Primera División (Uruguay) 1940

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Primera División 1940
master Nacional Montevideo
Relegated none
Teams 11
Games 110
Gates 421  (ø 3.83 per game)
Top scorer Atilio García
( Nacional Montevideo )
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The 1940 season of the Primera División was the 37th season (the 9th of the professional era) of Uruguay's highest division in men's football , the Primera División .

The Primera División consisted of eleven clubs in the championship season of 1940, whose teams met twice in a total of 110 championship games. There were 22 game days. The championship was won by Nacional Montevideo as first in the table in front of the Rampla Juniors and the Montevideo Wanderers as second and third in the season's final table . As the bottom of the table, Bella Vista was able to avoid relegation with two wins in the two relegation games against Club Atlético Cerro from Divisional Intermedia . Thus, there was no relegation from the Primera División that season. Top scorer was Atilio García with 18 goals .

Annual table

rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
01. Nacional Montevideo (M) 20th 16 03 01 63:22 35
02. Rampla Juniors 20th 11 03 06th 41:29 25th
03. Montevideo Wanderers 20th 10 04th 06th 47:22 24
04th Club Atlético Peñarol 20th 10 02 08th 54:38 22nd
05. Liverpool FC 20th 08th 03 09 39:39 19th
06th River Plate 20th 07th 05 08th 35:39 19th
07th Club Atlético Defensor 20th 05 09 06th 32:49 19th
08th. South America 20th 06th 05 09 31:37 17th
09. Racing Club de Montevideo 20th 07th 03 10 31:46 17th
10. Central 20th 03 09 08th 26:35 15th
11. Bella Vista 20th 01 06th 13 22:65 8th
(M) Champion of the previous season

Relegation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uruguay 1940 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed March 28, 2015
  2. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed March 28, 2015