2024 Liga 1 (Peru)

The 2024 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Te Apuesto 2024^[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 18 teams competed in the season, which began on 26 January and ended on 3 November 2024.^[2] The fixture for the season was drawn on 8 January 2024.^[3]

Liga 1 Te Apuesto

Season	2024
Dates	26 January – 3 November 2024
Champions	Universitario (28th title)
Relegated	Carlos A. Mannucci Universidad César Vallejo Unión Comercio
Copa Libertadores	Universitario Sporting Cristal Melgar Alianza Lima
Copa Sudamericana	Cusco Cienciano Atlético Grau ADT
Matches played	306
Goals scored	813 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martín Cauteruccio (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Cienciano 7–0 Unión Comercio (31 October)
Biggest away win	Unión Comercio 0–12 Sporting Cristal (27 October)
Highest scoring	Unión Comercio 0–12 Sporting Cristal (27 October)
← 2023 2025 →

The defending champions Universitario claimed their twenty-eighth league championship at the end of the season, winning both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments and thus avoiding to play the final stage of the season (playoffs). They clinched the title with a scoreless draw with Los Chankas and a 2–1 defeat for Alianza Lima against Cusco on the final matchday of the Clausura tournament on 3 November.^[4]

Teams

18 teams took part in the league in this season, one less than the previous season: the top 16 teams from the 2023 tournament, plus the 2023 Liga 2 champions Comerciantes Unidos and runner-up Los Chankas. Los Chankas got promoted for the first time in their history and Comerciantes Unidos appeared for the first time since 2018. The promoted teams replaced Academia Cantolao, Binacional and Deportivo Municipal, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Team changes

Promoted from 2023 Liga 2	Relegated from 2023 Liga 1
Comerciantes Unidos (1st) Los Chankas (2nd)	Binacional (17th) Deportivo Municipal (18th) Academia Cantolao (19th)

Stadia and locations

Cusco

Sport Huancayo

Los Chankas

U. César Vallejo

Unión Comercio

Atlético Grau

Alianza Atlético

UTC

ADT

Carlos A. Mannucci

Melgar

Comerciantes Unidos

Callao

Lima

Cusco teams:
Cienciano
Cusco
Dep. Garcilaso

Locations of the 2024 Liga 1 teams

Alianza Lima

Sporting Cristal

Universitario

Locations of the 2024 Liga 1 teams – Lima.

Sport Boys

Locations of the 2024 Liga 1 teams – Callao.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity[5]
ADT	Tarma	Unión Tarma	9,100
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	12,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva[i]	35,938
Atlético Grau	Sullana[ii]	Campeones del 36	12,000
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Comerciantes Unidos	Cajabamba[iii]	Germán Contreras Jara	6,300
Cusco	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Deportivo Garcilaso	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Los Chankas	Andahuaylas	Los Chankas	10,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	40,370
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
Sport Huancayo	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	11,600
Unión Comercio	Tarapoto	Carlos Vidaurre García	18,000
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093
UTC	Cajabamba[iv]	Germán Contreras Jara	6,300

Notes

1. Since Estadio Alejandro Villanueva was sanctioned with a 7-month closure for domestic matches due to the incidents at the end of the second leg of the 2023 Liga 1 finals, Alianza Lima played their Torneo Apertura home matches at Estadio Nacional in Lima, with Estadio Iván Elías Moreno in Lima registered as an alternate stadium in the event that Estadio Nacional was unavailable.^[6]
2. For this season, Atlético Grau moved from Bernal to Sullana as their regular stadium Estadio Municipal de Bernal did not meet FPF requirements.^[7]
3. For this season, Comerciantes Unidos moved from Cutervo to Cajambaba as their regular stadium Estadio Juan Maldonado Gamarra did not meet FPF requirements.^[8][9]
4. For this season, UTC moved from Cajamarca to Cajambaba as their regular stadium Estadio Héroes de San Ramón did not meet FPF requirements.^[10][11]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsors
ADT	Claudio Biaggio	New Athletic	Caja Huancayo
Alianza Atlético	Gerardo Ameli	Walon	Caja Sullana, Coolbet
Alianza Lima	Mariano Soso	Nike	Apuesta Total
Atlético Grau	Ángel Comizzo	Walon	DoradoBet, Caja Piura
Carlos A. Mannucci	Salomón Paredes	New Athletic	UPAO, DoradoBet
Cienciano	Christian Díaz	New Athletic	DoradoBet
Comerciantes Unidos	Carlos Silvestri	Jave	Santísima
Cusco	Miguel Rondelli	Lotto	Caja Cusco, DoradoBet
Deportivo Garcilaso	Guillermo Duró	Walon	Salkantay Trekking
Los Chankas	César Vaioli (caretaker)	New Athletic	Cerveza Apurimeña, Pinturas Cykron
Melgar	Marco Valencia	Walon	Betano
Sport Boys	Cristian Paulucci	Astro	Apuesta Total
Sport Huancayo	Franco Navarro	Lotto	Caja Huancayo
Sporting Cristal	Guillermo Farré	Adidas	Caja Piura, DoradoBet
Unión Comercio	Alejandro Russo	Convert
Universidad César Vallejo	Luis Hernández	Astro	UCV, Caja Trujillo
Universitario	Fabián Bustos	Marathon	Apuesta Total
UTC	Guillermo Sanguinetti	Lotto	Colegio Nivel A

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
ADT	Franco Navarro	End of contract	29 October 2023[12]	Pre-season	Carlos Desio	11 November 2023[13]
Carlos A. Mannucci	Mario Viera		29 October 2023		Franco Navarro	5 November 2023[14]
Cusco	Luis Flores		29 October 2023		Miguel Rondelli	26 November 2023[15]
Unión Comercio	Marcelo Vivas	Sacked	30 October 2023[16]		Néstor Craviotto	24 December 2023[17]
Deportivo Garcilaso	Jorge Célico	Resigned	4 November 2023[18]		Gerardo Ameli	21 November 2023[19]
Alianza Lima	Mauricio Larriera	Sacked	10 November 2023[20]		Alejandro Restrepo	24 November 2023[21]
Sporting Cristal	Tiago Nunes	End of contract	11 November 2023[22]		Enderson Moreira	24 November 2023[23]
Melgar	Mariano Soso	Mutual agreement	21 November 2023[24]		Pablo De Muner	6 December 2023[25]
Alianza Atlético	Jorge Ágapo Gonzales	Demoted to the reserves	27 November 2023[26]		Luciano Theiler	27 November 2023[26]
Universitario	Jorge Fossati	Mutual agreement	13 December 2023[27]		Fabián Bustos	30 December 2023[28]
Deportivo Garcilaso	Gerardo Ameli	Sacked	12 February 2024[29]	18th	Diego Cuvi[i]	14 February 2024[30]
	Diego Cuvi	End of caretaker spell	19 February 2024		Bernardo Redín	19 February 2024[31]
Alianza Atlético	Luciano Theiler	Sacked	25 February 2024[32]	15th	Héctor Valle[i]	25 February 2024[32][33]
	Héctor Valle	End of caretaker spell	1 March 2024	11th	Jorge Espejo	1 March 2024[34]
Melgar	Pablo De Muner	Sacked	3 March 2024[35]		Marco Valencia[ii]	3 March 2024[35]
Universidad César Vallejo	Roberto Mosquera	Mutual agreement	15 March 2024[37]	17th	Guillermo Salas	21 March 2024[38]
Unión Comercio	Néstor Craviotto	Resigned	15 March 2024[39]	18th	Milton García	29 March 2024[40]
Los Chankas	Juan Carlos Bazalar	Mutual agreement	29 March 2024[41]	12th	Abraham Montoya[i]	6 April 2024
Sport Huancayo	Wilmar Valencia	Sacked	1 April 2024[42]	7th	Mifflin Bermúdez[i]	1 April 2024[42]
Carlos A. Mannucci	Franco Navarro	Mutual agreement	7 April 2024[43]	17th	Salomón Paredes[i]	7 April 2024[43]
Los Chankas	Abraham Montoya	End of caretaker spell	15 April 2024	15th	Pablo Bossi	15 April 2024[44]
Sport Boys	Fernando Gamboa	Mutual agreement	19 April 2024[45]	14th	Juan Alayo[iii]	19 April 2024[45]
Carlos A. Mannucci	Salomón Paredes	End of caretaker spell	20 April 2024	17th	Milton Mendes	20 April 2024[47]
Unión Comercio	Milton García	Sacked	18 May 2024	18th	Andy Loayza[i]	18 May 2024[48]
Torneo Clausura
Unión Comercio	Andy Loayza	End of caretaker spell	27 May 2024	Pre-tournament	Jesús Oropesa	3 June 2024[49]
Alianza Atlético	Jorge Espejo	Sacked	28 May 2024[50]		Gerardo Ameli	3 June 2024[51]
Sporting Cristal	Enderson Moreira		31 May 2024[52]		Guillermo Farré	12 June 2024[53]
Deportivo Garcilaso	Bernardo Redín	Mutual agreement	8 June 2024[54]		Guillermo Duró	14 June 2024[55]
Sport Huancayo	Mifflin Bermúdez	End of caretaker spell	11 June 2024		Franco Navarro	11 June 2024[56]
ADT	Carlos Desio	Resigned	16 June 2024[57]		Wilmar Valencia	17 June 2024[58]
Alianza Lima	Alejandro Restrepo	Sacked	27 July 2024[59]	5th	Diego Ortiz[i]	27 July 2024[60]
Carlos A. Mannucci	Milton Mendes	Mutual agreement	27 July 2024[61]	18th	Salomón Paredes	27 July 2024[61]
Cienciano	Óscar Ibáñez	Sacked	3 August 2024[62]	15th	Christian Díaz	5 August 2024[63]
Alianza Lima	Diego Ortiz	End of caretaker spell	6 August 2024	1st	Mariano Soso	6 August 2024[64]
UTC	Carlos Ramacciotti	Sacked	6 August 2024[65]	14th	José Infante[i][iv]	12 August 2024[67]
Unión Comercio	Jesús Oropesa	Health issues	9 August 2024[68]	18th	Kenji Aparicio[i]	9 August 2024[68]
Universidad César Vallejo	Guillermo Salas	Mutual agreement	13 August 2024[69]	17th	Luis Hernández	13 August 2024[70]
UTC	José Infante	End of caretaker spell	20 August 2024	13th	Guillermo Sanguinetti	20 August 2024[71]
Unión Comercio	Kenji Aparicio		22 August 2024	18th	Alejandro Russo	22 August 2024[72]
Sport Boys	Juan Alayo	Resigned	21 September 2024[73]	14th	Guillermo Vásquez[i]	22 September 2024[74]
ADT	Wilmar Valencia	Mutual agreement	24 September 2024[75]	10th	Carlos Gutiérrez[i]	24 September 2024[75]
Los Chankas	Pablo Bossi		25 September 2024[76]	13th	César Vaioli[i]	26 September 2024[77]
Sport Boys	Guillermo Vásquez	End of caretaker spell	3 October 2024	13th	Cristian Paulucci	3 October 2024[78]
ADT	Carlos Gutiérrez		7 October 2024	11th	Claudio Biaggio	7 October 2024[79]

Notes

1. Caretaker manager.
2. Originally as a caretaker manager, appointed on a permanent basis on 28 May 2024.^[36]
3. Originally as a caretaker manager, appointed on a permanent basis on 7 June 2024.^[46]
4. Alberto Peña was the caretaker manager for the Torneo Clausura 6th round match against Unión Comercio.^[66]

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	17	12	4	1	32	7	+25	40	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Sporting Cristal	17	13	1	3	44	20	+24	40
3	Melgar	17	12	2	3	36	19	+17	38
4	Alianza Lima	17	11	0	6	32	16	+16	33
5	Cusco	17	9	2	6	22	21	+1	29
6	ADT	17	8	4	5	29	24	+5	28
7	Cienciano	17	6	8	3	20	20	0	26
8	Comerciantes Unidos	17	6	4	7	22	31	−9	22
9	Los Chankas	17	6	3	8	25	26	−1	21
10	Universidad César Vallejo	17	4	8	5	19	24	−5	20
11	Atlético Grau	17	4	7	6	19	17	+2	19
12	Sport Boys	17	5	4	8	18	20	−2	19
13	Sport Huancayo	17	5	4	8	18	29	−11	19
14	UTC	17	4	4	9	21	29	−8	16
15	Deportivo Garcilaso	17	3	5	9	20	26	−6	14
16	Alianza Atlético	17	3	5	9	11	19	−8	14
17	Carlos A. Mannucci	17	3	5	9	11	34	−23	14
18	Unión Comercio	17	1	6	10	17	34	−17	9

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	ADT	AAS	ALI	CAG	CAM	CIE	COM	CUS	GAR	CHA	MEL	SBA	SHU	CRI	UCO	UCV	UNI	UTC
ADT		—	2–0	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
Alianza Atlético	1–2		0–2	—	0–0	0–1	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–1	—	2–0
Alianza Lima	—	—		2–0	—	—	5–1	—	3–2	3–0	—	3–0	—	1–2	—	2–1	0–1	1–0
Atlético Grau	2–2	1–1	—		3–0	1–1	—	4–0	—	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–0	—	—	—
Carlos A. Mannucci	—	—	0–4	—		—	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	—	1–0	—	0–4	—	0–0	0–4	2–0
Cienciano	—	—	2–1	—	2–2		1–0	—	0–2	—	—	3–2	—	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–1
Comerciantes Unidos	—	0–0	—	2–2	—	—		0–1	—	3–2	0–0	—	3–2	0–1	3–1	—	—	—
Cusco	3–2	2–0	3–0	—	3–0	2–0	—		1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–1
Deportivo Garcilaso	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	1–2	—		1–1	1–3	—	0–2	2–3	—	2–0	2–2	—
Los Chankas	2–0	2–0	—	0–1	—	1–2	—	2–0	—		2–2	2–0	6–0	—	2–1	—	—	—
Melgar	3–1	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	2–0	—	2–3	—	—		2–1	4–1	—	2–1	—	—	—
Sport Boys	1–0	0–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	3–0	2–0	—	—		—	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	—
Sport Huancayo	0–2	4–0	0–2	—	1–0	1–2	—	2–0	—	—	—	1–0		—	2–2	—	—	1–1
Sporting Cristal	6–2	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	4–1	1–2	—	4–0		5–1	—	—	—
Unión Comercio	2–2	—	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	—	—	0–4	—	—	—	—	—		2–2	1–2	2–0
Universidad César Vallejo	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	3–1	2–2	—	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	2–1	—		0–0	—
Universitario	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	—	6–0	1–0	—	4–0	2–0	—	2–0	4–1	—	—		—
UTC	—	—	—	3–2	—	—	2–3	—	1–0	2–0	2–6	2–4	—	1–2	—	4–0	0–0

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	17	11	4	2	31	10	+21	37	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Alianza Lima	17	11	3	3	24	12	+12	36
3	Sporting Cristal	17	10	4	3	47	15	+32	34
4	Melgar	17	9	5	3	30	16	+14	32
5	Atlético Grau	17	8	8	1	25	11	+14	32
6	Cusco	17	9	4	4	29	22	+7	31
7	Alianza Atlético	17	8	6	3	17	15	+2	30
8	Cienciano	17	8	2	7	28	24	+4	26
9	ADT	17	6	5	6	18	16	+2	23
10	Deportivo Garcilaso	17	7	2	8	17	17	0	23
11	Sport Huancayo	17	5	4	8	21	28	−7	19
12	Los Chankas	17	4	6	7	17	21	−4	18
13	Carlos A. Mannucci	17	4	5	8	23	30	−7	17
14	Sport Boys	17	4	4	9	14	31	−17	16
15	UTC	17	3	6	8	14	24	−10	15
16	Comerciantes Unidos	17	3	4	10	14	29	−15	13
17	Universidad César Vallejo	17	2	4	11	15	31	−16	10
18	Unión Comercio	17	2	2	13	13	45	−32	8

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	ADT	AAS	ALI	CAG	CAM	CIE	COM	CUS	GAR	CHA	MEL	SBA	SHU	CRI	UCO	UCV	UNI	UTC
ADT		0–1	—	1–2	—	—	—	1–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	—	—	—
Alianza Atlético	—		—	0–0	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	—	—	0–3	—
Alianza Lima	0–0	2–0		—	1–0	3–0	—	1–2	—	—	1–1	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	—
Atlético Grau	—	—	1–0		—	—	3–0	—	2–2	1–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	4–0
Carlos A. Mannucci	3–2	2–2	—	1–1		1–2	—	4–1	—	—	1–1	—	1–2	—	0–0	—	—	—
Cienciano	0–1	3–0	—	1–0	—		—	1–2	—	0–0	3–1	—	3–1	—	7–0	—	—	—
Comerciantes Unidos	0–0	—	1–3	—	2–1	1–2		—	2–1	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–0	0–2	1–1
Cusco	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	2–1		—	2–1	0–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	—
Deportivo Garcilaso	1–0	0–1	1–2	—	1–0	1–0	—	0–2		—	—	2–0	—	—	3–1	—	—	1–0
Los Chankas	—	—	0–1	—	1–1	—	2–0	—	1–0		—	—	—	3–3	—	2–1	0–0	1–1
Melgar	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	3–0	—	1–1	2–0		—	—	2–0	—	5–2	1–0	1–0
Sport Boys	—	—	0–3	0–0	2–6	2–0	—	—	—	2–1	0–2		2–1	—	—	—	—	1–1
Sport Huancayo	—	—	—	1–3	—	—	2–2	—	1–0	3–1	2–4	—		1–2	—	1–0	1–1	—
Sporting Cristal	—	—	0–0	—	4–0	5–1	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	4–0	—		—	4–1	2–1	4–0
Unión Comercio	—	1–2	—	1–2	—	—	3–2	3–3	—	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–12		—	—	—
Universidad César Vallejo	0–0	0–0	2–3	—	0–2	2–2	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–2	—	—	1–0		—	2–0
Universitario	2–1	—	2–1	—	6–0	3–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	3–0	—	—	1–0	1–0		1–0
UTC	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	2–0	1–2	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	3–1	—	—

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Since Universitario won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, no playoff games were played and Universitario were declared as season champions. Sporting Cristal, as the team that placed second in the aggregate table, were declared as season runners-up and both teams qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage.^[80]

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario (C)	34	23	8	3	63	17	+46	77	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Sporting Cristal	34	23	5	6	91	35	+56	74
3	Melgar	34	21	7	6	66	35	+31	70	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Alianza Lima	34	22	3	9	57	27	+30	69	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Cusco	34	18	6	10	50	44	+6	60	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	Cienciano	34	14	10	10	48	44	+4	52
7	Atlético Grau	34	12	15	7	44	28	+16	51
8	ADT	34	14	9	11	47	40	+7	51
9	Alianza Atlético	34	11	11	12	28	34	−6	44
10	Los Chankas	34	10	9	15	42	47	−5	39
11	Sport Huancayo	34	10	8	16	39	57	−18	38
12	Deportivo Garcilaso	34	10	7	17	37	43	−6	37
13	Sport Boys	34	9	8	17	32	51	−19	35
14	Comerciantes Unidos	34	9	8	17	36	60	−24	35
15	UTC	34	7	10	17	35	53	−18	31
16	Carlos A. Mannucci (R)	34	7	10	17	34	64	−30	31	Relegation to Liga 2
17	Universidad César Vallejo (R)	34	6	12	16	34	55	−21	30
18	Unión Comercio (R)	34	3	8	23	30	79	−49	17

Source: Liga 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals for; 7) Fair play points; 8) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martín Cauteruccio	Sporting Cristal	35
2	Carlos Garcés	Cienciano	19
3	Jarlín Quintero	UTC	17
4	Lucas Cano	Sport Huancayo	16
5	Bernardo Cuesta	Melgar	15
6	Hernán Barcos	Alianza Lima	14
	Neri Bandiera	Atlético Grau
	Santiago González	Sporting Cristal
9	Matías Sen	Comerciantes Unidos	13
	Alex Valera	Universitario

Source: Futbolperuano.com

See also

• 2024 Liga 2
• 2024 Copa Perú
• 2024 Ligas Departamentales del Perú
• 2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
• 2024 Liga Femenina