1923 Uruguayan Primera División of FUF

The 1923 Primera División championship was the first tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF), a dissident association founded by clubs Central Español and Peñarol that had recently disaffiliated from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF). The tournament was held simultaneously with the AUF, in the episode known as the "schism of Uruguayan football".[1][2]

Primera División (FUF)
Wanderers, champions
Season1923
ChampionsMontevideo Wanderers
(1st title)
Matches played496
Goals scored1,200 (2.42 per match)
1924

Overview

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The tournament consisted of a round-robin tournament. It involved 32 teams, all newly enrolled to this new federation, and many of them had close relationship with the CA Penarol baptized teams with names such as "Peñarol del Plata", "Roland Moor" or "Roberto Chery" which directly referenced that club. Finally, Atlético Wanderers won the title. The squad played the tournament with an alternate team due to the senior squad was participating of the official 1923 Primera División (AUF).

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Montevideo Wanderers 31 29 1 1 75 8 +67 59
2 Peñarol 31 28 1 2 100 10 +90 57
3 Lito Cuadrado 31 23 4 4 76 17 +59 50
4 Central 31 22 3 6 68 22 +46 47
5 Peñarol del Plata 31 18 8 5 54 21 +33 44
6 Colón 31 19 5 7 58 26 +32 43
7 Rosarino Central 31 17 9 5 47 27 +20 43
8 Olimpia 31 17 8 6 52 28 +24 42
9 Misiones 31 16 9 6 38 25 +13 41
10 Sud América 31 18 5 8 40 34 +6 41
11 Defensor 31 16 6 9 45 24 +21 38
12 Roberto Chery 31 16 6 9 46 38 +8 38
13 Roland Moor 31 15 7 9 42 39 +3 37
14 Las Piedras 31 16 4 11 40 35 +5 36
15 Uruguayo 31 13 9 9 31 26 +5 35
16 Oriental Pocitos 31 14 3 14 47 36 +11 31
17 Solferino 31 12 6 13 35 28 +7 30
18 Charley 31 10 10 11 38 33 +5 30
19 Bequelo 31 12 5 14 31 39 −8 29
20 Miramar Misiones 31 10 6 15 30 41 −11 26
21 Sayago 31 8 9 14 26 37 −11 25
22 Reformers 31 7 6 18 19 41 −22 20
23 San Carlos Taurino 31 5 10 16 28 51 −23 20
24 Triumph Juniors 31 5 9 17 17 59 −42 19
25 Treinta y Tres 31 6 6 19 21 60 −39 18
26 River Plate 31 5 8 18 14 56 −42 18
27 Miguelete 31 5 7 19 17 47 −30 17
28 Belvedere 31 6 5 20 20 53 −33 17
29 Firestone 31 5 6 20 17 64 −47 16
30 Livingstone 31 3 9 19 14 68 −54 15
31 Sportivo Aguada 31 1 7 23 10 78 −68 9
32 Uruguay Forever 31 0 1 30 4 29 −25 1
Source: [citation needed]


 1923 Primera División (FUF) champion 
 
Montevideo Wanderers
1st title

See also

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References

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