The 2016
Segunda División season, also known as Copa Best Cable Perú 2016 for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the second tier of
Federación Peruana de Futbol. The tournament was played on a home-and-away
round-robin basis. The season started on 23 April 2016. The fixtures were announced on 12 April 2016.
Teams
A total of 16 teams in the league, 4 more than the previous season, including 9 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the
2015 Torneo Descentralizado and five promoted from the
2015 Copa Perú.
The 2016 season was the first one were former Copa Sudamericana winners
Cienciano
Club Sportivo Cienciano is a professional football club based in Cusco, Peru that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División.
The club was founded in 1901 by a group of students of the ''Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco'' (National S ...
were competing outside of the top tier since 1974.
Sport Loreto was relegated to the Segunda Division after one year in the top tier.
León de Huánuco refused to play in the 2016 Segunda Division and was relegated to the 2016 Copa Perú.
The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were
Atlético Minero, and
San Simón. San Simón was disabled mid-season and relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.
Five Copa Perú teams were promoted:
Cantolao,
Alfredo Salinas,
Unión Tarapoto,
Sport Áncash and
Cultural Santa Rosa. Cantolao was promoted as 2015 Copa Perú runner-up. Alfredo Salinas, Unión Tarapoto, Sport Áncash and Cultural Santa Rosa were invited to fill in the vacated spots after a strict financial analysis.
League table
Results
Title play-off
Because
Cantolao and
Sport Ancash finished the regular season with the same number of points, a title play-off match will be played on neutral ground to decide the champion and owner of the
2017 Torneo Descentralizado
The 2017 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2017 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the season. Alianza Lima were the ...
berth.
See also
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2016 Torneo Descentralizado
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2016 Copa Perú
The 2016 Peru Cup season ( es, Copa Perú 2016), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.
This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all ...
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2016 in Peruvian football
References
External links
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Tournament regulationsPeruvian Segunda Divisiónnews at Peru.com
Peruvian Segunda Divisiónstatistics and news at Dechalaca.com
Peruvian Segunda Divisiónnews at SegundaPerú.com
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2016
2016 in Peruvian football