Peru II Division

 

Second Division.

ADO Callao won the Second Division championship and was promoted to First Division. Standing form left: Manuel "Chicho" Uribe, Walter Escobar, Jaime Santillana, Adrián Bernal, Luis Padilla, Mitten.

Crouching: Ubilluz, Henry Perales, Cárdenas, Vilca, Gonzáles

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	ADO	1971 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Centro Iqueño
3	Mariscal Sucre
4	Carlos Concha
5	Ciclista Lima
6	Independiente Sacachispas
7	Racing
8	Atlético Sicaya
9	Estudiantes San Roberto
10	Huracán San Isidro	1970 Liga Distrital de San Isidro
11	KDT Nacional	1970 Liga Provincial del Callao

Copa Peru: since 1967 non-professional regional clubs were allowed to compete and the winner was promoted to First Division. Thus, Copa Peru was equal to Second Division (which included only clubs from Lima area). In 1970 was decided First Division to increase from 14 to 16 teams and Copa Peru to provide 3 – instead of 1 – promotions. The tournament finished in May 1971, yet in terms of First Division history counts for 1970, for the promoted teams played in the 1971 First Division season. And they were:

Melgar FBC (Arequipa) won Copa Peru.

Union Tuman Deportes finished second. In 1970 the club founded in 1919 was still Sport Jose Prado, their original name. In 1971 it was renamed Union Tuman Deportes – political decision due to the Peruvian Agrarian Reform: not to be linked, even by name, to any Latifundists (Jose Prado apparently was Latifundist). A bit confusing is location: the club alternatively belonged to Tuman city, which hardly exists unless Tuman District is considered metropolis, and the city of Chiclayo, to which Tuman District borders. Anyhow, Union Tuman Deportes played well – even was considered favorite at the final round of Copa Peru – and earned promotion.

Jose Galvez FBC (Chimbote) finished 3^rd . The final round of Copa Peru was played in Lima and Jose Galvez was the darling of the locals – they played exciting football, but the bigger reason was solidarity with people of Chibote, destroyed by the terrible eartquake in 1970, ravisihing the Ancash region. Well supported or not, Jose Galvez had no chance of going up under regular rules – they benefited from the enlarging of First Division.

Well, the promoted teams for the 1971 First Division were ADO Callao, Melgar FBC, Union Tuman, and Jose Galvez FBC.