1946 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División

Team Universitario, Photo taken 1945
Season	1946
Dates	19 May 1946 – 12 October 1946
Champions	Universitario (6th title)
Runner up	Deportivo Municipal
Relegated	Centro Iqueño
Matches	84
Goals	380 (4.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Valeriano López (22 goals)
← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Universitario.

Competition format

All teams faced each other in a triple round-robin format. The team that accumulated the highest number of points at the end of the season was automatically crowned champion, while the team with the fewest points was relegated to the Peruvian Segunda División.

Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

Teams

Team	City	Mannager
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Adelfo Magallanes
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Juan Bulnes
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima	Alfonso Huapaya
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Juan Valdivieso
Sport Boys	Callao	José Arana
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima	Rodolfo Ortega
Sucre	La Victoria, Lima	Abelardo Robles
Universitario	Cercado de Lima	Arturo Fernández

Campeonato de Selección y Competencia

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario (C)	21	11	5	5	59	44	+15	27	Champions
2	Deportivo Municipal	21	11	4	6	54	39	+15	26
3	Sport Boys	21	7	9	5	50	44	+6	23
4	Sucre	21	7	9	5	35	36	−1	23
5	Alianza Lima	21	8	5	8	51	44	+7	21
6	Atlético Chalaco	21	6	5	10	40	43	−3	17
7	Sporting Tabaco	21	7	3	11	55	71	−16	17
8	Centro Iqueño (R)	21	4	6	11	36	59	−23	14	1947 Segunda División

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima		2–2	7–0	4–1	2–7	5–1	1–1	3–0
Atlético Chalaco	2–1		4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–5
Centro Iqueño	3–4	0–3		2–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	3–4
Deportivo Municipal	4–0	3–2	3–3		0–2	4–2	1–1	4–2
Sport Boys	3–3	4–4	1–1	2–3		3–2	4–0	4–4
Sporting Tabaco	4–3	5–4	2–3	1–6	3–0		1–2	5–6
Sucre	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1		3–4
Universitario	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1946. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–21

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima		2–0		1–2	1–1		5–2
Atlético Chalaco			2–2		2–0	3–4	1–2
Centro Iqueño	2–1			1–4	3–3	4–5
Deportivo Municipal		1–0				5–6		1–1
Sport Boys				2–1			3–3	4–6
Sporting Tabaco	4–3				1–3			1–4
Sucre			1–2	1–4		1–1		2–1
Universitario	0–0	4–1	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1946. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Valeriano López	Sport Boys	22
2	Óscar Herrera	Alianza Lima	19
3	Víctor Espinoza	Universitario	18
4	Teodoro Fernández	Universitario	14
5	Julio García	Sporting Tabaco	13
	Marín Reyna	Sucre	13
	Julio Aparicio	Sucre	13
6	Raúl Alva	Deportivo Municipal	10

See also

• 1946 Campeonato de Apertura
• 1946 Peruvian Segunda División
• 1946–I Torneo_Relámpago
• 1946–II Torneo_Relámpago

External links

• Peru 1946 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)