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.