1960 Peruvian Primera División

The 1960 season of the Peruvian Primera División, or the Peruvian Football Championship, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The season was a single league table played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1961, the first Copa Libertadores to have a Peruvian team participate. The last placed team at the end of the season was relegated. The champions were Universitario and Mariscal Castilla was relegated.

Peruvian Primera División

Season	1960
Dates	27 August 1960 – 18 December 1960
Champions	Universitario
Relegated	Mariscal Castilla
1961 Copa Libertadores	Universitario
← 1959 1961 →

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1959 Segunda División	Relegated from 1959 Primera División
Mariscal Sucre (1st)	Unión América (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 Castilla	Cercado de Lima
Mariscal Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Universitario	Breña, Lima

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	18	11	3	4	39	26	+13	25	1961 Copa Libertadores
2	Sport Boys	18	9	6	3	29	23	+6	24
3	Sporting Cristal	18	9	4	5	37	26	+11	22
4	Deportivo Municipal	18	9	3	6	47	33	+14	21
5	Centro Iqueño	18	7	6	5	35	30	+5	20
6	Alianza Lima	18	6	4	8	27	33	−6	16
7	Atlético Chalaco	18	4	7	7	29	31	−2	15
8	Mariscal Sucre	18	5	4	9	36	40	−4	14
9	Ciclista Lima	18	5	4	9	24	40	−16	14
10	Mariscal Castilla	18	4	1	13	30	54	−24	9	1961 Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 1960 Peruvian Segunda División

External links

• Peru 1960 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)