Liga Local La France de Foot-Ball (Rivera - Santa Ana do Livramento)
Founded on April 1909 by the teams Lavalleja, Tabaré, 14 de Julho, Uruguayo and
5º de Caballería.
Copa de Plata La France (1909-1912)
1909 14 de Julho
1910 Tabaré
1911 Lavalleja
1912 14 de Julho
Liga de Football de Rivera
Founded on 3rd March 1913 by the teams Lavalleja, Tabaré, Uruguayo, Formidable and
14 de Julho. The only one that still remains affiliated is Lavalleja.
Copa Liga de Football de Rivera
1913 Lavalleja
Comisión del Campeonato El Comercio
Established on 28th May 1914 by the teams Lavalleja, Tabaré, Uruguayo, Reformers and
Nacional FC.
1914 Tabaré or Nacional FC [*]
[*] Tabaré and Nacional FC tied the playoff match for the title. There's no documents
that indicate which team was the Champion.
Liga Regional de Foot-Ball de Rivera
Founded on 26th April 1915 by the teams Lavalleja, Tabaré, Artigas, Reformers, Nacional FC
and Peñarol. Later denominated Liga de Foot-Ball de Rivera, Liga Departamental de Foot-Ball
de Rivera and finally, Liga Departamental de Fútbol de Rivera.
Copa Rivera
1915 Tabaré
1916 Lavalleja
1917 Oriental
1918 Oriental
1919 Lavalleja
1920 Oriental
1921 Oriental
1922 not played
1923 Peñarol
1924 Oriental
1925 not played
1926 Lavalleja
1927 Lavalleja
1928 Lavalleja
1929 Oriental
1930 Oriental
1931 Oriental
1932 Lavalleja
1933 Oriental
1934 Peñarol
1935 Lavalleja
1936 Lavalleja
1937 Lavalleja
1938 Artigas
1939 Peñarol
1940 Lavalleja
1941 Oriental
1942 Oriental
1943 Huracán
1944 Huracán, Lavalleja, Oriental and Peñarol (shared)
1945 Lavalleja
1946 Lavalleja
1947 Frontera
1948 Lavalleja
1949 Lavalleja
1950 Lavalleja
1951 Huracán
1952 Peñarol
1953 Frontera
1954 Oriental
1955 Oriental
1956 Sarandí Universitario
1957 Sarandí Universitario
1958 Oriental
1959 Lavalleja
1960 Huracán
1961 Huracán
1962 Oriental
1963 Frontera
1964 Oriental
1965 Oriental
1966 Oriental
1967 Frontera
1968 Artigas
1969 Frontera
1970 Artigas
1971 Lavalleja
1972 Peñarol
1973 Oriental
1974 Peñarol
1975 Peñarol
1976 Cuñapirú
1977 Peñarol
1978 Peñarol
1979 Lavalleja
1980 Frontera Rivera Chico
1981 Sarandí Universitario
1982 Peñarol
1983 Cuñapirú
1984 Oriental
1985 Nacional
1986 Sarandí Universitario
1987 Cuñapirú
1988 Huracán (not recognized)
1989 Sarandí Universitario
1990 Sarandí Universitario
1991 Oriental
1992 Oriental
1993 Sarandí Universitario
1994 Frontera Rivera Chico
1995 Oriental
1996 Frontera Rivera Chico
1997 Oriental
1998 Sarandí Universitario
1999 Oriental
2000 Cuñapirú
2001 Peñarol
2002 Oriental
Number of titles
27 Oriental
21 Lavalleja
12 Peñarol
8 Frontera Rivera Chico [1]
Sarandí Universitario
5 Huracán [2]
4 Cuñapirú
3 Artigas
2 14 de Julho (Santa Ana do Livramento) [4]
Tabaré [3]
1 Nacional
[1] includes Frontera's titles before the merger with Rivera Chico in 1973; not member since
1997, when it affiliated to the AUF.
[2] 1988 title not included.
[3] it was dissolved in 1921. The 1914 title is not included because it could've been won by
Tabaré or Nacional FC [5].
[4] brazilian club, only participated in 1909, 1912 and 1913. Nowadays playing on Rio Grande
do Sul provincial league.
[5] not member since 1917, when it was merged into Oriental.
NB: 1- 1915 Tournament may have been abandoned.
2- 1944 Huracán won the championship, but later the League decided to share the title.
3- 1988 Huracán won the Liguilla, but their title wasn't recognized due to a protest
lodged by Sarandí Universitario.
During the first decades of the LFR, some other minor cups were played before and after the League Tournament. This cups were of international category from 1912 to 1920, when 14 de Julho still participated. Copa de La Frontera 1912 Lavalleja Copa Le Rendez-Vous 1913 Lavalleja Copa General Artigas 1913 14 de Julho Premio 2 de Mayo 1914 Nacional Premio Hispano 1914 Tabaré Medallas de la Comisión de Educación Física 1918 Lavalleja Copa Legisladores 1919 Lavalleja 1920 not available 1921 not available 1922 Oriental 1922 Lavalleja 1923 Lavalleja Copa Smith 1920 14 de Julho Copa Viviani 1920 Oriental Copa Club Uruguay 1922 Oriental Copa Centenario del Brasil 1922 Oriental Copa Dr. Raúl Bastos 1924 Oriental 1925 Lavalleja 1926 Oriental 1927 Peñarol 1928 Oriental 1929 Lavalleja Copa Sichero 1924 Lavalleja 1925 Oriental 1926 Lavalleja 1927 not available 1928 not available 1929 Oriental 1930 Oriental 1931 Oriental 1932 Lavalleja Copa Peñarol 1926 Peñarol Copa Escuela Nº 30 1926 Oriental Copa Dr. Miguel Aguerre Aristegui 1931 Oriental 1932 Lavalleja 1933 Peñarol Copa Escuela Nº 5 1933 Peñarol Copa de La Fuente 1937 Lavalleja Copa Diego Lauda 1937 Artigas Copa 25 de Agosto 1943 Huracán Number of Cup titles 13 Lavalleja Oriental 4 Peñarol 2 14 de Julho (Santa Ana do Livramento) 1 Artigas Huracán Nacional Tabaré NB: Copa Sichero 1927, 1928, Copa Legisladores 1920 and 1921 not available.
Year Relegated Promoted
There were no promotion/relegation at least until 1921, there no information about the
period 1922-1932.
1933 not available Policial
1934 not available not available
1935 not available not available
1936 not available not available
1937 not available not available
1938 not available not available
1939 not available not available
1940 not available not available
1941 not available Nacional
1942 not available Huracán
1943 not available not available
1944 not available Newell's Old Boys
1945 Newell's Old Boys Platense
1946 not available not available
Platense was renamed Frontera.
1947 (none) Lavalleja
River Plate
[The league was extended from 4 to 6 teams]
1948 not available not available
1949 not available not available
1950 not available not available
1951 not available Frontera
1952 (none) (*)
(*) Lavalleja's reserve team was 2nd level Champion, but as the first team was playing
in 1st level, it wasn't promoted.
1953 Sarandí Universitario Nacional
1954 not available not available
1955 not available not available
1956 (none) (none)
1957 (none) (none)
1958 (none) (none)
1959 not available not available
1960 not available not available
1961 Frontera not available
1962 not available Frontera
1963 Sarandí Universitario Lavalleja
1964 not available not available
1965 not available not available
1966 not available not available
1967 not available not available
1968 Sarandí Universitario Lavalleja
1969 Cuñapirú Sarandí Universitario
1970 Huracán Ferrocarril
Peñarol
Cuñapirú
[The league was extended to 8 teams]
1971 Cuñapirú Huracán
1972 Ferrocarril Cuñapirú
1973 Huracán or Artigas not available
Frontera and Rivera Chico merged into Frontera Rivera Chico.
1974 not available not available
1975 Artigas Cerro
1976 not available not available
1977 not available Nacional
1978 Huracán Progreso
1979 Cerro Sarandí Universitario
1980 Progreso Artigas
1981 Artigas Progreso
1982 Progreso Mandubí
1983 Mandubí Huracán
1984 Huracán Artigas
1985 Lavalleja Mandubí
1986 Oriental Huracán
1987 Artigas Oriental
1988 (none) Artigas
Lavalleja
[The league was extended to 10 teams]
1989 Mandubí Guaraní Postal
1990 Artigas (none)
Guaraní Postal
Peñarol
Huracán
[The league was reduced to 6 teams]
1991 Nacional Centenario Casino
1992 Centenario Casino Nacional
Huracán
Peñarol
[The league was extended to 8 teams]
1993 Nacional Cerro
1994 Peñarol Centenario Casino (*) Artigas
(*) Peñarol and Centenario Casino merged (the merger was cancelled in 1997).
1995 Huracán Nacional
1996 Cuñapirú Ansina
Guaraní Postal
Frontera Rivera Chico was affiliated to AUF and started playing in the Uruguay Professional
Championship in 1997.
1997 Artigas Cuñapirú
Guaraní Postal Chacarita
1998 not available not available
1999 not available not available
2000 not available not available
At least since 2001 there's only one Level in the league.
List of Known Results 1913-1916
1913: ----- 1st Phase: ---------- Round 1 [Apr 13] Lavalleja 9-1 Formidable 14 de Julho 5-2 Tabaré Uruguayo bye Round 2 [Apr 20] Lavalleja 2-2 14 de Julho Uruguayo 4-0 Tabaré Formidable bye Round 3 [Apr 27] Formidable 1-1 Tabaré 14 de Julho 2-0 Uruguayo Lavalleja bye Round 4 [May 1] Uruguayo 1-1 Formidable Lavalleja 2-2 Tabaré 14 de Julho bye Round 5 [May 4] Uruguayo 1-5 Lavalleja Formidable 2-1 14 de Julho Tabaré bye 2nd Phase: [Tabaré was expelled by the league] ---------- Round 1 [May 25] Formidable 1-2 Lavalleja [Jun 1] Uruguayo ?-? 14 de Julho Round 2 [Jun 15] Formidable ?-? Uruguayo [Jun 22] Lavalleja ?-? 14 de Julho Round 3 [Jul 6] Uruguayo L-W Lavalleja [Aug 31] 14 de Julho ?-? Formidable Table: 1. Lavalleja A. C. 7 ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. S. C. 14 de Julho 7 ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Uruguayo F. C. 7 ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Formidable F. C. 7 ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Tabaré F. C. 4 0 2 2 5-12 2 Champion: Lavalleja 1914: ----- 1st Phase: ---------- Round 1 [Jun 13] Reformers 1-6 Nacional [Jun 14] Tabaré 3-1 Lavalleja Round 2 [Jun 21] Lavalleja 5-1 Reformers [Jun 28] Nacional 0-3 Tabaré Round 3 [Jul 5] Lavalleja awd Nacional [2-0 to Lavalleja] [Jul 12] Tabaré 5-1 Reformers 2nd Phase: ---------- Round 1 [Jul 19] Lavalleja 1-1 Tabaré [Aug 30] Nacional 3-2 Reformers Round 2 [Aug 2] Reformers 0-1 Lavalleja [Aug 9] Tabaré 1-2 Nacional Round 3 [Sep 13] Reformers ?-? Tabaré [?] Nacional ?-? Lavalleja Table: 1. Tabaré F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? 2. Nacional F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Lavalleja A. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Reformers F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? Final playoff - 1st leg [Jul 11 1915] Nacional 0-0 Tabaré Final playoff - 2nd leg [1915] Tabaré ?-? Nacional 1915: ----- 1st Phase: ---------- Round 1 [May 1] Nacional ?-? Peñarol Artigas L-W Tabaré [May 2] Reformers ?-? Lavalleja Round 2 [May 9] Artigas ?-? Lavalleja Peñarol L-W Tabaré Reformers bye Nacional bye Round 3 [May 16] Tabaré W-L Nacional Reformers ?-? Peñarol Lavalleja bye Artigas bye Round 4 [May 23] Artigas ?-? Reformers Lavalleja ?-? Nacional Peñarol bye Tabaré bye Round 5 [May 30] Peñarol ?-? Artigas [Jun 3] Tabaré 3-0 Lavalleja Reformers bye Nacional bye Round 6 [Jun 6] Nacional ?-? Reformers Lavalleja ?-? Peñarol Tabaré bye Artigas bye Round 7 [Jun 13] Tabaré 2-1 Reformers Nacional 0-3 Artigas Lavalleja bye Peñarol bye 2nd Phase: ---------- Round 1 [Jun 20] Tabaré 2-1 Artigas Peñarol 2-0 Nacional [Jun 27] Lavalleja awd Reformers [2-0 to Lavalleja] Round 2 [Jul 4] Tabaré 1-0 Peñarol Lavalleja awd Artigas [0-2 to Artigas] Reformers bye Nacional bye Round 3 [Jul 11] Peñarol 0-3 Reformers Nacional 0-0 Tabaré Lavalleja bye Artigas bye Round 4 [Jul 18] Nacional ?-? Lavalleja Reformers ?-? Artigas Peñarol bye Tabaré bye Round 5 [Jul 25] Artigas ?-? Peñarol Lavalleja ?-? Tabaré Reformers bye Nacional bye Round 6 [Aug 1] Peñarol ?-? Lavalleja Reformers ?-? Nacional Tabaré bye Artigas bye Round 7 [Aug 8] Artigas ?-? Nacional Reformers ?-? Tabaré Lavalleja bye Peñarol bye Table: 1. Tabaré F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Nacional F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Lavalleja A. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Reformers F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Artigas F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Peñarol F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? Champion: Tabaré 1916: ----- 1st Phase: ---------- Round 1 [May 14] Estudiante 1-3 Nacional [May 21] Reformers 0-4 Tabaré Lavalleja bye Round 2 [May 28] Nacional 0-1 Lavalleja [Jun 4] Tabaré 1-3 Estudiante Reformers bye Round 3 [Jun 11] Lavalleja 1-2 Reformers [Jun 18] Nacional 0-1 Tabaré Estudiante bye Round 4 [Jun 25] Estudiante 1-1 Reformers [Jul 2] Tabaré 1-1 Lavalleja Nacional bye Round 5 [Jul 9] Reformers 2-1 Nacional [Jul 16] Lavalleja 4-1 Estudiante Tabaré bye 2nd Phase: ---------- Round 1 [Jul 23] Nacional 2-1 Estudiante Tabaré ?-? Reformers Lavalleja bye Round 2 [Aug 6] Lavalleja 0-1 Nacional Estudiante ?-? Tabaré Reformers bye Round 3 [Aug 27] Tabaré 0-3 Nacional Reformers ?-? Lavalleja Estudiante bye Round 4 [Sep 3] Reformers 1-0 Estudiante [Sep 10] Lavalleja 1-0 Tabaré Nacional bye Round 5 [Sep 17] Nacional awd Reformers [2-0 to Nacional] [Sep 24] Estudiante awd Lavalleja [0-2 to Lavalleja] Tabaré bye Table: 1. Lavalleja A. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Tabaré F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Nacional F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Reformers F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? ?. Estudiantes F. C. ? ? ? ? ?- ? ? Champion: Lavalleja
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