Football Journey: Peru I Division

Peru. I division. The season was divided into two phases. In the first phase the 14 teams played each other twice playing at least one home match and one away match. The teams that finished in first to seventh place advanced to the championship group which contested the national title. The teams that finished in eighth to fourteenth place advanced to the relegation group where they determined the two teams that would be relegated from the division. Teams carried their first phase results in the second phase and played the teams in their group at least once.

The points system during the season varied. In the first leg of the first phase—the first 13 rounds—2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss; in the second leg of the first phase—the last 13 rounds—and in the second stage a win was awarded 4 points, a draw was awarded 2 points and no points were awarded for a loss.

First stage

Pos Team Pld Wed D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1.Universitario 26 16 7 3 56 22 +34 56 Liguilla Final

2 Defensor Arica 26 13 7 6 38 26 +12 53

3 Sporting Cristal 26 13 8 5 44 25 +19 49

4 Juan Aurich 26 10 10 6 34 25 +9 45

5 Deportivo Municipal 26 10 9 7 32 31 +1 44

6 Octavio Espinosa 26 6 13 7 14 13 +1 39

7 Defensor Lima 26 8 9 9 25 24 +1 37

8 Sport Boys 26 8 7 11 31 38 −7 36 Liguilla Descenso

9 Alianza Lima 26 8 8 10 44 40 +4 34

10 Porvenir Miraflores 26 6 10 10 32 41 −9 33

11 Carlos A. Mannucci 26 8 6 12 29 37 −8 32

12 Deportivo SIMA 26 5 11 10 21 31 −10 32

13 Atlético Grau 26 5 8 13 24 41 −17 28

14 Atlético Torino 26 7 5 14 25 52 −27 28

Second stage

Liguilla Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification

Top row from left: Sabino "Tano" Bártoli (DT), Ramón Mifflin, Luis Rubiños, Amado Tejada, Rodolfo Bazán, Jorge Charún.

Middle row: Eloy Campos, Alfredo Quesada, Fernando Mellán, Orlando La Torre, Víctor Fernández, César Tagle, Héctor Revoredo, Roberto "Tito" Elías.

Sitting: José del Castillo, Carlos Gonzáles Pajuelo, Alejandro "Pelé" Guzmán, Próspero Merino, Bernabé Navarro, Tadeo Risco, Alberto Gallardo.

1 Sporting Cristal 32 18 9 5 58 32 +26 26 71 1971 Copa Libertadores

Standing from left: Hernán "Cachorro" Castañeda, Rubén Correa, Pedro Gonzáles, Luis La Fuente, Héctor Chumpitaz, Julio Luna.

Crouching: Juan José Muñante, Angel Uribe, Percy Rojas, Luis Cruzado, Oswlado "Cachito" Ramírez.

2 Universitario 32 19 8 5 69 30 +39 24 70

3 Defensor Arica 32 15 9 8 43 30 +13 26 65

Standing from left: Juan Joya, Walter Limo, Carlos "Loco" Carbonell, Alberto Párraga, Augusto "Perrito" Vílchez, Luis Pau, "Tío" Manuel Sánchez.

Crouching: Eladio "Gato" Reyes, Carlos "Trompito" Gonzales, Ricardo López Lavalle, Juan Orbegozo, Eduardo Schabauer, "Monito" Arbulú

4 Juan Aurich 32 13 10 9 44 36 +8 21 57 1971 Copa Ganadores de Copa

Standing from left: Augusto Robles, Antonio Trigueros, Rodulfo Manzo, Francisco "Pancho" Gonzáles, Céspedes, Eloy Bernales.
Crouching: Nicolás Nieri, Eduardo Stucchi, César Peralta, Teodoro Wuchi, Juan José Avalos.

5 Defensor Lima 32 10 11 11 33 32 +1 18 49

6 Deportivo Municipal 32 11 9 12 37 44 −7 17 48

Standing from left: Juan Rubianes, Adolfo Donayre, Víctor Gallegos, Jorge Villasís, Luis Alva, Manuel Carrizales.
Crouching: Nito García, Antonio Franco, Manuel Mellán, Ricardo Ormeño, Humberto Arguedas.

7 Octavio Espinosa 32 7 15 10 22 28 −6 18 47

Liguilla Descenso

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts

Standing from left: Walter Flores, Leonidas Jimenez, José Salguero, Jorge Fernández, Luis Mexo, Augusto Gómez.
Crouching: Wilfredo Anchisi, Luis Rodriguez Paiva, Juan Rivero, Alejandro Zevallos, Carlos Solís.

8 Sport Boys 32 10 10 12 41 48 −7 20 50