2025 Uruguayan Primera División season
The 2025 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Liga AUF Uruguaya 2025,[1] is the 122nd season of the Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 95th in which it is professional. The season, which was named "Juan Manuel Izquierdo",[2] began on 31 January and is scheduled to end on 7 December 2025.[3] Peñarol are the defending champions. Teams16 teams compete in the season: the top thirteen teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season as well as three promoted teams from the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season (Rampla Juniors, Fénix and Deportivo Maldonado) were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2025 season. They were replaced by the Segunda División champions Plaza Colonia, the runners-up Montevideo City Torque, and the winners of the promotion play-offs Juventud. Plaza Colonia and City Torque both returned to the top flight after one season and Juventud played in Primera División for the first time since 2019, while Rampla Juniors were relegated after one season, Fénix returned to the second tier after a 14-year spell in Primera División, and Deportivo Maldonado were relegated after five seasons. Stadiums and locationsLocations of the 2025 season teams outside Montevideo. Locations of the 2025 Primera División teams within Montevideo.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Torneo AperturaThe Torneo Apertura, named "Eduardo Arsuaga",[2] is the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 31 January and is scheduled to end on 4 May 2025.[3] Standings
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2025. Source: AUF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied for first place. If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Drawing of lots, 6) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place. ResultsRelegationRelegation will be determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the total of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2024 and 2025. The three teams with the lowest average at the end of the season will be relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2025. Source: AUF References
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