Primera División (Uruguay) 1952
| Primera División 1952 | |
| master | Nacional Montevideo |
| Relegated | South America |
| Teams | 10 |
| Games | 90 |
| Top scorer |
Jorge Enrico ( Nacional Montevideo ) |
| ← Primera División (Uruguay) 1951 | |
The 1952 season of the Primera División was the 49th season (the 21st of the professional era) of the Uruguayan top division in men's football , the Primera División .
The Primera División consisted of ten clubs in the championship season of 1952, whose teams met twice in a total of 90 championship games. There were 18 game days. The championship was won by Nacional Montevideo . The "Bolsos" prevailed in the championship final game on February 25, 1953 against Club Atlético Peñarol after the two clubs had to share the lead in the final table with equal points. As the bottom of the table Sud América rose from the Primera División to the Segunda División . The top scorer was Jorge Enrico with 15 goals .
Annual table
| rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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| 1. | Nacional Montevideo | 18th | 15th | 1 | 2 | 59:20 | 31 |
| 1. | Club Atlético Peñarol (M) | 18th | 15th | 1 | 2 | 46:14 | 31 |
| 3. | Rampla Juniors | 18th | 6th | 7th | 5 | 34:29 | 19th |
| 4th | Danubio FC | 18th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 33:28 | 18th |
| 5. | River Plate | 18th | 7th | 2 | 9 | 29:34 | 16 |
| 6th | Club Atlético Cerro | 18th | 6th | 3 | 9 | 24:28 | 15th |
| 7th | Club Atlético Defensor | 18th | 5 | 5 | 8th | 29:40 | 15th |
| 8th. | Liverpool FC | 18th | 4th | 5 | 9 | 19:42 | 13 |
| 9. | Central | 18th | 4th | 4th | 10 | 29:45 | 12 |
| 10. | Sud América (N) | 18th | 3 | 4th | 11 | 27:49 | 10 |
| (M) | Champion of the previous season |
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| (N) | Promoted from the Segunda División |
Championship Finals
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Aníbal Paz - José Emilio Santamaría , Walter Holdoway - Waldemar González , Néstor Carballo , Luis Alberto Cruz - Rafael Souto , Javier Ambrois , Héctor Rial , Julio Pérez , Jorge Enrico Trainer: Enrique Fernández |
Flavio Pereyra Natero (46th Roque Gastón Máspoli ) - Mirto Davoine , F.Carrizo - Víctor Rodríguez Andrade , Obdulio Varela , Joel Romero - Alcides Ghiggia , Juan Alberto Schiaffino , Oscar Omar Miguez , Julio César Abbadie , Ernesto Vidal Coach: Juan López |
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 1-0 Julio Pérez (24th) 2-0 Jorge Enrico (28th) 3-1 Javier Ambrois (44th) 4-1 Jorge Enrico (45th)
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2: 1 Oscar Omar Míguez (42nd) 4: 2 José Emilio Santamaría (46th, own goal)
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 Holdoway (78th)
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Ghiggia (44.), Míguez (44.)
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Individual evidence
- ^ Uruguay 1952 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015
- ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015