2025 Uruguayan Segunda División season

Segunda División Profesional
Season2025
Dates8 March – 29 November 2025
ChampionsAlbion (2nd title)
PromotedAlbion
Central Español
Deportivo Maldonado
RelegatedRampla Juniors
Artigas
Matches230
Goals498 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorerMaximiliano Noble (15 goals)
Biggest home winColón 8–0 Rampla Juniors
(8 March)
Biggest away winArtigas 1–7 Atenas
(12 October)
Highest scoringColón 8–0 Rampla Juniors
(8 March)
Dep. Maldonado 4–4 La Luz
(26 April)
Artigas 1–7 Atenas
(12 October)
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The 2025 Uruguayan Segunda División season was 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 ended on 29 November 2025.[1] A total of 14 teams competed in the season; the top two teams and the winner of the promotion play-offs were promoted to the Liga AUF Uruguaya. The fixture draw for the season was held on 21 February 2025.[2]

Albion became the first club promoted to the top flight for the following season, clinching promotion with two rounds to go in the regular stage after defeating Rentistas 4–1 on 12 October.[3] Albion also claimed their second Segunda División title on 26 October, the final matchday of the regular season, following a 0–0 draw with Central Español who became the second promoted team.[4] The final promotion spot was claimed by Deportivo Maldonado, who won the promotion play-off on 29 November after defeating Atenas in the finals.[5]

Rampla Juniors and Artigas were relegated to the third tier league Primera División Amateur. Since the relegation of both clubs was confirmed prior to the end of the regular season, both declined to play their final match against each other.[6]

Teams

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

Fourteen teams took 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.[7]

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.[8]

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 played 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 were promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División, while the Torneo Competencia winner and the teams placing from third to fifth place (or sixth place if the Torneo Competencia winner placed in the top five) advanced to the promotion play-offs to decide the last promoted team.[8]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Albion (C, P) 32 18 7 7 39 21 +18 61 Promotion to Primera División
2 Central Español (P) 32 16 10 6 37 22 +15 58
3 Atenas 32 17 6 9 42 26 +16 57 Advance to Promotion play-offs
4 Colón 32 15 9 8 43 23 +20 54
5 Deportivo Maldonado (O, P) 32 14 9 9 40 26 +14 51
6 Tacuarembó 32 13 12 7 35 28 +7 51
7 Oriental 32 13 11 8 38 32 +6 50
8 Rentistas 32 12 8 12 36 35 +1 44
9 Fénix 32 12 7 13 35 36 −1 43
10 La Luz 32 5 16 11 33 46 −13 31
11 Rampla Juniors 31 7 7 17 22 39 −17 28
12 Artigas 31 5 11 15 36 53 −17 26
13 Cerrito 32 6 8 18 27 50 −23 26
14 Uruguay Montevideo 32 7 5 20 24 50 −26 26
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away ALB ART ATE CEN CER COL DMA FEN LLU ORI RAM REN TAC URU
Albion — 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–1
Artigas 0–1 — 1–7 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Atenas 0–1 1–1 — 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0
Central Español 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Cerrito 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–1 — 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Colón 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 5–1
Deportivo Maldonado 0–1 6–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0
Fénix 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 — 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–0
La Luz 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0
Oriental 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 — 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1
Rampla Juniors 0–1 —[a] 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 — 2–1 1–1 1–0
Rentistas 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–3
Tacuarembó 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 — 2–0
Uruguay Montevideo 0–3 1–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 1–3 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ The match between Rampla Juniors and Artigas, scheduled for the final round of the regular stage, was cancelled per request from both clubs.[6]

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Finals
        
Deportivo Maldonado 1 1 2
Colón 1 0 1
Deportivo Maldonado 0 1 1
Atenas 0 0 0
Tacuarembó 1 2 3
Atenas (bsr) 1 2 3

Semi-finals

First leg

Deportivo Maldonado1–1Colón
  • Noble 76'
 Report
  • Ferreira 55'
Referee: Pablo Silveira
Tacuarembó1–1Atenas
  • González 90+5'
 Report
  • Quintana 29' (pen.)
Referee: Juan Cianni

Second leg

Colón0–1Deportivo Maldonado
Report
Referee: Santiago Motta

Deportivo Maldonado won 2–1 on aggregate.

Atenas2–2Tacuarembó
  • Fagúndez 5' (o.g.)
  • Prado 86'
 Report
  • Machado 3'
  • González 77'
Referee: Augusto Olmos

Tied 3–3 on aggregate. Atenas advanced on better season record.

Final

Deportivo Maldonado0–0Atenas
Report
Referee: Bruno Sacarelo
Atenas0–1Deportivo Maldonado
Report
  • Tolosa 90+4'
Referee: Felipe Vikonis

Deportivo Maldonado won 1–0 on aggregate and promoted to the Liga AUF Uruguaya.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Maximiliano Noble Deportivo Maldonado 15
2 Uruguay Maicol Ferreira Colón 13
Uruguay Ramiro Quintana Atenas
4 Uruguay Diego Vera Atenas 11
Uruguay Horacio Sequeira La Luz
6 Uruguay Gastón Colmán Oriental 10
7 Uruguay Renato César Deportivo Maldonado 9
Uruguay Nicolás Leites Artigas
9 Uruguay Carlos Sánchez Rentistas 8
Uruguay Gonzalo Barreto Rentistas

Source: Besoccer

Relegation

Pos Team 2024
Pts 		2025
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg Relegation
1 Central Español — 58 58 32 1.813
2 Colón 52 54 106 64 1.656
3 Albion 44 61 105 64 1.641
4 Deportivo Maldonado — 50 50 31 1.613
5 Oriental 44 50 94 64 1.469
6 Atenas 34 57 91 64 1.422
7 Rentistas 45 44 89 64 1.391
8 Fénix — 43 43 32 1.344
9 Tacuarembó 32 51 83 64 1.297
10 Uruguay Montevideo 54 26 80 64 1.25
11 Cerrito 46 26 72 64 1.125
12 La Luz 35 31 66 64 1.031
13 Rampla Juniors (R) — 28 28 31 0.903 Relegation to Primera División Amateur
14 Artigas (R) — 26 26 31 0.839

Source: Tenfield

See also

References

  1. ^ "Segunda División: cuándo se jugarán los playoffs y cómo serán los cruces de semifinales" [Segunda División: when will the playoffs be played and how will be the semi-final matchups] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Segunda División: Albion ascendió a Primera y acaricia el título de campeón" [Segunda División: Albion promoted to Primera and get closer to the championship title] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Albion se coronó campeón de la Segunda división profesional, en tanto que Central Español ascendió a Primera luego de 12 años y medio" [Albion crowned themselves as Segunda División Profesional champions, while Central Español promoted to Primera after 12 and a half years] (in Spanish). El Observador. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Deportivo Maldonado es de primera: un gol de Toloza cuando se moría el partido, firmó el ascenso" [Deportivo Maldonado are a top-flight team: a goal by Toloza as the match was dying secured their promotion] (in Spanish). El País. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Insólito: el partido entre Rampla Juniors y Artigas no se jugará por decisión de los clubes" [Unusual: the match between Rampla Juniors and Artigas will not be played by decision of the clubs] (in Spanish). Caras y Caretas. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Uruguayan_Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n_season