1938 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División
Season	1938
Dates	25 September 1938 –; 20 November 1938
Champions	Deportivo Municipal
Relegated	Alianza Lima; Progresista Apurímac
Top goalscorer	Jorge Alcalde (8)
	←1937 1939→

The1938 season of thePeruvian Primera División,the top category ofPeruvianfootball, was played by 9 teams. The national champions wereDeportivo Municipal.^[1]^[2]BecauseAlianza LimaandSucretied on points a relegation playoff took place.^[3]From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.

The whole tournament was played in two stadiums:

Stadium	City
National Stadium	Lima
Estadio Modelo de Bellavista	Callao

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1937 Liga Provincial de Lima	Promoted from 1937 Liga Provincial del Callao	Relegated from 1937 Primera División
Ciclista Lima(1st)	Progresista Apurímac(1st)	Telmo Carbajo(8th) Sportivo Melgar(9th) Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril(10th)

Stadia and Locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria,Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Progresista Apurímac	Callao
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac,Lima
Sucre	La Victoria,Lima
Universitario	Cercado de Lima

División de Honor

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Municipal	8	7	0	1	21	9	+12	22	Champions
2	Sport Boys	8	4	1	3	22	16	+6	17
3	Universitario	8	4	1	3	9	8	+1	17
4	Sporting Tabaco	8	2	4	2	16	12	+4	16
5	Atlético Chalaco	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	16
6	Ciclista Lima	8	3	1	4	13	17	−4	15
7	Alianza Lima	8	2	2	4	15	18	−3	14	Relegation play-off
8	Sucre	8	3	0	5	16	22	−6	14	Relegation play-off
9	Progresista Apurímac	8	2	1	5	9	19	−10	13	1939 Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played inLima.

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	CIC	MUN	PRO	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima				1–3	1–3	3–1			1–2
Atlético Chalaco	1–1			1–2			1–0	3–1	1–0
Ciclista Lima	1–3	2–1			2–1
Deportivo Municipal			2–1		5–0	3–0	3–2		1–0
Progresista Apurímac		0–0					1–4	2–3	1–0
Sport Boys		4–2	6–3		4–1
Sporting Tabaco	3–3		1–1			1–1		3–0
Sucre	4–2		2–3	4–2		1–5
Universitario			1–0			2–1	2–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1938. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

November 27, 1938

Sucre	2–0	Alianza Lima

Estadio Nacional,Lima

References

External links

Peru 1938 seasonatRSSSF
Peruvian FootballLeague News(in Spanish)

[1] Peru 1938 season

[2] Dechalaca.com - Municipal 1938: Echa Muni Caricho

[3] Dechalaca.com Alianza Lima 1938: Se fue, se fue

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