| Season | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 February – 15 December 2019 |
| Champions | Binacional (1st title) |
| Relegated | Unión Comercio Pirata |
| Copa Libertadores | Binacional Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Universitario |
| Copa Sudamericana | Sport Huancayo Melgar Real Garcilaso |
| Matches | 310 |
| Goals | 802 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bernardo Cuesta (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Binacional 7–0Alianza Universidad (18 October) |
| Biggest away win | Cantolao 0–4Binacional (23 February) Universitario 0–4U. César Vallejo (5 May) Cantolao 1–5Melgar (8 June) |
| Highest scoring | Mannucci 4–4Ayacucho (16 February) |
←2018 2020 → | |
The2019Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the2019 Liga 1Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the highest division ofPeruvianfootball. A total of 18 teams competed in the season, withSporting Cristal coming in as defending champions.
Binacional were the champions, winning their first league title by defeatingAlianza Lima in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score.
The season will be divided into three stages: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, and the Playoffs.
The first and second stages will be two smallerApertura and Clausura 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.[1]
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 the2020 Copa Libertadores, while the next three best teams in that table will qualify for the2020 Copa Sudamericana, with a fourth berth being allocated to the2019 Copa Bicentenario 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.[2] The two teams with the fewest points in the aggregate table at the end of the season will be relegated.
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 the2018 Torneo Descentralizado will take part, along withSegunda División championsUniversidad César Vallejo,Copa Perú championsPirata, and the top two teams of thepromotion play-offs (Carlos A. Mannucci andAlianza Universidad). The four promoted teams will replaceSport Rosario andComerciantes Unidos, who were relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the previous season.
| Promoted from 2018 Segunda División | Promoted from 2018 Copa Perú | Promoted from Promotion play-offs | Relegated from 2018 Primera División |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torneo Apertura | ||||||
| Real Garcilaso | End of contract | 25 November 2018 | Pre-season | 17 December 2018[4] | ||
| Binacional | 25 November 2018 | 19 January 2019[5] | ||||
| Pirata | 2 December 2018[6] | 21 December 2018[7] | ||||
| Melgar | Mutual consent | 11 December 2018[8] | 26 December 2018[9] | |||
| Alianza Lima | End of contract | 16 December 2018[10] | 28 December 2018[11] | |||
| Sporting Cristal | Signed byColo-Colo | 18 December 2018[12] | 7 January 2019[13] | |||
| Sporting Cristal | Mutual consent | 5 February 2019[14] | 8 February 2019[15] | |||
| Sport Boys | Sacked | 10 March 2019[16] | 18th | 10 March 2019[17] | ||
| Real Garcilaso | Mutual consent | 22 March 2019[18] | 5th | 26 March 2019[19] | ||
| Sport Huancayo | Sacked | 26 March 2019[20] | 17th | 26 March 2019[21] | ||
| Sport Huancayo | End of caretaker spell | 31 March 2019 | 17th | 31 March 2019[22] | ||
| Alianza Lima | Resigned | 26 April 2019[23] | 11th | 27 April 2019[24] | ||
| Pirata | Mutual consent | 29 April 2019[25] | 17th | 29 April 2019[25] | ||
| Unión Comercio | 5 May 2019[26] | 15th | 5 May 2019[27] | |||
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 13 May 2019[28] | 14th | 13 May 2019[28] | |||
| Melgar | Resigned | 21 May 2019[29] | 13th | 21 May 2019[30] | ||
| Universitario | Mutual consent | 27 May 2019[31] | 13th | 27 May 2019[31] | ||
| Alianza Lima | End of caretaker spell | 31 May 2019 | 5th | 26 May 2019[32] | ||
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 2 June 2019 | 14th | 2 June 2019[33] | |||
| Torneo Clausura | ||||||
| Universitario | End of caretaker spell | 7 June 2019 | Pre-tournament | 6 June 2019[34] | ||
| Melgar | 8 June 2019 | 14 June 2019[35] | ||||
| Pirata | 11 June 2019 | 19 June 2019[36] | ||||
| Sport Boys | Resigned | 3 July 2019[37] | 9 July 2019[38] | |||
| Unión Comercio | End of caretaker spell | 12 August 2019 | 15th | 13 August 2019[39] | ||
| Real Garcilaso | Signed byPuebla | 20 August 2019[40] | 15th | 20 August 2019 | ||
| Binacional | Resigned | 3 September 2019[41] | 9th | 4 September 2019 | ||
| Sporting Cristal | Mutual consent | 10 September 2019[42] | 6th | 12 September 2019[43] | ||
| Real Garcilaso | End of caretaker spell | 12 September 2019 | 17th | 12 September 2019[44] | ||
| Pirata | Sacked | 12 September 2019[45] | 16th | 12 September 2019[45] | ||
| Binacional | End of caretaker spell | 17 September 2019 | 11th | 17 September 2019[46] | ||
| UTC | Sacked | 23 September 2019[47] | 18th | 26 September 2019[48] | ||
| Melgar | 27 October 2019[49] | 8th | 28 October 2019[50] | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binacional | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 36 | Advance toPlayoffs and qualification forCopa Libertadores |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 32 | |
| 3 | Universidad César Vallejo | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 29 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal[a] | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 27 | |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 26 | |
| 6 | Real Garcilaso | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 26 | |
| 7 | Ayacucho | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 25 | |
| 8 | UTC | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 25 | |
| 9 | Academia Cantolao | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 25 | |
| 10 | Sport Huancayo | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 24 | |
| 11 | Melgar | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 23 | |
| 12 | Universitario | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 23 | |
| 13 | Alianza Universidad | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 22 | |
| 14 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 16 | |
| 15 | Unión Comercio | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 15 | |
| 16 | Universidad San Martín | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 15 | |
| 17 | Pirata[a] | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 13 | |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 10 |
| Home \ Away | ALI | AUH | AYA | BIN | CAM | CAN | MUN | MEL | PIR | RGA | SBA | SHU | CRI | UCO | UCV | USM | UNI | UTC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Lima | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Alianza Universidad | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Ayacucho | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| Binacional | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | |||||||||
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| Academia Cantolao | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Melgar | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| Pirata | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| Real Garcilaso | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| Sport Boys | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Sport Huancayo | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| Unión Comercio | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| Universidad César Vallejo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| Universidad San Martín | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| Universitario | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| UTC | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 35 | Advance toPlayoffs and qualification forCopa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universitario | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 33 | |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 31 | |
| 4 | Binacional | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 28 | |
| 5 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 28 | |
| 6 | Sport Boys | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 27 | |
| 7 | Universidad San Martín | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 26 | |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 26 | |
| 9 | Melgar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 24 | |
| 10 | Ayacucho | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 22 | |
| 11 | Real Garcilaso | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 21 | |
| 12 | Unión Comercio | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 19 | |
| 13 | Alianza Universidad | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 19 | |
| 14 | Universidad César Vallejo | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 18 | |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 17 | |
| 16 | UTC | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 14 | |
| 17 | Pirata[a] | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 9 | |
| 18 | Deportivo Municipal[b] | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 8 |
| Home \ Away | ALI | AUH | AYA | BIN | CAM | CAN | MUN | MEL | PIR | RGA | SBA | SHU | CRI | UCO | UCV | USM | UNI | UTC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Lima | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Alianza Universidad | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Ayacucho | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Binacional | 0–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Academia Cantolao | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| Melgar | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Pirata | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| Real Garcilaso | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Sport Boys | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| Sport Huancayo | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| Unión Comercio | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Universidad César Vallejo | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| Universidad San Martín | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0[a] | |||||||||
| Universitario | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| UTC | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
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 theCopa Libertadores and threeCopa Sudamericana qualifiers, as well as those to be relegated at the end of the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Cristal[a] | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 65 | Qualification forPlayoffs andCopa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | Binacional(C) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 64 | Qualification forPlayoffs andCopa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 61 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 56 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores first stage |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo[b] | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 51 | Qualification forCopa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Melgar | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 47 | |
| 7 | Real Garcilaso | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 47 | |
| 8 | Universidad César Vallejo | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 47 | |
| 9 | Ayacucho | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 47 | |
| 10 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 44 | |
| 11 | Academia Cantolao | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 41 | |
| 12 | Alianza Universidad | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 41 | |
| 13 | Universidad San Martín | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 41 | |
| 14 | UTC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sport Boys | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 37 | |
| 16 | Deportivo Municipal[c] | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 35 | |
| 17 | Unión Comercio(R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 34 | Relegation to2020 Liga 2 |
| 18 | Pirata[d](R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 22 |
| Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Binacional | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Alianza Lima | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Alianza Lima | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Alianza Lima | 1–0 | Sporting Cristal |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Alianza Lima won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals.
It is the first Liga 1 final to incorporate the use of thevideo assistant referee (VAR) review system.
| Alianza Lima | 2–0 | Binacional |
|---|---|---|
Binacional won 4–3 on aggregate.
Source:ADFPArchived 2019-04-01 at theWayback Machine
On 10 January 2020, the Liga 1 announced the nominees for the 2019 Liga 1 awards.[54] The award ceremony was held on 16 January 2020, 19:00PET (UTC−5), at theTeatro Municipal de Lima.[55] 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.[54][56]
| Award | Winners | Club | Nominees | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best player of the year | Binacional | Alianza Lima | ||
| Sporting Cristal | ||||
| Best goalkeeper (shared) | Carlos A. Mannucci | Sport Boys | ||
| Universitario | ||||
| Newcomer Player | Sporting Cristal | Binacional | ||
| Alianza Lima | ||||
| Best Coach | Alianza Lima | Binacional | ||
| Goal of the Year | (againstUCV, Torneo Apertura) | Binacional | (againstAcademia Cantolao, Torneo Clausura) | Alianza Lima |
(againstReal Garcilaso, Torneo Clausura) | Pirata |
The following awards were also awarded:
The best XI team of the 2019 Liga 1 season was also announced during the award ceremony.[57][58]