Uruguay. The only ‘normal’ championship in South America – no stages, no complications, just a ‘classic’ league.
Second Division. Provincial clubs made their way to it, but had difficulty taking hold – Oriental finished last, 10th, and Huracan (Paso de la Arena) – 9th. The rest were Montevideo clubs. Colon (8th) distinguished itself with extremely low scoring record – 6 goals. Fenix and Liverpool battled for promotion.
Fenix prevailed by a point and won the Second Division championship, going up as a result. 11 wins, 5 ties, 2 losses, 31-11 and 27 points.
First Division – slightly larger: 13 teams. Relegation was determined by the same method Argentina used: a relegation table, combining few years and the lowest in it went down – not the the team ending last in the current year. There was no dramatic race for the title, but no one-team dominance either: rather easy, insignificant championship without big surprises.
Bella Vista – last with 17 points.
Defensor – 12th with 18 points.
Danubio – 11th with 21 points. Standing from left: Hector Roux, Jorge Sere, Daniel Uberti, Abraham Yeladian, Daniel Martinez, Cesar Vega.
First row: Arian Viera, Edison Suarez, Ruben Sosa, Boris Machado, Gustavo Dalto.
Danubio scored most goals in this championship: 36.
Huracan Buceo – 10th with 22 points. Standing from left: Luis Romero, Daniel Delgado, Nestor Goncalves, Raul Mirabal, Marcos Aguiar, Mario Picun.
First row: Julio D. Morales, Jacinto Baptista, Roberto Roo, Luis Jaime, Marcelo Martinez.
Sud America – 9th with 22 points and relegated. Unfortunate for them, but the combined record placed them last. Standing from left: Walter Alvarez, Pablo Fuentes, Jorge D. Cardaccio, Nelson Pena, Flavio Sosa, Anibal Migueiro.
First row: Marcelo Dantaz, Jorge Bertolio, Ignacio Saavedra, Alejandro Cano, Jorge Martinez.
Central Espanol – 8th with 23 points.
Rampla Juniors – 7th with 24 points.
Progreso – 6th with 25 points.
Nacional – 5th with 26 points. Mediocre season, better forgotten. Standing from left: Hugo De Leon, Jose Luis Pintos Saldana, Nestor Montelongo, Gualberto Velichco, Wilson Graniolati, Tony Gomez.
First row: Washington Castagnero, Luis Alberto Acosta, Eduardo Favaro, Carlos, Berrueta, Sergio Olivera.
River Plate – 4th with 27 points.
Cerro – 3rd with 27 points.
Wanderers – 2nd with 28 points. Standing from left: Enrique Pena, Ariel De Amas, Mario Rebollo, Mario Delgado, Gonzalo Diaz, Gonzalo Madrid.
First row: Claudio Di Pascua, Jose R. Cabrera (Argentina), Luis Noe, Enrique Baez, Alvaro Lois.
Penarol, coached by Roque Maspoli, won its 37th title (the picture shows different number – 39 – but official records tell slightly smaller number). 12 wins, 8 ties, 4 losses, 35-16, 32 points. The only team to win 10 or more games this season, second highest scoring record and sharing best defensive record with Wanderers. Easy victory, but nothing special, nothing remarkable – just one more title. Plenty of good players – add Alzamendi, Ostolaza and Jimenez to those on the photo – but hardly one of the truly outstanding squads of Penarol. Perhaps Bossio was the most important player of this vintage. Penarol won, but it will quite some time before they add another title to their impressive record.