1959 Peruvian Segunda División

Peruvian Segunda División

Season	1959
Dates	20 June 1959 – 1 November 1959
Champions	Mariscal Sucre
Runner up	KDT Nacional
Relegated	San Antonio Miraflores
Matches	90
Goals	285 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Héctor Aliaga (15)
← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Peruvian Segunda División, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The tournament winner, Mariscal Sucre was promoted to the 1960 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 1958 Triangular de Ascenso	Promoted to 1959 Primera División	Relegated from 1958 Primera División	Relegated to 1959 Liga de los Balnearios del Sur
San Antonio Miraflores (1st)	Unión América (1st)	Mariscal Sucre (10th)	Association Chorrillos (10th)

Stadia and locations

Team	City
Carlos Concha	Callao
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Defensor Lima	Cercado de Lima
Juventud Gloria	Cercado de Lima
KDT Nacional	Callao
Mariscal Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
San Antonio Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Santiago Barranco	Barranco, Lima
Unidad Vecinal Nº3	Cercado de Lima

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mariscal Sucre (C)	18	11	4	3	32	15	+17	26	1960 Primera División
2	KDT Nacional	18	10	4	4	30	16	+14	24
3	Porvenir Miraflores	18	9	4	5	35	20	+15	22
4	Juventud Gloria	18	8	4	6	33	26	+7	20
5	Santiago Barranco	18	7	4	7	26	22	+4	18
6	Carlos Concha	18	7	4	7	26	32	−6	18
7	Defensor Lima	18	6	5	7	24	33	−9	17
8	Unidad Vecinal Nº3	18	5	4	9	32	36	−4	14
9	Defensor Arica	18	5	2	11	23	38	−15	12
10	San Antonio Miraflores (R)	18	4	1	13	24	49	−25	9	1960 Liga de los Balnearios del Sur

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CON	DAR	DLI	GLO	KDT	SUC	POR	ANT	SAN	UV3
Carlos Concha		2–1	2–1	1–5	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–2
Defensor Arica	1–2		0–1	3–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–2	0–3	0–5
Defensor Lima	0–3	3–1		2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–2
Juventud Gloria	2–2	3–2	1–1		1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	5–0
KDT Nacional	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–3		0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–0
Mariscal Sucre	1–0	1–2	5–1	2–0	2–3		0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Porvenir Miraflores	2–3	3–0	5–0	3–1	0–1	0–0		6–2	1–0	4–1
San Antonio Miraflores	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–5	1–2	2–3		2–1	3–1
Santiago Barranco	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		1–1
Unidad Vecinal Nº3	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	7–1	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 1959. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Triangular de Ascenso a Segunda División

Sport Dinámico, as champions of the 1959 Liga Provincial del Callao, Combinado Rímac, as champions of the 1959 Liga Provincial de Lima, and Alianza Chorrillos, as champions of the 1959 Liga de los Balnearios del Sur were supposed to play a final to determine promotion to the 1960 Segunda División.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ALI	DIN	COM
1	Alianza Chorrillos	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	4	1960 Segunda División			2–1
2	Sport Dinámico	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2					3–1
3	Combinado Rímac	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0			1–2

Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.

Alianza Chorrillos earned promotion to the 1960 Segunda División.

See also

• 1959 Peruvian Primera División

External links

• La Historia de la Segunda 1959