1923 Uruguayan Primera División of AUF

The 1923 Primera División was the 23rd season of top-flight football in Uruguay. This was organised by official body, Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), while dissident body, Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF), organised its own championship simultaneously.

Primera División
Nacional, champions
Season1923
ChampionsNacional (14th title)
RelegatedDublin
Matches played132
Goals scored269 (2.04 per match)
1922
1924

Overview

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The tournament consisted of a round-robin. It involved twelve teams, and the champion was Nacional.

This year was the first fractured Uruguayan football championship, due to the schism that triggered the emergence of a parallel Uruguayan Football Federation organizing their own championship. However, the league recognized by FIFA and CONMEBOL remained the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), which achieved the same for the fourth time to get South American Championship selections with their representative, qualifying for the Paris Olympic Games the following year.

Disenrollment of AUF clubs Peñarol and Central the previous year, produced the first appearance of clubs Bella Vista and Fénix in the first division. In turn, Montevideo Wanderers, Charley and Lito participated in both tournaments with two different teams. Lito were dubbed "round" in the AUF and Lito "square" in the FUF, differing by the shield they carried on a Barca shirt. The Wanderers used their official name in the AUF, registering with an alternate team under the name of "Athletic Wanderers" in the FUF.

Teams

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Team City Stadium Capacity Foundation Seasons Consecutive seasons Titles 1922
Belgrano Montevideo 4 4 - 6th
Bella Vista Montevideo 4 October 1920 - - - -
Charley Montevideo 6 6 - 11th
Dublin Montevideo 12 7 - 12th
Fénix Montevideo 7 July 1916 - - - -
Lito Montevideo 1917 2 2 - 5th
Liverpool Montevideo 15 February 1915 3 3 - 7th
Nacional Montevideo Gran Parque Central 15,000 14 May 1899 21 21 9 1st
Rampla Juniors Montevideo 7 January 1914 1 1 - 3rd
Universal Montevideo 11 11 - 8th
Uruguay Onward Montevideo 3 3 - 10th
Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo 15 August 1902 19 19 2 2nd

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nacional 22 18 2 2 58 12 +46 38
2 Rampla Juniors 22 14 6 2 30 12 +18 34
3 Bella Vista 22 13 4 5 35 16 +19 30
4 Belgrano 22 10 5 7 20 20 0 25
5 Lito 22 8 8 6 23 21 +2 24
6 Universal 22 9 4 9 19 24 −5 22
7 Liverpool 22 6 8 8 17 22 −5 20
8 Fénix 22 5 8 9 13 20 −7 18
9 Montevideo Wanderers 22 5 6 11 16 24 −8 16
10 Uruguay Onward 22 3 9 10 16 27 −11 15
11 Charley 22 4 5 13 16 38 −22 13
12 Dublin 22 3 3 16 6 33 −27 9
Source: rsssf.com


  
1924 Primera División Champion 
Nacional
10th title

See also

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