1927 Peruvian Primera División

The 1927 Primera División was the 12th season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 8 teams competed in the league, with Sport Progreso as defending champion. Alianza Lima won its third Primera División title.^[1][2] Many matches were not played.

Peruvian Primera División

Alianza Lima, champion
Season	1927
Dates	22 May 1927 – 25 December 1927
Champions	Alianza Lima 3rd Primera División title
← 1926 1928 →

The Association FBC merged with the club Unión Ciclista Peruana in September 1927^[3] to form the Ciclista Lima Association. The merger occurs around the month of May 1927. Therefore, the football matches played before that month were kept under the name of Association Football Club.

Changes from 1926

Structural changes

For the 1927 season, 8 teams played in the league, a 3-team reduction from the previous season. No relegation took place in this season.

Promotion and relegation

Jorge Chávez, Teniente Ruiz, Deportivo Nacional, Jorge Washington and Sport José Gálvez were relegated. They were replaced by Association FBC (reinstated) and Association Alianza as 1926 División Intermedia champion.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1926 División Intermedia	Reinstated	Relegated from 1926 Primera División
Association Alianza (1st)	Association FBC	Jorge Chávez (7th) Teniente Ruiz (8th) Jorge Washington (9th) Deportivo Nacional (10th) Sport José Gálvez (11th)

Stadia and Locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Association Alianza	La Victoria, Lima
Association FBC	Cercado de Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Pueblo Libre, Lima
Sport Progreso	Rímac, Lima
Sportivo Tarapacá	Cercado de Lima
Unión Buenos Aires	Callao

Primera División

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	6	Champions
2	Unión Buenos Aires	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5
3	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
4	Atlético Chalaco	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
5	Sportivo Tarapacá	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	2
6	Association Alianza	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1
7	Sport Progreso	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0
8	Association FBC	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

The following list is the known results according to what was published in the newspapers El Comercio, La Prensa and La Crónica. Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played in Lima.

Home \ Away	ALI	AAL	ASS	CHA	CSI	TAR	PRO	UBA
Alianza Lima			2–0	3–0		n.p.
Association Alianza	n.p.			n.p.			n.p.	1–3
Association FBC		n.p.		0–2	n.p.	n.p.
Atlético Chalaco					n.p.	n.p.	3–1
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	n.p.	4–2				2–0
Sportivo Tarapacá		3–3					n.p.
Sport Progreso	2–3		n.p.		n.p.			n.p.
Unión Buenos Aires	n.p.		n.p.	n.p.	3–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1927. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and La Crónica
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 1

The round was played on 22 May 1927.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alianza Lima	2–0	Association FBC
Atlético Chalaco	3–1	Sport Progreso

Round 2

The round was played on 29 May 1927.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Unión Buenos Aires	3–2	Circolo Sportivo Italiano
Sportivo Tarapacá	3–3	Association Alianza

Round 3

The round was played on 11 June 1927.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	4–2	Association Alianza
Unión Buenos Aires	2–2	Sportivo Tarapacá

Round 4

The round was played on 12 June 1927.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alianza Lima	3–2	Sport Progreso
Atlético Chalaco	2–0	Association FBC

Round 5

The round was played on 19 June 1927.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Unión Buenos Aires	3–1	Association Alianza
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	2–0	Sportivo Tarapacá

Round 6

The round was played on 26 June 1927.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alianza Lima	3–0	Atlético Chalaco

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jorge Koochoi	Alianza Lima	2
	José María Lavalle
	Alberto Montellanos
2	Guillermo Rivero	Alianza Lima	1