2008–09 in Uruguayan football
| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
- Champion: Nacional (42nd title)
- Top scorer: Joaquín Boghossian (16 goals)
- International qualifiers:
- Copa Libertadores:
- Copa Sudamericana:
- First Stage: River Plate and Liverpool
- Widest winning margin: Tacuarembó 0-5 Cerro (February 28, 2009)
- Highest scoring: Bella Vista 5−2 Cerro Largo (November 9, 2008)
- Most wins: Defensor Sporting and Nacional (21)
- Fewest wins: Rampla Juniors and Villa Española (3)
- Most draws: Liverpool and Racing (12)
- Fewest draws: Villa Española (3)
- Most losses: Juventud (21)
- Fewest losses: Racing (6)
- Most goals scored: Nacional (68)
- Fewest goals scored: Villa Española (11)
- Most goals conceded: Rampla Juniors and Juventud (60)
- Fewest goals conceded: Villa Española (26)
- Best goal difference: Cerro (+31)
- Worst goal difference: Juventud (-36)
- Relegated: Villa Española, Bella Vista, Juventud
International tournaments
| Team \ Competition | Copa Sudamericana 2008 | Copa Libertadores 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| River Plate | Preliminary round eliminated by  Universidad Católica
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N/A |
| Defensor Sporting | Round of 16 eliminated by  River Plate
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Quarterfinals eliminated by Estudiantes de La Plata
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| Nacional | N/A | Semifinals eliminated by Estudiantes de La Plata
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| Peñarol | N/A | Preliminary round eliminated by  Independiente Medellín
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Second Division
Teams
These are the teams that currently participate in Uruguayan Second Division:
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Final positions
Teams promoted to 2009/2010 First Division
- Fénix (Apertura champion)
- Cerrito (Clausura champion)
- Atenas (won promotion playoff against Durazno)
Uruguay national teams
This section will cover Uruguay's games from August 1, 2008 until June 30, 2009.[1]
Uruguay
Friendly matches
| 20 August 2008 | Japan  | 1 – 3 |  Uruguay | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan |
| 19:10 (JST) | Eguren  55' (o.g.) |
Report | Eguren 48' I.González 83'Abreu 90' |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland) |
| 19 November 2009 | France  | 0 – 0 | Uruguay | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |
| 21:00 (UTC+1) | Report | Cáceres  40'A. Pereira 57'Sánchez 90' |
Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland) |
| 11 February 2009 | Libya  | 2 – 3 | Uruguay | June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya |
| 16:30 (UTC+2) | Esnany 31' al Fazzani 57' |
Report | Eguren 13' Martínez 70'A. Pereira 74' |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Muhammad al Jilali (Libya) |
World Cup qualifiers
| Argentina | 2 – 1 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Messi 5' 83' Agüero 12'Riquelme 48'Tévez 53'Heinze 60'Mascherano 64' |
Report | Eguren 27' Godin 32'Lugano 39'Suárez 50'Bueno 77'Pérez 85' |
Attendance: 42,421
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
Bolivia  | 2 – 2 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Moreno Martins 15', 41' Vargas 66' |
Report | Scotti 8' Silva 23'Bueno 64'Arismendi 73'Abreu 88' |
| Uruguay | 2 – 0 |  Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Forlán 28' Lugano 57'A. Pereira 84' |
Report | Estigarribia 16' Cáceres 65'Barreto 67' |
| Chile | 0 – 0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
Isla 22'  33' |
Report | Pérez 17' Lugano 39'Eguren 42'Forlán 65'Cáceres 80'Rodríguez 85' |
| Uruguay | 0 – 4 |  Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Valdez 58' M. Pereira  86'Eguren 90+2' |
Report | Dani Alves 12' Luís Fabiano 21' 65' 52'Juan 36'Kaká 75' (pen.) |
Venezuela  | 2 – 2 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Maldonado 9' Rey 74'Peña 82' |
Report | Suárez 60' Cáceres 70'Forlán 72'Lugano 72'Cavani 73'Pérez 90+1'Forlán 90+2' |
Uruguay U-20
World Cup qualifiers
The Uruguay under-20 squad is in Group B of the qualification process for the Final Group of 2009 South American Youth Championship.
First Group Stage
| Bolivia | 0 – 2 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Sánchez 80' Verduguez 82' |
Report | Lodeiro 53', 90' D. Rodríguez 59'Gunino 75'Charquero 84' |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Juan Ernesto Soto (Venezuela)
| Uruguay | 3 – 2 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Viudez 1' Peña 41'García 70'Cabrera 80'Lodeiro 80' |
Report | Aranguiz 5' Sagredo 9' (pen.)Labrin 30' |
| Paraguay | 2 – 4 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Ramírez 21' J. Cabrera 24'Pérez 53'Burgos 70'Santander 90+2' |
Report | L. Cabrera 52' García 54'Calzada 63'Lodeiro 77'Urretavizcaya 79' |
| Uruguay | 3 – 2 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Cordoba 22' Hernández 69', 85'Coates 78'Aguirregaray 80'Charquero 90' |
Report | Douglas Costa 33' Alan Kardec 64' 76'Maylson 81' |
Final Group
| Uruguay | 2 – 3 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Cabrera 37' Silva 40'Herrera 44'Pereyra 88'Hernández 90+5' |
Report | Dentinho 1' Walter 20', 31'Douglas Costa 78' |
| Uruguay | 2 – 1 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Aguirregaray 25' 58' Peña 28'Urretavizcaya 57'Charquero 78' |
Report | Pertuz 9' Cárdenas 59'Cuesta 87' |
| Argentina | 1 – 2 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Gaitán 34' 54' Salvio 85' |
Report | Aguirregaray 36' Urretavizcaya 71'Hernández 77' 80' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
| Uruguay | 2 – 2 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Urretavizcaya 13' Pereyra 66'Coates 72'García 74'Silva 90+2' |
Report | Paniagua 15', 33' Huth 30'Ramírez 90' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)
| Venezuela | 3 – 1 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Velasquez 14' 59' Lezama 31'Peña 54' (o.g.)Acosta 69' |
Report | Peña 34' García 45'Aguirregaray 76' |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Uruguay U-17
World Cup qualifiers
The Uruguay under-17 squad is in Group B of the qualification process for the Final Group of 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
First Group Stage
| Chile | 1 – 3 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Aravena 38' Andia 49'Navarrete 60'González 83' (pen.) |
Report | Arias 25' Barreto 35' (pen.), 55'Pereyra 52'Gallegos 79'Ichazo 84'Sellares 85' |
| Uruguay | 0 – 2 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Rodríguez 43' Arias 64'Avilés 78' |
Report | Araujo 11' Pereyra 14'Marín 14'González Pires 43'Sosa 70' 72'Villalba 90+1' |
| Uruguay | 1 – 1 |  Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| de los Santos 2' Pereyra 24' |
Report | de la Cruz 23' (pen.) Valencia 43'Fuertes 45+2' |
Final Group
| Ecuador | 1 – 3 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Fuertes 20' Quiñonez 26'Pineida 34'Villaprado 41' 90+1'Caicedo 79'Villacís 86' |
Report | Barreto 35' (pen.) Luna 53', 58' |