1959 Peruvian Primera División

The 1959 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Universitario. 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). Sporting Cristal won a play-off against Ciclista Lima to determine 5th place in the first stage.

Results

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	22	15	3	4	51	30	+21	33
2	Sport Boys	22	12	4	6	40	23	+17	28
3	Centro Iqueño	22	11	5	6	43	36	+7	27
4	Municipal	22	7	8	7	36	37	−1	22
5	Sporting Cristal	22	7	6	9	37	39	−2	20
6	Ciclista Lima	22	7	6	9	46	45	+1	20
7	Mariscal Castilla	22	6	7	9	36	41	−5	19
8	Atlético Chalaco	22	8	3	11	38	49	−11	19
9	Alianza Lima	22	7	4	11	38	42	−4	18
10	Unión América	22	5	4	13	21	44	−23	14	1960 Segunda División

UNIVERSITARIO
1959 National Champions - 8th title

External links

Peru 1959 season at RSSSF
Peruvian Football League News (Spanish)

Peruvian Primera División seasons

Amateur era, 1912–1950

Lima	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921

Lima & Callao	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

Professional era, 1951–present

Lima & Callao	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

National	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

List of champions

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