Primera División (Uruguay) 1999

Primera División 1999
master	Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated	Rampla Juniors
Teams	15th
Games	210 + 6
Gates	610  (ø 2.82 per game)
Top scorer	Gabriel Álvez (Nacional Montevideo)
← Primera División (Uruguay) 1998 Primera División (Uruguay) 2000 →
Segunda División (Uruguay) 1999 ↓

The 1999 season of the Primera División was the 96th season (the 68th of the professional era) of the Uruguayan top division in men's football , the Primera División .

The Primera División consisted of 15 clubs in the championship season of 1993. Compared to the previous season, the league had been increased by three clubs. In addition to the two sporting climbers Club Atlético Cerro and Frontera Rivera , the clubs Deportivo Maldonado , Paysandú Bella Vista and Tacuarembó FC were also given the right to start by the association by means of a license. The teams met twice in a total of 210 championship games played from the beginning of March to the second half of October of that year. Two half-series, the Apertura (first half of the season) and the Clausura ( second half of the season) were played, in which a total of 610 goals were scored. Then in November the Uruguayan champions of the 1999 season were determined in three playoff games between the Apertura champions Nacional Montevideo and the Clausura champions Club Atlético Peñarol . Peñarol also took first place in the season-end overall table due to the better goal difference compared to the tied Team Nacionals. In the three playoff games, after two draws in the first two encounters in the third and decisive clash on November 13, 1999, Peñarol prevailed with a 2-1 victory and became national champions.

The Rampla Juniors had to relegate to the Segunda División . As the worst team of the seasons 1997, 1998 and 1999 composed of relegation, the club had to contest a relegation with the second-placed Liguilla de Ascenso called promotion qualifying round. This was the team of the Racing Club de Montevideo . Because of the planned renewed increase in the top division, the second division champions Juventud and Villa Española as winners of the Liguilla de Ascenso were already eligible for promotion directly to the 2000 season without relegation.

In the relegation to relegation or promotion, Racing prevailed in three games held in December 1999 in the Estadio Parque Central against the Rampla Juniors. The first two relegation games ended in a draw. In the third encounter, too, a penalty shoot-out ultimately led to the decision, which Racing turned 4: 3 in his favor.

Peñarol, Nacional and Bella Vista qualified for the 2000 Copa Libertadores .

The top scorer was Gabriel Álvez from Nacional Montevideo with 24 goals .

Annual table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
01.	Club Atlético Peñarol	28	19th	06th	03	71:25	63
02.	Nacional Montevideo (M)	28	20th	03	05	65:27	63
03.	Defensor Sporting	28	17th	07th	04th	60:30	58
04th	Danubio FC	28	16	06th	06th	64:40	54
05.	Bella Vista	28	12	09	07th	46:38	45
06th	Huracan Buceo	28	11	08th	09	34:44	41
07th	Club Atlético Cerro (N)	28	11	04th	13	37:47	37
08th.	River Plate	28	09	09	10	36:42	36
09.	Frontera Rivera (N)	28	08th	06th	14th	39:42	30th
10.	Deportivo Maldonado (N)	28	07th	09	12	39:54	30th
11.	Liverpool FC	28	05	13	10	23:34	28
12.	Paysandú Bella Vista (N)	28	06th	10	12	25:47	28
13.	Rampla Juniors	28	08th	02	18th	28:56	26th
14th	Club Atlético Rentistas	28	04th	09	15th	23:41	21st
15th	Tacuarembó FC (Deportivo Tacuarembó) (N)	28	04th	05	19th	20:43	17th

(M)	Champion of the previous season
(N)	Newcomers from the Segunda division or through licensing of the AUF

3rd championship finals

Club Atlético Peñarol		Nacional Montevideo
	November 13, 1999 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 2: 1 Referee: Sergio Komjetán ; Linesmen: Ruben Meneses and William Martínez
	Claudio Flores - Nicolás Rotundo , Marcelo De los Santos , José De los Santos , Darío Rodríguez - Marcelo Romero , Pablo Bengoechea (31st min .: Martín García (65th min .: Diego Carreño )), José Cancela (53rd min. : Óscar Aguirregaray ), Gabriel Cedrés - Antonio Pacheco , Walter Pandiani	Carlos Nicola - Cesilio De los Santos (53rd min .: Martín Del Campo ), Héctor Rodríguez Peña , Jorgeao , Federico Bergara - Óscar Morales (58th min .: Richard Morales ), Diego Scotti , Gustavo Varela , Gianni Guigou - Mario Regueiro (50th min .: Rubén Sosa ), Gabriel Álvez
	Darío Rodríguez (33.min.) Walter Pandiani (35.min.)	Gabriel Álvez (19th min.)
	Marcelo Romero, José Cancela, Nicolás Rotundo, Martín García	Diego Scotti, Oscar Morales
	Marcelo Romero (25th min.), Darío Rodríguez (56th min.)	Diego Scotti (32nd min.), Federico Bergara (52nd min.)

Relegation matches

• 1st relegation game on December 1, 1999 - venue Estadio Parque Central , Montevideo:
  • Racing Club de Montevideo versus Rampla Juniors - 1: 1
    • Goals: 0-1 - Fernando Fajardo (17th min.); 1: 1 - Robert Munilla (30th min.)

• 2nd relegation game on December 4, 1999 - venue Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo:
  • Rampla Juniors versus Racing Club de Montevideo - 3: 3
    • Goals: 1-0 - Carlos Macchi (14th min.); 2-0 - Edgar Martínez (17th min.); 2: 1 - Robert Munilla (33.min.), 3: 1 - Carlos Macchi (68.min.); 3: 2 - Robert Munilla (68th min.); 3: 3 - Gustavo Zuvela (76th min.)

• 3rd relegation game on December 8, 1999 - venue Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo:
  • Racing Club de Montevideo v Rampla Juniors - 0-0 (4-3 on penalties )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120th Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8 , p. 171
2. ↑ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900–2000. on rsssf.com, accessed October 31, 2016
3. ↑ Uruguay 1999 Championship. on rsssf.com, accessed October 31, 2016
4. ^ Uruguay - Liguilla Winners. on rsssf.com, accessed October 31, 2016
5. ^ Uruguay - League Top Scorers. on rsssf.com, accessed October 31, 2016
6. ^ Uruguay 1999 Championship on rsssf.com, accessed October 31, 2016