Primera División (Uruguay) 1978

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Primera División 1978
master Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated none
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 382  (ø 2.89 per game)
Top scorer Fernando Morena ( Club Atlético Peñarol )
← Primera División (Uruguay) 1977

The 1978 season of the Primera División was the 75th season (the 47th of the professional era) of the Uruguayan top division in men's football , the Primera División .

The Primera División consisted in the championship season of 1978 from twelve clubs, whose teams met twice in a total of 132 championship games played from mid-March to August of that year. 382 goals were scored. Club Atlético Peñarol won the championship unbeaten as first in the table in front of Nacional Montevideo and promoted Centro Atlético Fénix as second and third in the season's final table . A relegation to the Segunda División was not determined. Peñarol and Nacional qualified for the 1979 Copa Libertadores .

The top scorer was Fernando Morena from master Peñarol with 36 goals for the sixth year in a row .

Annual table

rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
01. Club Atlético Peñarol 22nd 17th 05 00 70:22 39
02. Nacional Montevideo (M) 22nd 16 04th 02 50:20 36
03. Centro Atlético Fénix (N) 22nd 09 06th 07th 34:31 24
04th Club Atlético Defensor 22nd 07th 07th 08th 28:34 21st
05. Montevideo Wanderers 22nd 08th 04th 10 29:35 20th
06th Danubio FC 22nd 06th 08th 08th 29:38 20th
07th South America 22nd 06th 07th 09 24:29 19th
08th. Club Atlético Cerro 22nd 06th 07th 09 24:35 19th
09. Club Atlético Rentistas 22nd 06th 06th 10 27:33 18th
10. Huracan Buceo 22nd 05 08th 09 24:40 18th
11. Bella Vista 22nd 03 11 08th 23:34 17th
12. Liverpool FC 22nd 03 07th 12 20:41 13
(M) Champion of the previous season
(N) Promoted from the Segunda División

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 142 - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  2. ↑ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 on rsssf.com, accessed October 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed October 28, 2016