Torneo Clausura =============== Table: 1.Nacional 11 8 1 2 25-12 25 2.Rampla Juniors 11 4 6 1 11- 6 18 3.Huracán Buceo 11 4 6 1 10- 6 18 4.Defensor 11 4 5 2 13- 9 17 5.Danubio 11 5 2 4 19-17 17 6.Peñarol 11 4 3 4 22-17 15 7.Central Español 11 3 5 3 10- 9 14 8.River Plate 11 3 4 4 16-13 13 9.Wanderers 11 3 4 4 10-14 13 10.Liverpool 11 2 6 3 11-14 12 11.Cerro 11 2 6 3 11-16 12 12.Sud América 11 0 0 11 0-25 0 [*] [*] Sud América withdrew after three rounds; all subsequent matches are awarded 0-2 against them. They also will be relegated automatically. Round 1 Sud América 0-3 Peñarol (48' Baltierra, 61' L.Romero, 72' Sosa) Nacional 1-0 Central (4' Ravera) Liverpool 0-0 Cerro Danubio 4-1 Wanderers (5' & 9' Delgado, 45' Migliónico, 61' Podestá; 50' De León) River Plate 0-1 Defensor (52' Olivera) Rampla 1-1 Huracán (70' Celli, 52' Adippe) Round 2 Sud América 0-3 Defensor (8' & 67' S.Abreu, 64' Da Silva) Cerro 0-4 Nacional (40' & 45' J.González, 71' Silva, 86' Ravera) Central 0-0 Liverpool Rampla 0-0 Danubio Wanderers 0-0 Huracán Peñarol 1-1 River Plate (76' L.Romero; 26' G.Díaz) Round 3 Nacional 2-1 Danubio (66' & 75' J.González; 19' Zalayeta) Sud América 0-3 Cerro (51' Regueiro, 73' & 78' A.González) Defensor 3-3 Peñarol (7' Silva, 12'(p) & 49' Da Silva; 56' Lima, 57' & 70' L.Romero) Wanderers 0-1 Rampla (64' Telesca) River Plate 1-1 Liverpool (54' Gaglianone; 89' Ductter) Central 0-1 Huracán (88' Carballo) Round 4 Cerro 1-5 Peñarol (17' Lemos (p); 1', 84'(p) & 89' L.Romero, 55' Aguilera, 69' G.De los Santos) Sud América Awd Wanderers [0-2 to Wanderers] River Plate 3-5 Nacional (21' G.Díaz, 40' Benzo, 70' Salazar; 14' Ravera, 46' J.González, 63' Lemos, 78' & 89' Recoba) Rampla 0-0 Central Danubio 4-2 Liverpool (21' & 54' Zalayeta, 33' Delgado, 68' Ferraro; 29' Luzardo (p), 84' Messones) Huracán 1-0 Defensor (88' Cabrera) Round 5 Nacional 2-1 Peñarol (77' Badell, 79' Abeijón; 52' Bengoechea) River Plate 1-2 Central (20' G.Díaz; 1' Fernández, 52' Aguerre (p)) Cerro 2-2 Danubio (6' Romero, 31' Lemos; 2' Migliónico, 12' Morales (og)) Liverpool 0-0 Rampla Defensor 2-1 Wanderers (35' Fleurquin, 54' Da Silva; 11' Delgado) Huracán Awd Sud América [2-0 to Huracán] Round 6 Peñarol 1-1 Huracán (15' Pacheco; 36' Carballo) Rampla Awd Sud América [2-0 to Rampla] Wanderers 1-1 Central (37' Rosa; 31' Fernández) Cerro 0-0 Defensor Nacional 5-2 Liverpool (26', 45' & 66' Recoba, 72' J.González, 87' Abeijón; 41' Luzardo (p), 59' Arriola) River Plate 4-1 Danubio (3' Dos Santos, 5' Salazar, 19' Benzo, 78' Silvera; 83' Zalayeta) Round 7 Defensor 3-1 Nacional (1' Romero, 33' De Lima, 85' Dos Santos; 21' Ravera) River Plate 1-1 Rampla (80' Gaglianone (p); 41' Saravia) Liverpool 1-1 Wanderers (76' Seoane; 59' Del Campo) Huracán 0-0 Cerro Peñarol 3-1 Danubio (46' Gutiérrez, 61' & 89' Aguilera; 32' Rivas) Central Awd Sud América [2-0 to Central] Round 8 Liverpool 1-0 Peñarol (40' Aguirregaray (og)) Danubio 2-1 Huracán (44' & 50' Vanzini; 35' Pappa) Wanderers 2-2 Cerro (49' & 69' Ramírez (2p); 22' Lemos (p), 60' Morán) Central 0-0 Defensor Nacional 2-0 Rampla (36' Silva, 55' Abeijón) Sud América Awd River Plate [0-2 to River] Round 9 Rampla 4-1 Peñarol (5' & 33(p) Noble, 56' & 66' Cortazzo; 7' Lima) Danubio 2-0 Defensor (66' Traversa (og), 79' Delgado (p)) Huracán 2-1 Liverpool (58' & 78' Alzueta; 7' Luzardo) Central 1-1 Cerro (51' Fernández; 76' Bártora) River Plate 3-0 Wanderers (5' Roselló, 18' Gaglianone, 89' Paredes) Nacional Awd Sud América [2-0 to Nacional] Round 10 Peñarol 0-1 Wanderers (71' M.Menéndez) Rampla 0-0 Defensor Liverpool Awd Sud América [2-0 to Liverpool] Central 2-0 Danubio (73' Varela, 81' Aguerre) River Plate 0-1 Cerro (85' Lemos) Nacional 1-1 Huracán (55' Parodi; 11' Hernández) Round 11 Wanderers 1-0 Nacional (71' Duarte) Cerro 1-2 Rampla (34' & 90' Saravia; 24' Lemos (p)) Defensor 1-1 Liverpool (61' M.Abreu; 46' Delgado) Huracan 0-0 River Plate Peñarol 4-2 Central (13' & 38' M.García, 34' Acuña, 90' M.Rodríguez; 62' Aguerre, 69' Valverde) Danubio Awd Sud America [2-0 to Danubio] Table: 1.Nacional 11 8 1 2 25-12 25 2.Rampla Juniors 11 4 6 1 11- 6 18 3.Huracán Buceo 11 4 6 1 10- 6 18 4.Defensor 11 4 5 2 13- 9 17 5.Danubio 11 5 2 4 19-17 17 6.Peñarol 11 4 3 4 22-17 15 7.Central Español 11 3 5 3 10- 9 14 8.River Plate 11 3 4 4 16-13 13 9.Wanderers 11 3 4 4 10-14 13 10.Liverpool 11 2 6 3 11-14 12 11.Cerro 11 2 6 3 11-16 12 12.Sud América 11 0 0 11 0-25 0 [*] [*] Sud América withdrew after three rounds; all subsequent matches are awarded 0-2 against them. They also will be relegated automatically. Relegated: Sud América (automatically) and Central Español. Cerro will play in the promotion/relegation game with the 3rd of the 2nd division. Relegation Table: 12.- Sud América 38 11.- Central Español 56,33 -------------------------------------- 10.- Cerro 60,15 -------------------------------------- 9.- Rampla Juniors 60,75 8.- River Plate 62,08 7.- Danubio 62,66 6.- Wanderers 63,83 Liverpool 63,83 4.- Defensor Sp. 80,33 3.- Huracán Buceo 81,00 2.- Nacional 91,58 1.- Peñarol 94,00 Promoted: Racing and Rentistas. Nacional winners of the Clausura 1996. Promotion/relegation Playoff: First leg [Nov 3]: Cerro 1-1 Progreso Second leg [Nov 6]: Progreso 0-2 Cerro Cerro remain in the first and Progreso in the second division. Final de la Liga 96 =================== As winners of Apertura and Clausura respectively, Peñarol and Nacional qualified for the championship playoff. First leg, Oct 13 Peñarol 1-0 Nacional (83' Washington Tais) Second leg, Oct 20 Nacional 1-1 Peñarol (59' Juan Martín Parodi; 55' Antonio Pacheco) Peñarol champions of Uruguay 1996. Authors: David Gerardo Keszenman Pereyra (davi@seciu.uy) and Martín Tabeira (martintab@hotmail.com) Last updated: 19 Jul 2000 (C) Copyright David Gerardo Keszenman Pereyra, Martín Tabeira and RSSSF 1999/2000