1938 Peruvian Primera División

The 1938 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 9 teams. The national champions were Deportivo Municipal. Because Alianza Lima and Sucre tied on points a relegation playoff took place. From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.

Peruvian Primera División

Season	1938
Dates	25 September 1938 – 20 November 1938
Champions	Deportivo Municipal (1st title)
Runner up	Sport Boys
Relegated	Alianza Lima Progresista Apurímac
Matches	37
Goals	133 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jorge Alcalde (8 goals)
← 1937 1939 →

The whole tournament was played in two stadiums:

Stadium	City
National Stadium	Lima
Estadio Modelo de Bellavista	Callao

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1937 Liga Provincial de Lima	Promoted from 1937 Liga Provincial del Callao	Relegated from 1937 Primera División
Ciclista Lima (1st)	Progresista Apurímac (1st)	Telmo Carbajo (8th) Sportivo Melgar (9th) Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril (10th)

Stadia and Locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Progresista Apurímac	Callao
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima
Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Universitario	Cercado de Lima

División de Honor

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Municipal (C)	8	7	0	1	21	9	+12	22	Champions
2	Sport Boys	8	4	1	3	22	16	+6	17
3	Universitario	8	4	1	3	9	8	+1	17
4	Sporting Tabaco	8	2	4	2	16	12	+4	16
5	Atlético Chalaco	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	16
6	Ciclista Lima	8	3	1	4	13	17	−4	15
7	Alianza Lima	8	2	2	4	15	18	−3	14	Relegation play-off
8	Sucre (O)	8	3	0	5	16	22	−6	14
9	Progresista Apurímac (R)	8	2	1	5	9	19	−10	13	1939 Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao

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

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played in Lima.

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	CIC	MUN	PRO	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima				1–3	1–3	3–1			1–2
Atlético Chalaco	1–1			1–2			1–0	3–1	1–0
Ciclista Lima	1–3	2–1			2–1
Deportivo Municipal			2–1		5–0	3–0	3–2		1–0
Progresista Apurímac		0–0					1–4	2–3	1–0
Sport Boys		4–2	6–3		4–1
Sporting Tabaco	3–3		1–1			1–1		3–0
Sucre	4–2		2–3	4–2		1–5
Universitario			1–0			2–1	2–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1938. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

27 November 1938

15:50

Sucre	2–0	Alianza Lima
Eduardo Lazo 20' Luis Tejada 35'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Referee: Enrique Cuenca

Sucre remain in the Primera División.

See also

• 1938 Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao

External links

• Peru 1938 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)