Primera División (Uruguay) 1959

Primera División 1959
master	Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated	Danubio FC
Teams	10
Games	90
Top scorer	Víctor Guaglianone ( Montevideo Wanderers )
← Primera División (Uruguay) 1958 Primera División (Uruguay) 1960 →
Segunda División (Uruguay) 1959 ↓

The 1959 season of the Primera División was the 56th season (the 28th 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 1959, whose teams met twice in a total of 90 championship games. There were 18 game days. The championship won the Club Atlético Peñarol . The "Aurinegros" prevailed in the championship final on March 20, 1960 with a 2-0 win against Nacional Montevideo after the two clubs had to share the lead in the year-end table with equal points. As bottom of the table, Danubio FC rose from the Primera División to the Segunda División . The top scorer was Víctor Guaglianone with 13 goals .

Annual table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
01.	Club Atlético Peñarol (M)	18th	12	02	04th	35:20	26th
01.	Nacional Montevideo	18th	11	04th	03	33:14	26th
03.	Racing Club de Montevideo (N)	18th	10	02	06th	29:25	22nd
04th	Club Atlético Cerro	18th	08th	03	07th	31:32	19th
05.	Montevideo Wanderers	18th	08th	02	08th	32:39	18th
06th	Club Atlético Defensor	18th	06th	04th	08th	34:35	16
07th	Rampla Juniors	18th	05	05	08th	26:26	15th
08th.	South America	18th	06th	02	10	22:30	14th
09.	Liverpool FC	18th	06th	02	10	24:32	14th
10.	Danubio FC	18th	03	04th	11	19:32	10

(M)	Champion of the previous season
(N)	Promoted from the Segunda División

Championship Finals

Club Atlético Peñarol		Nacional Montevideo
	March 20, 1960 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario ) Result : 2-0 Spectators: 70,000 Referees: Pablo Vaga , Alberto Boullosa , Eduardo Pazos
	Luis Maidana - William Martínez , Milton Alves da Silva "Salvador" - Santiago Pino , Néstor Gonçálvez , Wálter Aguerre - Luis Alberto Cubilla , Carlos Abel Linazza , Juan Eduardo Hohberg , Alberto Spencer , Carlos Borges Trainers: Roberto Scarone	Roberto Sosa - Horacio Troche , Edelbert di Fabio - Diego Collazo , Ruben González , Juan Carlos Mesías - Héctor Salvá , Héctor Rodríguez Peña , Walter Gómez , Juan Angel Romero , Guillermo Escalada Trainer: Ondino Viera
	1-0 Luis Alberto Cubilla (78th) 2-0 Carlos Abel Linazza (87th, penalty)
	Borges (87.), Martínez (87.), Hohberg (87.), Aguerrey (87.)	Gómez (87.), González (87.), Escalada (87.), Collazo (87.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Uruguay 1959 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015
2. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015