The 2023 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Betsson 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of the
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 ...
, the highest division of
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian
football
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. A total of 19 teams competed in the season, which began on 3 February and ended on 8 November 2023. The season was originally scheduled to begin on 21 January, but the first two matchdays were postponed due to the
2022–2023 Peruvian protests. The fixtures for the season were announced on 30 December 2022.
Universitario were the champions, winning their twenty-seventh league title after defeating
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...
in the two-legged final with a 3–1 aggregate score.
Alianza Lima were the defending champions, having won back-to-back titles in
2021
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and
2022
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.
Teams
19 teams took part in the league in this season: the top 16 teams from the
2022 tournament, plus the
2022 Copa Perú champions
Deportivo Garcilaso, the
Liga 2 champions
Cusco
Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department.
The city was the cap ...
and
Unión Comercio
Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru. The club plays in the Liga 2, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being ...
, the winners of the
promotion/relegation play-off. The promoted teams replaced
Ayacucho
Ayacucho (, , derived from the words ''aya'' ("death" or "soul") and ''k'uchu'' ("corner") in honour of the battle of Ayacucho), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, i ...
,
Universidad San Martín and
Carlos Stein, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.
Team changes
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
;Notes
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura
Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Playoffs
As the champions of the Apertura (Alianza Lima) and Clausura (Universitario) tournaments were also the top two teams in the aggregate table, both teams qualified directly to the final, omitting the semifinal matches (Regulations Article 7.3.1.8). Alianza Lima had the chance to decide the order of legs as the finalist better placed in the aggregate table.
Finals
First leg
Second leg
''Universitario won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Top scorers
Source
Futbolperuano.com
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See also
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2023 Liga 2
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2023 Copa Perú
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2023 Ligas Departamentales del Perú
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2023 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
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2023 Liga Femenina
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2023 Liga de Ascenso Femenina
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Iluminados
References
External links
Official websiteLiga 1news at Peru.com
Liga 1statistics and news at Dechalaca.com
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2023
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...