2025 Uruguayan Segunda División season

Segunda División Profesional
Season2025
Dates8 March – December 2025
Matches played150
Goals scored321 (2.14 per match)
Biggest home winColón 8–0 Rampla Juniors
(8 March)
Biggest away winArtigas 0–3 Atenas
(20 April)
Uruguay Montevideo 0–3 Albion
(8 June)
Fénix 0–3 Albion
(19 August)
Highest scoringColón 8–0 Rampla Juniors
(8 March)
Dep. Maldonado 4–4 La Luz
(26 April)
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 19 August 2025.

The 2025 Uruguayan Segunda División season is the 118th season of the Uruguayan Segunda División, the second division championship of football in Uruguay. The season, which was named José Ignacio Villarreal, started on 8 March and is scheduled to end in December 2025. A total of 14 teams compete in the season; the top two teams and the winner of the promotion play-offs will be promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División. The fixture draw for the season was held on 21 February 2025.[1]

Teams

Locations of the 2025 season teams outside Montevideo.
Locations of the 2025 Segunda División teams within Montevideo.

Fourteen teams take part in the season, nine of them returning from the previous edition. Rampla Juniors, Fénix, and Deportivo Maldonado, relegated from Primera División, replaced Plaza Colonia, Montevideo City Torque, and Juventud, who promoted to the top flight at the end of the previous season. On the other hand, Cooper and Sud América, relegated from Segunda División in the previous season, were replaced by the 2024 Primera División Amateur champions Artigas and runners-up Central Español.[2]

Club information

Club City Home stadium[i] Capacity
Albion Montevideo Luis Franzini 16,000
Artigas Artigas Walter Martínez Cerrutti 3,500
Atenas San Carlos Atenas 6,000
Central Español Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Cerrito Montevideo Parque Maracaná 8,000
Colón Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Deportivo Maldonado Maldonado Domingo Burgueño Miguel 22,000
Fénix Montevideo Parque Capurro 10,000
La Luz Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Oriental La Paz Parque Palermo 6,500
Rampla Juniors Montevideo Olímpico 9,500
Rentistas Montevideo Complejo Rentistas 10,600
Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Raúl Goyenola 12,000
Uruguay Montevideo Montevideo Parque Palermo 6,500
Notes
  1. ^ The stadiums owned by Colón, Oriental, and Uruguay Montevideo do not meet the requirements to host league games. On the other hand, Albion, Artigas, and La Luz do not own a stadium.

Torneo Competencia

The Torneo Competencia was the first stage of the tournament. The 14 participating teams were divided into two groups of seven where they played each one of the teams in their group under a single round-robin format. The winners of each group advanced to the final, with the winner being assured of a berth into the promotion play-offs.[3]

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATE CEN ALB URU REN ART CER
1 Atenas 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 Advance to Final — — 0–0 1–0 — — 2–1
2 Central Español 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 0–1 — — — 0–1 2–1 —
3 Albion 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 — 1–2 — 1–0 — — 2–1
4 Uruguay Montevideo 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9 — 1–2 — — 1–0 3–1 —
5 Rentistas 6 2 2 2 3 2 +1 8 2–0 — 0–0 — — 0–0 —
6 Artigas 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 0–3 — 1–2 — — — 5–2
7 Cerrito 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3 — 1–2 — 1–3 1–0 — —
Source: Tenfield, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored, 4) Head-to-head points, 5) Head-to-head goal difference, 6) Head-to-head goals scored.

Serie B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAC ORI DMA COL FEN LLU RAM
1 Tacuarembó 6 4 2 0 7 3 +4 14 Advance to Final — — — 1–0 — 1–1 1–0
2 Oriental 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 12 2–2 — 0–0 — 1–0 — —
3 Deportivo Maldonado 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11 0–1 — — 2–0 — 4–4 —
4 Colón 6 2 1 3 11 6 +5 7 — 0–1 — — — 1–1 8–0
5 Fénix 6 2 0 4 4 6 −2 6 0–1 — 0–2 1–2 — — —
6 La Luz 6 0 4 2 7 10 −3 4 — 1–2 — — 0–2 — 0–0
7 Rampla Juniors 6 0 2 4 0 11 −11 2 — 0–0 0–1 — 0–1 — —
Source: Tenfield, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored, 4) Head-to-head points, 5) Head-to-head goal difference, 6) Head-to-head goals scored.

Final

Tacuarembó1–0Atenas
  • Sosa 24'
 Report
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez

Regular stage

In the regular stage, the 14 teams play each other twice under a double round-robin format for a total of 26 matches. Teams carried over their Torneo Competencia performances to this stage. The top two teams at the end of the regular stage will be promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División, while the teams placing from third to fifth place (or sixth place if the Torneo Competencia winner places in the top five) will advance to the promotion play-offs.[3]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Albion 22 15 4 3 30 12 +18 49 Promotion to Primera División
2 Tacuarembó (X) 21 11 6 4 22 14 +8 39
3 Deportivo Maldonado 22 10 8 4 27 16 +11 38 Advance to Promotion play-offs
4 Central Español 22 10 7 5 26 19 +7 37
5 Atenas 21 10 5 6 22 16 +6 35
6 Colón 21 10 4 7 32 16 +16 34
7 Rentistas 21 9 7 5 25 18 +7 34
8 Oriental 21 8 8 5 23 22 +1 32
9 Fénix 22 8 5 9 22 24 −2 29
10 Artigas 21 3 9 9 21 28 −7 18
11 Uruguay Montevideo 21 5 3 13 18 33 −15 18
12 Cerrito 21 4 4 13 19 37 −18 16
13 La Luz 21 1 10 10 20 35 −15 13
14 Rampla Juniors 21 3 4 14 13 30 −17 13
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: Tenfield
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff series (if needed to decide promotion), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Head-to-head points, 6) Head-to-head goals scored, 7) Playoff game, in case two teams are still tied for first place.
(X) Assured of the promotion play-offs, but may still promote directly

Results

Home \ Away ALB ART ATE CEN CER COL DMA FEN LLU ORI RAM REN TAC URU
Albion — 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Artigas 0–1 — 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1
Atenas 0–1 1–1 — 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0
Central Español 1–1 0–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0
Cerrito 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2
Colón 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–0 2–0 5–1
Deportivo Maldonado 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
Fénix 0–3 1–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 2–0
La Luz 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 — 1–2 1–0
Oriental 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 — 1–0 1–1
Rampla Juniors 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 — 1–1
Rentistas 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 —
Tacuarembó 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 2–0
Uruguay Montevideo 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation

Pos Team 2024
Pts 		2025
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg Relegation
1 Deportivo Maldonado — 38 38 22 1.727
2 Albion 44 49 93 54 1.722
3 Central Español — 37 37 22 1.682
4 Colón 52 32 84 53 1.585
5 Rentistas 45 34 79 53 1.491
6 Oriental 44 32 76 53 1.434
7 Uruguay Montevideo 54 18 72 53 1.358
8 Tacuarembó 32 39 71 53 1.34
9 Fénix — 29 29 22 1.318
10 Atenas 34 35 69 53 1.302
11 Cerrito 46 16 62 53 1.17
12 La Luz 35 13 48 53 0.906
13 Artigas — 18 18 21 0.857 Relegation to Primera División Amateur
14 Rampla Juniors — 13 13 21 0.619

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: Tenfield

See also

References

  1. ^ "Se sorteó el fixture de la temporada 2025 de la Segunda División Profesional" [The 2025 Segunda División Profesional season's fixture was drawn] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Central Español vuelve a ser profesional: le ganó a Villa Española por penales el segundo ascenso a la 'B'" [Central Español are professional again: they beat Villa Española to the second promotion spot to the B on penalties] (in Spanish). El País. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Inicia la Segunda División Profesional: cómo se juega la primera fecha, qué torneos hay y altas de cada club" [The Segunda División Profesional starts: how is the first matchday played, which tournaments are there and ins of each club] (in Spanish). El País. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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