Primera División (Uruguay) 1961

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Primera División 1961
master Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated Montevideo Wanderers
Teams 10
Games 90
Gates 301  (ø 3.34 per game)
Top scorer Alberto Spencer
( Club Atlético Peñarol )
← Primera División (Uruguay) 1960

The 1961 season of the Primera División was the 58th season (the 30th 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 1961 from ten clubs, whose teams met twice in a total of 90 championship games. There were 18 game days. The championship won the Club Atlético Peñarol as first table in front of Nacional Montevideo and Club Atlético Defensor as second and third in the season's final table . Losing the relegation playoffs between the bottom of the table Centro Atlético Fénix and the bottom of the table Montevideo Wanderers , the Wanderers relegated from the Primera División to the Segunda División after two defeats . The top scorer was Alberto Spencer with 18 goals .

Annual table

rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
01. Club Atlético Peñarol (M) 18th 13 04th 01 51:22 30th
02. Nacional Montevideo 18th 13 01 04th 39:16 27
03. Club Atlético Defensor 18th 09 05 04th 35:27 23
04th Danubio FC (N) 18th 06th 05 07th 25:31 17th
05. Club Atlético Cerro 18th 03 10 05 24:26 16
06th Racing Club de Montevideo 18th 05 05 08th 30:45 15th
07th Rampla Juniors 18th 06th 03 09 25:28 15th
08th. Liverpool FC 18th 03 08th 07th 23:30 14th
09. Montevideo Wanderers 18th 03 06th 09 23:35 12
10. Centro Atlético Fénix 18th 03 05 10 26:41 11
(M) Champion of the previous season
(N) Promoted from the Segunda División

Relegation games to determine the relegation

  • Centro Atlético Fénix - Montevideo Wanderers 4-0
  • Centro Atlético Fénix - Montevideo Wanderers 3-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 on rsssf.com, accessed April 4, 2015
  2. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed April 4, 2015