Additional clubs would follow: Lawn Tennis club, Unión Cricket, and Unión Ciclista Lima. Interest in sport slowly grew among the upper class Peruvians who established clubs, such as Lima Cricket & Lawn Tennis and Regatas Lima club dedicated their sporting activities to cricket and tennis, and aquatic sports. The first recorded football match in Lima was played on 7 August 1892 between British residents and Peruvians at the club ground Santa Sofía belonging to the Lima Cricket and Lawn Tennis club. The early players were British residents, British sailors that stopped at the port in Callao, or upper class Peruvians were introduced to the sport on their travels. 1912 – 1921 Escudo Dewar trophy.įootball was introduced in Peru in the 19th century by British residents in Lima. History First clubs Lima Cricket, first Peruvian champion. In 1966, the first true national league was founded and continues.Īs of the win by current champion Alianza Lima in the 2022 season, the league championship has gone to 21 different clubs, though a majority (71 of 106 championships) have been won by just three clubs: Universitario (26), Alianza Lima (25), and Sporting Cristal (20). The Primera División became professional in 1951. In 1922 the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) was created and in 1926 it organized its first amateur championship. Editions from 1912 to 1921 were played by clubs based in Lima and Callao. The Peruvian Football League was founded on an amateur basis and organized in 1912 into the two tiers of Primera División and the Segunda División. The league is organized by Asociación Deportiva de Fútbol Profesional (English: Professional Football Sport Association) (ADFP) Seasons run from February to December with each team playing 44 matches. There are 20 teams in the division of a league that operates on a system of promotion and relegation determined at the end of the season with the Segunda División and the Copa Perú. The main sponsor is the Spanish telecommunications brand Movistar. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when the first teams residing outside the Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in the inaugural league national competition. The Peru First Division ( Spanish pronunciation: known simply as First Division, and Liga 1 Betsson for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. Updated to match(es) played on 2023.Club Universitario de Deportes (26 titles) The winner, runner-up and the semifinalists of the National Stage will be promoted to the Liga 2. The teams in places 33 to 50 are eliminated. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 32 are qualified directly to the Round of 32. All the teams are positioned in one general table. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. The National Stage starts in the second week of September. In 2023 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru represented.
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