Uruguay II Division

 

Uruguay Second Level (Primera B) 1970

 1.Danubio       16  13  1  2  36-16  27 promoted
 2.Progreso      16   8  4  4  24-20  20 promotional playoff
 3.Central       16   7  5  4  25-20  19 promotional playoff
 4.Wanderers     16   5  6  5  17-18  16 
 5.Rentistas     16   4  6  6  19-20  14
 6.La Luz        16   6  2  8  17-20  14
 7.Colón         16   5  4  7  19-23  14
 8.Mar de Fondo  16   4  3  9  15-27  11
 9.Fénix         16   2  5  9  15-23   9

Promotion/Relegation Playoff - see First Division article.

 1.Defensor       3   2  1  0   8- 1   5
 2.Central        3   1  2  0   3- 2   4  Promoted
 3.Progreso       3   1  1  1   3- 4   3
 4.Rampla Jrs.    3   0  0  3   1- 8   0  Relegated

Promoted: Danubio and Central
Relegated from 1st level: Rampla Juniors 


Promedios Relegation (average over 1969 and 1970)
 
 1.Danubio      27.0 (relegated 1969, only 1970)
 2.Progreso     20.0
 3.Central      19.5
 4.Rentistas    15.0
 5.Wanderers    14.0
 6.Fénix        13.5
 7.La Luz       13.0
 8.Colón        12.0
 9.Mar de Fondo 11.0 (promoted 1969, only 1970)  Relegated – unlucky boys: promoted in 1969, their single season couldn't give them enough average points against teams playing at least 2 seasons in the league. 
Danubio – Second Division champions and directly promoted to First Division. 

Promoted from 3rd level: 
Cerrito – Third Division champion.
El Tanque
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Uruguay I Division

 

Uruguay. Top league was increasing to 12 teams and that made for complicated championship formula. Three teams were promoted from Third Division. One was relegated – two-season average was used for that. Directly promoted was the champion of Second Division, which was played as simple league championship. But the next two teams in the final table went to promotion/relegation tournament with 2 teams from First Division. Top league itself had two parts: the first was standard league championship, which only determined where teams will play in the second phase: the top 6 teams competed for the title, a mini-championship starting from scratch. The bottom 5 teams played relegation round and the last two to promotion/relegation tournament along with 2^nd and 3^rd placed in Second division – the top two teams went to First Division, the last two – to Second Division. The scheme eventually was going to make a top league of 12 teams and Second Division of 10 teams the next season. Critical point was that the regular season practically counted for nothing more than qualifying to the the next stage, where everybody srarted with 0 points and at least theoretically the 6^th placed in the regular season could be a champion if having only five exceptional games. As ever, all particpants in First, Second, and Third Division represented Montevideo.

Second row from left: Manga, Masnik, Ubiña, Blanco, Ancheta, Montero-Castillo
First row: Cubilla, Esparrago, Maneiro, Artime,y JC Morales
 1. Nacional                   20  18  1  1  48-12  37 
 2. Peñarol                    20  12  7  1  37-16  31 
 3. Huracán Buceo              20   6 11  3  14- 9  23 
 4. Liverpool                  20   8  6  6  20-15  22 
 5. Defensor                   20   6  7  7  18-22  19 
 6. Cerro                      20   5  9  6  17-21  19 
 7. Bella Vista                20   2 12  6  22-29  16 
 8. Sud América                20   3  8  9  14-26  14 
 9. Rampla Juniors             20   3  8  9  11-26  14 
10. CA River Plate             20   4  5 11  16-24  13 
11. Racing                     20   2  8 10  21-38  12 


Group A - Championship Round: 
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 1. Nacional                    5   3  2  0  12- 6   8 
 2. Huracán Buceo               5   3  1  1   7- 2   7 
 3. Peñarol                     5   2  3  0   6- 3   7 
Standing from left: Francisco Campo, César Quiroga, José Maldonado, Agapito Rivero, Luis Roldán, Juan C. Hurt (argentino).
Crouching: Abayubá Ibáñez, Alberto Ferraz, Ricardo Brandón, Pierino Lattuada, Telmo Blanco.
 4. Liverpool                   5   1  3  1   6- 8   5 
 5. Cerro                       5   1  0  4  12-16   2 
 6. Bella Vista                 5   0  1  4   7-15   1 

50 goals = 3.333 goals/match. 

Group B - Relegation Round: 
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 1. Sud América                 4   2  2  0   4- 1   6 
 2. CA River Plate              4   2  1  1   6- 5   5 
 3. Racing                      4   1  3  0   3- 2   5 
 4. Defensor                    4   1  1  2   2- 2   3 
 5. Rampla Juniors              4   0  1  3   4- 9   1 

Promotion/relegation Round:
Second row: Mario Méndez, Baudilio Jauregui, Walter Gassire, Raul Caresani, Dagoberto Fontes, Liber Arispe. 
First row: Jose Urruzmendi, Hector Demarco, Miguel Angel Leiva, Jose Sasia, Wilmer Etchechoury. 

1. Defensor                    3   2  1  0   8- 1   5
2. Central                     3   1  2  0   3- 2   4
3. Progreso                    3   1  1  1   3- 4   3
4. Rampla Juniors              3   0  0  3   1- 8   0

Champions: Nacional. Standing from left:  Angel Brunell, Manga , Luis Ubiñas , Emilio Alvarez , Atilio Ancheta , Montero-Castillo . Fisrt row:  Ignacio Prieto , Ildo Maneiro , Celio Taveira Filho , Luis Artime, Luis Cubilla
To C.Libertadores: Nacional and Peñarol 
Promoted: Danubio and Central (from Second Division)
Relegated: Rampla Juniors 

Argentina. Campeonato Nacional

 

Campeonato Nacional

Format: 20 teams divided into 2 groups of 10, the top 2 teams in each group went to direct elimination. Both semi-finals and final were single match, played on neutral venue. Participants: 14 teams from Metropolitano league – the to 12 in the final standing plus 2 qualified in the 'petit' tournament; 6 provincial teams – all of them had to qualified in 2 tournaments: one was for the 'stronger' provinces of Tucuman, Mendoza, Gran Mendoza, and the city of Mar del Plate. 4 teams came from those qualifications. The rest of the interior provided 2 teams.

Campeonato Nacional [National Championship] 1970 
Table:
Group A
No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
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 1. Chacarita Juniors       20   13    3    4    25    19   29 Semifinalist
 2. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP   20   12    3    5    46    31   27 Semifinalist
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 3. River Plate             20   11    4    5    30    20   26
 4. San Lorenzo de Almagro  20   11    2    7    45    26   24
 5. Gimnasia y Egrima M     20   10    3    7    33    32   23
Standing from left:  Wolff, Cejas, Basile, Chabay, Aguirre, Rulli 
Crouching: Perfumo, Cardenas, Machado Da Silva, Adorno, Lamelza
 6. Racing Club             20    5    7    8    35    30   17
 7. Newell's Old Boys       20    5    5   10    29    36   15
 8. Talleres (C)            20    4    7    9    27    42   15
 9. San Martín (T)          20    5    4   11    19    37   14
10. Platense (VL)           20    3    4   13    21    46    8
Group B
 1. Rosario Central         20   13    3    4    42    26   29 Semifinalist
 2. Boca Juniors            20   13    3    4    36    20   29 Semifinalist
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 3. Vélez Sarsfield         20    9    7    4    39    24   25
 4. Independiente (A)       20    9    3    8    37    35   21
 5. Estudiantes LP          20    7    6    7    31    22   20
 6. Banfield                20    6    6    8    29    29   18
 7. Atlanta                 20    5    6    9    17    22   16
 8. Kimberley (MdP)         20    4    7    9    33    41   15
Standing from left:  Peralta, Taritolay, Allier, Roldán, Salinas, Torres. Crouching: Cáceres, Quevedo, Siaccia, Cerrizuela, Herrera.
 9. Gimnasia y Esgrima J    20    4    6   10    27    43   14
10. San Martín (SJ)         20    4    5   11    27    47   13
Semifinals
Standing: Roberto Rogel, Julio Meléndez (Peru), Antonio Roma, Rubén Suñé, Norberto Madurga, Silvio Marzolini.
Crouching: I. Peña, Raúl Savoy, Angel Clemente Rojas, Orlando Medina, Aldo Villagra. 
  1. Boca Juniors            1    1    0    0     2     0    2 Finalist
Standing: Marcos, Poncio, Zurita, Eresuma, García Cambón, Neumann.
Crouching: Petrocelli, Buzzo, Ortiz, Frassoldatti,Bargas.
  2. Chacarita Juniors       1    0    0    1     0     2    0

 
 1. Rosario Central         1    1    0    0     3     0    2 Finalist
  2. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP   1    0    0    1     0     3    0
Final
  1. Boca Juniors            1    1    0    0     2     1    2 Champion
  2. Rosario Central         1    0    0    1     1     2    0

Boca Juniors – winner of Campeonato Nacional.

Argentina. Campeonato Metropolitano

 

Argentina. 2 championship, so some explanation is needed – the to 12 in the Metropolitano qualified to play in the Nacional. The next 4 teams played 'petit' championship and the top 2 also moved to Nacional. No team was directly promoted from Second Division (Primera B), three teams were relegated – not directly, but after more playing. The last 2 in the 'petit' tournament plus the last 5 in the table played 'reclassification' tournament. The top three teams remained in the top division, the last two were relegated. The 4^th and 5^th went to final promotion-relegation tournament with the top 2 teams in Primera B (Ferro Carril Oeste and Almirante Brown). The two teams in this tournament were to play in the top league next season, the other two – in Primera B.

Campeonato Metropolitano [Metropolitan Championship] 

Table:

No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
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1. Independiente (A)       20   12    3    5    43    25   27 Champion
 
2. River Plate             20   10    7    3    42    24   27 Nacional
 
3. San Lorenzo de Almagro  20    7   11    2    36    20   25 Nacional
 
4. Boca Juniors            20   10    5    5    30    19   25 Nacional
 
5. Newell's Old Boys       20    8    9    3    28    26   25 Nacional
 
6. Platense (VL)           20    9    6    5    24    19   24 Nacional
Standing from left:  Aldo F. Rodríguez, Héctor O. López, Miguel A. Aguilera, Osvaldo R. Cortés, Osvaldo Martínez, Miguel Pecoraro.
First row: Amílcar Ocampo, Osvaldo Cerqueiro, Carlos Guasoné, Carlos Martínez, Benjamín Robles. 
 7. Atlanta                 20    8    6    6    29    26   22 Nacional
 
8. Banfield                20    6   10    4    17    14   22 Nacional
Standing from left: Roberto Gonzalo, Roberto Di Plácido, Roberto Zywica, Juan Masnik (uruguayan), José Santiago, Hugo O. Gatti.
Crouching: Luis A. Roselli, Carlos Diz, Delio Onnis, Jorge Castiglia.
 9. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP   20    8    5    7    28    26   21 Nacional
10. Vélez Sarsfield         20    8    5    7    27    26   21 Nacional
11. Racing Club             20    5   11    4    26    22   21 Nacional
12. Rosario Central         20    7    7    6    26    23   21 Nacional
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13. Chacarita Juniors       20    8    4    8    22    23   20 Petit
14. Huracán (BA)            20    6    7    7    33    32   19 Petit
15. Quilmes                 20    6    5    9    24    32   17 Petit
16. Estudiantes LP          20    4    9    7    22    26   17 Petit
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17. Argentinos Juniors      20    5    7    8    21    33   17 Reclasificatorio
18. Unión (SF)              20    6    4   10    24    35   16 Reclasificatorio
19. Lanús                   20    4    5   11    22    35   13 Reclasificatorio
20. Colón                   20    3    5   12    21    40   11 Reclasificatorio
21. Los Andes (LdZ)         20    2    5   13    22    41    9 Reclasificatorio
Petit Torneo [Petit Tournament] 

Table:
No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
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1. Estudiantes LP           3    1    2    0     4     3    4 Nacional
 
2. Chacarita Juniors        3    1    2    0     3     2    4 Nacional
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 3. Quilmes                  3    1    2    0     2     1    4 Reclasificatorio
 4. Huracán (BA)             3    0    0    3     2     5    0 Reclasificatorio
Torneo Reclasificatorio [Against Relegation Tournament] 

Table:
No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
Standing from left: Vignale, Dacunto, Cardacci, Ginarte, Bordatto, Barboza. Crouching: Donato, Bustamante, Da Graca, Manfredi, Palma.
 1. Los Andes (LdZ)         12    8    1    3    23    14   17 First level
 
2. Huracán (BA)            12    6    4    2    33    11   16 First level
 
3. Argentinos Juniors      12    5    3    4    17    14   13 First level
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 4. Colón                   12    4    3    5    15    24   11 Reclasificatorio
 5. Quilmes                 12    5    1    6    14    18   11 Reclasificatorio
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6. Unión (SF)              12    3    4    5    11    17   10 Relegated
Standing from left: Francisco Nieto, Armando Capurro, Osvaldo Piazza, Ángel Regina, Ramón Peralta, Humberto Ballesteros.
First row: Guerra, Ramón Cabrero, Ángel Silva, Héctor Bentrón, Miguel A. Lencina. 
 7. Lanús                   12    1    4    7    13    28    6 Relegated
Torneo Reclasificatorio de Primera [First level Relegation & Promotion Tournament] 

Table:
No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
Standing: Weber, Tartaglia, Saccardi, Aimonetti, Arregui. 
Crouching: Etcheverry, Ricardo Pérez, Micó, Marchetti, Larrubia, Navas.
 1. Ferro Carril Oeste (BA)  3    3    0    0    10     1    6 Promoted
 2. Colón                    3    1    1    1     6     6    3 First level
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Standing from left: Sernia, Leeb, Pato Fillol, Reguera, Mabrich, Magliolo. 
Crouching: Cottón, Puppo, Omar Pedro Roldán, Della Savia, Laginestra. 
 3. Quilmes                  3    1    1    1     3     6    3 Relegated
 
4. Almirante Brown (IC)     3    0    0    3     4    10    0 Second level

Independiente (Avellaneda) won its 9^th title. Only on better goal-difference, but champion.