2008–09 in Uruguayan football

none Uruguay 2008–09 2007–08 2009–10 Primera División Primera División Uruguaya 2008–09 Champion: Nacional (42nd title) Top scorer: Joaquín Boghossian (16 goals) International qualifiers: Copa Libertadores: Group Stage: Nacional and Cerro Preliminary Round: Racing Copa Sudamericana: First Stage: River Plate and Liverpool Widest winning margin: Tacuarembó 0-5 Cerro (February 28, 2009) Highest scoring: Bella Vista 5−2 Cerro Largo (November 9, 2008) Most wins: Defensor Sporting and Nacional (21) Fewest wins: Rampla Juniors and Villa Española (3) Most draws: Liverpool and Racing (12) Fewest draws: Villa Española (3) Most losses: Juventud (21) Fewest losses: Racing (6) Most goals scored: Nacional (68) Fewest goals scored: Villa Española (11) Most goals conceded: Rampla Juniors and Juventud (60) Fewest goals conceded: Villa Española (26) Best goal difference: Cerro (+31) Worst goal difference: Juventud (-36) Relegated: Villa Española, Bella Vista, Juventud International tournaments Team \ Competition Copa Sudamericana 2008 Copa Libertadores 2009 River Plate Preliminary round eliminated by CHI Universidad Católica N/A Defensor Sporting Round of 16 eliminated by ARG River Plate Quarterfinals eliminated by ARG Estudiantes de La Plata Nacional N/A Semifinals eliminated by ARG Estudiantes de La Plata Peñarol N/A Preliminary round eliminated by COL Independiente Medellín Second Division Teams These are the teams that currently participate in Uruguayan Second Division: Atenas Basañez (withdraw) Boston River Cerrito Deportivo Maldonado Durazno FC El Tanque Sisley Fénix Huracán Buceo Miramar Misiones La Luz Tacurú FC (withdraw) Plaza Colonia Progreso Rentistas Rocha FC IASA Final positions Teams promoted to 2009/2010 First Division Fénix (Apertura champion) Cerrito (Clausura champion) Atenas (won promotion playoff against Durazno) Uruguay national teams This section will cover Uruguay's games from August 1, 2008 until June 30, 2009.Uruguay's National Team in FIFA.com Uruguay Friendly matches 20 August 2008 19:10 (JST) JPN 1 – 3 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic URU Eguren 55 o.g. Eguren 48I. González 83Abreu 90 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan 50,000 Marcin Borski (Poland) W 19 November 2009 21:00 (UTC+1) FRA 0 – 0 Report URU Cáceres 40Á. Pereira 57Sánchez 90 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 80,000 Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland) D 11 February 2009 16:30 (UTC+2) LBY 1977 2 – 3 Report URU Esnany 31al Fazzani 57 Eguren 13Martínez 70Á. Pereira 74 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya 50,000 Muhammad al Jilali (Libya) W 2010 World Cup qualifiers 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 6 September 2008 18:20 (UTC-5) Round 7 COL 0 – 1 Report URU Eguren 15Fucile 27Castillo 75Rodríguez 90+2 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia 35,024 Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil) W 10 September 2008 17:40 (UTC-3) Round 8 URU 0 – 0 Report ECU Eguren 7 Méndez 6Valencia 68Mina 74Cevallos 82 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay 45,000 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) D 11 October 2008 17:10 (UTC-3) Round 9 ARG 2 – 1 Report URU Messi 5, 83Agüero 12Riquelme 48Tevez 53Heinze 60Mascherano 64 Eguren 27Godín 32Lugano 39Suárez 50Bueno 77Pérez 85 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina 42,421 Carlos Torres (Paraguay) L 14 October 2008 16:00 (UTC-4) Round 10 BOL 2 – 2 Report URU Moreno 15 41Vargas 66 Scotti 8Silva 23Bueno 64Arismendi 73Abreu 88 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia 21,075 Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) D 28 March 2009 17:00 (UTC-3) Round 11 URU 2 – 0 Report PAR Forlán 28Lugano 57Á. Pereira 84 Estigarribia 16Cáceres 65Barreto 67 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay 45,000 Carlos Simon (Brazil) W 1 April 2009 19:10 (UTC-4) Round 12 CHI 0 – 0 Report URU Isla 2 22 33 Pérez 17Lugano 39Eguren 42Forlán 65Cáceres 80Rodríguez 85 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 55,000 Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) D 6 June 2009 16:00 (UTC-3) Round 13 URU 0 – 4 Report BRA Valdez 58M. Pereira 0 86Eguren 90+2 Alves 12Luís Fabiano 2 21 65, 52Juan 36Kaká 75 pen. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay 52,000 Saul Laverni (Argentina) L 10 June 2009 20:30 (UTC-4:30) Round 14 VEN 2 – 2 Report URU Maldonado 9Rey 74Peña 82 Suárez 60Cáceres 70Forlán 72, 90+2Lugano 72Cavani 73Pérez 90+1 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 37,000 Salvio Fagundes (Brazil) D Uruguay U-20 World Cup qualifiers The Uruguay under-20 squad is in Group B of the qualification process for the Final Group of 2009 South American Youth Championship. First Group stage 20 January 2009 18:00 (UTC-4:30) 20 BOL 0 – 2 Report 20 URU Sánchez 80Verduguez 82 Lodeiro 53 90D. Rodríguez 59Gunino 75Charquero 84 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 7,000 Juan Ernesto Soto (Venezuela) 22 January 2009 18:00 (UTC-4:30) 20 URU 3 – 2 Report 20 CHI Viudez 1Peña 41García 70Cabrera 80Lodeiro 80 Aránguiz 5Sagredo 9 pen.Labrin 30 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 3,000 Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) 24 January 2009 18:00 (UTC-4:30) 20 PAR 2 – 4 Report 20 URU Ramírez 21J. Cabrera 24Pérez 53Burgos 70Santander 90+2 L. Cabrera 52García 54Calzada 63Lodeiro 77Urretavizcaya 79 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 5,000 Saul Laverni (Argentina) 28 January 2009 20:00 (UTC-4:30) 20 URU 3 – 2 Report 20 BRA Cordoba 22Hernández 69 85Coates 78Aguirregaray 80Charquero 90 Douglas Costa 33Alan Kardec 64, 76Maylson 81 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 9,000 Carlos Vera (Ecuador) Final group 31 January 2009 18:15 (UTC-4:30) 20 URU 2 – 3 Report 20 BRA Cabrera 37Silva 40Herrera 44Pereyra 88Hernández 90+5 Dentinho 1Walter 20 31Douglas Costa 78 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 8,000 Enrique Osses (Chile) 2 February 2009 18:15 (UTC-4:30) 20 URU 2 – 1 Report 20 COL Aguirregaray 25, 58Peña 28Urretavizcaya 57Charquero 78 Pertuz 9Cárdenas 59Cuesta 87 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela 3,000 Salvio Fagundes (Brazil) 4 February 2009 18:15 (UTC-4:30) 20 ARG 1 – 2 Report 20 URU Gaitán 2 34 54Salvio 85 Aguirregaray 36Urretavizcaya 71Hernández 77 80 Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela 5,000 Carlos Vera (Ecuador) 6 February 2009 18:15 (UTC-4:30) 20 URU 2 – 2 Report 20 PAR Urretavizcaya 13Pereyra 66Coates 72García 74Silva 90+2 Paniagua 15 33Huth 30Ramírez 0 90 Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela 5,000 Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia) 8 February 2009 18:15 (UTC-4:30) 20 VEN 3 – 1 Report 20 URU Velasquez 14, 59Lezama 31Peña 54 o.g.Acosta 69 Peña 34García 45Aguirregaray 76 Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela 15,000 Salvio Fagundes (Brazil) Uruguay U-17 World Cup qualifiers The Uruguay under-17 squad is in Group B of the qualification process for the Final Group of 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship. First Group stage 18 April 2009 22:00 (UTC-4) 17 CHI 1 – 3 Report 17 URU Aravena 38Andia 49Navarrete 60González 83 pen. Arias 25Barreto 35 pen. 55Pereyra 52Gallegos 79Ichazo 84Sellares 85 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 10,000 Francisco Peñuela (Colombia) 24 April 2009 22:00 (UTC-4) 17 VEN 0 – 1 Report 17 URU Maharaj 32Clavijo 85 Laureiro 23Pereyra 30 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 1,000 Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) 27 April 2009 19:00 (UTC-4) 17 URU 0 – 2 Report 17 ARG Rodríguez 43Arias 64Avilés 78 Araujo 11Pereyra 14Marín 14González Pires 43Sosa 2 70 72Villalba 90+1 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 1,000 Francisco Peñuela (Colombia) 27 April 2009 19:00 (UTC-4) 17 URU 1 – 1 Report 17 ECU De los Santos 2Pereyra 24 De la Cruz 23 pen.Valencia 43Fuertes 45+2 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 1,000 Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) Final group 3 May 2009 19:00 (UTC-4) 17 BOL 1 – 1 Report 17 URU Alvarez 15Toco 23Justiniano 90+1 Polenta 32Barreto 78Prieto 83 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 2,000 Giovanni Perluzzo (Venezuela) 6 May 2009 19:00 (UTC-4) 17 COL 0 – 2 Report 17 URU Cardona 33 Gallegos 26Arias 68 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 1,000 Carlos Galeano (Paraguay) 9 May 2009 19:00 (UTC-4) 17 ECU 1 – 3 Report 17 URU Fuertes 20Quiñonez 26Pineida 34Villaprado 2 41 90+1Caicedo 79Villacís 86 Barreto 35 pen.Luna 53 58 Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, Chile 2,000 Diego Abal (Argentina) References 30em External links AUF FIFA.com Diario El Pais https://web.archive.org/web/20080907215040/http://www.elpais.com.uy/Especiales/digital/Uruguayo/ 2008-09-07 Tenfiel Digital.com Uruguayan Players in the World