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1969 Torneo Descentralizado
The 1969 Torneo Descentralizado was the 53rd season of the highest division of Peruvian football. Despite being relegated at the end of the 1968 season, Carlos A. Mannucci returned to the first division through the 1969 Copa Perú. The format of the season changed from the previous season. The season was divided into two phases. In the first phase, the fourteen teams played each other once. In the second phase, the teams were divided into two groups. Teams in first to sixth place were grouped into a championship group while teams in seventh to fourteenth place were grouped into a relegation group. All teams carried their records from the first phase into the second phase. Universitario was crowned champion. Centro Iqueño and KDT Nacional were relegated. Teams Team changes Stadia locations Torneo Apertura Standings Results First stage Results Second stage Liguilla Final Second place play-off Liguilla Descenso Top scorers See also * 1969 Campeonato de Aper ...
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Peruvian Primera División
The Peru First Division (; known simply as ''First Division'', and Liga 1 Te Apuesto for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966 until 2019, when the first teams residing outside the Lima Province, Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in the 1912 Liga Peruana de Football, inaugural league national competition. The main sponsor is the sports betting company Te Apuesto. As of the 2025 Liga 1 (Peru), 2025 season, there are 19 teams in the division of a league that operates on a system of promotion and relegation determined at the end of the season with the Peruvian Segunda División, Segunda División (Liga 2). Seasons run from February to December, with each team playing 38 matches, 18 in the Apertura and 18 in the Clausura. The league is organized by Professional Football Sports Association, Asociación Deportiva de Fútbol Profesional () (ADFP). ...
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Juan Aurich (1922–1992)
Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a Peru, Peruvian association football, football club based in Chiclayo. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005. The club currently plays in the Peruvian Tercera División, the third tier of Peruvian football. They play their home games at the Estadio Elías Aguirre in Chiclayo, which has a capacity of 24,500. Although the current Juan Aurich has played for only a few years in the top-flight, three other football clubs named Juan Aurich (other), Juan Aurich have played in the Torneo Descentralizado. The first Juan Aurich (1922–1992), Juan Aurich was founded in 1922 and played in the first division between 1967 and 1983 and again between 1988 and 1991. Between 1994 and 1996 the merged football club Aurich–Cañaña had a brief spell in the Primera División after they achieved promotion through the 1993 Copa Perú. Finally, a third Juan Aurich (1996–2004), ...
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Cercado De Lima
The Cercado de Lima ('Walled Lima'), Damero de Pizarro ('Pizarro's Checkerboard'), or Lima Cuadrada ('Squared Lima') is an area of the historic center of Lima (capital of Peru) located within the old walls of the city. Location and history The area of the Cercado de Lima corresponds to the original layout of the city. Its current boundaries within the city are the Rímac River to the north, Abancay Avenue to the east, Colmena Avenue to the south and Tacna Avenue to the west. Its name derives from it being the oldest and most central part of the city and because its urban layout maintains the classic Spanish style of streets and perpendicular avenues that form homogeneously square blocks. The area contains the main historical monuments of the city and several of the public buildings of the government of Peru including the Government Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima The Basilica Cathedral of Lima, commonly known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima, and f ...
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Trujillo, Peru
Trujillo (; ; Mochica language, Mochica: ''Cɥimor'') is a city in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is the third most populous city and center of the List of metropolitan areas of Peru, third most populous metropolitan area of Peru. It is located on the banks of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in the Moche Valley. This was a site of the great prehistoric Moche (culture), Moche and Chimu cultures before the Inca conquest and subsequent expansion. The Independence of Trujillo from Spain was proclaimed in the Historic Centre of Trujillo on December 29, 1820, and the city was honored in 1822 by the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the title "Meritorious City and Faithful to the Fatherland", for its role in the fight for Peruvian independence. Trujillo is the birthplace of Peru's judiciary. In 1823, Riva Agüero settled in Trujillo after being deposed, but his government lacked legal recognition, while the Cong ...
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Piura
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru, located north of the Sechura Desert along the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017 and it is the 7th most populous city in Peru. The city is located in the central eastern part of the Piura Region, 981 kilometers from the country's capital, Lima and is near to the border with Ecuador. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro founded the third Spanish city in South America and first in Peru, under the name of ''San Miguel de Piura'', in JulyHemming, J., 1970, The Conquest of the Incas, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., or August of 1532. Piura declared its independence from Spain on 4 January 1821, a few months before Peru gained its independence on 28 July 1821. It is the commercial and administrative center of the Department of Piura. Symbols Coat of arms The coat of arms of Piura was created by the Spanish Crown on December 7, 1537, thr ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The city is considered the political, cultural, financial and commercial center of Peru. Due to its geostrategic importance, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network has categorized it as a "beta" tier city. Jurisdictionally, the metropolis extends mainly within the province of Lima and in a smaller portion, to the west, within the Constitutional Province of Callao, where the seaport and the Jorge Chávez Airport are located. Both provinces have regional autonomy since 2002. The 2023 census projection indicates that the city of Lima has an estimated population of 10,092,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Americas b ...
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La Victoria District, Lima
La Victoria is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in Peru. It borders to the north and northeast with the district of Lima, to the east with the district of San Luis, to the southeast with the district of San Borja, to the south with the district of San Isidro, and to the west with the district of Lince and again with the Lima district. La Victoria is a historical and very busy public district located in downtown Lima. The current mayor of La Victoria is Rubén Dioscorides Andrés Cano Altez. From the hierarchical point of view of the Catholic Church, it is part of the Episcopal Vicariate V of the Archdiocese of Lima. Overview La Victoria has several sections: *La Victoria proper extends from Miguel Grau avenue in the north to Mexico avenue in the south and from Paseo de la República Expressway in the west to San Pablo avenue in the east. It is the most populous sector and it is filled with mom and pop stores, although Iquitos ...
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Sport Boys
The Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as the Sport Boys or simply the Boys, is a Peruvian association football club based in the port city of Callao, founded on 28 July 1927. The club currently participate in the Peruvian Primera División, the top tier of Peruvian football, and are based in Estadio Miguel Grau (Callao), Estadio Miguel Grau alongside two other clubs in Callao, Academia Cantolao and Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Universidad de San Martín de Porres. Their biggest rivalry is with Atlético Chalaco, known among fans as the ''Clásico Porteño''. The Sport Boys are historically considered the fourth most prominent club of Peruvian football with 6 national titles and the most continental appearances after Lima's big three clubs, Club Universitario de Deportes, Universitario, Sporting Cristal and Alianza Lima. Their most recent title was in 1984 Torneo Descentralizado, 1984, where they beat Colegio Nacional Iquitos to qualify for the 1 ...
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Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, stockholders of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston. The club and the brewery have been closely linked since its inception, and it is for this reason that it is popularly known as ''los Cerveceros'' ("the brewers"). The team has played in the Peruvian Primera División since 1956 Peruvian Primera División, 1956, where it obtained the title that year. Due to this achievement, Cristal is often referred to as "El club que nació campeón". Since their first participation, they have won the league title 19 times and are one of the few teams in Peru to have never been relegated from the top division. Sporting Cristal is also the first Peruvian team to have been crowned ...
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Porvenir Miraflores
Porvenir Miraflores was a Peruvian football club, playing in the district of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. History The club was founded in 1922 in the Miraflores District, Lima. The club was the winner of the 1956 and 1966 Peruvian Segunda Division. The club has played at the highest level of Peruvian football on six occasions, from 1957 until 1971 when it was relegated. Naming history Honours National *Peruvian Segunda División **Winners (2): 1956, 1966 **Runners-up (5): 1952, 1955, 1958, 1963, 1964 Regional * Liga Regional de Lima y Callao **''Runners-up (1)'': 1949 * División Intermedia **Winners (1): 1939 * Segunda División Provincial de Lima **Winners (2): 1926 Liga de Balnearios, 1932 Zona de Balnearios Statistics and results in First Division League history Notable players * Raul Geller (1960–1964) * José Varacka (1967) * Vladislao Cap (1967) * Zózimo (1967) * Héctor Bailetti (1966–1967) * Arturo Bisetti (1969–1971) * Moisés Barack (1970) * J ...
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Deportivo Municipal
Club Centro Deportivo Municipal, commonly known as Deportivo Municipal, is a Peruvian Association football, football club based in Lima, Peru. They are among Peru's most recognizable clubs and enjoy considerable popularity. The bulk of their success came a few years after the club was founded in 1935. The club was a top-flight contender during this period and won four Peruvian Primera División, Primera División titles. The club suffered relegation three times in their history: 1967, 2000, and 2007. They have also been champions of the Peruvian Segunda División, Segunda División on three occasions: 1968, 2006, and 2014, granting them promotion to the first division. They currently compete in the Peruvian Tercera División. Deportivo Municipal was one of the first Peruvian clubs to participate in a South American international football competition. In 1948, they were invited to the South American Championship of Champions and finished fourth where clubs from seven of the then ni ...
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Defensor Lima
Club Atlético Defensor Lima is a Perúvian football club located in the district of Breña, Lima. The club was founded on July 31, 1931. The club plays in the Liga Distrital de Cercado de Lima, which is the seventh division of the Peruvian league. History The club was the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado champion. The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on twenty three occasions, from 1961 Peruvian Primera División until 1978 Torneo Descentralizado, and 1989 Torneo Descentralizado until 1994 Torneo Descentralizado, when it was relegated. The club played in the 1974 Copa Libertadores, but was eliminated by Millonarios and São Paulo FC in the semifinals. Data * Foundation: July 31 1931 * Historical position among Peruvian teams in the Copa Libertadores de America: 11° * Club Atlético Defensor Lima, Universitario, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal are the only Peruvian Clubs that have reached semi-finals. * Historical position in First Division: 16 ...
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