The 2024 Liga 2 (known as the Liga 2 1xBet 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. This year's edition started on 6 April 2024 and ended on 20 October 2024.
Format For this season the league was expanded to 18 teams from the previous 14. On 22 February 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation announced a new format for the Liga 2. All 18 teams were divided into two groups in the Regional Stage based on their geographical location, being the Zona Norte (North Zone) and Zona Sur (South Zone). Each team played each other in a round-robin format and the top six teams advanced to the Group Stage and the bottom three into the Relegation Stage. In the group Stage, the 12 teams were divided into two groups of six, with the top three teams advancing to the play-offs, the first team entering the semi-finals and the next two the quarter-finals. Two teams were promoted to the Liga 1 and one was relegated. The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season: Teams 18 teams took part in the league in this season, four more than the previous season: the top 13 teams from the 2023 tournament, plus the 2023 Copa Perú champions, ADA and semi-finalists San Marcos, Juan Pablo II College, and UCV Moquegua. ADA and San Marcos played in the Liga 2 for the first time in their history this season. Comerciantes Unidos and Los Chankas were promoted to the 2024 Liga 1. Los Chankas promoted to Liga 1 for the first time in their history and Comerciantes Unidos promoted for the first time since 2016.
Academia Cantolao, Binacional, and Deportivo Municipal got relegated from the 2023 Liga 1. Alfonso Ugarte got relegated to the Copa Perú after being disqualified in the 2023 season.
Juan Aurich and Union Huaral had their licenses withdrawn for not fulfilling the requirements to participate set by the FPF and were disqualified from the competition.
Team changes Promoted from2023 Copa Perú Relegated from2023 Liga 1 Promoted to2024 Liga 1 Relegated to2024 Copa Perú ADA San Marcos Juan Pablo II College UCV Moquegua Binacional Deportivo Municipal Academia Cantolao Comerciantes Unidos Los Chankas Alfonso Ugarte
Stadia and locations
Team City StadiumMost stadiums are owned by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte (IPD). CapacityAcademia Cantolao Callao Miguel Grau 17,000ADA Bagua Grande San Luis9,000Alianza Universidad Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 25,000Ayacucho Ayacucho Ciudad de Cumaná15,000Binacional Juliaca Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina 20,080 Carlos Stein Lambayeque César Flores Marigorda7,000Comerciantes Iquitos Max Augustín 24,576 Deportivo Coopsol Chancay Rómulo Shaw Cisneros3,000 Deportivo Llacuabamba Huamachuco Municipal de Huamachuco5,000Deportivo Municipal Lima Iván Elías Moreno 11,000Juan AurichLambayequeCésar Flores Marigorda7,000Juan Pablo II College Chongoyape Municipal de la Juventud2,500Pirata Chongoyape Municipal de la Juventud2,500 San Marcos Huaraz Rosas Pampa18,000 Santos NascaMunicipal de Nasca10,000UCV MoqueguaMoquegua 25 de Noviembre 21,073Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colán6,000Universidad San Martín Lima Iván Elías Moreno11,000
Personnel and kits TeamManagerKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsorsAcademia Cantolao Adrián TaffarelShumawaDafabetADA Omar Linares (caretaker)JavePicroranaAlianza Universidad Paul ComingesPerformanceUDHAyacucho Jose CollattiRealCooperativa Santa Maria, DoradoBetBinacional Luis FloresNew AthleticDoradoBetCarlos Stein Ramón PerlecheAdekoVidavasComericantes Juan Carlos BazalarCrackJancos Corp.Deportivo Coopsol Willy LayaAtlosEscudo ProtectorDeportivo Llacuabamba Luis RevillatrusportsLlacuabambaDeportivo Municipal Hugo SotilConvertApuestoJuan Aurich José GuevaraJaveTiendas EFEJuan Pablo II College Santiago AcasieteRealTalen Sport, BoxesPirata Jahir ButrónFrontNuevas TierrasSan Marcos Nolberto SolanoAnder SportSantos Francisco PizarroPalantExplosivos del Sur S.AUnion Huaral Alberto ValienteAtlosSolidario PeruUCV Moquegua Jaime SernaPalantClinica del SurUniversidad San Martin Víctor RiveraConvertDoradoBet
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentRegional StageAcademia Cantolao Jersi SocolaEnd of contract14 September 2023Pre-season Adrián Taffarel1 March 2024Pirata Segundo Quiroz30 September 2023 Jahir Butrón1 January 2024Binacional César Vaioli30 October 2023 Aristóteles Ramos1 April 2024Comerciantes Marciel Salazar23 November 2023 Gustavo Roverano23 November 2023Ayacucho Sergio CastellanosMutual agreement12 December 2023 Jose Collati20 March 2024Deportivo Municipal Santiago Acasiete13 December 2023 Víctor Rivera31 December 2023Deportivo Coopsol Víctor Rivera30 December 2023 José Soto6 March 2024Carlos Stein Moisés CabadaSacked31 December 2023 Marcelo Revuelta1 March 2024Santos José SotoMutual agreement31 December 2023 Sergio Castellanos10 January 2024Union Huaral Javier ArceEnd of contract31 December 2023 Alberto Valiente13 January 2024ADA Roberto ArreluceaSacked21 January 2024 Marcelo Grioni24 January 2024Binacional Aristóteles Ramos1 May 20247th César Chávez-Riva1 May 2024ADA Marcelo Grioni8 May 20245th Luis La Torre11 May 2024Deportivo Coopsol José Soto31 May 20248th Alberto Valiente1 June 2024Carlos Stein Marcelo Revuelta1 June 20249th Gino Reyes (caretaker)2 June 2024UCV Moquegua Erick Torres3 June 2024 Jaime Serna4 June 2024Binacional César Chávez-Riva10 June 2024 Erick Torres10 June 2024Carlos Stein Gino ReyesEnd of caretaker spell10 June 2024 Ramón Perleche11 June 2024ADA Luis La TorreSacked29 June 20246th Juan Carlos Bazalar29 June 2024Juan Pablo II College Daniel ValderramaMutual agreement30 June 20245th Alejandro Vásquez (caretaker)1 July 2024Deportivo Coopsol Alberto ValienteSacked4 July 2024 Willy Laya5 July 2024Juan Pablo II College Alejandro VásquezEnd of caretaker spell14 July 2024 Santiago Acasiete15 July 2024Universidad San Martin Duilio CisnerosSacked18 July 2024 Raúl Penalillo20 July 2024Group StageBinacional Erick TorresSacked31 July 2024 Luis Flores5 August 2024Deportivo Municipal Víctor Rivera14 August 2024 Hugo Sotil25 August 2024Universidad San Martin Raúl Penalillo17 August 2024 Víctor Rivera17 July 2024San Marcos Eduardo Vargas6 September 20244th Nolberto Solano6 September 2024Deportivo Llacuabamba Fernando Nogara9 September 2024 Luis Revilla9 September 2024Santos Sergio Castellanos12 September 2024 Francisco Pizarro12 September 2024ADA Juan Carlos BazalarResigned24 September 2024 Omar Linares (caretaker)24 September 2024Play-offsComerciantes Gustavo RoveranoSacked28 September 2024 Juan Carlos Bazalar28 September 2024
Regional Stage Zona Norte
Zona Sur
Group Stage In the Group Stage, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the Regional stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the Regional Stage did not carry over during the Group Stage. Group A
Group B
Play-offs Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final
Grupo Descenso Standings
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mathías LópezAcademia Cantolao162 Yoffre VásquezSan Marcos133 Junior ZambranoComerciantes11 Josuee HerreraSantos4 Kelvin SánchezDeportivo Llacuabamba10
See also 2024 Liga 1 2024 Copa Perú 2024 Ligas Departamentales del Perú 2024 Liga Femenina 2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
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