The 2022 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Betsson 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 19 teams competed in the season, which began on 4 February and ended on 12 November 2022. The season was originally scheduled to start on 21 January 2022, but the date was pushed back due to the detection of several COVID-19 cases in the participating clubs.
Defending champions Alianza Lima won their twenty-fifth league championship in this season, defeating Melgar in the finals after losing the first leg 1–0 and winning the second leg 2–0, for a 2–1 score on aggregate.
Competition format The season was divided into three stages: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, and the Playoffs. Both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were played under a single round-robin format with the 19 teams playing each other once. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura stages qualified for the playoffs, as long as they ended the season in the top eight of the aggregate table, along with the top two teams on the aggregate table at the end of the season.
The four teams qualified for the playoffs were to play two double-legged semifinals with the winners playing the finals to decide the national champion, unless any of the following conditions is met:
If one of the Apertura or Clausura tournament winners also ended up in the top two of the aggregate table, they would get a bye to the finals and the remaining two teams would play a semifinal to decide the other finalist. If both Apertura and Clausura tournament winners ended up placing in the top two of the aggregate table, the semifinals would not be played and both teams would get a bye to the finals. If one team won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, the playoffs would not be played and that team would be declared as champion.
The bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season were relegated, while the 17th placed team of the aggregate table played the Liga 2 runner-up in a double-legged playoff (Revalidación) to remain in Liga 1.
Teams Originally, 18 teams were slated to play in the 2022 Liga 1 season. The top fifteen teams in the 2021 Liga 1 would take part, along with the 2021 Liga 2 champions Atlético Grau, the 2021 Copa Perú champions ADT, and the Revalidación winners Carlos Stein.
On 20 January 2022 Binacional, who had originally placed 16th in the 2021 Liga 1 aggregate table and were relegated following their defeat to Carlos Stein in the Revalidación, were reinstated in the competition due to a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which overturned a 3–0 win awarded to Cusco in their Fase 2 match against Cienciano. Due to this, Binacional moved up to 15th place in the aggregate table and Cusco fell to 17th place and were relegated.
On 21 January 2022, the FPF confirmed that they would abide by the CAS ruling and also ruled out a replay of the Revalidación series, this time between Carlos Stein and Universidad San Martín who went up to 16th place in the 2021 Liga 1 aggregate table as an effect of this ruling, with which Universidad San Martín also avoided relegation whilst Carlos Stein's promotion was confirmed, meaning that the league would be contested by 19 teams. Team changes Promoted from2021 Liga 2 Promoted from2021 Copa Perú Relegated from2021 Liga 1 Atlético Grau Carlos Stein ADT Cusco Alianza Universidad Stadia and locations
Team Manager City Stadium CapacityAcademia Cantolao Alejandro Apud Callao Miguel Grau 17,000ADT Franco Navarro Tarma Unión Tarma 9,100Alianza Atlético Mario Viera Sullana Campeones del 36 12,000Alianza Lima Guillermo Salas (caretaker) Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,938Atlético Grau Gustavo Álvarez Piura Municipal de Bernal 7,000Ayacucho Édgar Ospina Ayacucho Ciudad de Cumaná 15,000Binacional Wilmar Valencia Juliaca Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina 20,030Carlos A. Mannucci Jorge Pautasso Trujillo Mansiche 25,036Carlos Stein Javier Arce Jaén Víctor Montoya Segura 9,000Cienciano Jesús Cisneros (caretaker) Cusco Garcilaso 45,056Deportivo Municipal Juan Pajuelo Lima Iván Elías Moreno 10,000Melgar Pablo Lavallén Arequipa Virgen de Chapi 40,370Sport Boys Juan Alayo Callao Miguel Grau 17,000Sport Huancayo Mifflin Bermúdez Huancayo Huancayo 20,000Sporting Cristal Roberto Mosquera Lima Alberto Gallardo 11,600Universidad César Vallejo José del Solar Trujillo Mansiche 25,036Universidad San Martín Orlando Lavalle Lima Universidad San Marcos 32,000Universitario Carlos Compagnucci Lima Monumental 80,093UTC Marcelo Grioni Cajamarca Héroes de San Ramón 18,000
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaUniversidad San Martín José EspinozaEnd of caretaker spell30 October 2021Pre-season Juan Luvera27 January 2022Alianza Atlético Marcelo VivasEnd of contract30 October 2021 Mario Viera13 November 2021Ayacucho Walter Fiori30 October 2021 Alejandro Apud27 November 2021Sport Huancayo Javier Arce30 October 2021 Carlos Desio3 December 2021Carlos A. Mannucci Pablo Peirano6 November 2021 Enrique Meza Jr.7 November 2021Atlético Grau Jesús Oropesa9 November 2021 Gustavo Álvarez9 November 2021UTC Mario Viera1 December 2021 Franco Navarro26 November 2021Binacional Carlos DesioSigned by Sport Huancayo3 December 2021 Wilmar Valencia26 January 2022Universitario Gregorio PérezResigned21 January 2022 Edgardo Adinolfi21 January 2022 Edgardo AdinolfiMutual agreement3 February 2022 Álvaro Gutiérrez3 February 2022Sport Boys Ytalo Manzo26 February 202217th Juan Alayo26 February 2022 Juan AlayoEnd of caretaker spell5 March 202212th Walter Fiori4 March 2022Carlos A. Mannucci Enrique Meza Jr.Mutual agreement7 March 202219th Mario Saralegui8 March 2022Universidad San Martín Juan Luvera5 April 202219th Víctor Rivera6 April 2022Carlos Stein Jahir Butrón8 April 202216th Tabaré Silva11 April 2022Sport Boys Walter Fiori11 April 202218th Juan Alayo11 April 2022Universitario Álvaro Gutiérrez18 April 20226th Jorge Araujo18 April 2022UTC Franco NavarroSacked27 April 202215th Marcelo Grioni28 April 2022Ayacucho Alejandro Apud28 May 202218th Marcelo Vivas9 June 2022Academia Cantolao Carlos SilvestriMutual agreement2 June 202219th Guillermo Esteves18 June 2022Universitario Jorge AraujoEnd of caretaker spell16 June 20227th Carlos Compagnucci16 June 2022ADT Juan Carlos BazalarMutual agreement27 June 202215th Franco Navarro27 June 2022Academia Cantolao Guillermo EstevesEnd of caretaker spell2 July 202216th Alejandro Apud2 July 2022Cienciano Gerardo AmeliResigned2 July 20224th César Vigevani2 July 2022Torneo ClausuraMelgar Néstor LorenzoSigned by Colombia6 July 2022Pre-tournament Pablo Lavallén3 July 2022Carlos A. Mannucci Mario SaraleguiSacked28 July 202219th Jorge Pautasso29 July 2022Ayacucho Marcelo Vivas8 August 202217th Édgar Ospina8 August 2022Sport Huancayo Carlos Desio9 August 202214th Mifflin Bermúdez9 August 2022Carlos Stein Tabaré Silva5 September 202217th Daniel Valderrama5 September 2022Alianza Lima Carlos BustosMutual agreement11 September 20225th Guillermo Salas11 September 2022Deportivo Municipal Hernán Lisi12 September 202214th Juan Pajuelo13 September 2022Carlos Stein Daniel ValderramaEnd of caretaker spell12 September 202218th Javier Arce12 September 2022Universidad San Martín Víctor RiveraSacked19 September 202219th Orlando Lavalle19 September 2022Cienciano César VigevaniMutual agreement20 October 202213th Jesús Cisneros21 October 2022 Notes
Torneo Apertura Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura Standings
Results
Aggregate table
Playoffs
Semi-final First leg
Second leg
Melgar won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Finals First leg
Second leg
Alianza Lima won 2–1 on aggregate.
Relegation playoff
Unión Comercio won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to Liga 1. Ayacucho were relegated to Liga 2.
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Luis BenítesSport Huancayo 19 2 Hernán BarcosAlianza Lima 18 3 Danilo CarandoCienciano 16 4 Facundo PerazaUTC 15 Yorleys MenaUniversidad César Vallejo Janio PositoBinacional 7 Bernardo CuestaMelgar 14 8 Rodrigo SalinasAtlético Grau 13 Alexis RojasUniversidad San Martín Luis IbericoMelgar Gaspar GentileUTC
Source: Futbolperuano.com
See also 2022 Liga 2 2022 Copa Perú 2022 Ligas Departamentales del Peru 2022 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva 2022 Liga Femenina 2022 Copa Perú Femenina
References
External links Official website Liga 1 news at Peru.com Liga 1 statistics and news at Dechalaca.com