| Season | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Champions | José Gálvez |
| Top goalscorer | Alejandro Cipriano (5) |
←1995 1997 → | |
The1996Copa Perú season (Spanish:Copa Perú 1996) was a promotion tournament ofPeruvianfootball league system.
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus the team relegated from First Division are divided in 6 groups by geographical proximity and each group winner goes to the Final round, staged in Lima, the national capital.
The champion was promoted to1997 Torneo Descentralizado.
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.
| Department | Team | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Amazonas | Sachapuyos | Amazonas |
| Ancash | José Gálvez | Chimbote |
| Apurímac | Gigantes del Cenepa | Andahuaylas |
| Arequipa | Piérola | Arequipa |
| Ayacucho | Deportivo Huáscar | Ayacucho |
| Cajamarca | UTC | Cajamarca |
| Callao | Olímpico Bella Unión | Callao |
| Cusco | Deportivo Garcilaso | Cusco |
| Huancavelica | 7 de Agosto | Huancavelica |
| Huánuco | León de Huánuco | Huánuco |
| Unión Naranjillo | Huánuco | |
| Ica | Estudiantes de Medicina | Ica |
| Junín | Cultural Hidro | Junín |
| Department | Team | Location |
|---|---|---|
| La Libertad | Carlos A. Mannucci | Trujillo |
| Lambayeque | Mariscal Sucre | Ferreñafe |
| Lima | Contumaza Repcel | Lima |
| Loreto | CNI | Iquitos |
| Madre de Dios | Estudiantes Unidos | Puerto Maldonado |
| Moquegua | Atlético Huracán | Moquegua |
| Pasco | Unión Social Oxapampa | Pasco |
| Piura | I.M.I. | Talara |
| Puno | Deportivo Universitario | Puno |
| San Martín | El Tumi | Tarapoto |
| Tacna | Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna |
| Tumbes | Independiente Aguas Verdes | Tumbes |
| Ucayali | San Martín de Porres | Pucallpa |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Gálvez | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 13 | Promoted to1997 Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2 | UTC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Coronel Bolognesi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Gigantes del Cenepa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 | |
| 5 | CNI | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | |
| 6 | León de Huánuco | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 |
| 19 January 1997 | León de Huánuco | 1–0 | Coronel Bolognesi | Nacional,Lima |
| 19 January 1997 | José Gálvez | 1–0 | UTC | Nacional,Lima |
| 22 January 1997 | José Gálvez | 1–1 | Coronel Bolognesi | Nacional,Lima |
| 22 January 1997 | Gigantes del Cenepa | 3–0 | León de Huánuco | Nacional,Lima |
| 26 January 1997 | UTC | 2–1 | León de Huánuco | Nacional,Lima |
| 26 January 1997 | Coronel Bolognesi | 3–0 | Gigantes del Cenepa | Nacional,Lima |
| 26 January 1997 | José Gálvez | 3–1 | CNI | Nacional,Lima |
| 29 January 1997 | Coronel Bolognesi | 3–0 | CNI | Nacional,Lima |
| 29 January 1997 | José Gálvez | 5–0 | León de Huánuco | Nacional,Lima |
| 2 February 1997 | CNI | 2–1 | León de Huánuco | Nacional,Lima |
| 2 February 1997 | UTC | 4–1 | Coronel Bolognesi | Nacional,Lima |
| 2 February 1997 | José Gálvez | 5–2 | Gigantes del Cenepa | Nacional,Lima |