Uruguayan Segunda División

Segunda División

Countries	Uruguay
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Founded	1942
Number of teams	13
Levels on pyramid	2 out of 3
Promotion to	Uruguayan Primera División
Relegation to	Uruguayan Segunda División Amateur
Current champions	Rentistas (4th title) (2010–11)
Most championships	Fénix (7 titles)
TV partners	Tenfield
Website	http://www.futbolvida.com.uy
2011-12 season

Segunda División Profesional is the second tier of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol league system. The league is sometimes referred to as Primera B.

The Uruguayan 2nd division was established in 1942.

The most successful club is Fénix and current champion is Rentistas.

Format

After 1994, the competition was divided in two stages, called the Opening Championship (Torneo Apertura) and Closing Championship (Torneo Clausura), with a two-legged playoff between the best 10 team in the aggregate table, not counting the champion and the runner-up which they are promoted directly.

Season 2011–2012 Teams

• Atenas
• Boston River
• Central Español
• Deportivo Maldonado
• Huracán
• Juventud (Las Piedras)

• Miramar Misiones
• Plaza Colonia
• Progreso
• Rocha
• Sud América
• Tacuarembó
• Villa Teresa

List of champions

Season	Champion (Title count)	Runner-up	Third place
1942	Miramar (1)	Progreso	Bella Vista
1943	River Plate (1)	Cerro	Progreso
1944	Rampla Juniors (1)	Cerro	Bella Vista
1945	Progreso (1)	Racing	Danubio
1946	Cerro (1)	Racing	Sud América
1947	Danubio (1)	Bella Vista	Progreso
1948	Championship not completed due to players strike
1949	Bella Vista (1)	Racing	Sud América
1950	Defensor (1)	Sud América	Racing
1951	Sud América (1)	Fénix	Bella Vista
1952	Montevideo Wanderers (1)	Bella Vista	Progreso
1953	Miramar (2)	Progreso	Sud América
1954	Sud América (2)	Central Español	Racing
1955	Racing (1)	Fénix	Central Español
1956	Fénix (1)	Central Español	River Plate
1957	Sud América (3)	Central Español	Canillitas
1958	Racing (2)	Progreso	Central Español
1959	Fénix (2)	Colón	Central Español
1960	Danubio (1)	River Plate	Central Español
1961	Central Español (1)	Sud América	Bella Vista
1962	Montevideo Wanderers (2)	Sud América	Bella Vista
1963	Sud América (4)	Colón	Central Español
1964	Colón (1)	Liverpool	La Luz
1965	Defensor (2)	La Luz	Progreso
1966	Liverpool (1)	River Plate	Central Español
1967	River Plate (2)	La Luz	Montevideo Wanderers
1968	Bella Vista (2)	Huracán Buceo	Montevideo Wanderers
1969	Huracán Buceo (1)	Central Español	Progreso
1970	Danubio (2)	Progreso	Central Español
1971	Rentistas (1)	Fénix	Miramar Misiones
1972	Montevideo Wanderers (3)	Fénix	Racing
1973	Fénix (3)	Rampla Juniors	Colón
1974	Racing (3)	Colón	Central Español
1975	Sud América (5)	El Tanque Sisley	Uruguay Montevideo
1976	Bella Vista (3)	Rampla Juniors	Racing
1977	Fénix (4)	Rampla Juniors	Racing
1978	River Plate (3)	La Luz	Central Español
1979	Progreso (2)	Miramar Misiones	La Luz
1980	Rampla Juniors (2)	Racing	Liverpool
1981	El Tanque Sisley (1)	Racing	La Luz
1982	Colón (2)	Fénix	Villa Española
1983	Central Español (2)	Racing	Rentistas
1984	River Plate (4)	Huracán	Liverpool
1985	Fénix (5)	Liverpool	Cerrito
1986	Miramar Misiones (3)	Rentistas	Sud América
1987	Liverpool (2)	Racing	Sud América
1988	Rentistas (2)	Racing	Sud América
1989	Racing (4)	Cerrito	Sud América
1990	El Tanque Sisley (2)	Sud América	Basañez
1991	River Plate (5)	Huracán	Basañez
1992	Rampla Juniors (3)	Huracán Buceo	Basañez
1993	Basañez (1)	Central Español	No third-place awarded
1994	Sud América (6)	No second-place awarded	No third-place awarded
1995	Huracán Buceo (2)	No second-place awarded	No third-place awarded
1996	Rentistas (3)	Racing	No third-place awarded
1997	Bella Vista (4)	Villa Española	No third-place awarded
1998	Cerro (2)	Deportivo Maldonado	Frontera Rivera Chico
1999	Juventud (Las Piedras) (1)	Villa Española	Racing
2000	Montevideo Wanderers (4)	Central Español	Fénix
2001	Villa Española (1)	Progreso	No third-place awarded
2002	Liverpool (3)	Miramar Misiones	Deportivo Colonia
2003	Cerrito (1)	Rentistas	Rocha
2004	River Plate (6)	Rampla Juniors	Paysandú
2005	Bella Vista (5)	Central Español	No third-place awarded
2005–06	Progreso (3)	No second-place awarded	No third-place awarded
2006–07	Fénix (6)	Cerro	Juventud
2007–08	Racing (5)	Cerro Largo	Villa Española
2008–09	Fénix (7)	Cerrito	Atenas
2009–10	El Tanque Sisley (3)	Bella Vista	Miramar Misiones
2010–11	Rentistas (4)	Cerrito	Cerro Largo

Titles by club

Team	Nº of titles	Years
Fénix	7	1956, 1959, 1973, 1977, 1985, 2006-07, 2008-09
River Plate	6	1943, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2004
Sud América	6	1951, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1975, 1994
Bella Vista	5	1949, 1968, 1976, 1997, 2005
Racing	5	1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2007-08
Montevideo Wanderers	4	1952, 1962, 1972, 2000
Rentistas	4	1971, 1988, 1996, 2010-11
Danubio	3	1947, 1960, 1970
Liverpool	3	1966, 1987, 2002
Miramar Misiones	3	1942, 1953, 1986
Progreso	3	1945, 1979, 2005-06
Rampla Juniors	3	1944, 1980, 1992
El Tanque Sisley	3	1981, 1990, 2009-10
Central Español	2	1961, 1983
Cerro	2	1946, 1998
Colón	2	1964, 1982
Defensor	2	1950, 1965
Huracán Buceo	2	1969, 1995
Basañez	1	1993
Cerrito	1	2003
Juventud (Las Piedras)	1	1999
Villa Española	1	2001

External links

• Segunda División Profesional Official Website (Spanish)