2007–08 in Uruguayan football
Transfers
[edit]First Division
[edit]- Champion: Defensor Sporting (4th title)
- Top scorer: Richard Porta and Cristhian Stuani (19 goals each)
- International qualifiers:
- Copa Libertadores: Defensor Sporting, Nacional and Peñarol
- Copa Sudamericana: Defensor Sporting and River Plate
- Highest scoring: Danubio 9–1 Progreso (December 9, 2007)
- Relegated: Fénix, Miramar Misiones, and Progreso
International tournaments
[edit]Copa Sudamericana 2007
[edit]- Danubio - 1st round (eliminated by Tacuary).
- Defensor Sporting - quarter-finals (eliminated by River Plate).
Copa Libertadores 2008
[edit]Starting from Group stage
- Danubio - 1st round (eliminated by Estudiantes and Lanús).
- Nacional - 2nd round (eliminated by São Paulo).
Starting from Pre-eliminary round
Second Division
[edit]Teams
[edit]These are the teams that currently participates in Uruguayan Second Division:
Final positions
[edit]Teams promoted to 2008/2009 First Division
[edit]- Racing (champion)
- Cerro Largo FC (won promotion playoff against Cerrito)
- Villa Española (won promotion playoff against El Tanque Sisley)
Uruguay national teams
[edit]This section will cover Uruguay's games from the end of the Copa América 2007 until the June 30, 2008.[1]
Friendly matches
[edit]| 12 September 2007 | South Africa  | 0 – 0 |  Uruguay | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 17:00 (SAST) | Report | Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jean Pierre Pwanya (South Africa) |
| 6 February 2008 | Uruguay | 2 – 2 |  Colombia | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 20:30 (UTC-3) | Cavani  78'Suárez 83' |
Report | A. Perea 23', 73' |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Liber Prudente (Uruguay) |
| 25 May 2008 | Turkey  | 2 – 3 | Uruguay | RewirpowerSTADION, Bochum, Germany |
| 19:30 (UTC+1) | Turan 13' Kahveci 50' |
Report | Suárez 31' (pen.), 77' C. Rodríguez 84' (pen.) |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Florian Mayer (Germany) |
| 28 May 2008 | Norway  | 2 – 2 | Uruguay | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway |
| 19:05 (UTC+1) | Elyounoussi 49' J. A. Riise 84' |
Report | Suárez 43' Eguren 68' |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Ireland) |
2010 World Cup qualifiers
[edit]| 13 October 2007 Round 1 | Uruguay | 5 – 0 |  Bolivia | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 16:30 (UTC-2) | Suárez 4' Forlán 38'Abreu 48'Sánchez 67'Bueno 82'M. Pereira  84' |
Report | García 35'  41'Raldes 37' |
Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile) |
| 17 October 2007 Round 2 | Paraguay  | 1 – 0 | Uruguay | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |
| 18:10 (UTC-4) | Valdez 15', 53' Riveros 32'Cardozo 83' |
Report[dead link] | García 46' Pérez 50'Amador 85' |
Attendance: 23,200 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) |
| 18 November 2007 Round 3 | Uruguay | 2 – 2 |  Chile | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 17:00 (UTC-2) | C. Rodríguez 10' Scotti 29'Suárez 41'Gargano 64'Lugano 68'Abreu 81' |
Report | Suazo 19' Rubio 33'Salas 49', 59' (pen.)Ponce 75'Vidal 90+3' |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) |
| 21 November 2007 Round 4 | Brazil  | 2 – 1 | Uruguay | Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 21:45 (UTC-2) | Luís Fabiano 44', 64' |
Report | Abreu 8' Suárez 23'Fucile 27'A. González 66'C. Rodríguez 87' |
Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) |
| 14 June 2008 Round 5 | Uruguay | 1 – 1 |  Venezuela | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 16:00 (UTC-3) | Lugano 12' |
Report | Vargas 56' |
Attendance: 41,831 Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador) |
| 18 June 2008 Round 6 | Uruguay | 6 – 0 |  Peru | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 19:00 (UTC-3) | Forlán 8', 37' (pen.), 53' Godín 19'Bueno 61', 69'Abreu 90' |
Report | Marino 7' Guerrero 27'  37'Villalta 67'Cevasco 80' |
Attendance: 20,016 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile) |
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