1957 Peruvian Primera División

The 1957 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Centro Iqueño. 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).

Peruvian Primera División

Season	1957
Dates	4 August 1957 – 5 January 1958
Champions	Centro Iqueño
Relegated	Porvenir Miraflores
← 1956 1958 →

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1956 Segunda División	Relegated from 1956 Primera División
Porvenir Miraflores (1st)	Carlos Concha (10th)

Stadia locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Mariscal Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Universitario	Breña, Lima

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	18	9	5	4	48	30	+18	23	Liguilla Final
2	Atlético Chalaco	18	8	5	5	27	20	+7	21
3	Sporting Cristal	18	8	5	5	27	20	+7	21
4	Centro Iqueño	18	6	7	5	27	19	+8	19
5	Universitario	18	6	7	5	38	31	+7	19
6	Deportivo Municipal	18	7	3	8	30	32	−2	17	Liguilla Descenso
7	Ciclista Lima	18	6	5	7	29	32	−3	17
8	Sport Boys	18	6	5	7	18	26	−8	17
9	Mariscal Sucre	18	4	6	8	20	30	−10	14
10	Porvenir Miraflores	18	4	4	10	17	41	−24	12

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

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played in Lima and Callao.

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	CIC	MUN	MSU	POR	SBA	CRI	UNI
Alianza Lima		1–5	1–1	—	1–3	4–1	7–2	1–2	2–0	3–3
Atlético Chalaco	0–1		—	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	2–5
Centro Iqueño	0–0	—		—	—	—	—	0–0	—	0–3
Ciclista Lima	3–4	—	—		—	—	—	1–1	—	3–3
Deportivo Municipal	0–3	—	—	—		—	—	1–2	—	3–3
Mariscal Sucre	—	—	—	—	—		—	1–1	—	3–3
Porvenir Miraflores	2–7	—	—	—	—	—		0–0	—	1–2
Sport Boys	2–4	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0		2–1	2–3
Sporting Cristal	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–0		2–1
Universitario	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–3	3–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1957. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		IQU	CHA	ALI	UNI	CRI
1	Centro Iqueño	22	10	7	5	38	23	+15	27	Champions			2–1		2–1
2	Atlético Chalaco	22	10	5	7	32	26	+6	25					1–0		2–1
3	Alianza Lima	22	9	6	7	51	38	+13	24			1–4				2–3
4	Universitario	22	8	8	6	45	34	+11	24				3–1	0–0
5	Sporting Cristal	22	9	5	8	32	30	+2	23			1–3			0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Liguilla Descenso

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		MUN	CIC	SBA	MSU	POR
1	Deportivo Municipal	22	9	5	8	42	36	+6	23					2–2	—
2	Ciclista Lima	22	7	6	9	34	42	−8	20			—				—
3	Sport Boys	22	6	8	8	26	35	−9	20				0–1			3–3
4	Mariscal Sucre	22	5	9	8	27	36	−9	19				—	3–3
5	Porvenir Miraflores	22	4	7	11	25	52	−27	15	1958 Segunda División		—			—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 1957 Peruvian Segunda División

External links

• Peru 1957 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)