Primera División (Uruguay) 1973

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Primera División 1973
master Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated Central Español
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 282  (ø 2.14 per game)
Top scorer Fernando Morena ( Club Atlético Peñarol )
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The 1973 Primera División season was the 70th season (42nd of the professional era) of Uruguay's highest division in men's football , the Primera División .

The Primera División consisted in the championship season of 1973 from twelve clubs, whose teams met twice in a total of 132 championship games played from the beginning of September to mid-December of the year. There were 282 goals. Club Atlético Peñarol won the championship as first in the table ahead of Nacional Montevideo and Danubio FC as second and third in the season's final table . Central Español had to relegate to the Segunda División . Peñarol and Nacional qualified for the 1974 Copa Libertadores .

The top scorer was Fernando Morena from champion Peñarol with 23 goals , who scored almost two-thirds of his club's goals this season.

Annual table

rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
01. Club Atlético Peñarol 22nd 14th 07th 01 38:16 35
02. Nacional Montevideo (M) 22nd 09 11 02 29:19 29
03. Danubio FC 22nd 10 08th 04th 26:15 28
04th Club Atlético Defensor 22nd 10 05 07th 33:28 25th
05. Club Atlético Rentistas 22nd 07th 10 05 21:18 24
06th Liverpool FC 22nd 08th 07th 07th 28:21 23
07th Club Atlético Cerro 22nd 08th 07th 07th 24:24 23
08th. Montevideo Wanderers (N) 22nd 04th 13 05 16:15 21st
09. River Plate 22nd 05 11 06th 17:20 21st
10. Huracan Buceo 22nd 03 10 09 22:29 16
11. Central Español 22nd 06th 02 14th 18:38 14th
12. Bella Vista 22nd 01 03 18th 10:39 05
(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. 137 - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  2. ^ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 on rsssf.com, accessed October 26, 2016
  3. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed October 26, 2016