View source for 2007–08 in Uruguayan football

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== Transfers ==
{{main|List of Uruguayan football transfers 2007-08}}

==First Division==
{{main|Primera División Uruguaya 2007–08}}

*'''Champion:''' [[Defensor Sporting]] (4th title)
*'''Top scorer:''' [[Richard Porta]] and [[Cristhian Stuani]] (19 goals each)
*'''International qualifiers:'''
**'''Copa Libertadores:''' [[Defensor Sporting]], [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] and [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
**'''Copa Sudamericana:''' [[Defensor Sporting]] and [[Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)|River Plate]]
*'''Highest scoring:''' [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]] 9–1 [[CA Progreso|Progreso]] (December 9, 2007)
*'''Relegated:''' [[Centro Atlético Fénix|Fénix]], [[Miramar Misiones]], and [[CA Progreso|Progreso]]

==International tournaments==

===Copa Sudamericana 2007===

* [[Danubio FC|Danubio]] - 1st round (eliminated by [[Tacuary]]).
* [[Defensor Sporting]] - quarter-finals (eliminated by [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]).

===Copa Libertadores 2008===

''Starting from Group stage''

* [[Danubio FC|Danubio]] - 1st round (eliminated by [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]] and [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]).
* [[Club Nacional de Fútbol|Nacional]] - 2nd round (eliminated by [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]).

''Starting from Pre-eliminary round''

* [[Montevideo Wanderers FC|Wanderers]] - Pre-eliminary round (eliminated by [[Cienciano]])

==Second Division==

===Teams===

These are the teams that currently participates in [[Segunda División Uruguay|Uruguayan Second Division]]:

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* [[Atenas De San Carlos|Atenas]]
* [[Basañez]]
* [[Boston River]]
* [[Club Sportivo Cerrito|Cerrito]]
* [[Cerro Largo FC|Cerro Largo]]
* [[Deportivo Maldonado]]
* [[Durazno FC]]
* [[El Tanque Sisley]]
* [[Huracán Buceo]]

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* [[La Luz Tacurú FC]]
* [[Club Atlético Platense (Uruguay)|Platense]] (withdraw)
* [[Plaza Colonia]]
* [[Racing Club de Montevideo|Racing]]
* [[CA Rentistas|Rentistas]]
* [[Rocha F.C.|Rocha FC]]
* [[Sud América|IASA]]
* [[Uruguay Montevideo]] (withdraw)
* [[C.S.D. Villa Española|Villa Española]]

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===Final positions===

===Teams promoted to 2008/2009 First Division===
* [[Racing Club de Montevideo|Racing]] (champion)
* [[Cerro Largo FC]] (won promotion playoff against [[Club Sportivo Cerrito|Cerrito]])
* [[C.S.D. Villa Española|Villa Española]] (won promotion playoff against [[El Tanque Sisley]])

==Uruguay national teams==
This section will cover [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay's]] games from the end of the [[Copa América 2007]] until the June 30, 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070623104857/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=uru/index.html Uruguay in FIFA.com]</ref>

===Friendly matches===
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|date = 12 September 2007
|time = 17:00 ([[SAST]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}} 
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hslamign?0,2,2%2F43%2F,1,1,1,20070912,3,0 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ellis Park Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = [[Jean Pierre Pwanya]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]]) 
|result = D
}}
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|date = 6 February 2008
|time = 20:30 ([[UTC-3]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}} 
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [https://archive.today/20130102194302/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236241&cc=3888&league=FIFA.FRIENDLY Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}} 
|goals1 = [[Edinson Cavani|Cavani]] {{goal|78}}<br />[[Luis Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Amaranto Perea|A. Perea]] {{goal|23||73}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Liber Prudente]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) 
|result = D
}}
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|date = 25 May 2008
|time = 19:30 ([[UTC+1]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}} 
|score = 2 – 3
|report = [http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hslamign?0,2,2%2F43%2F,1,1,1,20080525,3,0 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Arda Turan|Turan]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Nihat Kahveci|Kahveci]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = [[Luis Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|31|pen.|77}}<br />[[Cristian Rodríguez|C. Rodríguez]] {{goal|84|pen.}}
|stadium = [[RewirpowerSTADION]], [[Bochum]], Germany
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Florian Mayer]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]]) 
|result = W
}}
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|date = 28 May 2008
|time = 19:05 ([[UTC+1]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hslamign?0,2,2%2F43%2F,1,1,1,20080528,3,0 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Tarik Elyounoussi|Elyounoussi]] {{goal|49}}<br />[[John Arne Riise|J. A. Riise]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Luis Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Sebastián Eguren|Eguren]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadium]], [[Oslo]], Norway
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Anthony Buttimer]] ([[Football Association of Ireland|Ireland]]) 
|result = D
}}

===2010 World Cup qualifiers===
{{main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)}}
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|date = 13 October 2007
|time = 16:30 ([[UTC-2]])
|round = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Round 1|Round 1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}} 
|score = 5 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071118141352/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300032127/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|38}}<br />[[Sebastián Abreu|Abreu]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Vicente Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Carlos Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|82}}<br />[[Maxi Pereira|M. Pereira]] {{yel|84}}
|goals2 = [[Ronald García|García]] {{sent off|2|35|41}}<br />[[Ronald Raldes|Raldes]] {{yel|37}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|attendance = 25,200
|referee = [[Rubén Selman]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) 
|result = W
}}
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|date = 17 October 2007
|time = 18:10 ([[UTC-4]])
|round = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Round 2|Round 2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR}} 
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/matches/southamerica/round=250491/match=300032135/report.html Report]{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Nelson Valdez|Valdez]] {{goal|15}}, {{yel|53}}<br />[[Cristian Riveros|Riveros]] {{yel|32}}<br />[[Óscar Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{yel|83}}
|goals2 = [[Pablo Gabriel García|García]] {{yel|46}}<br />[[Diego Pérez (footballer)|Pérez]] {{yel|50}}<br />[[Santos Amador|Amador]] {{yel|85}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]]
|attendance = 23,200
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]]) 
|result = L
}}
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|date = 18 November 2007
|time = 17:00 ([[UTC-2]])
|round = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Round 3|Round 3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}} 
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123201504/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300032139/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Cristian Rodríguez|C. Rodríguez]] {{yel|10}}<br />[[Andrés Scotti|Scotti]] {{yel|29}}<br />[[Luis Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Walter Gargano|Gargano]] {{yel|64}}<br />[[Diego Lugano|Lugano]] {{yel|68}}<br />[[Sebastián Abreu|Abreu]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Humberto Suazo|Suazo]] {{yel|19}}<br />[[Eduardo Rubio|Rubio]] {{yel|33}}<br />[[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|49||59|pen.}}<br />[[Waldo Ponce|Ponce]] {{yel|75}}<br />[[Arturo Vidal|Vidal]] {{yel|90+3}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = [[Sergio Pezzotta]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]]) 
|result = D
}}
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|date = 21 November 2007
|time = 21:45 ([[UTC-2]])
|round = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Round 4|Round 4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}} 
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123193802/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300032144/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Luís Fabiano]] {{goal|44||64}}
|goals2 = [[Sebastián Abreu|Abreu]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Luis Suárez|Suárez]] {{yel|23}}<br />[[Jorge Fucile|Fucile]] {{yel|27}}<br />[[Álvaro Rafael González|A. González]] {{yel|66}}<br />[[Cristian Rodríguez|C. Rodríguez]] {{yel|87}}
|stadium = [[Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo]], [[São Paulo]], Brazil
|attendance = 70,000
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]]) 
|result = L
}}
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|date = 14 June 2008
|time = 16:00 ([[UTC-3]])
|round = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Round 5|Round 5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}} 
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080617190617/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300035294/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Lugano|Lugano]] {{goal|12}}
|goals2 = [[Ronald Vargas|Vargas]] {{goal|56}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|attendance = 41,831
|referee = [[Alfredo Intriago]] ([[Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol|Ecuador]])
|result = D
}}
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|date = 18 June 2008
|time = 19:00 ([[UTC-3]])
|round = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Round 6|Round 6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}} 
|score = 6 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080623052700/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300035297/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|8||37|pen.|53}}<br />[[Diego Godín|Godín]] {{yel|19}}<br />[[Carlos Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|61||69}}<br />[[Sebastián Abreu|Abreu]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Carlos Mariño|Marino]] {{yel|7}}<br />[[Paolo Guerrero|Guerrero]] {{yel|27}} {{sent off|0|37}}<br />[[Miguel Villalta|Villalta]] {{yel|67}}<br />[[Miguel Cevasco|Cevasco]] {{yel|80}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|attendance = 20,016
|referee = [[Pablo Pozo]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) 
|result = W
}}

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{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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==References==
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