1944 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División

Season	1944
Dates	15 July 1944 – 22 October 1944
Champions	Sucre (1st title)
Runner up	Deportivo Municipal
Relegated	none
Matches	56
Goals	235 (4.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Víctor Espinoza (16 goals)
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The 1944 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Sucre.

No team was promoted or relegated.

Teams

Team	City	Mannager
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Julio Manisse
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	José Arana
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima	Lizardo Rodríguez Nue
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Juan Valdivieso
Sport Boys	Callao	Máximo Lobatón
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima
Sucre	La Victoria, Lima	Alfonso Huapaya
Universitario	Cercado de Lima	Arturo Fernández

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sucre (C)	14	10	1	3	40	25	+15	21	Champions
2	Deportivo Municipal	14	7	2	5	37	27	+10	16
3	Universitario	14	6	3	5	32	29	+3	15
4	Alianza Lima	14	6	3	5	26	25	+1	15
5	Sport Boys	14	5	3	6	29	31	−2	13
6	Atlético Chalaco	14	4	4	6	29	29	0	12
7	Centro Iqueño	14	4	4	6	24	28	−4	12
8	Sporting Tabaco (O)	14	2	4	8	18	41	−23	8	Promotion/relegation play-off

Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima		1–1	1–1	5–4	1–3	4–0	3–1	0–1
Atlético Chalaco	2–3		2–2	2–5	4–1	1–1	0–4	1–2
Centro Iqueño	3–0	0–3		1–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–0
Deportivo Municipal	0–1	4–2	1–1		3–1	2–1	1–2	5–3
Sport Boys	1–3	1–2	2–4	4–3		5–3	4–1	2–2
Sporting Tabaco	3–3	0–5	2–0	0–4	1–1		1–2	0–3
Sucre	2–0	4–3	5–4	1–1	2–0	7–1		5–4
Universitario	3–1	1–1	5–3	3–2	2–2	3–4	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1944. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

The promotion/relegation play-off was a two-legged series played by the team placing 8th in the 1944 Primera División, Sporting Tabaco and the 1944 Segunda División champion Ciclista Lima.

Ciclista Lima v Sporting Tabaco

22 July 1945	Ciclista Lima	0–2	Sporting Tabaco	Estadio Nacional, Lima
13:15			Edgardo Mabama Alfredo Mosquera

Sporting Tabaco v Ciclista Lima

30 July 1945

Sporting Tabaco

4–2

Ciclista Lima

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Sporting Tabaco remain in the Primera División.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Víctor Espinoza	Universitario	16
2	Carlos Ramos	Sucre	15
3	Julio Ayllón	Sucre	10
4	Teodoro Fernández	Universitario	9
5	Adelfo Magallanes	Alianza Lima	8

See also

• 1944 Peruvian Segunda División
• 1944 Torneo Relámpago
• 1944 Primera División Regional de Lima y Callao

External links

• Peru 1944 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)