The 2016

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

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

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and five promoted from the 2015 Copa Perú. The 2016 season was the first one were former Copa Sudamericana winners

Cienciano Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...

were competing outside of the top tier since 1974.

Sport Loreto Sport Loreto is a local football institution located in Pucallpa, Peru. It was founded in 1939, and it will start playing in the first professional division in 2015. After the championship in Copa Peru 2014. Football is the most played sport, altho ...

was relegated to the Segunda Division after one year in the top tier.

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco, more commonly known as León de Huánuco, is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is historically the biggest football club of Huánuco city. Founded in ...

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 Club Atlético Minero is a Peruvian football club based in Matucana, located in the Department of Lima. It was founded in 1997 and was promoted to the Primera División Peruana in 2008 where it played for one season. It has played in the Peruvia ...

, 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:

Academia Cantolao Academia Deportiva Cantolao is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Callao, Peru. However, the club is mostly known for its youth academy. Their football academy is considered one of the best in Peru. Academia Cantolao has educated many pl ...

, Alfredo Salinas,

Unión Tarapoto Unión Tarapoto is a Peruvian football club that plays in the city of Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru. Former players * Fernelly Castillo Honours Regional * Región II: ::Runner-up (1): 2007 * Liga Departamental de San Martín: ::Winners (5) ...

Sport Áncash Club Sport Áncash is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Huaraz. Sport Áncash was founded on April 22, 1967. The team plays its home games at Rosas Pampa stadium. History Beginnings The club was founded in 1960 by a group of young ...

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.

Team changes

Stadia and locations

League table

Results

Title play-off

Because

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

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berth.

References

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2016 in Peruvian football