1931 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División
	Alianza Lima, champion
Season	1931
Dates	26 April 1931 –; 5 July 1931
Champions	Alianza Lima
Top goalscorer	Alejandro Villanueva (16)
	← 1930 1932 →

The 1931 season of the Peruvian Primera División was the 16th season of top-flight Peruvian football. It was played by 12 teams. The national champions were Alianza Lima.^[1]^[2]^[3] Federación Universitaria and Ciclista Lima were both deducted 1 point because of walkover defeats. First Division reduced to 8 teams for 1932.

The whole tournament was played in three stadiums:

Stadium	City
National Stadium	Lima
Estadio Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Lima
Estadio Modelo de Bellavista	Callao

Format

From 1931 until 1934 the results of a reserve teams league were added as bonus points.
From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1930 División Intermedia	Relegated from 1930 Primera División
Alianza Frigorífico (1st)	Sport Progreso (12th)

Stadia and Locations

Team	City
Alianza Frigorífico	Callao
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Pueblo Libre, Lima
Federación Universitaria	Cercado de Lima
Hidroaviación	Ancón, Lima
Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	Jesús María, Lima
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima
Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	Cercado de Lima
Sportivo Unión	Cercado de Lima
Unión Buenos Aires	Callao

Primera División

Primeros Equipos

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	11	11	0	0	53	4	+49	33	Champions
2	Sporting Tabaco	11	8	1	2	35	19	+16	28
3	Atlético Chalaco	11	6	2	3	27	25	+2	25
4	Alianza Frigorífico	11	7	0	4	15	18	−3	25
5	Federación Universitaria^[a]	11	5	1	5	23	15	+8	21
6	Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	11	4	2	5	20	25	−5	21
7	Hidroaviación	11	4	1	6	21	22	−1	20
8	Sportivo Unión	11	4	1	6	18	20	−2	20
9	Unión Buenos Aires	11	4	1	6	19	25	−6	20
10	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	11	4	0	7	12	29	−17	19
11	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	11	2	0	9	9	24	−15	15
12	Ciclista Lima^[b]	11	2	1	8	14	40	−26	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Federación Universitaria were deducted one point for walkover.
^ Ciclista Lima were deducted one point for walkover.

Results

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

Home \ Away	ALI	FRI	CHA	CIC	CSI	UNI	HID	TEN	TAB	SUN	TAR	UBA
Alianza Lima		6–1	5–1	10–1	10–0	W.O.^[4]^[5]	2–0				5–0
Alianza Frigorífico			3–2	W.O.		0–1	2–1	1–0		1–0		3–1
Atlético Chalaco						2–1			3–2	4–3	2–2	3–2
Ciclista Lima			3–4					3–2		1–3		4–2
Circolo Sportivo Italiano		2–1	0–4	2–0		3–2				2–0		0–2
Federación Universitaria				7–0			3–5			1–1
Hidroaviación			0–0	2–0	3–0			2–0
Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	0–5		3–1		1–0	0–1			0–1
Sporting Tabaco	0–4	5–1		6–0	3–2	3–1	5–2			2–1	6–3
Sportivo Unión	0–3						3–2	3–1			2–3	2–1
Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril		0–2		2–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	4–1
Unión Buenos Aires	1–3					0–4	4–2	3–1	2–2		1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1931. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Equipos de Reserva

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Federación Universitaria	11	8	3	0	30	Champions
2	Alianza Frigorífico	11	7	2	2	27
3	Sporting Tabaco^[a]	11	6	2	3	24
4	Alianza Lima^[b]	11	6	2	3	23
5	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición^[c]	11	5	2	4	22
6	Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	11	4	3	4	22
7	Unión Buenos Aires^[d]	11	5	0	6	20
8	Circolo Sportivo Italiano^[e]	11	4	2	5	20
9	Sportivo Unión^[f]	11	4	1	6	19
10	Hidroaviación	11	2	1	8	16
11	Ciclista Lima^[g]	11	2	1	8	15
12	Atlético Chalaco	11	0	1	10	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Sporting Tabaco were deducted one point for walkover.
^ Alianza Lima were deducted two points for walkover.
^ Lawn Tennis de la Exposición were deducted one point for walkover.
^ Unión Buenos Aires were deducted one point for walkover.
^ Circolo Sportivo Italiano were deducted one point for walkover.
^ Sportivo Unión were deducted one point for walkover.
^ Ciclista Lima were deducted one point for walkover.

Tabla Absoluta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Resv.	Total	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	11	11	0	0	53	4	+49	33	5.75	38.75	Champions
2	Sporting Tabaco	11	8	1	2	35	19	+16	28	6	34
3	Alianza Frigorífico	11	7	0	4	15	18	-3	25	6.75	31.75
4	Federación Universitaria	11	5	1	5	23	15	+8	21	7.5	28.5
5	Atlético Chalaco	11	6	2	3	27	25	+2	25	3	28
6	Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	11	4	2	5	20	25	–5	21	5.5	26.5
7	Unión Buenos Aires	11	4	1	6	19	25	–6	20	5	25
8	Sportivo Unión	11	4	1	6	18	20	–2	20	4.75	24.75
9	Hidroaviación	11	4	1	6	21	22	–1	20	4	24	Liguilla de promoción
10	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	11	4	0	7	12	29	–17	19	5	24
11	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	11	2	0	9	9	24	–15	15	5.5	20.5
12	Ciclista Lima	11	2	1	8	14	40	–26	15	3.75	18.75

Liguilla de promoción

It was played with the last four places in the First Division and the four best in the 1931 División Intermedia (Juventud Perú, Miguel Grau, Sport Progreso and Sucre).

Primeros Equipos

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport Progreso	7	5	2	0	17	8	+9	19
2	Hidroaviación	7	4	1	2	17	12	+5	16
3	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	7	4	1	2	16	15	+1	16
4	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	7	3	2	2	13	11	+2	15
5	Ciclista Lima	7	3	2	2	9	11	−2	15
6	Juventud Perú	7	3	0	4	9	13	−4	13
7	Sucre	7	2	0	5	6	12	−6	11
8	Miguel Grau^[a]	7	0	0	7	5	11	−6	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Miguel Grau were deducted one point for walkover.

Results

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

Home \ Away	CIC	CSI	HID	JPE	LTE	GRA	PRO	SUC
Ciclista Lima					0–1	2–1	2–2	2–1
Circolo Sportivo Italiano	1–1		2–2	3–0
Hidroaviación	5–1			5–2	3–4			1–0
Juventud Perú	0–1				2–0	1–0	1–3
Lawn Tennis de la Exposición		3–6					1–1	3–0
Miguel Grau		0–1	0–1		3–4
Sport Progreso		3–1	3–0			2–1
Sucre		2–0		1–3		W.O.	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 1931. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Equipos de Reserva

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	7	5	2	0	19
2	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	7	3	3	1	16
3	Hidroaviación	7	3	3	1	16
4	Ciclista Lima	7	3	2	2	15
5	Juventud Perú	7	3	1	3	14
6	Sucre	7	2	2	3	13
7	Miguel Grau^[a]	7	1	2	4	10
8	Sport Progreso	7	1	1	5	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Miguel Grau were deducted one point for walkover.

Tabla Absoluta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Resv.	Total	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Progreso	7	5	2	0	17	8	+9	19	2.5	21.5	1932 Primera División
2	Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	7	4	1	2	16	15	+1	16	4.75	20.75
3	Hidroaviación	7	3	2	2	17	12	+5	16	4	20
4	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	7	3	2	2	13	11	+2	15	4	19
5	Ciclista Lima	7	3	2	2	9	11	-2	15	3.75	18.75
6	Juventud Perú	7	3	0	4	9	13	-4	13	3.5	16.5	1932 División Intermedia
7	Sucre	7	2	0	5	6	12	-6	11	3.25	14.25
8	Miguel Grau	7	0	0	7	5	11	-6	6	2.5	8.5

References

External links

Peru 1931 season at RSSSF
Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)

[table_note_UNI0.75606561953019-4] Federación Universitaria were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_CIC0.75606561953019-5] Ciclista Lima were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_TAB0.88233447395374-8] Sporting Tabaco were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_ALI0.88233447395374-9] Alianza Lima were deducted two points for walkover.

[table_note_LTE0.88233447395374-10] Lawn Tennis de la Exposición were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_UBA0.88233447395374-11] Unión Buenos Aires were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_CSI0.88233447395374-12] Circolo Sportivo Italiano were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_SUN0.88233447395374-13] Sportivo Unión were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_CIC0.88233447395374-14] Ciclista Lima were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_GRA0.23688139078993-15] Miguel Grau were deducted one point for walkover.

[table_note_GRA0.93134793310023-16] Miguel Grau were deducted one point for walkover.

[1] Rsssf.org - Peru 1931 season

[2] Dechalaca.com - Tetra-pack

[3] Campaña 1930 - Universitario de Deportes

[6] "U" tiene en su historial tres walk over, dos de ellos frente a Alianza Lima y otro ante Mariscal Sucre

[7] Historia Blanquiazul: Alianza Lima 2 – Federación Universitaria 0 (W.O)

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