Peru Second Level

 

Peru – second level:

The 1972 Copa Perúseason the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.

In this tournament, after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided qualified a team. Those teams, plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).

Two teams were promoted to play in1972 First Division.

Final Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion

1 Atlético Grau 5 5 0 0 14 5 +9 10 1972 Torneo Descentralizado

2 León de Huánuco 5 3 1 1 10 8 +2 7

3 Deportivo Junín 5 2 1 2 10 11 −1 5

Standing from left: Fernado Anto (kinesiologo), el niño Ademir Arroé ex-jugador del Muni, Javier Buendia, Dante Febres, Luis Cuba, Arturo Olazabal, Héctor Berrios, Herbert Yepez.

Bottom: Humberto Castañeda, Hugo Arroé, José Carrión, José Valenza, Luis Morales.

4 Cienciano 5 0 4 1 9 11 −2 4

5 Cultural Juanjuí 5 1 1 3 9 12 −3 3

6 Deportivo Carsa 5 0 1 4 7 12 −5 1

The 1972 Peruvian Segunda División, the second division of Peruvian football, was played by 11 teams. The tournament winner, Atlético Chalaco was promoted to the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado.

In April 1973, the Peruvian Football Federation ordered the elimination of the Second Division, so all the teams that maintained the category, in addition to Defensor Arica, which was relegated from 1972 Torneo Descentralizado, began to play in their respective league of origin.

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification or relegation

Standing from left: Guido Mendoza, Gustavo Orellana, Ramón Aparicio, Adrián Bernal, Carlos Bravo, Gabriel Sánchez.
Crouching: Pedro Baylón, Víctor "Pichicho"  Benavides, Manuel Lobatón, Víctor "Velita" Aquije, Manuel "Kilo" Lobatón.

1 Atlético Chalaco 20 17 3 0 37 1973 Torneo Descentralizado

2 Porvenir Miraflores 20 14 6 0 34

3 Mariscal Sucre 20 10 5 5 25

4 Centro Iqueño 20 9 4 7 22

5 Carlos Concha 20 7 5 8 19

6 Ciclista Lima 20 7 3 10 17

7 Independiente Sacachispas 20 5 6 9 16

8 Deportivo Bancoper 20 5 5 10 15

9 Racing 20 4 5 11 13

10 ADO 20 3 5 12 11

11 Atlético Sicaya 20 4 3 13 11 1973 Liga Provincial del Callao