1955 Peruvian Segunda División

Peruvian Segunda División

Season	1955
Dates	13 August 1955 – 18 December 1955
Champions	Carlos Concha
Runner up	Porvenir Miraflores
Relegated	Jorge Chávez
Matches	90
Goals	329 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tulio Quiñones (10)
← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 Peruvian Segunda División, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The tournament winner, Carlos Concha was promoted to the 1956 Peruvian Primera División.

Competition format

All teams faced each other in a double round-robin format, playing home and away matches. The team that accumulated the highest number of points at the end of the season was automatically crowned champion and promoted to the Peruvian Primera División, while the team with the fewest points was relegated to the Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao.

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

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1954 Liguilla de Ascenso	Promoted to 1955 Primera División	Relegated from 1954 Primera División	Relegated to 1955 Liga Provincial de Lima
Unión América (1st)	Unión Callao (1st)	Carlos Concha (10th)	Unión Carbone (10th)

Stadia and locations

Team	City
Association Chorrillos	Chorrillos, Lima
Atlético Lusitania	Cercado de Lima
Carlos Concha	Callao
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Jorge Chávez	Callao
Juventud Gloria	Cercado de Lima
KDT Nacional	Callao
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Santiago Barranco	Barranco, Lima
Unión América	Cercado de Lima

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carlos Concha (C)	18	12	5	1	39	19	+20	29	1956 Primera División
2	Porvenir Miraflores	18	11	5	2	48	23	+25	27
3	Unión América	18	10	4	4	43	23	+20	24
4	Atlético Lusitania	18	7	3	8	23	22	+1	17
5	Juventud Gloria	18	8	1	9	38	39	−1	17
6	Santiago Barranco	18	6	3	9	30	37	−7	15
7	KDT Nacional	18	6	2	10	27	38	−11	14
8	Defensor Arica	18	4	6	8	26	39	−13	14
9	Association Chorrillos	18	5	2	11	26	49	−23	12
10	Jorge Chávez (R)	18	3	5	10	29	41	−12	11	1956 Liga Provincial del Callao

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	LUS	CON	DAR	JCC	GLO	KDT	POR	SAN	AME
Association Chorrillos		2–1	0–3	1–0	7–1	3–2	3–2	1–5	1–3	2–4
Atlético Lusitania	1–0		1–1	4–1	3–0	W.O.	W.O.	0–2	0–3	0–1
Carlos Concha	3–2	1–0		1–0	3–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–1
Defensor Arica	3–3	0–3	1–3		2–2	1–0	0–2	1–5	4–2	2–2
Jorge Chávez	4–0	2–0	3–3	1–1		3–3	1–2	1–2	5–1	0–3
Juventud Gloria	7–1	4–1	1–0	3–4	2–1		3–0	1–3	3–0	0–5
KDT Nacional	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	0–3		1–1	4–2	1–4
Porvenir Miraflores	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	4–1	2–1		3–2	1–1
Santiago Barranco	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	3–6		1–0
Unión América	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	7–1	3–2	1–4	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1955. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla de Ascenso a Segunda División

Unidad Vecinal No. 3, as champions of the 1955 Liga Provincial del Callao, and Mariscal Castilla, as champions of the 1955 Liga Provincial de Lima, were supposed to play a final to determine promotion to the 1956 Segunda División.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Unidad Vecinal Nº3	1–0	Mariscal Castilla

Unidad Vecinal No. 3 earned promotion to the 1956 Segunda División.

See also

• 1955 Peruvian Primera División

External links

• La Historia de la Segunda 1955