Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol (Peru)

The Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol also called the Campeonato Nacional, it was an official Peruvian football competition created and then organized by the Peruvian Football Federation, it was played until the 1963 season. It was practically an interleague tournament, in which the provincial teams from the different departments that made up the Inca nation participated and also that depended on the Peruvian Federation. It was really the first great National Tournament held in football in Peru.

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol
Founded1928
Folded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Region Peru

The champion received the Copa Presidente, donated by the President of the Republic Óscar Benavides.[1]

Until the 1937 edition, the football players of the First Division teams belonging to those cities participated in the tournament representing Lima and Callao. Between the 1939 and 1944 editions both cities participated forming a single selection. In the following tournaments, the teams from Lima and Callao were made up of players from their respective amateur leagues.

Towards the mid-1960s, the tournament gradually lost interest from the fans due to the inclusion of clubs representing the teams from other regions of Peru, the Torneo Descentralizado were born in 1966, then with the project of Víctor Nagaro Bianchi,[2] as head of the Consejo Nacional del Deporte equivalent to what is currently the Instituto Peruano del Deporte appointed in 1965 by President Fernando Belaúnde Terry during his first government, whose idea was to emulate the decentralized tournaments of that time in Italy and France where the entire country.

Champions

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Ed. Season Champion Runner-up
1
1928   Lima
  Callao
  Arequipa
2
1932   Arequipa[3]
  Lima
  Callao
3
1935   Sullana   Lima
4
1937   Callao   Chiclayo
5
1939    Lima–Callao   Ica
6
1942    Lima–Callao[4]   Chicama
7
1944    Lima–Callao   Ica
8
1946   Ica[5]   Chiclayo
9
1952   Trujillo[6]   Arequipa
10
1953   Arequipa[7]   Ica
11
1954   Talara   Pisco
12
1955   Huacho   Talara
13
1956   Arequipa   Lambayeque
14
1958   Talara   Ica
15
1960   Piura   Huancayo
16
1963   Huancavelica[8]   Cañete
17
1980   Tacna[9]   Piura

Titles by region

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
  Arequipa 3 2 1932, 1953, 1956 1928, 1952
  Callao 3 1928, 1932, 1937
   Lima–Callao 3 1939, 1942, 1944
  Lima 2 1 1928, 1932 1935
  Talara 2 1 1954, 1958 1955
  Ica 1 4 1946 1939, 1944, 1953, 1958
  Piura 1 1 1960 1980
  Huacho 1 1955
  Huancavelica 1 1963
  Sullana 1 1935
  Tacna 1 1980
  Trujillo 1 1952
  Chiclayo 2 1937, 1946
  Cañete 1 1963
  Chicama 1 1942
  Huancayo 1 1960
  Lambayeque 1 1956
  Pisco 1 1954

References

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  1. ^ Sullana Campeón Nacional: Del 36, pero del 35
  2. ^ "El padre de la Copa Perú". Año IX. Lima: Montecristo S.A.C. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ ¡Un Partido Memorable!
  4. ^ 'Lolo' Fernández con la selección de Lima-Callao ante la de Chicama: Contienda achicada
  5. ^ Municipalidad de Ica rendirá homenaje póstumo a destacado deportista Néstor Casimiro Borjas[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Un día como hoy Trujillo fue campeón nacional de futbol 1952
  7. ^ ¡Arequipa Campeón Nacional 1953!
  8. ^ Unión Deportivo Ascensión - UDA
  9. ^ Selección de Tacna celebra 40 años de título nacional
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