1959 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División
Season1959
Dates11 July 1959 –
27 December 1959
ChampionsUniversitario (8th title)
Runner upSport Boys
RelegatedUnión América
Matches110
Goals386 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Ruiz (28 goals)
← 1958
1960 →

The 1959 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Universitario.[1][2][3]

Competition format

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).

Teams

Team changes

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

Stadia locations

Team City Mannager
Alianza Lima La Victoria, Lima Roberto Scarone
Atlético Chalaco Callao Dan Georgiadis
Centro Iqueño Cercado de Lima Miguel Ortega
Ciclista Lima Cercado de Lima Alejandro Heredia
Deportivo Municipal Cercado de Lima Roberto Drago
Mariscal Castilla Rímac, Lima Pedro Valdivieso
Sport Boys Callao Marcos Calderón
Sporting Cristal Rímac, Lima César Viccino
Unión América Cercado de Lima José Chiarella
Universitario Breña, Lima Segundo Castillo

First Stage

Standings

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:

Results

Home \ Away ALI CHA IQU CIC MUN CMC SBA CRI AMÉ UNI
Alianza Lima 1–0 3–1 8–3 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3
Atlético Chalaco 2–1 2–3 3–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–5 1–1 3–4
Centro Iqueño 1–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–3
Ciclista Lima 2–1 2–2 5–0 2–2 6–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1
Deportivo Municipal 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–0
Mariscal Castilla 4–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 0–1
Sport Boys 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 6–1 2–0
Sporting Cristal 3–4 2–1 3–3 4–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–3
Unión América 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 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 (C) 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 1–3
4 Deportivo Municipal 22 7 8 7 36 37 −1 22 3–3 2–2
5 Sporting Cristal 22 7 6 9 37 39 −2 20 1–1 2–2
Source:
(C) Champions

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 1–3 2–3
2 Mariscal Castilla 22 6 7 9 36 41 −5 19 2–2 3–2
3 Atlético Chalaco 22 8 3 11 38 49 −11 19 2–1 4–1
4 Alianza Lima 22 7 4 11 38 42 −4 18 3–6 1–0
5 Unión América (R) 22 5 4 13 21 44 −23 14 1960 Segunda División 1–3 0–2
Source:
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Daniel Ruiz Universitario 28
2 Faustino Delgado Sporting Cristal 19
3 Óscar Montalvo Deportivo Municipal 14
4 Carlos Abel Linazza Centro Iqueño 13
5 Alberto Gallardo Mariscal Castilla 12
Juan Joya Alianza Lima 12

References

See also

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