The Liga Profesional de Primera División (English: First Division Professional League), also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay (English: Uruguayan First Division), is the top-flight professional football league in Uruguay. It is organized by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol and is contested by 16 teams.
Between 1900 and 1931, the league was an amateur competition. Since 1932, the league has been a professional...
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The Liga Profesional de Primera División (English: First Division Professional League), also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay (English: Uruguayan First Division), is the top-flight professional football league in Uruguay. It is organized by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol and is contested by 16 teams.
Between 1900 and 1931, the league was an amateur competition. Since 1932, the league has been a professional competition.
After 1994, the competition was divided in two stages, called the Opening Championship (Torneo Apertura) and Closing Championship (Torneo Clausura), with an end-of-season two-legged final match between the winners of these two tournaments.
In the 2005/06 season, the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments played a two (or three) legged playoff; the winner of that playoff played against the best team in the aggregate table to decide the 2005/06 season champion.
In the 2006/07 season, the competition was reduced to 16...
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