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 | |
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. |
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1. | Club Atlético Peñarol (M) | 18th | 12 | 2 | 4th | 35:20 | 26th |
1. | Nacional Montevideo | 18th | 11 | 4th | 3 | 33:14 | 26th |
3. | Racing Club de Montevideo (N) | 18th | 10 | 2 | 6th | 29:25 | 22nd |
4th | Club Atlético Cerro | 18th | 8th | 3 | 7th | 31:32 | 19th |
5. | Montevideo Wanderers | 18th | 8th | 2 | 8th | 32:39 | 18th |
6th | Club Atlético Defensor | 18th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 34:35 | 16 |
7th | Rampla Juniors | 18th | 5 | 5 | 8th | 26:26 | 15th |
8th. | South America | 18th | 6th | 2 | 10 | 22:30 | 14th |
9. | Liverpool FC | 18th | 6th | 2 | 10 | 24:32 | 14th |
10. | Danubio FC | 18th | 3 | 4th | 11 | 19:32 | 10 |
(M) | Champion of the previous season |
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(N) | Promoted from the Segunda División |
Championship Finals
Club Atlético Peñarol | Nacional Montevideo | ||||||
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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 |
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1-0 Luis Alberto Cubilla (78th) 2-0 Carlos Abel Linazza (87th, penalty) |
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Borges (87.), Martínez (87.), Hohberg (87.), Aguerrey (87.) | Gómez (87.), González (87.), Escalada (87.), Collazo (87.) |
Individual evidence
- ^ Uruguay 1959 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015
- ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed April 3, 2015