The 2017 Segunda División season, also known as Copa Best Cable Perú 2017 for sponsorship reasons, was the 65th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The tournament will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The tournament started on 22 April 2017 and it ended in November 2017. The fixtures were drawn on 6 April 2017.
Teams A total of 15 teams played in the league, one less than the previous season, including 12 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Torneo Descentralizado and one promoted from the 2016 Copa Perú.
Universidad César Vallejo returns to the Second Division after an eight-year spell in the top flight. In turn, Defensor La Bocana was relegated to the Segunda Division after a short spell of one year. Deportivo Hualgayoc was promoted as the 2016 Copa Perú runner-up.
The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were Unión Tarapoto, who were relegated mid-season, and Atlético Torino. Alianza Universidad withdrew before the start of the season and was relegated to the Copa Perú. Kola San Martín, Deportivo Garcilaso, and León de Huánuco expressed interest in taking Alianza Universidad's slot in the tournament. Leon de Huanuco's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to return to the first division was denied and the Peruvian Football Federation relegated them to the 2017 Copa Perú's departmental stage. In the end, the Federation also decided to play the tournament with only 15 teams. Team changes Promoted from2016 Copa Perú Relegated from2016 Primera División Promoted to2017 Primera División Relegated to2017 Copa Perú Retired Deportivo Hualgayoc Universidad César Vallejo Defensor La Bocana Academia Cantolao Atlético Torino Unión Tarapoto Alianza Universidad
Stadia and locations
Team City StadiumMost stadiums are owned by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte (IPD). Capacity Alfredo Salinas Espinar Municipal de Espinar 12,000 Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo Mansiche 25,000Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 40,000 Cultural Santa Rosa Andahuaylas Los Chankas 10,000 Defensor La Bocana Sechura Sesquicentenario 5,000 Deportivo Coopsol Chancay Rómulo Shaw Cisneros 13,000 Deportivo Hualgayoc Hualgayoc José Gálvez Egusquiza 2,000 Los Caimanes Puerto Etén Elias Aguirre 24,500Serrato Pacasmayo Pacasmayo Carlos A. Olivares 2,000 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 10,000Universidad César Vallejo Trujillo Mansiche 25,000
League table Standings
Results
Title play-off Because Sport Boys and Universidad César Vallejo 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 2018 Torneo Descentralizado berth.
Top goalscorers Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Rank Player Club Goals1 Carlos LópezUnión Huaral242 Andy PandoUniversidad César Vallejo203 César ZambranoDeportivo Hualgayoc144 Danny KongCultural Santa Rosa12 Fernando OliveiraCarlos A. Mannucci5 Rafael ÁgamezUniversidad César Vallejo11 Christopher CharúnSport Áncash Guillermo TomasevichSport Boys
Source: ADFP-SD, DeChalaca.com
See also 2017 Torneo Descentralizado 2017 Copa Perú 2017 in Peruvian football
References
External links
Peruvian Segunda División news at Peru.com Peruvian Segunda División statistics and news at Dechalaca.com Peruvian Segunda División news at SegundaPerú.com RSSSF