2005 Uruguayan Primera División

The Primera División Uruguaya 2005 started on March 5, 2005 and ended on July 12, 2005.

The league was a single round-robin tournament and not relegation and promotion from Segunda División Uruguay. But along with Apertura 2005 of 2005-06 season, the whole schedule of 2005 would count in a final table, the bottom three would direct relegated. The winners qualified for Copa Libertadores 2006.

Final classification

	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Comments
1.	Nacional	41	17	12	5	0	39	16	+23	Play-offs
2.	Defensor	41	17	12	5	0	33	13	+20
3.	Peñarol	35	17	10	5	2	28	19	+9
4.	Danubio	28	17	8	4	5	23	16	+7
5.	Rocha	25	17	6	7	4	27	21	+6
6.	Liverpool	25	17	7	4	6	26	25	+1
7.	Rentistas	24	17	6	6	5	30	25	+5
8.	Miramar Misiones	23	17	7	2	8	33	29	+4
9.	Wanderers	23	17	6	5	6	30	33	-3
10.	River Plate	22	17	6	4	7	34	32	+2
11.	Cerrito	21	17	5	6	6	21	19	+2
12.	Tacuarembó	21	17	5	6	6	17	18	-1
13.	Fénix	19	17	5	4	8	19	26	-7
14.	Paysandú	14	17	3	5	9	23	34	-11
15.	Rampla Juniors	14	17	3	5	9	19	31	-12
16.	Plaza Colonia	14	17	3	5	9	8	27	-19
17.	Cerro	13	17	3	4	10	20	30	-10
18.	Deportivo Colonia	13	17	3	4	10	15	31	-16

Championship playoffs

Defensor Sporting refused to play the playoff due to Nacional winning their last match by a contested penalty in 7th minute of injury time. Nacional was awarded the championship on 6 July 2005.

Primera División 2005 Champion
Nacional 40th Title

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pablo Granoche	Miramar Misiones	16
2	Elías Ferreira	Rentistas	14
3	Sergio Blanco	Wanderers	12
4	Osvaldo Canobbio	River Plate	11
5	Martín Ligüera	Nacional	10
6	Sebastián Taborda	Defensor	9
7	José Pedro Cardozo	Rocha	8
	Richard Porta	River Plate	8
	Ignacio Risso	Danubio	8
	Sebastián Abreu	Nacional	8
	Hugo Costela	Defensor	8
	Leonardo Medina	Liverpool	8

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