Primera División (Uruguay) 1939
| Primera División 1939 | |
| master | Nacional Montevideo |
| Relegated | none |
| Teams | 11 |
| Games | 100 |
| Top scorer |
Atilio García ( Nacional Montevideo ) |
| ← Primera División (Uruguay) 1938 | |
The 1939 season of the Primera División was the 36th season (the 8th of the professional era) of the Uruguayan top division in men's football , the Primera División .
The Primera División consisted of eleven clubs in the championship season of 1939, whose teams met twice in a total of 100 championship games. There were 20 game days. The championship was won by Nacional Montevideo . The "Bolsos" prevailed in the championship final against Club Atlético Peñarol , with whom they had to share the lead in the final table with equal points. A relegated team was not determined that season. Although the bottom of the table Bella Vista carried out a relegation against Club Atlético Progreso as champions of the Divisional Intermedia in 1939 . Progreso prevailed 2-1 in the first game. Bella Vista won the second game 2-0. In the third and decisive clash, Bella Vista kept the upper hand 3-0 and remained the first division. The top scorer was Atilio García with 22 goals .
Annual table
| rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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| 1. | Nacional Montevideo | 20th | 13 | 2 | 5 | 60:17 | 28 |
| 1. | Club Atlético Peñarol (M) | 20th | 13 | 2 | 5 | 56:25 | 28 |
| 3. | Montevideo Wanderers | 20th | 7th | 8th | 5 | 33:28 | 22nd |
| 4th | Liverpool FC | 20th | 8th | 3 | 9 | 29:31 | 19th |
| 5. | River Plate | 20th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 25:30 | 19th |
| 6th | Club Atlético Defensor | 20th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 29:44 | 19th |
| 7th | Racing Club de Montevideo | 20th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 28:45 | 19th |
| 8th. | Central | 20th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 23:42 | 18th |
| 9. | Rampla Juniors | 20th | 6th | 5 | 9 | 36:42 | 17th |
| 10. | South America | 20th | 5 | 6th | 9 | 36:37 | 16 |
| 11. | Bella Vista | 20th | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27:41 | 15th |
| (M) | Champion of the previous season |
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Championship Finals
| Nacional Montevideo | Club Atlético Peñarol | ||||||
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Aníbal Paz - Luis Fazio , Juan Ramón Cabrera - Luis Alberto Pérez Luz , Rodolfo Pini , Eugenio Galvalisi - Luis Volpi , Aníbal Ciocca , Atilio García , Francisco Arispe , Roberto Porta Trainer: Héctor Castro |
Julio Barrios - Agustín Prado , Mário Barradas - Erebo Zunino , Francisco Palermo , Raúl Rodríguez - Nicolás Orlando , Pedro Lago , Sylvio Pirillo , Severino Varela , Adelaido Camaití Trainer: Athuel Velázquez |
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 1: 0 Francisco Arispe (39.) 2: 1 Luis Volpi (98.) 3: 1 Atilio García (103.)
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1: 1 Adelaido Camaití (85.) 3: 2 Adelaido Camaití (110.)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Uruguay 1939 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed April 2, 2015