1956 Peruvian Segunda División

Peruvian Segunda División
Season1956
Dates18 August 1956 –
29 December 1956
ChampionsPorvenir Miraflores
RelegatedUnión Callao
Top goalscorerPedro Lobatón (16)
1955
1957

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.

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
Increase Unidad Vecinal Nº3 (1st) Increase Carlos Concha (1st) Decrease Unión Callao (10th) Decrease Jorge Chávez (10th)

Stadia and locations

Team City
Association Chorrillos Chorrillos, Lima
Atlético Lusitania Cercado de Lima
Defensor Arica Cercado de 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 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 18 3 2 13 10 32 −22 8 1957 Liga Provincial del Callao
Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.

Results

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

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.

Liguilla 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