Uruguay - List of Champions


In 1878, the Montevideo Cricket Club played the first football game in Uruguay against the crew of an English ship. In 1881, the Montevideo Cricket Club and the Montevideo Rowing Club played the first football game involving different clubs in Uruguay.

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The Amateur Era

Uruguay Association Foot-ball League

1900    C.U.R.C.C.
1901    C.U.R.C.C.
1902    Nacional
1903    Nacional
1904      not played
1905    C.U.R.C.C.
1906    Wanderers
1907    C.U.R.C.C.

Liga Uruguaya

1908    River Plate
1909    Wanderers
1910    River Plate
1911    C.U.R.C.C.
1912    Nacional
1913    River Plate
1914    River Plate

Asociación Uruguaya de Foot-ball

1915    Nacional
1916    Nacional
1917    Nacional
1918    Peñarol
1919    Nacional
1920    Nacional
1921    Peñarol
1922    Nacional
1923    Nacional
1924    Nacional
1925      not finished 

Federación Uruguaya de Foot-ball

1923    Wanderers (second championship in 1923)
1924    Peñarol   (second championship in 1924)
1925      not finished

Consejo Provisorio

1926    Peñarol

Asociación Uruguaya de Foot-ball

1927    Rampla Juniors
1928    Peñarol
1929    Peñarol
1930      not played
1931    Wanderers

Amateur Titles (31)

11 Nacional 
   Peñarol [includes C.U.R.C.C. from which Peñarol originated] [2]

 4 River Plate [1]
   Wanderers

 1 Rampla Juniors

NB: all teams are from Montevideo; note that the Consejo Provisorio
    was a unification tournament after the FUF were dissolved and
    its clubs returned to the AUF (Wanderers actually had a team
    in both tournaments); as in the case of the comparable and
    contemporary schisms in Argentine football, we consider both
    championships as of equal value in the list of honours.  The
    AUF itself does not maintain a list of 'official championships'.

[1] the River Plate team that won four amateur championships in the
    early years was dissolved in the twenties, following the advent
    of professional football; the current River Plate team from
    Montevideo is a different one, founded in 1932 as a merger of
    Olimpia and Capurro.
[2] Nacional fans contest the relationship between C.U.R.C.C. and
    Peñarol; the fact is that the direction of the Railway (C.U.R.C.C.
    abbreviated Central Uruguayan Railways Cricket Club) decided to
    stop supporting the sports club in 1913, and its football section
    then decided to form an independent football team, called Peñarol;
    this new club took over C.U.R.C.C.'s place in the league and its 
    players.  In addition, the Uruguayan government acknowledged in
    1914 that the juridical identity of C.U.R.C.C. was transferred 
    to Peñarol.  (Thanks to Emanuelle Marsella for providing a scan
    of a copy of the original document, printed in 1950.)


The Professional Era

Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol

1932    Peñarol
1933    Nacional
1934    Nacional
1935    Peñarol
1936    Peñarol
1937    Peñarol
1938    Peñarol
1939    Nacional
1940    Nacional
1941    Nacional
1942    Nacional
1943    Nacional
1944    Peñarol
1945    Peñarol
1946    Nacional
1947    Nacional
1948      not completed
1949    Peñarol
1950    Nacional
1951    Peñarol
1952    Nacional
1953    Peñarol
1954    Peñarol
1955    Nacional
1956    Nacional
1957    Nacional
1958    Peñarol
1959    Peñarol
1960    Peñarol
1961    Peñarol
1962    Peñarol
1963    Nacional
1964    Peñarol
1965    Peñarol
1966    Nacional
1967    Peñarol
1968    Peñarol
1969    Nacional
1970    Nacional
1971    Nacional
1972    Nacional
1973    Peñarol
1974    Peñarol
1975    Peñarol
1976    Defensor
1977    Nacional
1978    Peñarol
1979    Peñarol
1980    Nacional
1981    Peñarol
1982    Peñarol
1983    Nacional
1984    Central Español
1985    Peñarol
1986    Peñarol
1987    Defensor
1988    Danubio
1989    Progreso
1990    Bella Vista
1991    Defensor Sporting
1992    Nacional
1993    Peñarol
1994    Peñarol
1995    Peñarol
1996    Peñarol
1997    Peñarol
1998    Nacional
1999    Peñarol
2000    Nacional
2001    Nacional
2002    Nacional
2003    Peñarol
2004    Danubio
2005    Nacional
2005/06 Nacional
2006/07 Danubio
2007/08 Defensor Sporting
2008/09 Nacional
2009/10 Peñarol
2010/11 Nacional
2011/12 Nacional
2012/13 Peñarol
2013/14 Danubio
2014/15 Nacional
2015/16 Peñarol
2016    Nacional  (transitional season)
2017    Peñarol
2018    Peñarol
2019    Nacional
2020/21 Nacional
2021    Peñarol
2022    Nacional
2023    Liverpool
2024

Professional Titles (92)

42 Peñarol 

38 Nacional

 4 Danubio 
   Defensor Sporting (includes Defensor)

 1 Bella Vista 
   Central Español 
   Liverpool
   Progreso

NB: all teams are from Montevideo


Total Championships (120; as considered official by A.U.F.)

51 Peñarol           [includes C.U.R.C.C. from which Peñarol originated] [2]

49 Nacional

 4 Danubio 
   Defensor Sporting [includes Defensor]
   River Plate       [1]
   
 3 Wanderers
   
 1 Bella Vista 
   Central Español 
   Liverpool
   Progreso 
   Rampla Juniors

NB: all teams are from Montevideo

[1] the River Plate team that won four amateur championships in the
    early years was dissolved in the twenties, following the advent
    of professional football; the current River Plate team from
    Montevideo is a different one, founded in 1932 as a merger of
    Olimpia and Capurro.
[2] Nacional fans contest the relationship between C.U.R.C.C. and
    Peñarol; the fact is that the direction of the Railway (C.U.R.C.C.
    abbreviated Central Uruguayan Railways Cricket Club) decided to
    stop supporting the sports club in 1913, and its football section
    then decided to form an independent football team, called Peñarol;
    this new club took over C.U.R.C.C.'s place in the league and its 
    players.  In addition, the Uruguayan government acknowledged in
    1914 that the juridical identity of C.U.R.C.C. was transferred 
    to Peñarol.  (Thanks to Emanuelle Marsella for providing a scan
    of a copy of the original document, printed in 1950.)


Total Championships (123; includes F.U.F. and Consejo Provisorio 1923-1926)

53 Peñarol           [includes C.U.R.C.C. from which Peñarol originated] [2]

49 Nacional

 4 Danubio 
   Defensor Sporting [includes Defensor]
   River Plate       [1]
   Wanderers
   
 1 Bella Vista 
   Central Español 
   Liverpool
   Progreso 
   Rampla Juniors

NB: all teams are from Montevideo


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About this document

Thanks to Tony Mariani, Ignacio Russell, Hans Schöggl, Martín Tabeira and Nelson Vargas for additional informations.

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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 21 Feb 2024

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