2021 Uruguayan Primera División season
The 2021 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera División 2021, was the 118th season of the Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 91st in which it is professional. The season, named "Dr. Tabaré Vázquez" after the late former President of Uruguay and chairman of Progreso from 1979 to 1989, started on 15 May and ended on 7 December 2021, with the starting date having been pushed back from early 2021 due to the late conclusion of the previous season owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 May – 7 December 2021 |
| Champions | Peñarol (51st title) |
| Relegated | Progreso Sud América Villa Española |
| Copa Libertadores | Peñarol Nacional Plaza Colonia Montevideo City Torque |
| Copa Sudamericana | Cerro Largo Montevideo Wanderers Liverpool River Plate |
| Matches played | 241 |
| Goals scored | 610 (2.53 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Maximiliano Silvera (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Liverpool 5–0 Sud América (11 June) City Torque 5–0 Villa Española (30 October) |
| Biggest away win | River Plate 0–4 Cerro Largo (2 October) |
| Highest scoring | Peñarol 5–2 Boston River (30 May) Liverpool 5–2 Fénix (22 June) Fénix 3–4 River Plate (26 June) Boston River 2–5 Peñarol (26 September) City Torque 4–3 Boston River (3 October) |
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The tournament was originally scheduled to start on 8 May, however its date of start was postponed for a week to 15 May per request from the Uruguayan government. Peñarol won their fifty-first league title at the end of the season, winning the Torneo Clausura and placing first in the season's aggregate table and then beating Torneo Apertura winners Plaza Colonia on penalties in the semi-final played on 7 December. Nacional were the defending champions.