1906 Uruguayan Primera División Explained

Competition:Primera División
Season:1906
Winners:Montevideo Wanderers
League Topscorer: Rafael de Miquelenera (6) (Montevideo Wanderers)
Matches:30
Total Goals:75
Prevseason:1905
Nextseason:1907

The 1905 Primera División was the 5th. season of top-flight football in Uruguay.

Overview

The tournament consisted of a round-robin championship. It involved six teams, and the champion was Montevideo Wanderers, being the first time that a club other than CURCC or Nacional won the Primera División.

As a curiosity during this championship, Nacional presented two teams to the competition, their official team and a second team formed by substitutes players, which was called "Nacional B". This was the first and only time in the editions of the Uruguayan Championships that a club participated with two teams.

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacityFoundationSeasonsConsecutive seasonsTitles1905
CURCCMontevideo28 September 18915531st
IntrépidoMontevideoalign=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-
NacionalMontevideoGran Parque Central7,00014 May 18994422nd
Nacional "B"MontevideoGran Parque Central7,00014 May 1899align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-
TeutoniaMontevideo189655align=center-4th
Montevideo WanderersMontevideo15 August 190222align=center-3rd

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