1928 Peruvian Primera División

The 1928 Primera División was the 13th season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 19 teams competed in this league, with Alianza Lima successfully defending their title.^[1] The first Superclásico was contested in this season.^[2][3]

Peruvian Primera División

Alianza Lima, champion
Season	1928
Dates	27 July 1928 – 1 November 1928
Champions	Alianza Lima
Relegated	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición Association Alianza Alberto Secada Alianza Callao José Olaya Unión FC Santa Catalina Jorge Washington
Top goalscorer	Alejandro Villanueva (10)
← 1927 1929 →

Changes from 1927

Structural changes

The Peruvian Football Federation invited 11 teams to compete in the league and divided them into two groups. The top two in Group 1 and the top three in Group 2 advanced to the championship group. The relegation system was reintroduced.

Promotion

11 teams were promoted to compete in the 1928 season. They were Sportivo Unión, Alianza Chorrillos, Santa Catalina, Lawn Tennis, Alberto Secada, Federación Universitaria, Jorge Washington, Alianza Callao, Jose Alaya, Jorge Chávez (C) and Unión.

Teams

Team	City
Alberto Secada	Callao
Alianza Callao	Callao
Alianza Chorrillos	Chorrillos, Lima
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Association Alianza	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Pueblo Libre, Lima
Federación Universitaria	Cercado de Lima
Jorge Chávez	Callao
Jorge Washington	Callao
José Olaya	Chorrillos, Lima
Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	Jesús María, Lima
Sport Progreso	Rímac, Lima
Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	Cercado de Lima
Sportivo Unión	Cercado de Lima
Unión Buenos Aires	Callao
Unión FC	Cercado de Lima
Unión Santa Catalina	Cercado de Lima

First stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	8	8	0	0	26	6	+20	16	Liguilla Final
2	Atlético Chalaco	8	6	0	2	26	15	+11	12
3	Sportivo Tarapacá	8	5	1	2	15	6	+9	11
4	Sportivo Unión	8	4	1	3	11	11	0	9
5	Alianza Chorrillos	8	3	1	4	14	22	−8	7
6	Unión Santa Catalina	8	3	0	5	11	13	−2	6	Liguilla de promoción
7	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	8	2	1	5	12	15	−3	5	1929 División Intermedia
8	Association Alianza	8	1	2	5	10	17	−7	4
9	Alberto Secada	8	1	0	7	4	24	−20	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

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

Home \ Away	SEC	ACH	ALI	ASS	CHA	TEN	TAR	SUN	USC
Alberto Secada		1–4	2–5	—	—	1–4	—	—	0–6
Alianza Chorrillos	—		—	3–3	—	3–4	1–3	5–1	—
Alianza Lima	—	9–1		1–0	3–1	3–0	—	—	4–1
Association Alianza	1–2	—	—		—	1–1	2–1	0–0	—
Atlético Chalaco	2–1	3–0	—	5–2		—	—	2–0	6–0
Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	—	—	—	—	2–5		2–4	—	1–3
Sportivo Tarapacá	8–0	—	1–3	—	4–1	—		1–1	—
Sportivo Unión	1–0	—	1–5	—	—	2–1	—		3–2
Unión Santa Catalina	—	1–2	—	2–1	—	—	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1928. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Progreso	9	7	1	1	14	10	+4	15	Liguilla Final
2	Federación Universitaria	9	5	3	1	20	6	+14	13
3	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	9	5	3	1	15	8	+7	13
4	Ciclista Lima	9	5	2	2	14	9	+5	12
5	Unión Buenos Aires	9	5	1	3	14	10	+4	11
6	Jorge Washington	9	4	1	4	21	9	+12	9	Liguilla de promoción
7	Jorge Chávez	9	4	1	4	12	10	+2	9
8	Alianza Callao	9	2	2	5	12	14	−2	6	1929 División Intermedia
9	José Olaya	9	0	1	8	8	29	−21	1
10	Unión FC	9	0	1	8	7	32	−25	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

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

Home \ Away	ACA	CIC	CSI	UNI	JCH	JWA	OLA	PRO	UBA	UFC
Alianza Callao		—	—	0–3	0–2	1–4	—	—	1–2	—
Ciclista Lima	1–1		—	—	2–1	2–0	4–1	—	—	4–0
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	2–2	4–2		3–1	—	1–0	2–1	—	—	4–0
Federación Universitaria	—	0–0	—		—	—	—	—	2–0	—
Jorge Chávez	—	—	0–0	0–2		—	4–3	—	—	1–0
Jorge Washington	—	—	—	2–2	4–1		4–0	—	—	7–3
José Olaya	2–5	—	—	0–7	—	—		—	—	2–2
Sport Progreso	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	3–2		—	—
Unión Buenos Aires	—	0–2	2–2	—	1–4	2–0	5–0	3–1		4–1
Unión FC	0–7	—	—	1–5	—	—	—	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1928. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Title play-off
2	Federación Universitaria	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Atlético Chalaco	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	4
4	Sport Progreso	4	1	1	2	8	8	0	3
5	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	4	0	1	3	5	11	−6	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	CSI	UNI	PRO
Alianza Lima		—	3–1	0–1	—
Atlético Chalaco	1–2		—	—	3–2
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	—	1–2		1–4	—
Federación Universitaria	—	1–0	—		1–3
Sport Progreso	1–2	—	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1928. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Title play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza Lima	3–1	Federación Universitaria	1–1^[4]	2–0

Liguilla de promoción

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jorge Chávez	3	3	0	0	6
2	Sporting Tabaco	3	2	0	1	4
3	Jorge Washington	3	1	0	2	2	1929 División Intermedia
4	Unión Santa Catalina	3	0	0	3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	JCH	WAS	TAB	SCA
Jorge Chávez		—	—	—
Jorge Washington	—		—	—
Sporting Tabaco	—	—		6–0
Unión Santa Catalina	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1928. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. Rsssf.org - Peru 1928 season
2. Dechalaca.com - Los primeros Alianza Lima - Universitario en 1928: La clásica es la primera
3. El 'Clásico de los Bastonazos', el primero de la historia
4. Dechalaca.com - Eficiente y correcto

External links

• Peru 1928 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)