The 2016 Segunda División season, also known as Copa Best Cable Perú 2016 for sponsorship reasons, was the 64th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The season started on 23 April 2016. The fixtures were announced on 12 April 2016.
Teams A total of 16 teams in the league, 4 more than the previous season, including 9 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the 2015 Torneo Descentralizado and five promoted from the 2015 Copa Perú.
The 2016 season was the first one were former Copa Sudamericana winners Cienciano were competing outside of the top tier since 1974. Sport Loreto was relegated to the Segunda Division after one year in the top tier. León de Huánuco refused to play in the 2016 Segunda Division and was relegated to the 2016 Copa Perú.
The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were Atlético Minero, and San Simón. San Simón was disabled mid-season and relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.
Five Copa Perú teams were promoted: Academia Cantolao, Alfredo Salinas, Unión Tarapoto, Sport Áncash and Cultural Santa Rosa. Cantolao was promoted as 2015 Copa Perú runner-up. Alfredo Salinas, Unión Tarapoto, Sport Áncash and Cultural Santa Rosa were invited to fill in the vacated spots after a strict financial analysis.
Team changes Promoted from2015 Copa Perú Relegated from2015 Primera División Promoted to2016 Primera División Relegated to2016 Copa Perú Academia Cantolao Alfredo Salinas Unión Tarapoto Sport Áncash Cultural Santa Rosa Cienciano Sport Loreto León de Huánuco Comerciantes Unidos Atlético Minero San Simón Stadia and locations
Team City StadiumMost stadiums are owned by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte (IPD). Capacity Academia Cantolao Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Alfredo Salinas Espinar Municipal de Espinar 12,000 Alianza Universidad Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 15,000 Atlético Torino Talara Campeonísimo 8,000 Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo Mansiche 25,000Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 40,000 Cultural Santa Rosa Andahuaylas Los Chankas 10,000 Deportivo Coopsol Chancay Rómulo Shaw Cisneros 13,000 Los Caimanes Puerto Etén Elias Aguirre 24,500 Sport Áncash Huaraz Rosas Pampa 18,000 Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Sport Loreto Pucallpa Aliardo Soria 25,000 Sport Victoria Ica José Picasso Peratta 8,000 Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colan 10,000 Unión Tarapoto Tarapoto Carlos Vidaurre García 7,000Willy Serrato Pimentel Elías Aguirre 24,500
League table Standings
Results
Title play-off Because Academia Cantolao and Sport Ancash finished the regular season with the same number of points, a title play-off match will be played on neutral ground to decide the champion and owner of the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado berth.
See also 2016 Torneo Descentralizado 2016 Copa Perú 2016 in Peruvian football
References
External links
Tournament regulations Peruvian Segunda División news at Peru.com Peruvian Segunda División statistics and news at Dechalaca.com Peruvian Segunda División news at SegundaPerú.com RSSSF