2023 Liga 1 (Peru)

The 2023 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Betsson 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 19 teams competed in the season, which began on 3 February and ended on 8 November 2023. The season was originally scheduled to begin on 21 January, but the first two matchdays were postponed due to the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests.^[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 30 December 2022.^[2]

Liga 1

Season	2023
Dates	3 February – 8 November 2023
Champions	Universitario (27th title)
Relegated	Binacional Deportivo Municipal Academia Cantolao
Copa Libertadores	Universitario Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Melgar
Copa Sudamericana	Sport Huancayo ADT Deportivo Garcilaso Universidad César Vallejo
Matches played	336
Goals scored	849 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Santiago Giordana (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Melgar 5–0 Cantolao (29 April) Binacional 5–0 Unión Comercio (22 May) Alianza Lima 6–1 Binacional (28 May) Sporting Cristal 5–0 Binacional (27 July) U. César Vallejo 5–0 Atlético Grau (4 September)
Biggest away win	Unión Comercio 1–6 Sporting Cristal (13 May)
Highest scoring	Dep. Garcilaso 4–4 Sporting Cristal (12 March) Binacional 5–3 Sport Huancayo (16 April)
← 2022 2024 →

Universitario were the champions, winning their twenty-seventh league title after defeating Alianza Lima in the two-legged final with a 3–1 aggregate score.^[3] Alianza Lima were the defending champions, having won back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022.

Teams

19 teams took part in the league in this season: the top 16 teams from the 2022 tournament, plus the 2022 Copa Perú champions Deportivo Garcilaso, the Liga 2 champions Cusco and Unión Comercio, the winners of the promotion/relegation play-off. The promoted teams replaced Ayacucho, Universidad San Martín and Carlos Stein, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Team changes

Promoted from 2022 Liga 2	Promoted from 2022 Copa Perú	Relegated from 2022 Liga 1
Cusco (1st) Unión Comercio (2nd)	Deportivo Garcilaso (1st)	Ayacucho (17th) Universidad San Martín (18th) Carlos Stein (19th)

Stadia and locations

ADT

Alianza Atlético

Atlético Grau

Binacional

Carlos A. Mannucci

Cusco

Sport Huancayo

Melgar

Unión Comercio

U. César Vallejo

UTC

Callao

Lima

Cusco teams:
Cienciano
Cusco
Dep. Garcilaso

Locations of the 2023 Liga 1 teams

Alianza Lima

Dep. Municipal

Sporting Cristal

Universitario

Locations of the 2023 Liga 1 teams – Lima.

Academia Cantolao

Sport Boys

Locations of the 2023 Liga 1 teams – Callao.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity[4]
Academia Cantolao	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
ADT	Tarma	Unión Tarma	9,100
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	12,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,938
Atlético Grau	Bernal	Municipal de Bernal	7,000
Binacional	Juliaca	Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina	20,030
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Cusco	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Deportivo Garcilaso	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Iván Elías Moreno	10,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	40,370
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
Sport Huancayo	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	11,600
Unión Comercio	Tarapoto	Carlos Vidaurre García	18,000
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,000
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093
UTC	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Academia Cantolao	Adrián Taffarel	Loma's	Dafabet
ADT	Franco Navarro	New Athletic	Caja Huancayo
Alianza Atlético	Jorge Ágapo Gonzales	Walon	Caja Sullana, Coolbet
Alianza Lima	Mauricio Larriera	Nike	Apuesta Total
Atlético Grau	Ángel Comizzo	Walon	DoradoBet, Caja Piura
Binacional	César Vaioli	New Athletic
Carlos A. Mannucci	Mario Viera	New Athletic	UPAO, DoradoBet
Cienciano	Óscar Ibáñez	New Athletic	DoradoBet
Cusco	Luis Flores	Lotto	Caja Cusco
Deportivo Garcilaso	Jorge Célico	Ander	Caja Cusco, Salkantay Trekking
Deportivo Municipal	Santiago Acasiete	Walon	1XBET
Melgar	Mariano Soso	Walon	Betano
Sport Boys	Fernando Gamboa	Astro	Marcadores247.com
Sport Huancayo	Wilmar Valencia	Lotto	Caja Huancayo
Sporting Cristal	Tiago Nunes	Adidas	Cerveza Cristal, Caja Piura
Unión Comercio	Marcelo Vivas	Convert	Olva Courier, Coolbet
Universidad César Vallejo	Roberto Mosquera	Astro	UCV, Caja Trujillo
Universitario	Jorge Fossati	Marathon	Apuesta Total
UTC	Carlos Ramacciotti	Lotto	Colegio Nivel A

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Universidad César Vallejo	José del Solar	End of contract	29 October 2022[5]	Pre-season	Sebastián Abreu	17 November 2022[6]
Cienciano	Jesús Cisneros	End of caretaker spell	30 October 2022		Leonel Álvarez	9 December 2022[7]
Carlos A. Mannucci	Jorge Pautasso	Mutual agreement	31 October 2022[8]		Mario Viera	5 November 2022[9]
Alianza Atlético	Mario Viera	End of contract	4 November 2022[10]		Carlos Desio	7 November 2022[11]
Sport Boys	Juan Alayo		4 November 2022[12]		Guillermo Sanguinetti	28 November 2022[13]
Sporting Cristal	Roberto Mosquera		7 November 2022[14]		Tiago Nunes	17 November 2022[15]
Deportivo Municipal	Juan Pajuelo		8 November 2022[16]		Ángel Comizzo	15 November 2022[17]
Atlético Grau	Gustavo Álvarez	Resigned	11 November 2022[18]		Daniel Ahmed	22 November 2022[19]
Academia Cantolao	Alejandro Apud	Signed by Plaza Colonia	3 December 2022		Matías Rosa	5 December 2022[20]
Universitario	Carlos Compagnucci	Resigned	28 February 2023[21]	14th	Jorge Araujo[i]	28 February 2023[21]
	Jorge Araujo	End of caretaker spell	5 March 2023[22]	9th	Jorge Fossati	3 March 2023[23]
Melgar	Pablo Lavallén	Sacked	6 March 2023[24]	18th	Mariano Soso[ii]	14 March 2023[26]
Binacional	Wilmar Valencia	Mutual agreement	15 March 2023[27]		José Díaz[i]	15 March 2023
	José Díaz	End of caretaker spell	22 March 2023	19th	Darío Franco	22 March 2023[28]
Unión Comercio	Jesús Oropesa	Sacked	4 April 2023[29]	13th	Raymundo Paz[i]	4 April 2023[30]
Academia Cantolao	Matías Rosa	Mutual agreement	12 April 2023[31]	18th	Ramón Perleche[i]	12 April 2023[32]
Unión Comercio	Raymundo Paz	End of caretaker spell	14 April 2023	11th	Jaime de la Pava	14 April 2023[33]
Deportivo Garcilaso	Roberto Tristán	Sacked	16 April 2023[34]	7th	Jorge Célico	20 April 2023[35]
Academia Cantolao	Ramón Perleche	End of caretaker spell	21 April 2023	19th	Edgardo Malvestiti	22 April 2023[36]
Sport Huancayo	Mifflin Bermúdez	Demoted to the reserve squad	29 April 2023[37]	11th	Wilmar Valencia	29 April 2023[37]
Sport Boys	Guillermo Sanguinetti	Mutual agreement	8 May 2023[38]	18th	Juan Alayo[i]	8 May 2023[38]
Alianza Atlético	Carlos Desio		11 May 2023[39]	13th	Jorge Ágapo Gonzales[i]	11 May 2023[39]
UTC	Marcelo Grioni		14 May 2023[40]	15th	José Infante[i]	15 May 2023[41]
Unión Comercio	Jaime de la Pava	Sacked	18 May 2023[42]	16th	Raymundo Paz[i]	19 May 2023[43]
Cienciano	Leonel Álvarez	Mutual agreement	19 May 2023[44]	8th	Alessandro Morán[i]	20 May 2023
Binacional	Darío Franco		19 May 2023[45]	17th	Aristóteles Ramos[i]	19 May 2023[46]
Sport Boys	Juan Alayo	End of caretaker spell	19 May 2023	18th	Fernando Gamboa	19 May 2023[47]
Cienciano	Alessandro Morán		22 May 2023	9th	Gerardo Ameli	22 May 2023[48]
UTC	José Infante		24 May 2023	13th	Francisco Pizarro	24 May 2023[49]
Unión Comercio	Raymundo Paz		28 May 2023	16th	Daniel Farías	27 May 2023[50]
Torneo Clausura
Deportivo Municipal	Ángel Comizzo	Resigned	13 June 2023[51]	Pre-tournament	Rafael Castillo	22 June 2023[52]
Academia Cantolao	Edgardo Malvestiti	Sacked	13 June 2023		Adrián Taffarel	15 June 2023[53]
Alianza Atlético	Jorge Ágapo Gonzales	End of caretaker spell	14 June 2023		Carlos Compagnucci	14 June 2023[54]
Binacional	Aristóteles Ramos		19 June 2023		Juan Manuel Azconzábal	19 June 2023[55]
Unión Comercio	Daniel Farías	Resigned	22 July 2023[56]	19th	Marcelo Vivas	27 July 2023[57]
Alianza Lima	Guillermo Salas	Sacked	24 July 2023[58]	8th	Nixon Perea[i]	24 July 2023[58]
UTC	Francisco Pizarro	Mutual agreement	25 July 2023[59]	16th	Carlos Ramacciotti	26 July 2023[60]
Binacional	Juan Manuel Azconzábal		1 August 2023[61]	18th	César Vaioli	5 August 2023[62]
Atlético Grau	Daniel Ahmed	Sacked	2 August 2023[63]	16th	Ángel Comizzo	3 August 2023[64]
Deportivo Municipal	Rafael Castillo	Mutual agreement	2 August 2023[65]	17th	Adrián Celis[i]	2 August 2023[65]
Alianza Lima	Nixon Perea	End of caretaker spell	5 August 2023[66]	4th	Mauricio Larriera	2 August 2023[67]
Alianza Atlético	Carlos Compagnucci	Sacked	21 August 2023[68]	17th	Jorge Ágapo Gonzales	21 August 2023[68]
Universidad César Vallejo	Sebastián Abreu	Mutual agreement	30 August 2023[69]	14th	Roberto Mosquera	30 August 2023[70]
Deportivo Municipal	Adrián Celis	End of caretaker spell	8 September 2023	19th	Santiago Acasiete	8 September 2023[71]
Cienciano	Gerardo Ameli	Sacked	11 September 2023[72]	12th	Óscar Ibáñez	11 September 2023[73]
Cusco	Pablo Peirano		18 September 2023[74]	13th	Luis Flores	19 September 2023[75]

Notes

1. Caretaker manager.
2. Marco Valencia was the caretaker manager for the Torneo Apertura 9th round match against UTC.^[25]

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	18	14	0	4	37	16	+21	42	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Sporting Cristal	18	9	8	1	33	18	+15	35
3	Universitario	18	11	1	6	29	14	+15	34
4	Cusco	18	10	2	6	24	22	+2	32
5	Sport Huancayo	18	8	3	7	30	25	+5	27
6	Universidad César Vallejo	18	7	6	5	25	23	+2	27
7	Carlos A. Mannucci	18	8	3	7	17	18	−1	27
8	Deportivo Garcilaso	18	6	7	5	32	27	+5	25
9	Melgar	18	6	7	5	24	22	+2	25
10	Deportivo Municipal	18	7	3	8	19	21	−2	24
11	Cienciano	18	7	3	8	23	28	−5	24
12	Atlético Grau	18	6	5	7	31	21	+10	23
13	Alianza Atlético	18	6	5	7	32	33	−1	23
14	ADT	18	5	6	7	23	23	0	21
15	UTC	18	5	6	7	16	22	−6	21
16	Unión Comercio	18	5	4	9	24	40	−16	19
17	Binacional	18	5	3	10	28	34	−6	18
18	Sport Boys	18	5	3	10	13	26	−13	18
19	Academia Cantolao	18	2	3	13	9	36	−27	9

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	ADT	AAS	ALI	CAG	BIN	CAN	CAM	CIE	CUS	GAR	MUN	MEL	SBA	SHU	CRI	UCO	UCV	UNI	UTC
ADT			2–1			1–1		3–4	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0				2–0
Alianza Atlético	1–1		0–1	3–2		2–1						3–3		4–2	0–0			3–1	2–0
Alianza Lima					6–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1		2–0				2–0
Atlético Grau	1–1		1–2			3–0		4–0	3–0		1–1	3–0[a]	3–0				1–1
Binacional	1–0	4–2		2–4			3–0							5–3	0–1	5–0		1–2	1–1
Academia Cantolao					1–0		0–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1		0–0			1–2	1–2
Carlos A. Mannucci	1–1	1–0		1–0								1–2		0–0	1–1	2–0		2–0	0–1
Cienciano		5–2			1–1		1–0		2–0	0–0	1–0		0–1			3–1	1–1
Cusco		2–1			2–1		3–0			2–1	1–0		2–1	0–3[b]		2–1	2–0
Deportivo Garcilaso		3–2		2–0	3–0[c]		1–2							1–1	4–4	2–2		0–0	2–2
Deportivo Municipal		2–1			2–0		0–3[d]			0–3				1–2	1–1	2–0		1–2	2–0
Melgar			2–1		2–1	5–0		1–0	1–1	2–4	0–2		2–0				2–2
Sport Boys		0–1			2–2		0–1			2–1	0–2			1–0		2–1		0–3	3–2
Sport Huancayo	1–3		2–1	1–0		4–0		1–3				1–1			1–2			1–0	5–1
Sporting Cristal	0–0		3–0[e]	2–1		2–0		4–2	3–2			1–0	1–1				1–1
Unión Comercio	4–3	3–3	1–3	2–2								1–1		2–0	1–6			1–0	1–0
Universidad César Vallejo		2–2			2–0		2–0			3–0	1–1		2–0	0–2		3–1			3–1
Universitario	3–1		1–2	2–1		4–0		3–0	1–0			1–0			2–0		4–0
UTC	1–0		0–1	1–1		1–0		3–0[f]	0–0			0–0			1–1			1–0

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Match awarded 3–0 to Atlético Grau by walkover.
2. Match awarded 3–0 to Sport Huancayo by walkover.^[76]
3. Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Garcilaso by walkover.
4. Match awarded 3–0 to Carlos A. Mannucci by walkover.
5. Match awarded 3–0 to Sporting Cristal by walkover.
6. Match awarded 3–0 to UTC by walkover.

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	18	11	6	1	28	8	+20	39	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Melgar	18	11	5	2	31	13	+18	38
3	Alianza Lima	18	10	7	1	18	6	+12	37
4	Sporting Cristal	18	10	6	2	31	13	+18	36
5	ADT	18	9	7	2	21	13	+8	34
6	Sport Huancayo	18	8	5	5	22	14	+8	29
7	Deportivo Garcilaso[a]	18	7	6	5	24	20	+4	26
8	Universidad César Vallejo	18	7	3	8	25	19	+6	24
9	Cienciano	18	6	6	6	21	20	+1	24
10	Sport Boys	18	6	5	7	15	23	−8	23
11	Carlos A. Mannucci	18	5	5	8	16	22	−6	20
12	UTC	18	3	10	5	21	23	−2	19
13	Cusco	18	4	6	8	18	23	−5	18
14	Atlético Grau	18	4	6	8	17	27	−10	18
15	Binacional	18	5	2	11	25	34	−9	17
16	Unión Comercio	18	4	5	9	18	32	−14	17
17	Academia Cantolao	18	5	2	11	12	26	−14	17
18	Alianza Atlético	18	4	4	10	14	25	−11	16
19	Deportivo Municipal	18	4	0	14	17	33	−16	12

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. Deportivo Garcilaso were deducted one point as punishment for failing to pay debts.^[77]

Results

Home \ Away	ADT	AAS	ALI	CAG	BIN	CAN	CAM	CIE	CUS	GAR	MUN	MEL	SBA	SHU	CRI	UCO	UCV	UNI	UTC
ADT		1–0		1–0	2–0		0–0							2–1	1–1	3–0		2–0	0–0
Alianza Atlético					1–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2		1–2			2–2	0–1
Alianza Lima	0–0	1–0		2–0								0–0		1–0	0–0	3–1		0–0	1–0
Atlético Grau		1–1			2–1		0–2			1–1				0–0	2–3	0–1		2–2	4–2
Binacional			1–2			1–0		2–2	2–0	1–5	4–1	1–2	4–0				1–0
Academia Cantolao	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–4								0–1		1–1	0–2			1–4	2–0
Carlos A. Mannucci			1–2		3–2	1–2		2–0	0–0	0–1	C[a]		0–0				2–1
Cienciano	2–2		0–0	2–0		1–0						0–1		1–0	1–0			1–1	2–2
Cusco	1–0		1–1	0–0		3–0		0–0				1–1			4–1			1–1	2–1
Deportivo Garcilaso	1–2		0–1			0–0		0–3	2–1		5–2	2–2	3–0				1–0
Deportivo Municipal	1–2		0–1	C[b]		1–2		4–1	2–0			0–1	0–3				0–3
Melgar	4–0	4–0		3–0			2–1							1–3	1–1	3–1		0–1	1–1
Sport Boys	1–1		1–0	1–1		0–1		2–1	2–1			0–2			1–1		0–2
Sport Huancayo		2–0			3–1		3–1		3–1	0–0	2–0		1–0			1–1	2–0
Sporting Cristal		3–0			5–0		3–2			3–0	1–0			2–0		3–0		0–0	1–1
Unión Comercio					2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–3		0–1				1–4
Universidad César Vallejo	1–1		1–1	5–0		2–1		0–3	3–1			1–2			0–1			0–1
Universitario		2–0			1–0		3–0			1–1	1–0		3–0	2–0		2–0			3–0
UTC		1–1			3–2		2–0			0–0	5–1		1–1	0–0		1–1	1–1

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Match cancelled and awarded to Carlos A. Mannucci due to Deportivo Municipal having its license suspended.^[78]
2. Match cancelled and awarded to Atlético Grau due to Deportivo Municipal having its license suspended.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	36	24	7	5	55	22	+33	79	Advance to Playoffs and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Universitario (C)	36	22	7	7	57	22	+35	73
3	Sporting Cristal	36	19	14	3	64	31	+33	71	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Melgar	36	17	12	7	55	35	+20	63	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Sport Huancayo	36	16	8	12	52	39	+13	56	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	ADT	36	14	13	9	44	36	+8	55
7	Deportivo Garcilaso[a]	36	13	13	10	56	47	+9	51
8	Universidad César Vallejo	36	14	9	13	50	42	+8	51
9	Cusco	36	14	8	14	42	45	−3	50
10	Cienciano	36	13	9	14	44	48	−4	48
11	Carlos A. Mannucci	36	13	8	15	33	40	−7	47
12	Atlético Grau	36	10	11	15	48	48	0	41
13	UTC	36	8	16	12	37	45	−8	40
14	Alianza Atlético	36	10	9	17	46	58	−12	39
15	Sport Boys[b]	36	11	8	17	28	49	−21	37
16	Unión Comercio	36	9	9	18	42	72	−30	36
17	Binacional (R)	36	10	5	21	53	68	−15	35	Relegation to Liga 2
18	Deportivo Municipal[c] (R)	36	11	3	22	36	54	−18	31
19	Academia Cantolao (R)	36	7	5	24	21	62	−41	26

Source: Liga 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Deportivo Garcilaso were deducted one point as punishment for failing to pay debts.^[77]
2. Sport Boys were deducted four points as punishment for failing to pay debts.^[79]
3. Deportivo Municipal were deducted five points as punishment for failing to pay debts.^[80]

Playoffs

As the champions of the Apertura (Alianza Lima) and Clausura (Universitario) tournaments were also the top two teams in the aggregate table, both teams qualified directly to the final, omitting the semifinal matches (Regulations Article 7.3.1.8). Alianza Lima had the chance to decide the order of legs as the finalist better placed in the aggregate table.^[81]

	Semi-finals						Finals
	Universitario	—	—	—
	Bye	—	—	—
							Universitario	1	2	3
							Alianza Lima	1	0	1
	Alianza Lima	—	—	—
	Bye	—	—	—

Finals

First leg

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04)

20:00 UTC−5

Universitario	1–1	Alianza Lima
Valera 63' (pen.)	Report	Costa 90+4'

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Referee: Kevin Ortega

Second leg

8 November 2023 (2023-11-08)

20:00 UTC−5

Alianza Lima	0–2	Universitario
	Report	Flores 3' Calcaterra 82'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Referee: Edwin Ordóñez

Universitario won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Santiago Giordana	Deportivo Garcilaso	22
2	Yorleys Mena	Universidad César Vallejo	17
	Bernardo Cuesta	Melgar
	Hernán Barcos	Alianza Lima
5	Carlos Garcés	Cienciano	16
6	Adrián Fernández	Alianza Atlético	15
	Neri Bandiera	Atlético Grau
	Alex Valera	Universitario
9	Marlon de Jesús	Unión Comercio	13
	Janio Posito	ADT
	Brenner	Sporting Cristal

Source: Futbolperuano.com

See also

• 2023 Liga 2
• 2023 Copa Perú
• 2023 Ligas Departamentales del Perú
• 2023 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
• 2023 Liga Femenina
• 2023 Liga de Ascenso Femenina
• Iluminados