1954 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División
Season	1954
Dates	29 June 1954 –; 10 January 1955
Champions	Alianza Lima (10th title)
Runner up	Sporting Tabaco
Relegated	Carlos Concha
Matches	90
Goals	304 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vicente Villanueva (14 goals)
	← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Alianza Lima.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Competition format

All teams faced each other in a double round-robin format, playing home and away matches. The team that accumulated the highest number of points at the end of the season was automatically crowned champion, while the team with the fewest points was relegated to the Peruvian Segunda División.

Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1953 Segunda División	Relegated from 1953 Primera División
Carlos Concha (1st)	Unión Callao (10th)

Stadia locations

Team	City	Mannager
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Adelfo Magallanes
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Francisco Villegas
Carlos Concha	Callao	Germán Cáceres
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima	Roberto Scarone
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima	Ángel Fernández Roca
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Segundo Castillo
Mariscal Sucre	La Victoria, Lima	Carlos Iturrizaga
Sport Boys	Callao	Alfonso Huapaya
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima	César Viccino
Universitario	Breña, Lima	Arturo Fernández

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima (C)	18	12	3	3	45	27	+18	27	Champions
2	Sporting Tabaco	18	11	2	5	41	32	+9	24
3	Universitario	18	9	3	6	38	26	+12	21
4	Centro Iqueño	18	7	6	5	25	22	+3	20
5	Ciclista Lima	18	9	1	8	26	24	+2	19
6	Atlético Chalaco	18	6	5	7	36	31	+5	17
7	Sport Boys	18	5	6	7	22	29	−7	16
8	Deportivo Municipal	18	6	3	9	27	33	−6	15
9	Mariscal Sucre	18	5	2	11	26	33	−7	12
10	Carlos Concha (R)	18	3	3	12	18	47	−29	9	1955 Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	CAR	IQU	CIC	MUN	SUC	SBA	TAB	UNI
Alianza Lima		4–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–3	3–2
Atlético Chalaco	1–3		6–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–2
Carlos Concha	2–4	0–0		0–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–6	1–5
Centro Iqueño	2–1	3–2	2–1		3–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Ciclista Lima	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0		3–1	2–0	0–1	0–4	2–1
Deportivo Municipal	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2		2–1	1–2	0–3	0–2
Mariscal Sucre	1–4	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	1–3		1–2	3–0	1–3
Sport Boys	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–5	2–4		2–2	1–2
Sporting Tabaco	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	0–3	3–1	1–5	1–0		2–1
Universitario	3–3	3–3	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–4

Updated to match(es) played on 1954. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vicente Villanueva	Sporting Tabaco	14
2	Gualberto Bianco	Atlético Chalaco	13
3	Alberto Loret de Mola	Centro Iqueño	12
4	José Abán	Mariscal Sucre	11
4	Faustino Delgado	Sporting Tabaco	11
5	Félix Mina	Carlos Concha	10
	Óscar Gómez Sánchez	Alianza Lima	10
	Roque Valsecchi	Ciclista Lima	10

References

External links

Peru 1954 season at RSSSF
Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)

[1] Universitario: campaña 1954

[2] Peru - List of Champions

[3] Alianza Lima: Temporada 1954

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