| Season | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 September 1938 – 20 November 1938 |
| Champions | Deportivo Municipal |
| Relegated | Alianza Lima Progresista Apurímac |
| Matches | 37 |
| Goals | 133 (3.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Jorge Alcalde (8) |
←1937 1939 → | |
The1938 season of thePeruvian Primera División, the top category ofPeruvian football, was played by 9 teams. The national champions wereDeportivo Municipal.[1][2] BecauseAlianza Lima andSucre tied on points a relegation playoff took place.[3] From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.
The whole tournament was played in two stadiums:
| Stadium | City |
|---|---|
| National Stadium | Lima |
| Estadio Modelo de Bellavista | Callao |
| Promoted from 1937 Liga Provincial de Lima | Promoted from 1937 Liga Provincial del Callao | Relegated from 1937 Primera División |
|---|---|---|
 Ciclista Lima(1st) | Progresista Apurímac(1st) |  Telmo Carbajo(8th) Sportivo Melgar(9th)Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril(10th) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportivo Municipal(C) | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 22 | Champions |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 17 | |
| 3 | Universitario | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 17 | |
| 4 | Sporting Tabaco | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Atlético Chalaco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 | |
| 6 | Ciclista Lima | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 15 | |
| 7 | Alianza Lima | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 | Relegation play-off |
| 8 | Sucre(O) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 14 | |
| 9 | Progresista Apurímac(R) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 13 | 1939 Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao |
Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played inLima.
| Home \ Away | ALI | CHA | CIC | MUN | PRO | SBA | TAB | SUC | UNI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Lima | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |||||
| Atlético Chalaco | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||||
| Ciclista Lima | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | ||||
| Progresista Apurímac | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |||||
| Sport Boys | 4–2 | 6–3 | 4–1 | ||||||
| Sporting Tabaco | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |||||
| Sucre | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | |||||
| Universitario | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Sucre | 2–0 | Alianza Lima |
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