Primera División (Uruguay) 1944

Primera División 1944
master	Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated	Racing Club de Montevideo
Teams	10
Games	90
Top scorer	Atilio García ( Nacional Montevideo )
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Segunda División (Uruguay) 1944 ↓

The 1944 season of the Primera División was the 41st season (the 13th 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 1944, 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 two championship finals against Nacional Montevideo after the two clubs shared the lead in the final table with equal points. As bottom of the table Racing rose from the Primera División to the Segunda División . The top scorer was Atilio García with 21 goals .

Annual table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
01.	Nacional Montevideo (M)	18th	12	03	03	48:21	27
01.	Club Atlético Peñarol	18th	12	03	03	41:21	27
03.	Club Atlético Defensor	18th	10	05	03	43:27	25th
04th	Montevideo Wanderers	18th	07th	05	06th	32:31	19th
05.	Central	18th	07th	03	08th	35:34	17th
06th	South America	18th	05	04th	09	24:37	14th
07th	Liverpool FC	18th	05	03	10	22:30	13
08th.	River Plate (N)	18th	06th	01	11	29:43	13
09.	Club Sportivo Miramar	18th	04th	05	09	23:37	13
10.	Racing Club de Montevideo	18th	05	02	11	27:43	12

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

Championship finals

1st game

Nacional Montevideo		Club Atlético Peñarol
	December 10, 1944 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 0-0 after 60 minutes of extra time Spectators: 55,000 Referees: Manuel Domínguez , A. Mancebo, C. Martín
	Aníbal Paz - Raúl Pini , Secundino Arrascaeta - General Viana , Rodolfo Pini , Schubert Gambetta - Luis Ernesto Castro , Aníbal Ciocca , Atilio García , Roberto Porta , Bibiano Zapirain Trainer: Héctor Castro	Roque Máspoli - Agustín Prado , Sixto Possamai - José Pedro Colturi , Obdulio Varela , Luis Prais - José María Ortiz , Domingo Gelpi , Elmo Bovio , Lorenzo Pino , Ernesto Vidal Trainer: Aníbal Tejada
	Nothing	Nothing

2nd game

Club Atlético Peñarol		Nacional Montevideo
	December 17, 1944 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 3: 2 Spectators: 45,000 Referees: Genaro Cirilo , J. Benítez, Tecitore
	Roque Máspoli - Agustín Prado , Gerardo Spósito - José Pedro Colturi , Obdulio Varela , Luis Prais - José María Ortiz , Domingo Gelpi , Elmo Bovio , Lorenzo Pino , Ernesto Vidal Trainer: Aníbal Tejada	Aníbal Paz - Raúl Pini , Secundino Arrascaeta - General Viana , Rodolfo Pini , Schubert Gambetta - Juan Alberto Bugallo , Aníbal Ciocca , Atilio García , Roberto Porta , Bibiano Zapirain Trainer: Héctor Castro
	1: 2 Luis Prais (37th) 2: 2 Obdulio Varela (59th, penalty) 3: 2 Ernesto Vidal (68th)	0-1 Atilio García (25th) 0-2 Atilio García (28th)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uruguay 1944 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015
2. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015