1956 Peruvian Segunda División

The 1956 Peruvian Segunda División, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The tournament winner, Porvenir Miraflores was promoted to the 1957 Peruvian Primera División.

Peruvian Segunda División

Season	1956
Dates	18 August 1956 – 29 December 1956
Champions	Porvenir Miraflores
Runner up	Unión América
Relegated	Unión Callao
Top goalscorer	Pedro Lobatón (16)
← 1955 1957 →

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 and promoted to the Peruvian Primera División, while the team with the fewest points was relegated to the Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao.

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

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1955 Liguilla de Ascenso	Promoted to 1956 Primera División	Relegated from 1955 Primera División	Relegated to 1956 Liga Provincial del Callao
Unidad Vecinal Nº3 (1st)	Carlos Concha (1st)	Unión Callao (10th)	Jorge Chávez (10th)

Stadia and locations

Team	City
Association Chorrillos	Chorrillos, Lima
Atlético Lusitania	Cercado de Lima
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Juventud Gloria	Cercado de Lima
KDT Nacional	Callao
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Santiago Barranco	Barranco, Lima
Unidad Vecinal Nº3	Cercado de Lima
Unión América	Cercado de Lima
Unión Callao	Callao

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porvenir Miraflores (C)	18	15	2	1	43	13	+30	32	1957 Primera División
2	Unión América	18	11	2	5	44	23	+21	24
3	Unidad Vecinal Nº3	18	10	2	6	40	29	+11	22
4	Defensor Arica	18	9	3	6	34	27	+7	21
5	Santiago Barranco	18	8	4	6	42	35	+7	20
6	Juventud Gloria	18	8	3	7	32	39	−7	19
7	Association Chorrillos	18	4	4	10	31	35	−4	12
8	Atlético Lusitania	18	2	7	9	24	39	−15	11
9	KDT Nacional	18	3	3	12	16	40	−24	9
10	Unión Callao (R)	18	3	2	13	10	32	−22	8	1957 Liga Provincial del Callao

Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	LUS	DAR	GLO	KDT	POR	SAN	UV3	AME	CAL
Association Chorrillos		2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	5–5	0–2
Atlético Lusitania	3–3		2–2	2–4	1–1	1–4	2–0	3–2	0–4	W.O.
Defensor Arica	3–1	3–3		1–1	4–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–1
Juventud Gloria	W.O.	3–1	0–1		2–2	1–2	2–7	3–5	0–5	1–0
KDT Nacional	0–5	2–1	1–4	0–1		0–2	1–4	0–3	1–2	2–0
Porvenir Miraflores	3–0	2–1	0–1	6–2	2–0		1–1	3–0	1–0	W.O.
Santiago Barranco	4–2	2–0	0–3	3–3	2–0	0–6		2–3	3–2	2–1
Unidad Vecinal Nº3	3–2	0–0	2–3	3–2	1–2	2–4	2–2		2–0	6–1
Unión América	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	4–3	0–1		4–2
Unión Callao	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–3	W.O.	0–1	0–4

Updated to match(es) played on 1956. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Triangular de Ascenso a Segunda División

Sport Dinámico, as champions of the 1956 Liga Provincial del Callao, Mariscal Castilla, as champions of the 1956 Liga Provincial de Lima, and Sport Almagro, as champions of the 1956 Liga de los Balnearios del Sur were supposed to play a final to determine promotion to the 1957 Segunda División.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CAS	ALM	DIN
1	Mariscal Castilla	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	4	1957 Segunda División			5–2
2	Sport Almagro	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	2					2–1
3	Sport Dinámico	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0			1–2

Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.

Mariscal Castilla earned promotion to the 1957 Segunda División.

See also

• 1956 Peruvian Primera División

External links

• La Historia de la Segunda 1956