1959 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División
Season	1959
Champions	Universitario
Relegated	Unión América
	← 1958 1960 →

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[]

First Stage[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	18	14	1	3	43	19	+24	29	Final group
2	Centro Iqueño	18	10	4	4	34	27	+7	24
3	Sport Boys	18	10	2	6	28	18	+10	22
4	Deportivo Municipal	18	6	6	6	26	24	+2	18
5	Sporting Cristal	18	7	3	8	30	31	−1	17
6	Ciclista Lima	18	6	5	7	35	34	+1	17	Relegation group
7	Alianza Lima	18	5	4	9	30	33	−3	14
8	Mariscal Castilla	18	4	6	8	27	34	−7	14
9	Atlético Chalaco	18	5	3	10	29	45	−16	13
10	Unión América	18	4	4	10	16	33	−17	12

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Final group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	Deportivo Municipal	22	7	8	7	36	37	−1	22
5	Sporting Cristal	22	7	6	9	37	39	−2	20

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Relegation group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ciclista Lima	22	7	6	9	46	45	+1	20
2	Mariscal Castilla	22	6	7	9	36	41	−5	19
3	Atlético Chalaco	22	8	3	11	38	49	−11	19
4	Alianza Lima	22	7	4	11	38	42	−4	18
5	Unión América	22	5	4	13	21	44	−23	14	1960 Segunda División

Source:^{[citation needed]}

UNIVERSITARIO
1959 National Champions - 8th title

External links[]

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