2021 Uruguayan Segunda División season

The 2021 Uruguayan Segunda División was the season of second division professional of football in Uruguay. A total of 12 teams competed; the top two teams and the winner of the Championship play-offs were promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División.[1][2]
On 19 March 2021, Nicolás Siri became the youngest hat-trick scorer in the history of Uruguayan football and the second in South America behind Pelé, after scoring a hat-trick in Danubio's 5–1 win against Boston River, at the age of 16 years and 11 months.

Segunda División
Season2021
ChampionsAlbion (1st title)
PromotedAlbion
Danubio
Defensor Sporting
RelegatedVilla Teresa
Rocha
Matches played115
Goals scored256 (2.23 per match)
2020
2022

Club information

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Club City Stadium Capacity
Albion Montevideo Parque Enrique Falco 2,000
Atenas San Carlos Atenas 6,000
Central Español Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Cerro Montevideo Luis Trócolli 24,000
Danubio Montevideo Jardines del Hipódromo 14,401
Defensor Sporting Montevideo Luis Franzini 18,000
Juventud Las Piedras Parque Artigas 12,000
Racing Montevideo Osvaldo Roberto 8,500
Rampla Juniors Montevideo Olímpico 9,500
Rocha Rocha Doctor Mario Sobrero 10,000
Uruguay Montevideo Montevideo Parque ANCAP 4,000
Villa Teresa Montevideo José Nasazzi 5,002

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Albion (C, P) 22 13 5 4 31 18 +13 44 Promotion to 2022 Primera División
2 Danubio (P) 22 12 5 5 24 14 +10 41
3 Racing 22 10 8 4 27 16 +11 38 Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
4 Defensor Sporting 22 11 4 7 33 21 +12 37
5 Cerro 22 10 7 5 26 20 +6 37
6 Central Español 22 9 6 7 29 29 0 33
7 Juventud 22 8 5 9 27 27 0 29
8 Uruguay Montevideo 22 7 4 11 21 27 −6 25
9 Atenas 22 5 9 8 20 17 +3 24
10 Rampla Juniors 22 5 6 11 14 32 −18 21
11 Villa Teresa 22 4 6 12 17 32 −15 18
12 Rocha 22 4 3 15 20 36 −16 15
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2021. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion Playoffs

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Semi-finals

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First leg
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Cerro1–2Defensor Sporting
Núñez   34' Report
Referee: Antonio García
Central Español0–0Racing
Report
Referee: Fernando Falce
Second leg
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Racing1–1Central Español
Cruz   55' Report Villalpando   30'
Referee: Pablo Giménez
Defensor Sporting0–1Cerro
Report Coelho   59'
Referee: Jonathan Fuentes
  • Racing and Defensor Sporting advanced to the Finals due to having a better campaign.

Finals

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Defensor Sporting3–0Racing
Report
Referee: Mathias De Armas
Racing0–0Defensor Sporting

Defensor Sporting won 3–0 on aggregate and were promoted to Primera División.

Relegation

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Pos
Team 2020
Pts
2021
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Danubio 41 41 22 1.864
2 Defensor Sporting 37 37 22 1.682
3 Cerro 37 37 22 1.682
4 Racing 30 38 68 44 1.545
5 Albion 22 44 66 44 1.5
6 Juventud 32 29 61 44 1.386
7 Central Español 27 33 60 44 1.364
8 Rampla Juniors 32 21 53 44 1.205
9 Uruguay Montevideo 25 25 22 1.136
10 Atenas 24 24 48 44 1.091
11 Villa Teresa (R) 26 18 44 44 1 Relegation Playoff Matches
12 Rocha (R) 27 15 42 44 0.955 Relegation to Primera División Amateur

Relegation playoffs

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Villa Teresa2–0La Luz
Report
Referee: Diego Dunajec
La Luz3–1 (a.e.t.)Villa Teresa
Report
Penalties
3–2
Referee: Nicolás Vignolo

Tied 3–3 on aggregate. La Luz won on penalties and were promoted to Segunda División.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Diego Coelho Cerro 24
2   Diego Vera Defensor Sporting 23
3   Matías Britos Atenas 22
  Pablo González Albión
  Alejo Cruz Racing

References

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  1. ^ "Danubio y Defensor, cuna de internacionales uruguayos, ante el reto de la 'B'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Defensor Sporting descendió a la Segunda División Profesional después de 56 años" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2021.

See also

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