The 2019 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2019 Liga 1

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for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the highest division of

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vian football. A total of 18 teams competed in the season, with

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coming in as defending champions. Binacional were the champions, winning their first league title by defeating Alianza Lima in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score.

Competition format

The season will be divided into three stages: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, and the Playoffs. The first and second stages will be two smaller

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tournaments of 17 games each. Each team will play the other teams once during the Apertura tournament and once during the Clausura tournament in reversed order for a total of 34 matches. Points earned during the Apertura will not carry over during the Clausura. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura stages will qualify to the playoffs along with the top two teams of the aggregate table, as long as they end in the top nine of this table at the end of the season. The playoffs to decide the national champion will be contested by four teams, which will play two semifinals with the winners playing the final. In every stage of the playoffs, the teams with the most points on the aggregate table will choose which leg they play as the home team. If the teams are tied in points after the two legs of the final, a third match on neutral ground will be played to decide the national champion. If a team wins both the Apertura and Clausura, the playoffs will not be played and that team will be declared as champion. Qualification to international competitions will be as follows: the top four teams of the aggregate table will qualify for the

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, while the next three best teams in that table will qualify for the

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, with a fourth berth being allocated to the

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winners. In case the Copa Bicentenario winners have already qualified for an international competition, the eighth best team in the aggregate table will also qualify for the Copa Sudamericana. The two teams with the fewest points in the aggregate table at the end of the season will be relegated.

Teams

A total of 18 teams have been confirmed to play in the 2019 Liga 1, an increase of two teams from the previous season. The top fourteen teams in the

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will take part, along with Segunda División champions

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champions

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, and the top two teams of the

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and

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). The four promoted teams will replace

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and

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, who were relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Results

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Results

Aggregate table

Both stages (Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura) of the 2019 season were aggregated into a single league table throughout the season to determine two of the teams that will qualify for the playoffs and the

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and three

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qualifiers, as well as those to be relegated at the end of the season.

Playoffs

Semi-final

First leg

Second leg

''Alianza Lima won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals.''

Finals

It is the first Liga 1 final to incorporate the use of the

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(VAR) review system.

First leg

Second leg

''Binacional won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Top goalscorers

Source
ADFP

Liga 1 awards

On 10 January 2020, the Liga 1 announced the nominees for the 2019 Liga 1 awards. The award ceremony was held on 16 January 2020, 19:00

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. The winners were chosen based on voting by coaches and captains of Liga 1 teams as well as by 60 journalists. Votes from Liga 1 fans on social media were also considered. The following awards were also awarded: *Top goalscorer:

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from Melgar (27 goals). *Fair Play award:

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. *Best supporters: Alianza Lima fans (244,242 home attendance during the season).

Best XI

The best XI team of the 2019 Liga 1 season was also announced during the award ceremony.

References

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2019 in Peruvian football

Competition format

Teams

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Results

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Results

Aggregate table

Playoffs

Semi-final

First leg

Second leg

Finals

First leg

Second leg

Top goalscorers

Liga 1 awards

Best XI

See also

References

External links