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The 2012–13 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2012–13 Copa Uruguaya or the 2012–13 Campeonato Uruguayo, is the 109th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 82nd in which it is professional. Nacional is the defending champion.
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Teams
Sixteen teams will compete in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2011–12 season. Rentistas, Rampla Juniors, and Cerrito were relegated after accumulating the least amount of points in the relegation table. They were replaced by Central Español, Juventud, and Progreso, the 2011–12 Segunda División winner, runner-up, and playoff winner, respectively. All of the new teams are making repeat appearances.
Results
Updated to games played on September 16, 2012..
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1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Updated as of games played on September 9, 2012.
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Results
Updated to games played on 2012..
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Aggregate table
1 Peñarol qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the league champion.
Relegation
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Danubio won the points of the match against Racing because Racing fielded an ineligible player (Marcelo Sosa).
2. Having only played one season in the Primera División, Central Español's, Juventud's, and Progreso's points are doubled for the relegation table.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Championship playoff
Peñarol and Defensor Sporting qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Peñarol re-qualified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two teams. Peñarol would become the season champion with a win; Defensor Sporting needed to win the playoff to force a two-legged final.