Primera A Final Table: 1. C Nacional dF 20 13 2 5 60-17 28 . CA Peñarol 20 13 2 5 56-25 28 -------------------------------------------------------- 3. Montevideo Wanderers FC 20 7 8 5 33-28 22 4. Liverpool FC 20 8 3 9 29-31 19 5. CA River Plate 20 6 7 7 25-30 19 6. CA Defensor 20 6 7 7 29-44 19 7. Racing Club Montevideo 20 6 7 7 28-45 19 8. Central FC 20 6 6 8 23-42 18 9. Rampla Juniors FC 20 6 5 9 36-42 17 10. IA Sud América 20 5 6 9 36-37 16 -------------------------------------------------------- 11. CA Bella Vista 20 5 5 10 27-41 15 Promotion/Relegation Playoff Round 1 Bella Vista 2-1 Peñarol Rampla Juniors 2-1 Nacional Defensor 2-2 Sud América River Plate 2-0 Central Liverpool 0-0 Racing Montevideo Wanderers bye Round 2 Racing 1-0 Nacional Montevideo Wanderers 4-1 Peñarol River Plate 3-2 Bella Vista Sud América 4-3 Liverpool Central 2-1 Defensor Rampla Juniors bye Round 3 Peñarol 6-0 Central Nacional 0-0 River Plate Sud América 4-1 Montevideo Wanderers Bella Vista 2-1 Rampla Juniors Defensor 4-2 Liverpool Racing bye Round 4 Nacional 2-1 Sud América Peñarol 7-0 Defensor Bella Vista 1-1 Liverpool Montevideo Wanderers 4-2 Rampla Juniors Central 1-1 Racing River Plate bye Round 5 Peñarol 5-0 Rampla Juniors Nacional 2-0 Bella Vista Montevideo Wanderers 3-1 River Plate Central 2-1 Sud América Racing 4-1 Defensor Liverpool bye Round 6 Nacional 4-1 Liverpool Peñarol 5-0 Racing Sud América 3-1 Rampla Juniors Bella Vista 2-0 Montevideo Wanderers River Plate 0-0 Defensor Central bye Round 7 River Plate 4-2 Peñarol Nacional 6-1 Central Montevideo Wanderers 3-1 Racing Defensor 2-0 Bella Vista Liverpool 4-2 Rampla Juniors Sud América bye Round 8 Nacional 6-0 Defensor Sud América 1-1 Peñarol Central 1-1 Rampla Juniors Montevideo Wanderers 2-0 Liverpool River Plate 1-0 Racing Bella Vista bye Round 9 Montevideo Wanderers 1-1 Central Sud América 1-1 Bella Vista Liverpool 1-0 River Plate Peñarol 2-1 Nacional Rampla Juniors 4-4 Racing Defensor bye Round 10 Peñarol 3-1 Liverpool Central 1-1 Bella Vista Sud América 7-1 Racing Rampla Juniors 1-1 River Plate Montevideo Wanderers 1-1 Defensor Nacional bye Round 11 Central 1-0 Liverpool Sud América 1-1 River Plate Nacional 2-0 Montevideo Wanderers Rampla Juniors 4-1 Defensor Bella Vista 2-0 Racing Peñarol bye Round 12 Peñarol 3-1 Bella Vista Nacional 4-1 Rampla Juniors Defensor 2-1 Sud América Central 2-1 River Plate Racing 2-1 Liverpool Montevideo Wanderers bye Round 13 Nacional awd Racing [*, awarded to Racing] Montevideo Wanderers 2-2 Peñarol River Plate 1-1 Bella Vista Liverpool 1-0 Sud América Central 1-1 Defensor Rampla Juniors bye [*] originally 6-1, awarded to Racing as Nacional fielded an ineligible player. Round 14 Central 3-2 Peñarol Nacional 4-1 River Plate Sud América 0-0 Montevideo Wanderers Rampla Juniors 5-1 Bella Vista Liverpool 4-1 Defensor Racing bye Round 15 Nacional 2-2 Sud América Peñarol 3-1 Defensor Liverpool 1-0 Bella Vista Montevideo Wanderers 0-0 Rampla Juniors Central 2-2 Racing River Plate bye Round 16 Peñarol 2-0 Rampla Juniors Nacional 8-2 Bella Vista Montevideo Wanderers 2-2 River Plate Central 4-1 Sud América Racing 2-2 Defensor Liverpool bye Round 17 Nacional 4-0 Liverpool Peñarol 4-1 Racing Rampla Juniors 4-0 Sud América Montevideo Wanderers 3-2 Bella Vista River Plate 1-1 Defensor Central bye Round 18 Peñarol 2-0 River Plate Nacional 5-0 Central Montevideo Wanderers 2-2 Racing Defensor 2-1 Bella Vista Liverpool 2-0 Rampla Juniors Sud América bye Round 19 Defensor 2-1 Nacional Peñarol 3-2 Sud América Rampla Juniors 2-1 Central Montevideo Wanderers 1-1 Liverpool River Plate 1-0 Racing Bella Vista bye Round 20 Montevideo Wanderers 4-0 Central Sud América 4-1 Bella Vista Liverpool 4-0 River Plate Nacional 1-0 Peñarol Racing 1-0 Rampla Juniors Defensor bye Round 21 Peñarol 2-1 Liverpool Bella Vista 3-0 Central Racing 3-1 Sud América Rampla Juniors 4-3 River Plate Defensor 3-0 Montevideo Wanderers Nacional bye Round 22 Liverpool 1-0 Central River Plate 2-0 Sud América Nacional 1-0 Montevideo Wanderers Rampla Juniors 2-2 Defensor Bella Vista 2-2 Racing Peñarol bye Final Table: 1. C Nacional dF 20 13 2 5 60-17 28 . CA Peñarol 20 13 2 5 56-25 28 -------------------------------------------------------- 3. Montevideo Wanderers FC 20 7 8 5 33-28 22 4. Liverpool FC 20 8 3 9 29-31 19 5. CA River Plate 20 6 7 7 25-30 19 6. CA Defensor 20 6 7 7 29-44 19 7. Racing Club Montevideo 20 6 7 7 28-45 19 8. Central FC 20 6 6 8 23-42 18 9. Rampla Juniors FC 20 6 5 9 36-42 17 10. IA Sud América 20 5 6 9 36-37 16 -------------------------------------------------------- 11. CA Bella Vista 20 5 5 10 27-41 15 Promotion/Relegation Playoff Championship Playoff [Apr 28, 1940, Estadio Centenario; attendance: 43,000] Nacional 3-2 Peñarol [after extra time] [Francisco Arispe 39, Luis Volpi 98, Atilio García 103; Adelaido Camaití 85, 110] [Nacional: Aníbal Paz; Luis Fazio, Juan Ramón Cabrera; Luis Alberto Pérez Luz, Rodolfo Pini, Eugenio Galvalisi; Luis Volpi, Aníbal Ciocca, Atilio García, Francisco Arispe, Roberto Porta. Coach: Héctor Castro. Peñarol: Julio Barrios; Agustín Prado, Mário Barradas; Erebo Zunino, Francisco Palermo, Raúl Rodríguez; Nicolás Orlando, Pedro Lago, Sylvio Pirillo, Severino Varela, Adelaido Camaití. Coach: Athuel Velázquez] [Referees: Aníbal Tejada, Nobel Valentini, Juan José Nilson] Nacional Champions of Uruguay 1939. Topscorer: 22 - Atilio García (C Nacional dF) Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg Progreso 2-1 Bella Vista Second Leg Bella Vista 2-0 Progreso Playoff Bella Vista 3-0 Progreso Bella Vista remained in First Division, Progreso remained in Intermedia.
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Diego Antognazza (oguico@hotmail.com) and Martín Tabeira (martintab@hotmail.com) Last updated: 1 May 2004 (C) Copyright Diego Antognazza, Martín Tabeira and RSSSF 2004