Uruguay Football Championship 2002

Uruguay Football Championship 2002
Uruguay Football Championship 2002
	Primera División Uruguaya 2002
Time spending	2002
Number of participants	eighteen
Cities	6
Top places
Winner	Nacional (39th time)
Second place	Danubio
Third place	Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played	291
Goals scored	855 ( 2.94 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Herman Ornos (Phoenix) (25 goals)

Uruguay 2002 is the next season of the Uruguayan football championship . The champion of the country was Nacional.

The league involved 18 teams.

The champion of Uruguay “Nacional”, the champion of Ligilla 2002 “Phoenix”, as well as the best club of the Qualifying tournament of the championship 2002 “Peñarol” qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2003 .

The champion and vice-champion of Uruguay 2002, Nacional and Danubio qualified for the 2003 South American Cup .

Two metropolitan clubs left the Examples - Racing and Progreso, as well as Paysandu Belle Vista. Instead, Liverpool , Miramar Misiones and Deportivo Colony entered the elite.

Content

1 Regulation
2 Qualifying tournament
- 2.1 Group A
- 2.2 Group B
- 2.3 Group C
- 2.4 General
3 Championship Zone
- 3.1 Aperture
- 3.2 Clausura
- 3.3 Championship matches
4 conservation area
5 See also
6 notes
7 References

Rules

The structure of the championship has remained unchanged since last year. In the first half of the year, 18 Examples clubs played each other in a one-round Qualifying Tournament (Clasificatorio) of 17 rounds, while virtually the teams were divided into three groups: two from Montevideo (7 and 6 teams) and one group of Interior - with teams for outside the capital of Uruguay (5). Face-to-face meetings of teams from one group (A, B or C) went off against the corresponding group. The two best teams of “virtual” groups each qualified for the “Championship Zone”, that is, they continued to fight for the championship title. To them were added the 4 best teams in the overall standings of the Qualifying tournament.

Thus, 10 teams continued to fight for the championship in the "Championship Zone". It consisted of two single-circuit (9 rounds) tournaments - Apertura and Klausura. In case of victory in these tournaments of two different teams, decisive matches for the champion title were appointed (at home and away).

In parallel, matches were played in the “Conservation Zone” (Zona Permanencia) for the right to stay in the Example for next season. At the same time, 2 worst teams from Montevideo and 1 from Interior were required to leave Example (even if all the teams of Montevideo or Interior would have taken the last places in the Conservation Area).

Qualifying Tournament

Group A

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
one	Nacional	17	10	2	5	40	24	32
2	Phoenix	17	9	5	3	40	26	32
3	Danubio	17	10	2	5	37	24	32
four	Villa Hispaniola	17	6	four	7	27	29th	22
5	River Plate M.	17	6	3	8	29th	34	21
6	Bella Vista	17	four	four	9	23	thirty	16
7	Progreso	17	0	5	12	17	41	5

Group B

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
one	Peñarol	17	10	6	one	41	22	36
2	Defensor Sporting	17	9	four	four	32	16	31
3	Central Espanyol	17	9	four	four	28	thirty	31
four	Montevideo Wanderers	17	7	four	6	24	26	25
5	Cerro	17	four	6	7	twenty	27	eighteen
6	Racing	17	four	four	9	19	33	16

Group C

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
one	Plaza Colonia ( Colonia del Sacramento )	17	10	2	5	25	16	32
2	Deportivo Maldonado ( Maldonado )	17	7	3	7	31	22	24
3	Tacuarembo ( Tacuarembo )	17	5	6	6	eighteen	twenty	21
four	Paysandu Bella Vista ( Paysandu )	17	6	one	10	17	29th	19
5	Juventud ( Las Piedras )	17	3	3	eleven	19	38	12

General

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
one	Peñarol	17	10	6	one	41	22	36
2	Nacional	17	10	2	5	40	24	32
3	Phoenix	17	9	5	3	40	26	32
four	Danubio	17	10	2	5	37	24	32
5	Plaza Colony	17	10	2	5	25	16	32
6	Defensor Sporting	17	9	four	four	32	16	31
7	Central Espanyol	17	9	four	four	28	thirty	31
8	Montevideo Wanderers	17	7	four	6	24	26	25
9	Deportivo Maldonado	17	7	3	7	31	22	24
10	Villa Hispaniola	17	6	four	7	27	29th	22
eleven	Tacuarembo	17	5	6	6	eighteen	twenty	21
12	River Plate M.	17	6	3	8	29th	34	21
13	Paysandu Bella Vista	17	6	one	10	17	29th	19
fourteen	Cerro	17	four	6	7	twenty	27	eighteen
fifteen	Bella Vista	17	four	four	9	23	thirty	16
16	Racing	17	four	four	9	19	33	16
17	Juventud Las Piedras	17	3	3	eleven	19	38	12
eighteen	Progreso	17	0	5	12	17	41	5

Championship Zone

Aperture

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
one	Nacional	9	8	one	0	twenty	6	25
2	Peñarol	9	7	0	2	25	12	21
3	Phoenix	9	6	0	3	22	eleven	eighteen
four	Deportivo Maldonado	9	four	2	3	10	17	fourteen
5	Montevideo Wanderers	9	3	3	3	8	9	12
6	Defensor Sporting	9	four	0	5	fifteen	17	12
7	Danubio	9	3	2	four	12	fourteen	eleven
8	Plaza Colony	9	2	2	5	10	13	8
9	Central Espanyol	9	2	one	6	13	21	7
10	Villa Hispaniola	9	0	one	8	8	23	one

Clausura

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
one	Danubio	9	6	2	one	16	8	twenty
2	Peñarol ^[1]	9	7	one	one	25	16	19
3	Phoenix	9	four	3	2	24	eighteen	fifteen
four	Defensor Sporting	9	four	3	2	16	12	fifteen
5	Nacional	9	four	2	3	twenty	16	fourteen
6	Plaza Colony	9	four	2	3	16	12	fourteen
7	Villa Hispaniola	9	one	four	four	10	21	7
8	Montevideo Wanderers	9	one	3	5	8	12	6
9	Deportivo Maldonado	9	2	0	7	8	21	6
10	Central Espanyol	9	one	2	6	9	16	5

Championship Matches

Danubio - Nacional - 1: 2, 1: 2

Nacional won the championship.

Conservation Area

No.	Club	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	Point
eleven	River Plate M.	31	12	6	13	47	fifty	42
12	Tacuarembo	31	eleven	9	eleven	33	36	42
13	Cerro M	31	10	eleven	10	43	40	41
fourteen	Bella Vista M	31	10	8	13	41	46	38
fifteen	Racing M	31	7	eleven	13	38	fifty	32
16	Juventud Las Piedras	31	7	8	16	37	58	29th
17	Progreso M	31	7	8	16	34	58	29th
eighteen	Paysandu Bella Vista	31	8	3	twenty	28	53	27

Notes

↑ From Peñarol 3 points for rioting fans in a game against Danubio in Clausur 2001 were withdrawn.

Links

[1] From Peñarol 3 points for rioting fans in a game against Danubio in Clausur 2001 were withdrawn.