1939 Peruvian Primera División

The 1939 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Universitario. From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.

Peruvian Primera División

Universitario, champion
Season	1939
Dates	20 August 1939 – 27 November 1939
Champions	Universitario
Relegated	Atlético Córdova
Top goalscorer	Teodoro Fernández (15)
← 1938 1940 →

Teams

Team	City
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Atlético Córdoba	Cercado de Lima
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
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	Universitario	14	9	3	2	32	14	+18	35	Champions
2	Sucre	14	6	6	2	24	21	+3	32
3	Deportivo Municipal	14	7	3	4	32	22	+10	31
4	Sporting Tabaco	14	5	4	5	27	26	+1	28
5	Ciclista Lima	14	6	2	6	21	24	−3	28
6	Atlético Chalaco	14	4	3	7	24	25	−1	25
7	Sport Boys	14	3	5	6	21	26	−5	25
8	Atlético Córdoba	14	2	2	10	20	43	−23	20	1940 Liga Provincial de Lima

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

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

Home \ Away	CHA	COR	CIC	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Atlético Chalaco		1–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–1
Atlético Córdoba	1–6		1–2	3–5	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–7
Ciclista Lima	6–2	1–2		1–2	1–1	2–6	0–1	2–1
Deportivo Municipal	1–1	5–2	5–0		3–2	0–1	3–0	2–0
Sport Boys	2–1	4–3	0–1	1–1		3–0	1–1	0–2
Sporting Tabaco	1–3	4–2	1–3	2–2	2–0		1–1	3–5
Sucre	3–3	3–2	2–1	3–1	4–2	2–2		1–1
Universitario	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1939. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1939 Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao

External links

• Peru 1939 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)