The 2019 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2019 Liga 1 Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 18 teams competed in the season, with Sporting Cristal coming in as defending champions.
Binacional were the champions, winning their first league title by defeating Alianza Lima in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score.
Competition format The season will be divided into three stages: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, and the Playoffs.
The first and second stages will be two smaller Apertura and Clausura tournaments of 17 games each. Each team will play the other teams once during the Apertura tournament and once during the Clausura tournament in reversed order for a total of 34 matches. Points earned during the Apertura will not carry over during the Clausura. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura stages will qualify to the playoffs along with the top two teams of the aggregate table, as long as they end in the top nine of this table at the end of the season.
The playoffs to decide the national champion will be contested by four teams, which will play two semifinals with the winners playing the final. In every stage of the playoffs, the teams with the most points on the aggregate table will choose which leg they play as the home team. If the teams are tied in points after the two legs of the final, a third match on neutral ground will be played to decide the national champion. If a team wins both the Apertura and Clausura, the playoffs will not be played and that team will be declared as champion.
Qualification to international competitions will be as follows: the top four teams of the aggregate table will qualify for the 2020 Copa Libertadores, while the next three best teams in that table will qualify for the 2020 Copa Sudamericana, with a fourth berth being allocated to the 2019 Copa Bicentenario winners. In case the Copa Bicentenario winners have already qualified for an international competition, the eighth best team in the aggregate table will also qualify for the Copa Sudamericana. The two teams with the fewest points in the aggregate table at the end of the season will be relegated.
Teams A total of 18 teams have been confirmed to play in the 2019 Liga 1, an increase of two teams from the previous season. The top fourteen teams in the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado will take part, along with Segunda División champions Universidad César Vallejo, Copa Perú champions Pirata, and the top two teams of the promotion play-offs (Carlos A. Mannucci and Alianza Universidad). The four promoted teams will replace Sport Rosario and Comerciantes Unidos, who were relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the previous season. Team changes Promoted from2018 Segunda División Promoted from2018 Copa Perú Promoted fromPromotion play-offs Relegated from2018 Primera División Universidad César Vallejo Pirata Carlos A. Mannucci Alianza Universidad Sport Rosario Comerciantes Unidos
Stadia and locations
Team Manager City Stadium CapacityAcademia Cantolao Jorge Araujo Callao Miguel Grau 15,000Alianza Lima Pablo Bengoechea Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000Alianza Universidad Rony Revollar Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 15,000Ayacucho Mario Viera Ayacucho Ciudad de Cumaná 15,000Binacional Roberto Mosquera Juliaca Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina 20,030Carlos A. Mannucci Pablo Peirano Trujillo Mansiche 25,000Deportivo Municipal Víctor Rivera Huacho Segundo Aranda Torres 8,000Melgar Marco Valencia Arequipa Virgen de Chapi 60,000Pirata Carlos Cortijo Olmos Francisco Mendoza Pizarro 5,000Real Garcilaso Javier Arce Cusco Garcilaso 42,056Sport Boys Marcelo Vivas Callao Miguel Grau 17,000Sport Huancayo Carlos Ramacciotti Huancayo Estadio Huancayo 20,000Sporting Cristal Manuel Barreto Lima Alberto Gallardo 18,000Unión Comercio Walter Aristizábal Nueva Cajamarca IPD de Moyobamba 12,000Universidad César Vallejo José del Solar Trujillo Mansiche 25,000Universidad San Martín Carlos Bustos Lima Alberto Gallardo 18,000Universitario Ángel Comizzo Lima Monumental 80,093UTC Gerardo Ameli Cajamarca Héroes de San Ramón 6,300
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaReal Garcilaso Víctor ReyesEnd of contract25 November 2018Pre-season Héctor Tapia17 December 2018Binacional Mario Flores25 November 2018 Javier Arce19 January 2019Pirata Juan Carlos Bazalar2 December 2018 Pablo Zegarra21 December 2018Melgar Hernán TorresMutual consent11 December 2018 Jorge Pautasso26 December 2018Alianza Lima Pablo BengoecheaEnd of contract16 December 2018 Miguel Ángel Russo28 December 2018Sporting Cristal Mario SalasSigned by Colo-Colo18 December 2018 Alexis Mendoza7 January 2019Sporting Cristal Alexis MendozaMutual consent5 February 2019 Claudio Vivas8 February 2019Sport Boys Jesús ÁlvarezSacked10 March 201918th Manuel Fernández10 March 2019Real Garcilaso Héctor TapiaMutual consent22 March 20195th Juan Reynoso26 March 2019Sport Huancayo Marcelo GrioniSacked26 March 201917th Cristian Arrasada (caretaker)26 March 2019Sport Huancayo Cristian ArrasadaEnd of caretaker spell31 March 201917th Carlos Ramacciotti31 March 2019Alianza Lima Miguel Ángel RussoResigned26 April 201911th Víctor Reyes (caretaker)27 April 2019Pirata Pablo ZegarraMutual consent29 April 201917th Carlos Fernández (caretaker)29 April 2019Unión Comercio Marcelo Vivas5 May 201915th Ítalo Manso (caretaker)5 May 2019Carlos A. Mannucci José Soto13 May 201914th Salomón Paredes (caretaker)13 May 2019Melgar Jorge PautassoResigned21 May 201913th Karlo Calcina (caretaker)21 May 2019Universitario Nicolás CórdovaMutual consent27 May 201913th Juan Pajuelo (caretaker)27 May 2019Alianza Lima Víctor ReyesEnd of caretaker spell31 May 20195th Pablo Bengoechea26 May 2019Carlos A. Mannucci Salomón Paredes2 June 201914th Pablo Peirano2 June 2019Torneo ClausuraUniversitario Juan PajueloEnd of caretaker spell7 June 2019Pre-tournament Ángel Comizzo6 June 2019Melgar Karlo Calcina8 June 2019 Diego Osella14 June 2019Pirata Carlos Fernández11 June 2019 Miguel Ángel Arrué19 June 2019Sport Boys Manuel FernándezResigned3 July 2019 Marcelo Vivas9 July 2019Unión Comercio Ítalo MansoEnd of caretaker spell12 August 201915th Walter Aristizábal13 August 2019Real Garcilaso Juan ReynosoSigned by Puebla20 August 201915th Ariel Paz (caretaker)20 August 2019Binacional Javier ArceResigned3 September 20199th Javier Uturunco (caretaker)4 September 2019Sporting Cristal Claudio VivasMutual consent10 September 20196th Manuel Barreto12 September 2019Real Garcilaso Ariel PazEnd of caretaker spell12 September 201917th Javier Arce12 September 2019Pirata Miguel Ángel ArruéSacked12 September 201916th Carlos Cortijo12 September 2019Binacional Javier UturuncoEnd of caretaker spell17 September 201911th Roberto Mosquera17 September 2019UTC Franco NavarroSacked23 September 201918th Gerardo Ameli26 September 2019Melgar Diego Osella27 October 20198th Marco Valencia28 October 2019
Torneo Apertura Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura Standings
Results
Aggregate table Both stages (Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura) of the 2019 season were aggregated into a single league table throughout the season to determine two of the teams that will qualify for the playoffs and the Copa Libertadores and three Copa Sudamericana qualifiers, as well as those to be relegated at the end of the season.
Playoffs
Semi-final First leg
Second leg
Alianza Lima won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals.
Finals It is the first Liga 1 final to incorporate the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) review system.
First leg
Second leg
Binacional won 4–3 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Rank ! Name ! Club ! Goals |- | align=center | 1 | Bernardo Cuesta |Melgar | align=center | 27 |- | align=center | 2 | Donald Millán |Binacional | align=center | 23 |- | align=center | 3 | Kevin Quevedo |Alianza Lima | align=center | 17 |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 4 | Mauricio Montes |Ayacucho | rowspan=2 align=center | 15 |- | Santiago Silva |Universidad César Vallejo |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 6 | Sebastián Gularte |Unión Comercio | rowspan=2 align=center | 14 |- | Carlos Neumann |Sport Huancayo |- | align=center | 8 | Cristian Palacios |Sporting Cristal | align=center | 13 |- | align=center | 9 | Joffre Escobar |Universidad San Martín | align=center | 12 |- | align=center | 10 | Aldair Rodríguez |Binacional | align=center | 11
Source: ADFP
Liga 1 awards On 10 January 2020, the Liga 1 announced the nominees for the 2019 Liga 1 awards. The award ceremony was held on 16 January 2020, 19:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Teatro Municipal de Lima. The winners were chosen based on voting by coaches and captains of Liga 1 teams as well as by 60 journalists. Votes from Liga 1 fans on social media were also considered.
AwardWinnersClubNomineesClubBest player of the year Donald MillánBinacional Kevin QuevedoAlianza Lima Christofer GonzalesSporting CristalBest goalkeeper (shared) Manuel HerediaCarlos A. Mannucci Jonathan MedinaSport Boys José CarvalloUniversitarioNewcomer Player Martín TávaraSporting Cristal Andy PolarBinacional Aldair FuentesAlianza LimaBest Coach Pablo BengoecheaAlianza Lima Roberto MosqueraBinacional Javier ArceGoal of the Year Juan Pablo Vergara()Binacional Kevin Quevedo()Alianza Lima Mario Ramírez()Pirata
The following awards were also awarded: Top goalscorer: Bernardo Cuesta from Melgar (27 goals). Fair Play award: Sport Huancayo. Best supporters: Alianza Lima fans (244,242 home attendance during the season).
Best XI The best XI team of the 2019 Liga 1 season was also announced during the award ceremony.
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards José Carvallo (Universitario) Carlos Cabello (Academia Cantolao) Gianfranco Chávez (Sporting Cristal) Omar Merlo (Sporting Cristal) Jeickson Reyes (Binacional) Donald Millán (Binacional) Aldair Fuentes (Alianza Lima) Yorkman Tello (Binacional) Alejandro Hohberg (Universitario) Kevin Quevedo (Alianza Lima) Bernardo Cuesta (Melgar)
See also 2019 Copa Bicentenario 2019 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva 2019 Liga 2 2019 Cuadrangular de Ascenso 2019 Copa Perú 2019 in Peruvian football
References
External links Official website Tournament regulations Torneo Descentralizado news at Peru.com Torneo Descentralizado statistics and news at Dechalaca.com Torneo Descentralizado statistics and news at The Peruvian Waltz