Torneo Departamental (Until the 60's) 1920 Rodó 1921 Treinta y Tres 1922 Rodó 1923 Treinta y Tres 1924 Rodó 1925 Treinta y Tres 1926 Rodó 1927 Rodó 1928 Treinta y Tres 1929 Rodó 1930 Treinta y Tres 1931 Rodó 1932 Treinta y Tres 1933 not available 1934 not available 1935 Artigas 1936 Artigas 1937 Rodó 1938 Artigas 1939 Southampton 1940 not available 1941 Southampton 1942 Rodó 1943 Treinta y Tres 1944 San Lorenzo 1945 San Lorenzo 1946 not available 1947 Treinta y Tres 1948 San Lorenzo 1949 Huracán 1950 San Lorenzo 1951 Rodó 1952 not played 1953 San Lorenzo 1954 not available 1955 Huracán 1956 Huracán 1957 Huracán 1958 Huracán 1959 Huracán 1960 Huracán 1961 Huracán 1962 Southampton 1963 Central 1964 San Lorenzo 1965 San Lorenzo 1966 Huracán 1967 Huracán 1968 Treinta y Tres 1969 Treinta y Tres 1970 Treinta y Tres 1971 Huracán 1972 Huracán 1973 San Lorenzo 1974 San Lorenzo 1975 Lavalleja 1976 Lavalleja 1977 Huracán Year Champions Clasificación Liguilla 1978 Huracán Lavalleja Huracán 1979 Treinta y Tres Huracán Treinta y Tres 1980 Huracán not available Huracán 1981 Peñarol (III) Huracán Peñarol (III) 1982 Treinta y Tres Huracán Treinta y Tres 1983 Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres 1984 Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres 1985 Huracán Huracán Huracán 1986 Treinta y Tres Huracán Treinta y Tres 1987 Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres Huracán 1988 Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres 1989 Treinta y Tres Agraciada Treinta y Tres Year Champions Apertura Ciudad de T. y Tres 1990 Huracán San Lorenzo Huracán 1991 Huracán Huracán Treinta y Tres 1992 Treinta y Tres Lavalleja Treinta y Tres Year Champions Ciudad de T. y Tres Liguilla 1993 Lavalleja Treinta y Tres Lavalleja 1994 Lavalleja Lavalleja Dep. Municipal 1995 Huracán Huracán Lavalleja 1996 Huracán Lavalleja Huracán 1997 Dep. Municipal Dep. Municipal not played 1998 Huracán Dep. Municipal Huracán 1999 Dep. Municipal not available Dep. Municipal 2000 Treinta y Tres not available not available Year Champions Apertura Clausura 2001 Huracán Huracán Lavalleja Year Champions Clasificatorio Playoffs 2002 Treinta y Tres Huracán Treinta y Tres Number of titles 22 Huracán Treinta y Tres 10 Rodó 9 San Lorenzo 4 Lavalleja 3 Artigas Southampton 2 Deportivo Municipal 1 Central Peñarol (III) NB: 1933, 1934, 1940, 1946 and 1954 not available.
The first championship was played in 1920 with the following clubs:
Olimar (I)
Rodó
Treinta y Tres
Wanderers
[The league was created with 4 teams]
Year Relegated Promoted
1920 (none) (none)
1921 Olimar (I) Peñarol (I)
Wanderers
[The league was reduced to 3 teams]
1922 Peñarol (I) Wanderers
1923 (none) (none)
1924 (none) Artigas
[The league was extended to 4 teams]
1925 (none) (none)
1926 (none) Peñarol (I)
[The league was extended to 5 teams]
1927 (none) Southampton
[The league was extended to 6 teams]
1928 Artigas (none)
Liverpool Wanderers (*)
(*) Wanderers was renamed Liverpool Wanderers, but then returned to Wanderers.
[The league was reduced to 4 teams]
1929 Southampton Wanderers
1930 Wanderers Southampton
1931 Peñarol (I) Wanderers
1932 (none) (none)
1933 not available not available
1934 not available Artigas
[The league was extended to 5 teams in 1934 or 1935]
1935 (none) Vergara
[The league was extended to 6 teams]
1936 Wanderers (none)
Vergara
[The league was reduced to 4 teams]
1937 (none) (none)
1938 (none) (none)
1939 Artigas or none? Vergarense or none?
1940 Artigas or none? Vergarense or none?
1941 Vergarense (*) Vaca Azul
Central
(*) Vergarense was desafilliated.
[The league was extended to 5 teams]
1942 Vaca Azul (*) (**)
(*) Vaca Azul was desafilliated.
(**) San Lorenzo was 2nd level Champion, but wasn't promoted.
[The league was reduced to 4 teams]
1943 (none) San Lorenzo
[The league was extended to 5 teams]
1944 (none) Vaca Azul
[The league was extended to 6 teams]
1945 Central (*) Huracán
(*) Central was desafilliated.
1946 (none) (none)
1947 (none) (*)
(*) Unión Barrio Artigas was 2nd level Champion, but wasn't promoted.
1948 Rodó Lavalleja
1949 (none) (*)
(*) Central was 2nd level Champion, but wasn't promoted.
1950 Lavalleja Rodó
1951 Vaca Azul Lavalleja
1952 no championship.
1953 Southampton Central
1954 Lavalleja Southampton
1955 Treinta y Tres (*) Lavalleja
(*) Treinta y Tres was desafilliated.
1956 Central Peñarol (II)
1957 Peñarol (II) Central
1958 Rodó Peñarol (II)
1959 Peñarol (II) Treinta y Tres
1960 (none) Olimar (II)
[The league was extended to 7 teams]
1961 (none) Yerbalense
[The league was extended to 8 teams]
1962 Treinta y Tres 25 de Agosto
1963 Southampton Danubio
1964 25 de Agosto Cruz Alta
1965 Yerbalense Juventud
1966 Olimar (II) Yerbalense
1967 Yerbalense Treinta y Tres
1968 Juventud 25 de Agosto
1969 Cruz Alta Southampton
1970 25 de Agosto Cruz Alta
1971 Danubio (*) Tigre
(*) Danubio was desaffiliated.
1972 Cruz Alta Barrio Artigas
1973 (none) Relámpago
[The league was extended to 9 teams]
1974 Southampton Peñarol (III)
Tigre
[The league was reduced to 8 teams]
1975 Relámpago Nacional
1976 San Lorenzo Juventud
Barrio Artigas (*) Los Naranjos
(*) Barrio Artigas was desaffiliated.
1977 Los Naranjos Relámpago
1978 Nacional San Lorenzo
Juventud (1st level) merged with Yerbalense (intermedia) to form Juventud Yerbalense.
1979 Relámpago Agraciada
1980 Agraciada Nacional
1981 Central Agraciada
1982 San Lorenzo 25 de Agosto
1983 25 de Agosto San Lorenzo
Juventud Yerbalense was renamed Yerbalense.
1984 Nacional 25 de Agosto
1985 Yerbalense Olimar (II)
1986 Peñarol (III) Yerbalense
1987 Olimar (II) Relámpago
1988 25 de Agosto Nacional
1989 Lavalleja Central
Nacional
Yerbalense
[The league was reduced to 6 teams]
1990 Central Lavalleja
1991 Relámpago 25 de Agosto
1992 (none) Yerbalense
Deportivo Municipal (*)
(*) Deportivo Municipal was promoted from 3rd level through a playoff.
[The league was extended to 8 teams]
1993 San Lorenzo Juventud
1994 Juventud Peñarol (III)
1995 Peñarol (III) San Lorenzo
25 de Agosto
[The league was reduced to 7 teams]
1996 Agraciada Peñarol (III)
Yerbalense
[The league was reduced to 6 teams]
1997 Peñarol (III) 25 de Agosto
San Lorenzo Yerbalense
1998 25 de Agosto (*) San Lorenzo
(*) 25 de Agosto was desaffiliated.
1999 Yerbalense Peñarol (III)
2000 Peñarol (III) Agraciada
2001 Deportivo Municipal Yerbalense
Since 2002 there's only one Level in the league.
Below you can find the list of the 30 clubs that had played in the First Level, with the
detailed number of seasons and matches for each one.
Important:
* Only regular season matches are considered, including abandoned matches, walkovers and
cancelled matches that weren't replayed. Playoffs of any kind aren't included.
* Information about 1934 and 1940 is not available.
* Torneo Preparación 1952 is included (The league wasn't played that year).
* Number of matches played in 2000 is not available.
S (MP) Team Periods
71 (863) Treinta y Tres [1] (20-33,35-39,41-55,60-62,68-01)
56 (821) Huracán (46-01)
52 (717) San Lorenzo (44-76,79-82,84-93,96-97,99-01)
50 (751) Lavalleja (49-50,52-54,56-89,91-01)
37 (361) Southampton [2] (28-29,31-33,35-39,41-53,55-63,70-74)
35 (264) Rodó (20-33,35-39,41-48,51-58)
32 (434) Central (42-45,54-56,58-81,90)
17 (326) Agraciada (80,82-96,01)
17 (119) Yerbalense [3] (62-65,67,83-85,87-89,93-96,98-99)
15 (244) Peñarol (III) (75-86,95,97,00)
14 (228) 25 de Agosto (63-64,69-70,83,85-88,92-95,98)
13 (92) Wanderers [4] (20-21,23-28,30,32-33,35-36)
9 (139) Deportivo Municipal (93-01)
9 (66) Artigas (25-28,35-39)
8 (143) Relámpago (74-75,78-79,88-91)
8 (142) Nacional (76-78,81-84,89)
8 (128) Olimar (II) (61-66,86-87)
8 (112) Danubio (64-71)
8 (78) Vaca Azul (42,45-51)
7 (98) Cruz Alta (65-69,71-72)
6 (40) Peñarol (I) (22,27-31)
5 (244) Juventud Yerbalense [3] (78-82)
5 (70) Juventud [3] (66-68,77,94)
4 (58) Barrio Artigas (73-76)
3 (44) Tigre (72-74)
2 (20) Peñarol (II) (57,59)
2 (18) Olimar (I) (20-21)
1 (14) Los Naranjos (77)
1 (10) Vergara (36)
1 (6) Vergarense (41)
Notes:
[1] Treinta y Tres was banned from OFI competitions in 1971, but apparently they kept playing
in the First Level. However there's no confirmation that they did from 1971 to 1973.
[2] Known as "Deportivo Municipal Southampton" during some seasons.
[3] Juventud and Yerbalense merged into "Juventud Yerbalense" in 1978. In 1983 the merge
was renamed Yerbalense. Juventud was re-founded in 1988.
[4] Known as "Liverpool Wanderers" during some seasons.
Source: CEFO (Centro de Estudios del Fútbol Olimareño) founded by Alejandro de León and Walter Acarino.
Prepared and maintained by Alejandro de León and Martín Tabeira for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Prepared and maintained by GIEFI Members for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: GIEFI Members
Last updated: 6 Jan 2003
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