 – 0	France	Cape Town, South Africa
20:30 (UTC+2)	Victorino 59' Lodeiro 65' 81' Lugano 90+3'	Report	Evra 12' Ribéry 19' Toulalan 68'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 64,100 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

16 June 2010 Group stage	South Africa	0 – 3	Uruguay	Pretoria, South Africa
20:30 (UTC+2)	Pienaar 6' Dikgacoi 42' Khune 76'	Report	Forlán 24', 80' (pen.) Á. Pereira 90+5'	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 42,658 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

22 June 2010 Group stage	Mexico	0 – 1	Uruguay	Rustenburg, South Africa
16:00 (UTC+2)	Hernández Castro 86'	Report	Suárez 43' Fucile 68'	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 33,425 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

26 June 2010 Round of 16	Uruguay	2 – 1	South Korea	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
16:00 (UTC+2)	Suárez 8', 80'	Report	Lee Chung-yong 68' Kim Jung-woo 38' Cha Du-ri 69' Cho Yong-hyung 83'	Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Attendance: 30,597 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

2 July 2010 Quarter-finals	Uruguay	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Ghana	Johannesburg, South Africa
20:300 (UTC+2)	Fucile 20' Arévalo Ríos 48' Forlán 55' Pérez 59' Suárez 120+1'	Report	Muntari 45+2' Paintsil 54' Sarpei 77' Mensah 93'	Stadium: Soccer City Attendance: 84,017 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Forlán Victorino Scotti M. Pereira Abreu		Gyan Appiah Mensah Adiyiah

6 July 2010 Semi-finals	Uruguay	2 – 3	Netherlands	Cape Town, South Africa
20:30 (UTC+2)	M. Pereira 21', 90+2' Cáceres 29' Forlán 41'	Report	Van Bronckhorst 18' Sneijder 29' 70' Robben 73' Boulahrouz 78' Van Bommel 90+5'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 62,479 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

10 July 2010 Third place play-off	Uruguay	2 – 3	Germany	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
20:30 (UTC+2)	Cavani 28' Forlán 51' Pérez 61'	Report	Aogo 5' Cacau 7' Müller 19' Jansen 56' Khedira 82' Friedrich 90+2'	Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Attendance: 36,254 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Uruguay U-20

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

26 September 2009 Group Stage	England	0 – 1	Uruguay	Ismailia, Egypt
18:45 (UTC+2)	Trippier 71'	Report	D. Rodríguez 15' Urretavizcaya 63' Viudez 84'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

29 September 2009 Group Stage	Uruguay	3 – 0	Uzbekistan	Ismailia, Egypt
18:45 (UTC+2)	Lodeiro 28', 80' Pereyra 35' Ramírez 55' Urretavizcaya 62', 85' García 83' D. Rodríguez 87'	Report	Karimov 7' Irmatov 17' Urunov 29' Tukhtahujaev 37' Kuvvatov 64'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

2 October 2009 Group Stage	Uruguay	2 – 2	Ghana	Ismailia, Egypt
21:30 (UTC+2)	Lodeiro 5', 74' Ramírez 89' Hernández 90+1'	Report	Opare 19' Rabiu 54', 75' Addo 57' Dassenu 62' Osei 70'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

7 October 2009 Round of 16	Brazil	3 – 1	Uruguay	Port Said, Egypt
16:30 (UTC+2)	Alan Kardec 22' Teixeira 24', 31' Maylson 38' Toloi 63' Souza 86'	Report	Coates 22' Pereyra 29' Urretavizcaya 36', 77' D. Rodríguez 45+3' Cabrera 78'	Stadium: Port Said Stadium Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Uruguay U-17

Friendly matches

Copa Diario La Voz del Interior

Team	Pld	W	WPk	LPk	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	0	7	4	+3	9
United States	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	+1	5
Chile	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
Argentina	3	0	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

23 June 2010 Round 1	Uruguay	2 – 1	Chile	Córdoba, Argentina
17:30 (UTC-3)	Méndez 45', 80' Mascia 78'	Report	Ravello 28'	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón Attendance: 200 Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

25 June 2010 Round 2	United States	1 – 2	Uruguay	Córdoba, Argentina
17:30 (UTC-3)	Gulley 35'	Report	Mascia 57' Poggi 60'	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón Attendance: 200 Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

26 June 2010 Round 3	Argentina	2 – 3	Uruguay	Córdoba, Argentina
19:30 (UTC-3)	Pugh 41' Ocampo 75'	Report	Méndez 22' Moreira 35' Cortalezzi 47'	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Perón Attendance: 200 Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

26 October 2009 Group stage	Uruguay	1 – 3	South Korea	Kaduna, Nigeria
16:00 (WAT)	Marchelli 18' Gallegos 60' (pen.) Arias 78'	Report	Nam Seung-woo 13' Lim Dong-cheon 59' Son Heung-min 62' Lee Jong-ho 90'	Stadium: Ahmadu Bello Stadium Attendance: 13,700 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

29 October 2009 Group stage	Uruguay	2 – 0	Algeria	Kaduna, Nigeria
19:00 (WAT)	Bekakchi 47' (o.g.) Gallegos 70' Pereyra 85'	Report	Ziane 22' Belkadi 42' Cheheima 54' Bekakchi 86'	Stadium: Ahmadu Bello Stadium Attendance: 13,879 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

1 November 2009 Group stage	Italy	0 – 0	Uruguay	Kano, Nigeria
19:00 (WAT)	Crisetig 14' Mannini 19'	Report		Stadium: Sani Abacha Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

5 November 2009 Round of 16	Iran	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay	Calabar, Nigeria
19:00 (WAT)	Shirazi 30' 115' Aalishah 59' Lotfi 78' Esmaeilzadeh 119' Heidari 120'	Report	Arias 60' Gallegos 104', 117' Ichazo 120'	Stadium: U.J. Esuene Stadium Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)

9 November 2009 Quarter-finals	Spain	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Uruguay	Kaduna, Nigeria
16:00 (WAT)	Gómez 10' Isco 18' (pen.) Muniesa 45' Borja 49', 51' Ramos 76' Aurtenetxe 109'	Report	Luna 11' Sarraute 16' 31' Mezquida 71' Gallegos 84'	Stadium: Ahmadu Bello Stadium Attendance: 10,281 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Penalties
	Gómez Borja Aurtenetxe Sarabia Isco		Gallegos Barreto Laureiro Mezquida

References

External links

Preceded by 2008–09	Seasons in Uruguayan football 2009–2010	Succeeded by 2010–11

[1] Primera División stats

[2] Segunda División stats

[3] Uruguay's National Team in FIFA.com

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