2006–07 Uruguayan Primera División

The 2006–07 Uruguayan Primera División season was the 104th season of the top division of football in Uruguay.

Liga Profesional de Primera División

Season	2006–07
Champions	Danubio (3rd title)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Danubio won both the Apertura and Clausura championships.

Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Danubio	15	11	1	3	36	17	19	34	Championship playoff
2	Peñarol	15	10	2	3	30	18	12	32
3	Defensor Sporting	15	9	4	2	28	13	15	31
4	Bella Vista	15	10	1	4	25	15	10	31
5	Nacional	15	8	3	4	28	22	6	27
6	Montevideo Wanderers	15	8	3	4	22	18	4	27
7	Liverpool	15	6	4	5	24	20	4	22
8	Central Español	15	7	1	7	21	25	−4	22
9	Tacuarembó	15	4	4	7	15	18	−3	16
10	Rocha	15	4	3	8	15	21	−6	15
11	River Plate	15	4	3	8	15	25	−10	15
12	Miramar Misiones	15	3	5	7	17	26	−9	14
13	Cerrito	15	4	4	7	16	21	−5	13
14	Progreso	15	3	4	8	16	31	−15	13
15	Rampla Juniors	15	3	3	9	15	23	−8	12
16	Rentistas	15	1	5	9	13	23	−10	8

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Danubio	15	10	2	3	26	10	16	32	Clausura tiebreaker
2	Peñarol	15	9	5	1	34	20	14	32
3	Defensor Sporting	15	8	4	3	29	19	10	28
4	Montevideo Wanderers	15	8	2	5	31	21	10	26
5	River Plate	15	5	6	4	26	22	4	21
6	Tacuarembó	15	4	8	3	25	21	4	20
7	Bella Vista	15	6	2	7	23	23	0	20
8	Liverpool	15	6	2	7	23	24	−1	20
9	Miramar Misiones	15	6	2	7	19	20	−1	20
10	Rampla Juniors	15	5	5	5	20	24	−4	20
11	Progreso	15	4	6	5	22	21	1	18
12	Nacional	15	5	3	7	14	22	−8	18
13	Rentistas	15	4	4	7	20	28	−8	16
14	Rocha	15	5	1	9	9	23	−14	16
15	Central Español	15	3	3	9	10	23	−13	12
16	Cerrito	15	2	5	8	17	27	−10	11

Source: RSSSF

Clausura tiebreaker

Since Danubio and Peñarol ended up tied in points for first place, an additional match was played by both teams to decide the Torneo Clausura winners.

17 May 2007

Danubio	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Peñarol
Ricard 81'	Report	Arévalo Ríos 65'
Penalties
I. González Lima Jadson Gargano Mena Conde	4–3	Silvio Mendes Mozzo D. Rodríguez S. García Franco S. Pérez

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda

Danubio qualified to championship playoff as Clausura winners.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Danubio	30	21	3	6	62	27	35	66	Qualify to Liguilla
2	Peñarol	30	19	7	4	64	38	26	64
3	Defensor Sporting	30	17	8	5	57	32	25	59
4	Montevideo Wanderers	30	16	5	9	53	39	14	53
5	Bella Vista	30	16	3	11	48	38	10	51
6	Nacional	30	13	6	11	42	44	−2	45
7	Liverpool	30	12	6	12	47	44	3	42
8	Tacuarembó	30	8	12	10	40	39	1	36
9	River Plate	30	9	9	12	41	47	−6	36
10	Miramar Misiones	30	9	7	14	36	46	−10	34
11	Central Español	30	10	4	16	31	48	−17	34
12	Rampla Juniors	30	8	8	14	35	47	−12	32
13	Progreso	30	7	10	13	38	52	−14	31	Relegation Playoff
14	Rocha	30	9	4	17	24	44	−20	31
15	Cerrito	30	6	9	15	33	48	−15	24	Relegated
16	Rentistas	30	5	9	16	33	51	−18	24

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

Championship playoff

No championship playoff matches were needed as Danubio won both Apertura and Clausura.

Primera División 2006–07 Champions
Danubio 3rd title

Relegation playoff

20 May 2007

Rocha	0–2	Progreso
		J. Ramirez 47' N. Silva 66'

Estadio Doctor Mario Sobrero, Rocha

27 May 2007

Progreso	3–0	Rocha
M. Crossa 61' 78' M. Riquero 70'

Estadio Parque Paladino, Montevideo

Progreso won 5–0 on aggregate and stayed in the top division.

Rocha were relegated along Cerro and Rentistas.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nacional	5	4	0	1	10	5	5	12	Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Montevideo Wanderers	5	3	1	1	12	9	3	10	Copa Libertadores first stage
3	Danubio	5	3	1	1	5	3	2	10	Copa Sudamericana
4	Defensor Sporting	5	2	1	2	3	3	0	7
5	Peñarol	5	0	2	3	3	6	−3	2
6	Bella Vista	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

References

• Uruguay - List of final tables (RSSSF)