1918 Uruguayan Primera División

Uruguayan Primera División
Season	1918 (18°)
Champions	Peñarol
Relegated	Misiones
Matches played	90
Goals scored	230 (2.56 per match)
	← 1917 Uruguayan Primera División 1919 Uruguayan Primera División →

The Uruguayan Championship 1918 was the 18th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league.

Overview

The tournament consisted of a two-wheel championship of all against all. It involved ten teams, and the champion was Peñarol. winning the first championship under that name and sixth if considered as a successor of Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club.^[1]

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Foundation	Seasons	Consecutive seasons	Titles	1917
Central	Montevideo			5 January 1905	9	9	-	7°
Charley	Montevideo				1	1	-	8°
Dublin	Montevideo				7	2	-	6°
Misiones	Montevideo			26 May 1906	-	-	-	-
Nacional	Montevideo	Gran Parque Central	15.000	14 May 1899	16	16	6	1°
Peñarol / CURCC	Montevideo			28 September 1891	17	17	5	2°
Reformers	Montevideo				5	5	-	9°
River Plate	Montevideo			1897	11	11	4	5°
Universal	Montevideo				6	6	-	3°
Montevideo Wanderers	Montevideo			15 August 1902	14	14	2	4°

League Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Peñarol	18	15	2	1	43	5	+38	32
2	Nacional	18	14	2	2	52	9	+43	30
3	Universal	18	8	7	3	25	16	+9	23
4	Dublin	18	9	3	6	31	22	+9	21
5	Montevideo Wanderers	18	9	1	8	25	21	+4	19
6	Reformers	18	5	6	7	9	22	-13	16
7	Central	18	4	6	8	13	21	-8	14
8	River Plate F.C.	18	4	6	8	16	40	-24	14
9	Charley	18	2	4	12	11	37	-26	8
10	Misiones	18	0	3	15	5	37	-32	3

Uruguayan Champion 1918

Peñarol
1st title^[2]

References

^ There is a controversy regarding the continuity of CURCC and Peñarol. One position holds that both clubs are the same club, and that in 1913 a group of partners CURCC separated to continue the football activity under the name of CURCC/Penarol, definitely changing to the current name of CA Peñarol in 1914. Another position, promoted mainly by Nacional, says on separation between Peñarol CURCC and founded a new club, different from the previous one, since coexisted for a period of almost two years, until the dissolution of CURCC in 1915, date that CURCC donated all his trophies to British Hospital.
^ Not included five CURCC championships, but there is controversy whether the CURCC and Penarol are the same club.

Uruguay - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] There is a controversy regarding the continuity of CURCC and Peñarol. One position holds that both clubs are the same club, and that in 1913 a group of partners CURCC separated to continue the football activity under the name of CURCC/Penarol, definitely changing to the current name of CA Peñarol in 1914. Another position, promoted mainly by Nacional, says on separation between Peñarol CURCC and founded a new club, different from the previous one, since coexisted for a period of almost two years, until the dissolution of CURCC in 1915, date that CURCC donated all his trophies to British Hospital.

[2] Not included five CURCC championships, but there is controversy whether the CURCC and Penarol are the same club.

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