1959 Peruvian Primera División

The 1959 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Universitario. At the end of the regular season (home and away matches) teams were split in 2 groups of 5 teams: top 5 played for the title and bottom 5 played for the relegation. Teams carried their regular season records and played an additional round (4 further matches). Sporting Cristal won a play-off against Ciclista Lima to determine 5th place in the first stage.

Peruvian Primera División

Season	1959
Dates	11 July 1959 – 27 December 1959
Champions	Universitario
Relegated	Unión América
← 1958 1960 →

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1958 Segunda División	Relegated from 1958 Primera División
Unión América (1st)	Mariscal Sucre (10th)

Stadia locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Mariscal Castilla	Cercado de Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Unión América	Cercado de Lima
Universitario	Breña, Lima

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	18	14	1	3	43	19	+24	29	Liguilla Final
2	Centro Iqueño	18	10	4	4	34	27	+7	24
3	Sport Boys	18	10	2	6	28	18	+10	22
4	Deportivo Municipal	18	6	6	6	26	24	+2	18
5	Sporting Cristal	18	7	3	8	30	31	−1	17
6	Ciclista Lima	18	6	5	7	35	34	+1	17	Liguilla Descenso
7	Alianza Lima	18	5	4	9	30	33	−3	14
8	Mariscal Castilla	18	4	6	8	27	34	−7	14
9	Atlético Chalaco	18	5	3	10	29	45	−16	13
10	Unión América	18	4	4	10	16	33	−17	12

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played in Lima and Callao.

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	CIC	MUN	CMC	SBA	CRI	AMÉ	UNI
Alianza Lima		—	3–1	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–3
Atlético Chalaco	—		—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	3–4
Centro Iqueño	—	—		—	—	—	3–1	—	—	0–3
Ciclista Lima	—	—	—		—	—	1–1	—	—	2–1
Deportivo Municipal	—	—	—	—		—	0–1	—	—	2–0
Mariscal Castilla	4–1	—	—	—	—		0–2	—	—	0–1
Sport Boys	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–0		2–1	6–1	2–0
Sporting Cristal	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0		—	1–3
Unión América	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—		1–3
Universitario	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1959. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		UNI	SBA	IQU	MUN	CRI
1	Universitario	22	15	3	4	51	30	+21	33	Champions				1–5		3–2
2	Sport Boys	22	12	4	6	40	23	+17	28			1–1			7–2
3	Centro Iqueño	22	11	5	6	43	36	+7	27				1–3		—
4	Deportivo Municipal	22	7	8	7	36	37	−1	22			3–3				—
5	Sporting Cristal	22	7	6	9	37	39	−2	20				1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Liguilla Descenso

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CIC	CMC	CHA	ALI	AMÉ
1	Ciclista Lima	22	7	6	9	46	45	+1	20					—		—
2	Mariscal Castilla	22	6	7	9	36	41	−5	19			—			—
3	Atlético Chalaco	22	8	3	11	38	49	−11	19				—			—
4	Alianza Lima	22	7	4	11	38	42	−4	18			—		1–0
5	Unión América	22	5	4	13	21	44	−23	14	1960 Segunda División			—		—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 1959 Campeonato de Apertura
• 1959 Peruvian Segunda División

External links

• Peru 1959 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)