Big Three (Peru)

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Alianza Lima, Alejandro Villanueva
Sporting Cristal, Alberto Gallardo
Universitario, Estadio Monumental

The Big Three (Spanish: Los Tres Grandes) is the nickname of the three most successful sports clubs in Peru. The football teams of Universitario, Alianza Lima, and Sporting Cristal have a great rivalry and are usually the main contenders for the title. Combined they share a total of 65 out of 100 Peruvian Football Championships ever played and generally end up sharing the top three positions.

Location of the three clubs in Lima. Universitario is located further east.

Several other clubs outside the big three have won the Peruvian league, with Sport Boys having the fourth most national titles behind the Big Three in Peru with 6 in total. Today, the chief competitors of the three are Melgar, Real Garcilaso and Deportivo Municipal.[1][2][3]

Titles by club[]

Club Total Liga
de Lima
(1912–21) 		Amateur era
Lima & Callao
(1926–50) 		Professional era (1951–)
Lima & Callao
(1951–65)		 Descentralizado
(1966–2018)
Universitario[C] 26 — 7 3 16
Alianza Lima[D] 23 2 6 6 9
Sporting Cristal[E] 20 — — 2 18
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Universitario 26 15 1929, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2013 1928, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2020
Alianza Lima 23 23 1918, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2017 1914, 1917, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019
Sporting Cristal 20 13 1956, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 1962, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2015

Title definitions[]

List of finals[]

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue
1987 Universitario 1–0 Alianza Lima Estadio Nacional
1988 Sporting Cristal 2–1 Universitario Estadio Nacional
Year Winner Agg. Runner-up 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
1998 Universitario 3–3 (penalty shootout 4–2) Sporting Cristal 1–2 2–1 –
1999 Universitario 3–1 Alianza Lima 3–0 0–1 –
2003 Alianza Lima 2–1† Sporting Cristal Single match
2004 Alianza Lima 0–0 (penalty shootout 5–4) Sporting Cristal Single match
2009 Universitario 2–0 Alianza Lima 1–0 1–0 –
2018 Sporting Cristal 7–1 Alianza Lima 4–1 3–0 –

Other definitions[]

These matches were played when teams were tied for first in the general league or in a specific tournament.

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue In contention
1928 Alianza Lima 1–1 Federación Universitaria Stadium Nacional 1928 Campeonato de Selección y Competencia
Replay Alianza Lima 2–0 Federación Universitaria Stadium Nacional
1935 Universitario 2–1 Alianza Lima Stadium Nacional 1934 Torneo de Primeros Equipos
1955 Alianza Lima 2–1 Universitario Estadio Nacional 1955 Campeonato Profesional de Lima
1961 Sporting Cristal 2–0 Alianza Lima Estadio Nacional 1961 Campeonato Profesional de Lima
1990 Universitario 1–0 Alianza Lima Estadio Nacional 1990 Torneo Regional II
1991 Sporting Cristal 1–1 (penalty shootout 7–6) Universitario Estadio Nacional 1991 Torneo Regional II
1998 Sporting Cristal 1–0 Alianza Lima Estadio Nacional 1998 Torneo Clausura
2001 Alianza Lima 2–1 Sporting Cristal Estadio Nacional 2001 Torneo Apertura
2002 Universitario 1–0
0–0 		Alianza Lima Estadio Monumental
Estadio Mansiche 		2002 Torneo Apertura
2014 Sporting Cristal 1–0 Alianza Lima Estadio UNSA 2014 Torneo Clausura

Half-year tournaments[]

Apertura seasons[]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Universitario 6 2 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2016 1969, 2005
Alianza Lima 5 4 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2017 1999, 2002, 2003, 2018
Sporting Cristal 3 6 2003, 2015, 2018 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2019

Clausura seasons[]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Sporting Cristal 6 2 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2016 2000, 2008
Alianza Lima 5 4 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018
Universitario 1 6 2000 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2019

Parallel tournaments[]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Alianza Lima 3 1 1919 Copa de Campeones, 1977 Interzonal, 2014 Torneo del Inca 2015 Torneo del Inca
Sporting Cristal 2 0 1994 Apertura, 2018 Torneo de Verano
Universitario 0 3 1969 Apertura, 1981 Regional, 1989 Plácido Galindo

Regional seasons[]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Universitario 4 3 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990–II 1989–II, 1990–I, 1991–I
Sporting Cristal 3 0 1989–I, 1991–I, 1991–II —
Alianza Lima 0 2 — 1986, 1990–II

Total International Participations by club[]

Club Total International Participations
Copa Libertadores
(1961–)		 Copa Sudamericana
(2003–)		 Recopa Sudamericana
(1970–)		 Copa CONMEBOL
(1992–1999)		 Copa Merconorte
(1998–2001)		 Copa de Campeones
(1948)		 Copa Ganadores de Copa
(1970–1971)
Universitario 44 31 7 0 2 4 — —
Sporting Cristal 42 35 2 0 1 4 — —
Alianza Lima 36 27 4 0 1 4 — —

Performances by club[]

Performance in the Copa Libertadores de América finals by club
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years lost
Universitario 0 1
—
 1972
Sporting Cristal 0 1
—
 1997

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Universitario, Alianza Lima y Cristal: ¿qué equipo llevó más público en su presentación?". Depor.com. 27 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Alianza, Universitario o Cristal: ¿Qué equipo llevó más hinchas a su presentación?". La10.pe. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Alianza Lima, Universitario y Cristal: los mejores grafitis de los clubes capitalinos (FOTOS)". RPP.pe. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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