| Season | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 August 1960 – 18 December 1960 |
| Champions | Universitario |
| Relegated | Mariscal Castilla |
| 1961 Copa Libertadores | Universitario |
| Matches | 90 |
| Goals | 336 (3.73 per match) |
←1959 1961 → | |
The1960 season of thePeruvian Primera División, or thePeruvian Football Championship, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The season was a single league table played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The champions qualified for theCopa Libertadores 1961, the first Copa Libertadores to have a Peruvian team participate. The last placed team at the end of the season was relegated. The champions wereUniversitario and Mariscal Castilla was relegated.
| Promoted from 1959 Segunda División | Relegated from 1959 Primera División |
|---|---|
 Mariscal Sucre(1st) |  Unión América(10th) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitario(C) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 25 | 1961 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 24 | |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 22 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 21 | |
| 5 | Centro Iqueño | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 20 | |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 16 | |
| 7 | Atlético Chalaco | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 15 | |
| 8 | Mariscal Sucre | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 14 | |
| 9 | Ciclista Lima | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 14 | |
| 10 | Mariscal Castilla(R) | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 9 | 1961 Segunda División |
Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played inLima andCallao.
| Home \ Away | ALI | CHA | IQU | CIC | MUN | CMC | MSU | SBA | CRI | UNI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Lima | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Atlético Chalaco | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Centro Iqueño | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Ciclista Lima | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Deportivo Municipal | 3–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Mariscal Castilla | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
| Mariscal Sucre | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Sport Boys | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Sporting Cristal | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Universitario | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 |