Uruguay 2002 Championship

Primera División Profesional 

TORNEO CLASIFICATORIO

NB: first two of each group and 4 best teams overall other than those
    qualify for Apertura and Clausura; remaining 8 teams enter relegation
    playoff (Permanencia); group tables take all matches into account
    (unlike last year).

Overall Table:

 1.CA Peñarol                 17 10  6  1  41-22 36  Qualified (B-1)
 2.C Nacional dF              17 10  2  5  40-24 32  Qualified (A-1)
 3.CA Fénix                   17  9  5  3  40-26 32  Qualified (A-2)
 4.Danubio FC                 17 10  2  5  37-24 32  Qualified  1st overall
 5.CA Plaza (Colonia)         17 10  2  5  25-16 32  Qualified (C-1)
 6.Defensor Sporting Club     17  9  4  4  32-16 31  Qualified (B-2)
 7.Central Español FC         17  9  4  4  28-30 31  Qualified  2nd overall
 8.Montevideo Wanderers FC    17  7  4  6  24-26 25  Qualified  3rd overall
 9.Club Deportivo Maldonado   17  7  3  7  31-22 24  Qualified (C-2)
10.CSyD Villa Española        17  6  4  7  27-29 22  Qualified  4th overall
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Tacuarembó FC              17  5  6  6  18-20 21  Relegation Playoff
12.CA River Plate             17  6  3  8  29-34 21  Relegation Playoff
13.Bella Vista (Paysandú)     17  6  1 10  17-29 19  Relegation Playoff
14.CA Cerro                   17  4  6  7  20-27 18  Relegation Playoff
15.CA Bella Vista (M'video)   17  4  4  9  23-30 16  Relegation Playoff
16.Racing Club de Sayago      17  4  4  9  19-33 16  Relegation Playoff
17.CA Juventud (Las Piedras)  17  3  3 11  19-38 12  Relegation Playoff
18.CA Progreso                17  0  5 12  17-41  5  Relegation Playoff

Round 1 
[Feb 2]
Maldonado       1-2 Plaza Colonia
  [Celestino Tejera 47; Mario Barilko 11, Mariano Bogliaccino 83]  
Peñarol         2-2 Fénix  
  [Daniel Jiménez 66, Jorge Casanova 68; Javier Cámpora 78, Martín Ligüera 84]
[Feb 3]
Central Español 0-5 Nacional  
  [Julio Mozzo 3og, Andrés Scotti 23, 53, Richard Morales 54, 70]
Paysandú BV     0-2 Defensor Sporting  
  [Eliomar Marcón 39, Gonzalo Vargas 87]
M. Wanderers    1-0 Villa Española
  [Jorge Martínez 76]  
Cerro           0-2 Danubio  
  [Ruben Olivera 40, Ruben Da Silva 49]
Racing          3-2 Bella Vista  
  [Rodrigo López 2pen, 51, Juan Ortiz 71; Álvaro González 42, 55]
River Plate     2-0 Progreso  
  [Alejandro Melo 52, Fernando Cardozo 89]
Tacuarembó      2-1 Juventud 
  [Sebastián García 54, Charles Castro 85; Pedro Renato 53]

Round 2 
[Feb 8]
Maldonado       0-1 Defensor Sporting
  [Eliomar Marcón 17]
[Feb 9]
Paysandú BV     0-3 Central Español  
  [Marcelo Durán 56, José Carini 75, Omar Pérez 89pen]
Plaza Colonia   0-3 Nacional 
  [Richard Morales 15, 67, Horacio Peralta 28]
[Feb 10]
M. Wanderers    1-3 Peñarol  
  [Sebastián Eguren 67; Daniel Jiménez 6, Darío Rodríguez 86, Sebastián Álvarez 90]
Villa Española  1-1 Fénix  
  [Ángel Gutiérrez 30; Marcelo Méndez 26]
Cerro           1-2 Racing  
  [Estefan Réis 5; Rodrigo López 73, 88]
Danubio         2-3 Bella Vista  
  [Ignacio Risso 20, Rubén Da Silva 32; Maximiliano Castro 50, Henry López Báez 77,
   Álvaro González 87]
Juventud        1-5 River Plate
  [Paulo Medina 71; Fernando Cardozo 19, Alejandro Mello 36pen, Diego Varela 70,
   Oscar Ledesma 77pen, Bryan Fuentes 86]  
Tacuarembó      0-0 Progreso  

Round 3 
[Feb 15]
Paysandú BV     3-0 Montevideo Wanderers
  [Juan Carlos Reyes 18, Leonardo Rodríguez 71pen, 88]
[Feb 16]
Peñarol         2-1 Danubio 
  [Pablo Bengoechea 34, Daniel Jiménez 59; Jorge Anchén 73]
[Feb 17]
Maldonado       1-3 Nacional
  [Richard Pérez 64; Gustavo Varela 35, Julio Rodríguez 50, Richard Morales 63]
Plaza Colonia   1-2 Central Español
  [Mariano Bogliacino 16; Antonio Esmerode 84, 90]
Defensor Sp.    1-1 Villa Española
  [Gonzalo Vargas 60; Alain N'Kong 62]
Cerro           3-3 River Plate
  [Adrián Romero 10, Álvaro Pintos 41, Álvaro Becerra 52; Guillermo Almada 72, 
   Alejandro Mello 73, 88]
Fénix           2-1 Racing
  [Martín Ligüera 15pen, Martín Cámpora 74; Rodrigo López 89]
Tacuarembó      1-1 Bella Vista
  [Gustavo Iturburu 74; Álvaro González 70]
Juventud        1-1 Progreso
  [Pedro Renato 70; Ulises Cabrera 63]

Round 4 
[Feb 22]
Peñarol         3-0 Villa Española 
  [Daniel Jiménez 18, 43, Fabián Canobbio 26] 
[Feb 23]
Paysandú BV     0-1 Danubio
  [Diego Perrone 70]
Racing          1-2 Defensor Sporting 
  [Rodrigo López 13; Vargas 68, Marcelo Tejera 71pen]
[Feb 24] 
Maldonado       4-1 Progreso
  [Richard Pérez 26, 45, Ismael Espiga 83, 88; Ulises Cabrera 15]
Bella Vista     1-1 Central Español
  [Álvaro González 70pen; Omar Pérez 62pen]  
Juventud        2-1 Nacional  
  [Marcelo Paredes 5, Paulo Medina 25; Richard Pellejero 26]
Plaza Colonia   0-0 Tacuarembó   
River Plate     1-3 M. Wanderers 
  [Alejandro Mello 87; José Herrera 36, Sebastián Eguren 63, Sergio Blanco 71] 
Fénix           3-2 Cerro  
  [Javier Cámpora 13, 22, Fabián Estoyanoff 43; Jorge Artigas 50pen,
   Fernando Becerra 81]

Round 5 
[Feb 26]
Racing          1-1 Peñarol  
  [Diego Montenegro 19; Joe Bizera 16]
[Feb 27]
Maldonado       0-1 Central Español  
  [Hugo Costela 86]
Nacional        4-1 M. Wanderers
  [Alejandro Lembo 16, Richard Morales 39, 74, Gustavo Varela 47; Sebastián Eguren 32]  
Paysandú BV     0-1 Plaza Colonia
  [Osvaldo Carro 80]
Progreso        2-2 Bella Vista  
  [Ulises Cabrera 40, Rodolfo López 90; Fabián Pumar 17, Álvaro González 85]
Tacuarembó      0-0 Defensor Sporting
Villa Española  2-2 Cerro  
  [Juan Souza 65, Alain N'Kong 90; Jorge Artigas 20, Álvaro Pintos 25]
Juventud        0-1 Fénix  
  [Luis Cupla 87]
Danubio         1-0 River Plate  
  [Diego Perrone 70]

Round 6 
[Mar 2]
Paysandú BV     0-0 Maldonado  
M. Wanderers    4-1 Central Español  
  [Sergio Blanco 25, 45, Sebastián Eguren 76, Jorge Delgado 87; Martín Arriola 55]
Nacional        2-0 Defensor Sporting
  [Fabián Coelho 43, Gustavo Varela 90]  
Cerro           3-3 Peñarol  
  [Álvaro Pintos 7, 38, Jorge Artigas 51; José Puente 58og, Darío Rodríguez 64,
   Carlos Bueno 84]
[Mar 3]
Plaza Colonia   2-0 Villa Española  
  [Daniel Baldi 23, Mario Leguizamón 85]
Tacuarembó      3-2 Fénix  
  [Néstor Silva 66, 69, Luis Cor 75; Milton Cortés 37, Javier Cámpora 65]
Progreso        0-3 Danubio  
  [Rubén Olivera 18, 78, Walt Báez 71]
Racing          1-1 River Plate  
  [Enrique Gonzalo Gutiérrez 31; Everaldo Ferreira 15]
Juventud        2-1 Bella Vista
  [Víctor Martínez 44, Marcelo Paredes 50; Álvaro González 15]

Round 7 
[Mar 9]
Paysandú BV     0-2 Nacional
  [Richard Morales 55pen, Horacio Peralta 90]
Plaza Colonia   1-1 M. Wanderers  
  [Diego Lugano 82; Andrés Aparicio 13]
Bella Vista     1-4 Peñarol   
  [Marcos Bassini 49; Daniel Jiménez 42, 75pen, Fabián Canobbio 9, 90]
[Mar 10]
Tacuarembó      2-4 Maldonado  
  [Gustavo Iturburu 24, Néstor Silva 71; Luigi Rodríguez 6, 36, Ismael Espiga 15,
   Bruno Piano 81pen]
[Mar 11 - ppd from Mar 10 due to electric storm in south of Uruguay]
Juventud        0-1 Central Español
  [Marcelo Mansilla 40]
Cerro           0-5 Defensor Sporting  
  [Gonzalo Vargas 32, 70, Marcelo Tejera 60pen, Danilo Turcios 80,
   Nathaniel Revetria 90pen]
River Plate     3-1 Villa Española  
  [Fernando Cardozo 50, Brian Fuentes 66, Guillermo Almada 69; Marcos Sum 33]
Fénix           4-0 Progreso  
  [Milton Cortés 1, Edison Suárez 34, Fabián Estoyanoff 70, 72]
Danubio         2-1 Racing  
  [Ruben Olivera 11, Diego Perrone 80;  Gonzalo Gutiérrez 46]

Round 8 
[Mar 15]
Defensor Sp.    1-3 Danubio  
  [Gonzalo Vargas 49; Omar Pouso 5, Diego Perrone 38, Fernando Cañarte 43]
[Mar 16]
Peñarol         1-1 River Plate
  [Joseph Akongo 8; Carlos Gutiérrez 89]
[Mar 17]
Villa Española  4-0 Racing  
  [Marcelo Guerrero 33, 55, 68, Alain N'Kong 73]
Maldonado       2-0 Montevideo Wanderers  
  [Ismael Espiga 23, Bruno Piano 25pen]
Central Español 2-1 Progreso  
  [Julio Mozzo 47, Hugo Costela 60; Marcelo Espósito 79]
Tacuarembó      1-3 Nacional  
  [Néstor Silva 71; Flavio Barros 15, Richard Morales 53, 57pen]
Plaza Colonia   2-1 Cerro  
  [Daniel Baldi 52, 88; Hernán Pintos 43]
Bella Vista     0-1 Fénix  
  [Martín Ligüera 46pen]
[Mar 20]
Juventud        5-1 Paysandú BV       [in Montevideo, Canelones pitch still waterlogged] 
  [Carlos Macchi 28, Paulo Medina 54, 72, Álvaro Jiménez 88, Pablo Pereira 90; 
   Leonardo Rodríguez 83]

Round 9 
[Mar 22]
Nacional        3-1 Villa Española
  [Richard Morales 57, Alejandro Lembo 66, Fabián Coelho 88; Alain N'Kong 80]
[Mar 23]
Progreso        2-4 Peñarol
  [Peter Borges 64, Ulises Cabrera 69pen; Daniel Jiménez 1, Pablo Bengoechea 18pen,
   Gabriel Cedrés 52, Fabián Canobbio 83]
Fénix           3-2 Danubio  
  [Germán Hornos 10, 72, Javier Cámpora 14; Fernando Cañarte 21, Diego Perrone 58]
Plaza Colonia   0-1 Defensor Sporting
  [Marcelo Tejera 89pen]
[Mar 24]
Maldonado       1-0 Juventud 
  [Ismael Espiga 37]
Central Español 2-1 Cerro  
  [Rubén Silva 30, Marcelo Durán 54; Hernán Pintos 57]
Paysandú BV     4-2 River Plate  
  [Ricardo Murieda 6, Nelson Ponzo 13pen, Leonardo Rodríguez 69pen, Alcides Bandera 78;
   Deivis Barone 15, Brian Fuentes 28pen]
M. Wanderers    1-2 Bella Vista  
  [Ronald Ramírez 34; Egidio Arévalo Ríos 5, Eduardo Fernández 45]
Tacuarembó      2-0 Racing
  [Gustavo Iturburu 43, Rubén Acosta 82] 

Round 10 
[Mar 29]
Maldonado       2-2 Fénix  
  [Marcelo Segales 3, Martín Broli 6; Ismael Espiga 49, Richard Pérez 59] 
[Mar 30]
Nacional        0-1 Cerro
  [Álvaro Pintos 74] 
M. Wanderers    1-1 Racing  
  [Jorge Martínez 75; Enrique Gonzalo Gutiérrez 23]
[Mar 31]
Central Español 0-3 Peñarol
  [Fabián Canobbio 69, Pablo Bengoechea 72, Serafín García 75]   
Plaza Colonia   2-0 Progreso  
  [Osvaldo Carro 11, Gastón Linares 86] 
Paysandú BV     0-2 Villa Española
  [Diego Meijide 37, Marcelo Guerrero 69]   
Juventud        1-8 Defensor Sporting
  [Marcelo Paredes 48; Marcelo Tejera 15, 41, Diego Pérez 19,
   Eliomar Marcón 26, 64, 70pen, Gonzalo Vargas 50, 69]
Tacuarembó      0-2 Danubio  
  [Marcelo Sosa 13, Jorge Anchén 74] 
Bella Vista     0-2 River Plate 
  [Brian Fuentes 58, 75] 

Round 11 
[Apr 5]
Defensor Sp.    2-0 Fénix
  [Víctor Hugo Salazar 40, Leonardo Rachid 85]
[Apr 6]  
Danubio         0-0 M. Wanderers  
Tacuarembó      1-3 Peñarol  
  [Gustavo Iturburu 1; Fabián Canobbio 56, Pablo Bengoechea 64pen, Gabriel Cedrés 90]
[Apr 7]
Maldonado       4-1 Villa Española
  [Bruno Piano 29pen, Luigi Rodríguez 30, 70, Ismael Espiga 45; Ángel Gutiérrez 7]
River Plate     2-3 Central Español  
  [Alejandro Mello 45, 72; Marcelo Durán 33, 60, Luis Romero 64]
Progreso        2-4 Nacional  
  [Ulises Cabrera 6, Wilson Martirena 13; Gustavo Varela 28, 51, Richard Morales 61, 
   Julio Rodríguez 86]
Juventud        0-2 Plaza Colonia  
  [Diego Lugano 55, Gastón Linares 68]
Paysandú BV     2-1 Racing  
  [Julio Merentiel 35pen, Leonardo Rodríguez 94pen; Martín Alzugaray 6]
Bella Vista     0-1 Cerro
  [César González 80] 

Round 12 
[Apr 12]
Maldonado       2-4 Danubio
  [Germán Laluz 50, Bruno Piano 83pen; Diego Perrone 17, 31, Rubén Olivera 25, 29]
[Apr 13]
Racing          1-3 Central Español
  [Raúl Salazar 6; José Carini 10, 90, Pedro González 67]  
Plaza Colonia   2-0 Peñarol
  [Mario Leguizamón 9, 72]
[Apr 14]
Bella Vista     3-1 Nacional 
  [Marcos Bassini 30, 38, Álvaro González 50; Andrés Scotti 33] 
Paysandú BV     1-0 Progreso
  [Juan Bicca 14]  
Defensor Sp.    3-1 Montevideo Wanderers
  [Danilo Turcios 60, Eliomar Marcón 71, Gonzalo Vargas 74; Jorge Martínez 89pen]  
Juventud        0-1 Villa Española 
  [Alain N'Kong 37] 
Tacuarembó      0-0 Cerro
River Plate     1-5 Fénix  
  [Alejandro Mello 78; Andrée González 7, Martín Ligüera 45, 80, Fabián Estoyanoff 65,
   Germán Hornos 67]

Round 13 
[Apr 20]
Fénix           1-1 Nacional
  [Marcelo Segalés 83; Daniel Fonseca 2]
Paysandú        1-2 Peñarol  
  [Ricardo Murieda 68; Gabriel Cedrés 27, Pablo Bengoechea 72]
Juventud        1-2 Montevideo Wanderers  
  [Pedro Renato 34; Sergio Blanco 51, Jorge Martínez 59]
[Apr 21]
Maldonado       0-2 Bella Vista  
  [Álvaro González 42pen, 90]
Defensor Sp.    2-2 Central Español
  [Gonzalo Vargas 42, Eliomar Marcón 54; José Carini 23, Rubén Silva 46]  
Plaza Colonia   2-0 Racing  
  [Mario Leguizamón 87, Daniel Baldi 90]
Danubio         2-2 Villa Española  
  [Ignacio Risso 71pen, 81; Alain N'Kong 51, Marcelo Guerrero 58]
Progreso        1-1 Cerro  
  [Juan Rottondo 68; José Puente 11]
Tacuarembó      3-1 River Plate
  [Víctor Dutra 27, Amaranto Abascal 28, Néstor Silva 87; Gonzalo Lemes 6]

Round 14 
[Apr 26]
Central Español 2-1 Danubio
  [Luis Romero 36, Marcelo Durán 88; Rubén Olivera 80]
[Apr 27]
M. Wanderers    2-2 Progreso  
  [Sebastián Eguren 72, José Herrera 90; Ulises Cabrera 23, Juan Rottondo 47] 
Peñarol         2-1 Defensor Sporting  
  [Carlos Bueno 34, Pablo Bengoechea 75pen; Miguel Messones 92]
[Apr 28]  
Maldonado       4-0 Racing  
  [Andrés Vilar 77, Ismael Espiga 83, 85, 90]
Nacional        4-3 River Plate  
  [Damián Rodríguez 27, Daniel Fonseca 38, Flavio Barros 46, 65; 
   Alejandro Mello 4, 74, 75] 
Plaza Colonia   0-3 Fénix  
  [Martín Ligüera 75, Milton Cortés 80, 90]
Paysandú        1-0 Tacuarembó   
  [Juan Carlos Reyes 28]
Villa Española  3-2 Bella Vista  
  [Ángel Gutiérrez 16, 58, Marcelo Guerrero 32;  Álvaro González 4, 55]
Juventud        1-1 Cerro  
  [Marcelo De Armas 80;  Fabián López 90]

Round 15 
[May 3]
Defensor Sp.    1-1 Bella Vista  
  [Eliomar Marcón 27, Maximiliano Castro 50]
[May 4]
Juventud        2-5 Peñarol  
  [Pablo Medina 77, Enrique Ferraro 84; Daniel Jiménez 30,
   Fabián Canobbio 40, 65, Martín García 78, Joseph Akongo 92]
[May 5]
Maldonado       4-0 River Plate
  [Germán Laluz 23, Richard Pérez 50, Celestino Tejera 68, Ignacio Borjas 78]
Tacuarembó      1-1 Central Español  
  [Luis Cor 21; José Carini 74]
Nacional        0-1 Racing
  [Rodrigo López 87]  
Plaza Colonia   5-2 Danubio  
  [Mario Leguizamón 9, 83pen, Gastón Linares 23, Juan Pablo Stagno 65, 
   Daniel Baldi 86; Ignacio Risso 62, Rubén Da Silva 72]
Paysandú        0-2 Cerro  
  [Germán Pérez 40, Álvaro Pintos 65]
Fénix           2-4 M. Wanderers
  [Martín Ligüera 10, Germán Hornos 55; Jorge Martínez 60, Gabriel Alcoba 75,
   Jorge Delgado 80, 90]  
Villa Española  4-2 Progreso  
  [Marcos Sum 15, 75, Alain N'Kong 18, Ángel Gutiérrez 63;  
   Juan Rottondo 8pen, Peter Borges 47]

Round 16 
[May 10]
Central Español 3-3 Fénix  
  [Gustavo Badell 63, 77, José Carini 64; Germán Hornos 16,
   Marcelo Segalés 18, Fabián Estoyanoff 68] 
[May 11]
Maldonado       2-2 Peñarol
  [Richard Pérez 37, Ismael Espiga 64; Carlos Bueno 33, 89]
Paysandú        2-1 Bella Vista  
  [Juan Carlos Reyes 10, Alcides Bandera 93; Álvaro González 90]
Cerro           0-1 M.Wanderers  
  [Jorge Delgado 39]
Progreso        1-2 Defensor Sporting  
  [Juan Rottondo 79; Sebastián Taborda 57, Elvis Turcios 85]
Tacuarembó      2-0 Villa Española 
  [Luis Cor 35, Gustavo Iturburu 41pen] 
Juventud        2-2 Racing
  [Enrique Ferraro 10, Pedro Renato 90pen; Nelson Olveira 58, Rodrigo López 75]
[May 12]
Danubio         6-3 Nacional  
  [Ignacio Risso 7, 85, Diego Perrone 17, 70, 87, Bruno Silva 20; 
   Andrés Scotti 24pen, Flavio Barros 33, Fabián Coelho 89]
Plaza Colonia   0-1 River Plate
  [Matías Cresseri 78pen]

Round 17 
[May 17]
Maldonado       0-1 Cerro 
  [Jorge Artigas 72]
[May 19] 
Villa Española  4-1 Central Español
  [Alain N'Kong 22, Marcos Sum 46pen, Diego Meijide 69, Alejandro Umpiérrez 85;
   Luis Romero 19pen]  
Nacional        1-1 Peñarol  
  [Horacio Peralta 72; Carlos Bueno 35]
Plaza Colonia   3-1 Bella Vista
  [Mario Leguizamón 19, 84, Mariano Bogliacino 77; Diego Emanuelle 5]
Paysandú        2-5 Fénix 
  [Juan Carlos Reyes 45pen, Leonardo Rodríguez 72; Milton Cortés 3, 44,
   Diego Díaz 4, Javier Cámpora 23, 79]
Tacuarembó      0-1 M.Wanderers
  [Jorge Delgado 3]
River Plate     1-0 Defensor Sporting
  [Diego Varela 85]  
Juventud        0-3 Danubio
  [Ignacio Risso 1, Diego Perrone 10, 61]
Racing          3-2 Progreso  
  [Rodrigo López 69, 87, Diego Saint Pastourz 79; Juan Rotondo 33,
   Peter Borges 58]

Final Tables:

Group A (Grupo de los Siete)
 1.C Nacional dF              17 10  2  5  40-24 32  Qualified
 2.CA Fénix                   17  9  5  3  40-26 32  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Danubio FC                 17 10  2  5  37-24 32  Qualified
 4.CsyD Villa Española        17  6  4  7  27-29 22  Qualified
 5.CA River Plate             17  6  3  8  29-34 21  Relegation Playoff
 6.CA Bella Vista (M'video)   17  4  4  9  23-30 16  Relegation Playoff
 7.CA Progreso                17  0  5 12  17-41  5  Relegation Playoff

Group B (Grupo de los Seis)
 1.CA Peñarol                 17 10  6  1  41-22 36  Qualified
 2.Defensor Sporting Club     17  9  4  4  32-16 31  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Central Español FC         17  9  4  4  28-30 31  Qualified
 4.Montevideo Wanderers FC    17  7  4  6  24-26 25  Qualified
 5.CA Cerro                   17  4  6  7  20-27 18  Relegation Playoff
 6.Racing Club de Sayago      17  4  4  9  19-33 16  Relegation Playoff

Group C (Grupo del Interior)
 1.CA Plaza (Colonia)         17 10  2  5  25-16 32  Qualified
 2.Club Deportivo Maldonado   17  7  3  7  31-22 24  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Tacuarembó FC              17  5  6  6  18-20 21  Relegation Playoff
 4.Bella Vista (Paysandú)     17  6  1 10  17-29 19  Relegation Playoff
 5.CA Juventud (Las Piedras)  17  3  3 11  19-38 12  Relegation Playoff

Overall Table:

 1.CA Peñarol                 17 10  6  1  41-22 36  Qualified (B-1)
 2.C Nacional dF              17 10  2  5  40-24 32  Qualified (A-1)
 3.CA Fénix                   17  9  5  3  40-26 32  Qualified (A-2)
 4.Danubio FC                 17 10  2  5  37-24 32  Qualified  1st overall
 5.CA Plaza (Colonia)         17 10  2  5  25-16 32  Qualified (C-1)
 6.Defensor Sporting Club     17  9  4  4  32-16 31  Qualified (B-2)
 7.Central Español FC         17  9  4  4  28-30 31  Qualified  2nd overall
 8.Montevideo Wanderers FC    17  7  4  6  24-26 25  Qualified  3rd overall
 9.Club Deportivo Maldonado   17  7  3  7  31-22 24  Qualified (C-2)
10.CSyD Villa Española        17  6  4  7  27-29 22  Qualified  4th overall
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Tacuarembó FC              17  5  6  6  18-20 21  Relegation Playoff
12.CA River Plate             17  6  3  8  29-34 21  Relegation Playoff
13.Bella Vista (Paysandú)     17  6  1 10  17-29 19  Relegation Playoff
14.CA Cerro                   17  4  6  7  20-27 18  Relegation Playoff
15.CA Bella Vista (M'video)   17  4  4  9  23-30 16  Relegation Playoff
16.Racing Club de Sayago      17  4  4  9  19-33 16  Relegation Playoff
17.CA Juventud (Las Piedras)  17  3  3 11  19-38 12  Relegation Playoff
18.CA Progreso                17  0  5 12  17-41  5  Relegation Playoff

NB: Peñarol (winners overall table) qualify for Copa Libertadores 2003 (as Uruguay 2)

Topscorers:
13  Álvaro (Bola) González [Bella Vista]
12  Richard (Chengue) Morales  [Nacional]
    Diego Perrone [Danubio FC]
11  Ismael Espiga [Deportivo Maldonado]
    Alejandro Mello [River Plate]
10  Rodrigo (Yaya) López [Racing Sayago]
    Gonzalo Vargas [Defensor Sporting]
 9  Daniel (Miliki) Jiménez [Peñarol]


Uruguayan Championship 2002

Apertura

Final Table:

 1.C Nacional dF               9  8  1  0  20- 6 25  Apertura Winners
 2.CA Peñarol                  9  7  0  2  25-12 21
 3.CA Fénix                    9  6  0  3  22-11 18
 4.Club Deportivo Maldonado    9  4  2  3  10-17 14
 5.Montevideo Wanderers FC     9  3  3  3   8- 9 12
 6.Defensor Sporting Club      9  4  0  5  15-17 12
 7.Danubio FC                  9  3  2  4  12-14 11
 8.CA Plaza (Colonia)          9  2  2  5  10-13  8
 9.Central Español FC          9  2  1  6  13-21  7
10.CSyD Villa Española         9  0  1  8   8-23  1

Round 1
[Jul 12]
Defensor Sp.    2-1 Danubio
  [Mario Barilko 61, Eliomar Marcón 63; Pablo Lima 51]
[Jul 13]
Dep. Maldonado  3-2 Peñarol
  [Fernando Olivera 33, Ismael Espiga 44, 93; Daniel Jiménez 52, 82]
[Jul 14]
Central Español 1-3 Nacional
  [Luis Romero 70; Pierre Webo 42, 68, Richard Morales 88]
Villa Española  0-1 Wanderers
  [Sebastián Eguren 4]
Plaza Colonia   0-1 Fénix
  [Germán Hornos 66]
 
Round 2
[Jul 20]
Nacional        4-1 Danubio
  [Richard Morales 23, 35, 49, Pierre Webo 72; Rubén Olivera 87pen]
[Jul 21]
Peñarol         3-2 Defensor Sp.
  [Marcelo De Souza 79, Daniel Jiménez 81, 87; Gonzalo Vargas 19,
   Eliomar Marcón 46]
Fénix           4-2 Villa Española
  [Marcelo Segalés 1, Edison Suárez 10, Germán Hornos 40, Martín Ligüera 47;
   Ángel Gutiérrez 81, Marcelo Guerrero 90pen]
Wanderers       2-1 Central Español
  [Ronald Ramírez 23pen, Claudio Dadomo 71; Luis Romero 31]
Plaza Colonia   1-2 Dep. Maldonado
  [Mario Leguizamón 60pen; Richard Pérez 46+, Luigi Rodríguez 58]

Round 3
[Jul 26]
Defensor Sp.    0-1 Wanderers
  [Sergio Blanco 64]
[Jul 27]
Peñarol         2-1 Fénix
  [Daniel Jiménez 90, Carlos Bueno 97; Marcelo Segalés 40]
[Jul 28]
Nacional        2-0 Plaza Colonia
  [Richard Morales 42pen, 90]
Danubio         4-1 Villa Española
  [Diego Perrone 1, Juan Olivera 42, 46, 60; Daniel Hernández 70]
Dep. Maldonado  2-1 Central Español
  [Bruno Piano 70pen, Ismael Espiga 92;  Christian Morán 47]

Round 4 
[Aug 3]
Villa Española  1-1 Nacional
  [Marcelo Cardozo 15; Pierre Webo 61]
Central Español 1-1 Plaza Colonia
  [Marcelo Mansilla 73; Daniel Baldi 75]
[Aug 4]
Wanderers       1-3 Peñarol
  [Claudio Dadomo 78; Pablo Bengoechea 26, 62, Fabián Estoyanoff 69]
Fénix           3-1 Defensor Sp.
  [Juan Curbelo 19, Martín Ligüera 70, Germán Hornos 81; Sebastián Taborda 17]
Danubio         0-0 Dep. Maldonado

Round 5 
[Jul 31]
Nacional        2-0 Fénix
  [Richard Morales 7, 34]
[Aug 9]
Villa Española  0-1 Dep. Maldonado
  [Juan Perdigón 58og]
[Aug 10]
Plaza Colonia   1-3 Peñarol
  [Mariano Bogliacino 62; Fabián Canobbio 20, 48, Daniel Jiménez 82]
[Aug 11]
Wanderers       1-1 Danubio
  [Julio Ramírez 64; Marcelo Sosa 48]
Central Español 4-1 Defensor Sp.
  [Christian Morán 19, Omar Pérez 64pen, 80pen, José Carini 75;
   Danilo Turcios 36]

Round 6
[Aug 17]
Dep. Maldonado  0-7 Fénix
  [Martín Ligüera 8, 22, Javier Cámpora 11, 83, Germán Hornos 18, 35, 85]
[Aug 18]
Peñarol         4-0 Villa Española
  [Daniel Jiménez 2, 56, Fabián Canobbio 57, Pablo Bengoechea 82pen]
Danubio         1-0 Central Español
  [Omar Pouso 55]
Defensor Sp.    1-0 Plaza Colonia
  [Eliomar Marcón 86]
[Aug 21]
Nacional        1-0 Wanderers
  [Julio Rodríguez 13]

Round 7
[Aug 24]
Peñarol         5-1 Central Español
  [Pablo Bengoechea 9pen, Daniel Jiménez 38, 91, Nicolás Rotundo 42,
   Fabián Canobbio 76; Marcelo Durán 56]
Fénix           1-0 Wanderers
  [Martín Ligüera 46]
Plaza Colonia   2-0 Danubio
  [Mariano Bogliaccino 7, Mario Leguizamón 43]
[Aug 25]
Villa Española  1-2 Defensor Sp.
  [Juan Souza 84; Eliomar Marcón 61, Gonzalo Vargas 69]
Nacional        2-1 Dep. Maldonado
  [Cassiano Méndes 32, Richard Morales 90pen; Richard Pérez 9]

Round 8
[Aug 30]
Defensor Sp.    4-1 Dep. Maldonado
  [Mario Barilko 42, 47, Gonzalo Vargas 66, Eliomar Marcón 79;
   Bruno Piano 32pen]
[Aug 31]
Central Español 3-2 Villa Española
  [José Carini 33, Omar Pérez 52, Marcelo Durán 61; Marcos Sum 63pen,
   Marcelo Ferreira 85]
Fénix           1-3 Danubio
  [Martín Ligüera 60pen; Claudio Biaggio 13, 45, Omar Pouso 48]
[Sep 1]
Peñarol         0-2 Nacional
  [Oscar Morales 16, Horacio Peralta 90]
Wanderers       2-2 Plaza Colonia
  [Claudio Dadomo 33pen, Jorge Martínez 68; Osvaldo Carro 46, 
   Mario Leguizamón 90]

Round 9
[sep 6]
Dep. Maldonado  0-0 Wanderers
[Sep 7]
Plaza Colonia   3-1 Villa Española
  [Daniel Baldi 10, Mario Leguizamón 47, Fabián Morán 94; Santiago Varela 89]
Defensor Sp.    2-3 Nacional
  [Carlos Valdés 21og, Pablo Munhoz 78; Cassiano Méndes 7, Julio Rodríguez 11,
   Horacio Peralta 65]
[Sep 8]
Danubio         1-3 Peñarol
  [Ignacio González 33; Pablo Gaglianone 39, Fabián Canobbio 40,
   Marcelo De Souza 71]
Central Español 1-4 Fénix
  [José Carini 61; Javier Cámpora 7, Martín Ligüera 22, 87, Germán Hornos 89]

Final Table:

 1.C Nacional dF               9  8  1  0  20- 6 25  Apertura Winners
 2.CA Peñarol                  9  7  0  2  25-12 21
 3.CA Fénix                    9  6  0  3  22-11 18
 4.Club Deportivo Maldonado    9  4  2  3  10-17 14
 5.Montevideo Wanderers FC     9  3  3  3   8- 9 12
 6.Defensor Sporting Club      9  4  0  5  15-17 12
 7.Danubio FC                  9  3  2  4  12-14 11
 8.CA Plaza (Colonia)          9  2  2  5  10-13  8
 9.Central Español FC          9  2  1  6  13-21  7
10.CSyD Villa Española         9  0  1  8   8-23  1


Clausura

Table:

 1.Danubio FC                  9  6  2  1  16- 8 20  Clausura Winners
 2.CA Peñarol                  9  7  1  1  25-16 19  [-3]
 3.CA Fénix                    9  4  3  2  24-18 15
 4.Defensor Sporting Club      9  4  3  2  16-12 15
 5.C Nacional dF               9  4  2  3  20-16 14
 6.CA Plaza (Colonia)          9  4  2  3  16-12 14
 7.CSyD Villa Española         9  1  4  4  10-21  7
 8.Montevideo Wanderers FC     9  1  3  5   8-12  6
 9.Club Deportivo Maldonado    9  2  0  7   8-21  6
10.Central Español FC          9  1  2  6   9-16  5
 
NB: Peñarol 3 points deducted in Clausura 2002 as sanction for incidents in
    a match against Danubio during the Clausura 2001

Round 1
[Sep 27]
Nacional        2-2 Central Español
  [Horacio Peralta 33, Gustavo Munúa 49; Omar Pérez 17, Marcelo Durán 74]
[Sep 28]
Danubio         1-1 Defensor Sporting
  [Ignacio González 89; Gonzalo Vargas 66]
[Sep 29]
Peñarol         2-1 Maldonado
  [Gabriel Cedrés 36, Pablo Bengoechea 70; Claudio Elías 61]
Wanderers       1-1 Villa Española
  [Julio De Souza 19; Mathías Riquero 38pen]
Fénix           1-0 Plaza Colonia
  [Germán Hornos 50]

Round 2 
[Oct 5]
Maldonado       0-2 Plaza Colonia
  [Diego Lugano 16, Daniel Baldi 64]
Defensor Sp.    2-3 Peñarol    
  [Gonzalo Vargas 75, 76; Fabián Canobbio 52, Daniel Jiménez 71pen,
   Carlos Bueno 77]
[Oct 6]
Villa Española  3-3 Fénix
  [Ángel Gutiérrez 64, Daniel Hernández 73, 89; Germán Hornos 16, 
   Diego Díaz 19, Martín Ligüera 38]
Danubio         3-1 Nacional
  [Diego Perrone 15, Marcelo Sosa 35, Rubén Da Silva 90; Cassiano Méndes 26]
Central Español abd Wanderers         [abandoned at 0-1 in 66' due to rain]
  [Sergio Blanco 50]
[Oct 8]
Central Español 0-1 Wanderers         [remaining 24']

Round 3
[Oct 11]
Villa Española  0-2 Danubio
  [Marcelo Sosa 68, Omar Pouso 90]
[Oct 12]
Plaza Colonia   1-2 Nacional
  [Andrés Scotti 51og; Cassiano Méndes 39, Richard Morales 86pen]
[Oct 13]
Central Español 0-1 Maldonado
  [Bruno Piano 15pen]
Wanderers       1-2 Defensor Sporting
  [Julio De Souza 65; Eliomar 15, Marcelo Tejera 72]
Fénix           2-3 Peñarol    
  [Marcelo Segales 63, Mario Carballo 70; Fabián Canobbio 18,
   Emerson Bizera 31, Gabriel Cedrés 50]

Round 4
[Oct 19]
Nacional        5-0 Villa Española 
  [Pierre Webo 15, 21, 51, 86, Cassiano Méndes 28]
Maldonado       1-3 Danubio
  [Ismael Espiga 15; Ignacio González 25, Claudio Elías 43og,
   Juan Manuel Olivera 63]
Defensor Sp.    2-3 Fénix
  [Eliomar Marcón 45, Marcelo Tejera 71; Germán Hornos 3, 54, 74]
[Oct 20]
Plaza Colonia   2-1 Central Español 
  [Mario Leguizamón 26, Oscar Torlacoff 86pen; Diego Lugano 62og]
Peñarol         2-2 Wanderers
  [Luiz Nunes 8, Pablo Bengoechea 21; Claudio Dadomo 68, Ronald Ramírez 90]

Round 5
[Oct 25]
Defensor Sp.    2-0 Central Español 
  [Gonzalo Vargas 47, Eliomar Marcón 49]
[Oct 26]
Peñarol         3-4 Plaza Colonia
  [Carlos Bueno 25, Fabián Estoyanoff 77, Marcelo De Souza 85; 
   Daniel Baldi 6, 79, Mario Leguizamón 48, Osvaldo Carro 87]
Maldonado       2-3 Villa Española 
  [Luigi Rodríguez 13, Ismael Espiga 83; Daniel Hernández 50, 90.
   Michel Tatap 62]
[Oct 27]
Danubio         1-0 Wanderers
  [Claudio Biaggio 54]
Fénix           3-3 Nacional
  [Germán Hornos 14, 60, Marcelo Segales 25; Richard Morales 29,
   Pierre Webo 34, 56]

Round 6 
[Nov 1]
Fénix           5-0 Maldonado
  [Germán Hornos 10, 49, 79, Javier Cámpora 36, Milton Cortés 82]
[Nov 2]
Wanderers       0-1 Nacional
  [Horacio Peralta 44]
Central Español 0-2 Danubio
  [Marcelo Sosa 18, Juan Manuel Olivera 23]
[Nov 3]
Villa Española  1-3 Peñarol  
  [Robert Cañete 12; Fabián Canobbio 35, Fabián Estoyanoff 61, 64]
Plaza Colonia   2-2 Defensor Sporting
  [Eduardo Espinel 43, Oscar Torlacoff 71; Germán Domínguez 34og,
   Mario Barilko 45]

Round 7 
[Sep 22]
Peñarol         2-1 Central Español 
  [Carlos Bueno 5, Joe Bizera 29; Luis Jonne 33]
[Nov 9]
Danubio         1-0 Plaza Colonia
  [Marcelo Sosa 45+3pen]
Maldonado       1-4 Nacional
  [Luigi Rodríguez 37; Pierre Webo 7, 34, 59, Cassiano Méndes 44]
[Nov 10]
Wanderers       1-2 Fénix
  [Sergio Blanco 9; Germán Hornos 28pen, Martín Ligüera 67]
Defensor Sp.    1-1 Villa Española  
  [Gonzalo Vargas 82; Daniel Hernández 80]

Round 8
[Nov 23]
Central Español 1-1 Villa Española  
  [Marcelo Mansilla 66; Juan Perdigón 26]
[Nov 24]
Maldonado       1-2 Defensor Sporting
  [Bruno Piano 83pen; Gonzalo Vargas 62, Sebastián Taborda 85]
Plaza Colonia   2-2 Wanderers
  [Oscar Torlacoff 60, Diego Lugano 69; Claudio Dadomo 23, Sergio Blanco 78]
Danubio         2-2 Fénix
  [Claudio Biaggio 14, 55; Martín Ligüera 10, 53]
Nacional        2-4 Peñarol     
  [Horacio Peralta 24pen, 78pen; Pablo Bengoechea 7, 52, 
   Fabián Estoyanoff 25, Daniel Jiménez 65]

Round 9 
[Nov 30]
Nacional        0-2 Defensor Sporting
  [Gonzalo Vargas 9, Mario Barilko 89]
[Dec 1]
Wanderers       0-1 Maldonado
  [Celestino Tejera 81]
Villa Española  0-3 Plaza Colonia
  [Mariano Bogliaccino 16, 86, Fabián Morán 88]
Peñarol         3-1 Danubio
  [Fabián Estoyanoff 22, Darwin Quintana 52og, Pablo Bengoechea 82pen;
   Juan Manuel Olivera 80]
Fénix           3-4 Central Español
  [Juan Curbelo 52, Germán Hornos 62, 92; Julio Mozzo 14,
   Marcelo Mansilla 47, José Améndola 83, José Carini 90]

Table:

 1.Danubio FC                  9  6  2  1  16- 8 20  Clausura Winners
 2.CA Peñarol                  9  7  1  1  25-16 19  [-3]
 3.CA Fénix                    9  4  3  2  24-18 15
 4.Defensor Sporting Club      9  4  3  2  16-12 15
 5.C Nacional dF               9  4  2  3  20-16 14
 6.CA Plaza (Colonia)          9  4  2  3  16-12 14
 7.CSyD Villa Española         9  1  4  4  10-21  7
 8.Montevideo Wanderers FC     9  1  3  5   8-12  6
 9.Club Deportivo Maldonado    9  2  0  7   8-21  6
10.Central Español FC          9  1  2  6   9-16  5
 
NB: Peñarol 3 points deducted in Clausura 2002 as sanction for incidents in
    a match against Danubio during the Clausura 2001


Championship Playoff

First Leg [Dec 4, Jardines del Hipódromo; att: 10,000]
Danubio         1-2 Nacional  
  [Claudio Biaggio 48; Marco Vanzini 51, Horacio Peralta 90]
  [Danubio: Ignacio Bordad; Jadson Viera, Máximo Lucas, Walt Báez; Jorge 
            Anchén [Diego Rariz 88], Marcelo Sosa, Omar Pouso, Rubén Da Silva
            [Ignacio González 61], Pablo Lima; Diego Perrone, Claudio Biaggio 
            [Juan Manuel Olivera 79]. DT: Jorge Fossati. Bench: Joaquín 
            Hernández [GK], Darwin Quintana, Cristian Callejas, Bruno Silva.
   Nacional: Gustavo Munúa; Martín Del Campo, Andrés Scotti, Alejandro Lembo,
             Daniel Leites; Gustavo Méndez, Marco Vanzini [Carlos Camejo 88],
             Oscar Morales, Cassiano Méndes [Julio Rodríguez 60]; Pierre Webo
             [Horacio Peralta 68], Richard Morales. DT: Daniel Carreño. Bench: 
             Leonardo Romay [GK], Fernando Machado, Fabián Coelho, Alvaro
             Méndez.
   Yellow Cards: Gustavo Méndez 1, Claudio Biaggio 18, Daniel Leites 26, Omar
                 Pouso 42, Máximo Lucas 55, Gustavo Munúa 65, Pablo Lima 69.
   Referees: Martín Vázquez: Fernando Cresci, Álvaro Sacarello.]

Second Leg [Dec 8, Estadio Centenario; att: 60,000]
Nacional        2-1 Danubio   
  [Andrés Scotti 16, Richard Morales 88; Diego Perrone 63]
  [Nacional: Gustavo Munúa; Martín Del Campo, Andrés Scotti, Alejandro Lembo,
             Daniel Leites [Carlos Camejo 64]; Gustavo Méndez, Marco Vanzini, 
             Oscar Morales, Cassiano Méndes [Julio Rodríguez 73]; Pierre Webo 
             [Horacio Peralta 59], Richard Morales. DT: Daniel Carreño. Bench:
             Leonardo Romay [GK], Alejandro Curbelo, Fernando Machado, Fabián 
             Coelho.
   Danubio: Ignacio Bordad; Jadson Viera, Máximo Lucas, Walt Báez; Jorge Anchén,
            Pablo Lima [Fernando Cañarte 67], Marcelo Sosa, Omar Pouso, Ignacio
            González [Rubén Da Silva 46]; Diego Perrone, Claudio Biaggio [Juan
            Manuel Olivera 6]. DT: Jorge Fossati. Bench: Joaquín Hernández [GK],
            Bruno Silva, Darwin Quintana, Diego Raríz.
   Red Card: Máximo Lucas, 90.
   Referees: Gustavo Méndez; Marcelo Gadea, Mauricio Espinosa.]

Nacional champions of Uruguay 2002.



Overall Table:

 1.CA Peñarol                 35 24  7  4  91-50 76  [-3]  Copa Libertadores
 2.C Nacional dF              35 22  5  8  80-46 71  Apertura Champions
 3.CA Fénix                   35 20  7  8  86-55 65  Pre-Liguilla
 4.Danubio FC                 35 18  7 10  65-46 63  Clausura Champions
 5.Defensor Sporting Club     35 17  7 11  63-45 58  Pre-Liguilla
 6.CA Plaza (Colonia)         35 16  6 13  51-41 54  Pre-Liguilla
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7.Club Deportivo Maldonado   35 13  5 17  49-60 44  
 8.Montevideo Wanderers FC    35 11 10 14  40-47 43
 9.Central Español FC         35 12  7 16  50-67 43
10.CSyD Villa Española        35  7  9 19  45-73 30

NB: Peñarol 3 points deducted in Clausura 2002 as sanction for incidents in
    a match against Danubio during the Clausura 2001


Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Round 1 [Dec 12]
Fénix           5-2 Danubio
  [Martín Ligüera 29, Diego Díaz 46, Javier Cámpora 57, Germán Hornos 68,
   Adrián Malvárez 75; Diego Perrone 15, 70]
Defensor Sp.    0-0 Plaza Colonia

Round 2 [Dec 15]
Plaza Colonia   0-2 Fénix
  [Germán Hornos 62, 91]
Danubio         1-2 Defensor Sporting
  [Diego Perrone 26; Gonzalo Vargas 36, Eliomar Marcón 78]

Round 3 [Dec 19]
Fénix           3-1 Defensor Sporting
  [Juan Curbelo 63, Martín Ligüera 86pen, 92; Sebastián Taborda 27]
Danubio         2-1 Plaza Colonia
  [Juan Manuel Olivera 15, Miguel Lapolla 66;  Eduardo Espinell 90]

Final Table:

 1.CA Fénix                    3  3  0  0  10- 3  9  Qualified
 2.Defensor Sporting Club      3  1  1  1   3- 4  4
 3.Danubio                     3  1  0  2   5- 8  3
 4.CA Plaza (Colonia)          3  0  1  2   1- 4  1

NB: Fénix qualify for Copa Libertadores 2003 along Peñarol and Nacional.


Torneo Permanencia 2002

Final Tables:

Montevideo Group 
 1.CA River Plate             31 12  6 13  47-50 42
 2.CA Cerro                   31 10 11 10  43-40 41
 3.CA Bella Vista (M'video)   31 10  8 13  41-46 38  
---------------------------------------------------   
 4.Racing Club de Sayago      31  7 11 13  38-50 32  Relegated  
 5.CA Progreso                31  7  8 16  34-58 29  Relegated

Interior Group 
 1.Tacuarembó FC              31 11  9 11  33-36 42
 2.CA Juventud (Las Piedras)  31  7  8 16  37-58 29
--------------------------------------------------- 
 3.Bella Vista (Paysandú)     31  8  3 20  28-53 27  Relegated

NB: in case the best 'interior' team in the Segunda División would have
    finished 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th, Bella Vista (Paysandú) would have been
    entitles to a play-off against them, but meanwhile it is mathematically
    certain that the best 'interior' team will finish 5th or better.

Round 1
[Jul 13]
Paysandú BV     0-1 Bella Vista
  [Diego Emanuelle 84]
[Jul 14]
Tacuarembó      2-0 Cerro
  [Víctor Píriz 9, Luis Cor 12]
River Plate     0-1 Racing
  [Raúl Salazar 6]
Juventud LP     0-1 Progreso
  [Juan Rottondo 68]

Round 2
[Jul 19]
Cerro           3-0 Paysandú BV
  [Jorge Artigas 45, Álvaro Pintos 59, César González 80]
[Jul 20]
Tacuarembó      2-0 Progreso
  [Víctor Píriz 9, 35]
[Jul 21]
Juventud LP     0-1 River Plate
  [Alejandro Mello 65]
Racing          2-2 Bella Vista
  [Raúl Salazar 26, Juan Ortiz 90; Diego Emanuelle 12, 71pen]

Round 3
[Jul 27]
Juventud LP     1-0 Tacuarembó
  [Enrique Ferraro 40]
[Jul 28]
Progreso        1-0 Cerro
  [Wilson Martirena 72]
Paysandú BV     1-1 Racing
  [Diego Ruiz Díaz 61; Matías Favano 16]
Bella Vista     1-3 River Plate
  [Damián Macaluso 21;  Carlos Aguiar 5, Oscar Ledesma 56, Gonzalo Lemes 95]

Round 4 [Aug 4]
Racing          0-1 Tacuarembó
  [Sergio Bica 79]
Progreso        1-3 Bella Vista
  [Juan Rottondo 11; Henry López Báez 29, Gustavo Díaz 74pen, Peter Vera 89]
Cerro           4-2 Juventud LP
  [Álvaro Pintos 15, Marcelo Refresquini 27, Jorge Artigas 78pen, 84;
   Nathaniel Revetria 43, Darío Larrosa 64]
River Plate     1-0 Paysandú BV
  [Alejandro Mello 93]

Round 5
[Aug 10]
Juventud LP     4-2 Racing
  [Juan Carlos Parra 22, Enrique Ferraro 45, Pedro Renato 79,
   Paulo Medina 90; Juan Pablo Rodríguez 9, Raúl Salazar 35]
[Aug 11]
Tacuarembó      1-3 River Plate
  [Sergio Bicca 60; Alejandro Mello 29, Carlos Aguiar 50, Oscar Ledesma 78]
Bella Vista     2-0 Cerro
  [Marcos Bassini 6, Egidio Arévalo Ríos 83]
Paysandú BV     3-0 Progreso
  [Nicolás Di Santo 72, Alcides Bandera 81pen, Julio Merentiel 88]

Round 6
[Aug 17]
Cerro           1-1 Racing
  [Jorge Artigas 40; Juan Pablo Rodríguez 85]
[Aug 18]
Paysandú BV     1-2 Tacuarembó
  [Ricardo Murieda 55; Luis Cor 65pen, Ricardo Dutra 69]
Bella Vista     1-2 Juventud LP
  [Andrés Martínez 23; Enrique Ferraro 37, Paulo Medina 90]
River Plate     1-1 Progreso
  [Alejandro Mello 47; Guillermo Castillo 16]

Round 7 [Aug 25]
Juventud LP     1-1 Paysandú BV
  [Paulo Medina 80; Ricardo Bandera 85pen]
Racing          1-1 Progreso
  [Juan Pablo Rodríguez 35; Peter Borges 39]
Tacuarembó      1-1 Bella Vista
  [Sebastián García 84; Diego Emanuelle 65]
Cerro           3-0 River Plate
  [Marcelo Refresquini 16, Álvaro Pintos 25, 33]

Round 8 
[Sep 14]
Cerro           3-1 Tacuarembó
  [Álvaro Pintos 10, 47, 55; Luis Cor 80pen]
[Sep 15]
Racing          3-0 River Plate
  [Héctor Rodríguez 16, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 26, 88]
Bella Vista     1-0 Paysandú BV
  [Luisao 22]
Progreso        1-0 Juventud LP  
  [Rodolfo López 55]

Round 9
[Sep 21]
River Plate     1-1 Juventud LP
  [Richard Porta 89; Darío Larrosa 34]
[Sep 22]
Progreso        3-0 Tacuarembó
  [Rodolfo López 5, Ulises Cabrera 12pen, 91]
Paysandú BV     0-3 Cerro
  [Marcelo Refresquini 3, Álvaro Pintos 57, Jorge Artigas 81]
Bella Vista     0-0 Racing

Round 10
[Sep 28]
Tacuarembó      1-1 Juventud LP
  [Luis Cor 21pen; Mario Piñeiro 78]
[Sep 29]
Progreso        1-1 Cerro
  [Ulises Cabrera 9; Jorge Artigas 52]
Racing          3-0 Paysandú BV
  [Marcelo Ramos 20, Juan Pablo Rodríguez 64, Juan Ortiz 69]
River Plate     1-2 Bella Vista
  [Gonzalo Lemes 45+3; Gustavo Díaz 26pen, Andrés Martínez 67]

Round 11 [Oct 6]
Tacaurembó      2-1 Racing
  [Sebastián García 6, Luis Cor 90pen; Marcelo Paredes 57]
Bella Vista     1-3 Progreso
  [Diego Emanuelle 24pen; Rodolfo López 38, Juan Rottondo 42,
   Pablo Berrutti 80og]
Paysandú BV     1-3 River Plate
  [Leonardo Rodríguez 47+; Giancarlo Maldonado 44, Alejandro Mello 57,
   Carlos Diogo 79]
Juventud LP     1-1 Cerro
  [Nathaniel Revetria 9; Álvaro Pintos 45]

Round 12 [Oct 13]
Racing          2-2 Juventud LP
  [Juan Pablo Rodríguez 19, Héctor Rodríguez 25; Juan Carlos Parra 5, 
   Nathaniel Revetria 35]
Cerro           1-1 Bella Vista
  [Damián Macaluso 35og; Henry López Báez 46]
River Plate     0-0 Tacuarembó
Progreso        2-0 Paysandú BV
  [Ulises Cabrera 70, Rodolfo López 81]

Round 13 [Oct 20]
Racing          1-1 Cerro
  [Enrique Gutiérrez 30; Jorge Artigas 90]
Juventud LP     2-1 Bella Vista
  [Nathaniel Revetria 21, Elbio Tolosa 58; Egidio Arévalo Ríos 45]
Progreso        0-4 River Plate
  [Alejandro Mello 43, Giancarlo Maldonado 72, Carlos Diogo 77,
   Oscar Ledesma 88]
Tacuarembó      2-1 Paysandú BV
  [Sebastián García 10, Rubén Acosta 85; Nicolás Di Santo 2]

Round 14 [Oct 27]
Progreso        2-1 Racing
  [Irineo Alvariza 23, Diego Pintos 88; Enrique Gutiérrez 5]
Bella Vista     1-0 Tacuarembó
  [Henry López Báez 72]
River Plate     0-2 Cerro
  [Jorge Artigas 28pen, Álvaro Becerra 79]
Paysandú BV     3-1 Juventud LP
  [Ricardo Murieda 39, Paolo Patritti 58, 68; Nathaniel Revetria 82]

Final Tables:

Montevideo Group 
 1.CA River Plate             31 12  6 13  47-50 42
 2.CA Cerro                   31 10 11 10  43-40 41
 3.CA Bella Vista (M'video)   31 10  8 13  41-46 38  
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 4.Racing Club de Sayago      31  7 11 13  38-50 32  Relegated  
 5.CA Progreso                31  7  8 16  34-58 29  Relegated

Interior Group 
 1.Tacuarembó FC              31 11  9 11  33-36 42
 2.CA Juventud (Las Piedras)  31  7  8 16  37-58 29
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 3.Bella Vista (Paysandú)     31  8  3 20  28-53 27  Relegated

NB: in case the best 'interior' team in the Segunda División would have
    finished 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th, Bella Vista (Paysandú) would have been
    entitles to a play-off against them, but meanwhile it is mathematically
    certain that the best 'interior' team will finish 5th or better.


Topscorers (Clasificatorio/Apertura+Clausura or Permanencia):

25 ( 5/20) Germán Hornos (Fénix)        
23 (12/11) Richard Morales (Nacional)
21 ( 9/12) Daniel Jiménez (ARG; Peñarol)
19 ( 7/12) Martín Ligüera (Fénix)
19 (10/ 9) Gonzalo Vargas (Defensor)
17 (11/ 6) Alejandro Mello (River Plate)
16 ( 7/ 9) Fabián Canobbio (Peñarol)    
16 (11/ 5) Ismael Espiga (Maldonado)
16 ( 7/ 9) Eliomar Marcón (BRA; Defensor)    
16 ( 6/10) Álvaro Pintos (Cerro)
15 ( 6/ 9) Pablo Bengoechea (Peñarol)
14 ( 8/ 6) Mario Leguizamón (Plaza)
14 (12/ 3) Diego Perrone (Danubio)
13 (13/ -) Álvaro González (Bella Vista; moved to Pumas UNAM (MEX) during season)
13 ( -/13) Pierre Webo (CAM; Nacional)

2001

2002 (2nd level)

2002 (3rd level)

2002 (OFI)

2003

list of champions

list of final tables

all-time table

all-time table liguilla

list of relegated teams

list of liguilla champions

list of 2nd division champions

list of 3rd division champions

list of ofi (interior) champions

overview of regional championships

list of winners of provincial selections championship

list of topscorers

list of foundation dates


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Francisco Fernández for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Francisco Fernández (ffernandez@espectador.com.uy)
Last updated: 20 Feb 2003

(C) Copyright Francisco Fernández and RSSSF 2002/03
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.