The 2021 Liga 2 season was the 76th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The season play started on 19 May 2021 and ended on 15 October 2021.

Liga 2
Season2021
Dates19 May – 15 October 2021
ChampionsAtlético Grau (1st title)
PromotedAtlético Grau
Carlos Stein
Top goalscorerSantiago Pallares
Sergio Almirón
(14 goals each)
2020
2022

On August 19, 2021, Cultural Santa Rosa changed its name to Los Chankas.

Competition format edit

The season was divided into three stages: Fase 1, Fase 2 and the Playoffs.[1]

The Fase 1 and Fase 2 were played under the same format, a single round-robin with the 12 teams playing each other once for a total of 22 games (11 for each stage). Points earned during the Fase 1 did not carry over during the Fase 2, however, points earned in both stages generated a final aggregate table. The winners of the Fase 1 and Fase 2 stages qualified to the playoffs, as long as they were among the top six teams of the aggregate table.

The playoffs were to be contested by the winners of Fase 1 and Fase 2, as well as the top two teams of the aggregate table, which would play two semifinals with the winners playing the final to decide the champion who would be promoted to 2022 Liga 1. If the Fase 1 or Fase 2 winners also ended up in the top two of the aggregate table, they would get a bye to the finals. However, in case a team won both stages of the competition, the playoffs would not be played and that team would be declared as champion.

Teams edit

Team City
Atlético Grau Piura
Carlos Stein Olmos
Comerciantes Unidos Cutervo
Cultural Santa Rosa Andahuaylas
Deportivo Coopsol San Vicente de Cañete
Deportivo Llacuabamba Parcoy
Juan Aurich Chiclayo
Pirata Olmos
Santos Nasca
Sport Chavelines Pacasmayo
Unión Comercio Nueva Cajamarca
Unión Huaral Huaral

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole tournament was played in four stadiums:

Stadium City
Universidad San Marcos Lima
Villa Deportiva Nacional
Iván Elías Moreno
Miguel Grau Callao

Fase 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sport Chavelines 11 7 2 2 28 16 +12 23 Advance to Title Playoff
2 Atlético Grau 11 6 3 2 18 10 +8 21
3 Unión Comercio 11 4 4 3 18 12 +6 16
4 Juan Aurich 11 4 4 3 12 11 +1 16
5 Deportivo Llacuabamba 11 4 4 3 21 22 −1 16
6 Carlos Stein 11 3 6 2 15 14 +1 15
7 Santos 11 4 3 4 15 16 −1 15
8 Cultural Santa Rosa 11 3 5 3 18 17 +1 14
9 Comerciantes Unidos 11 4 2 5 15 20 −5 14
10 Deportivo Coopsol 11 3 4 4 11 15 −4 13
11 Unión Huaral 11 2 3 6 12 20 −8 9
12 Pirata 11 0 4 7 17 27 −10 4
Source: ADFP-SD - official site, Liga 2 - official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.

Results edit

Home \ Away STE CAG CHA COM COO LLA CST JA PIR SAN UCO HUA
Carlos Stein 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2
Atlético Grau 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–0
Sport Chavelines 3–4 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–2 2–1
Comerciantes Unidos 0–1 1–0 1–5 1–2 1–2 1–1
Deportivo Coopsol 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–1
Deportivo Llacuabamba 2–2 2–2 1–1 4–3 4–3
Cultural Santa Rosa 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–4 3–0
Juan Aurich 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1
Pirata 2–3 3–3 2–3 2–2 0–3 1–1
Santos 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 0–0
Unión Comercio 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–2
Unión Huaral 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: Liga 2 - official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fase 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Unión Huaral 11 7 2 2 24 13 +11 23
2 Unión Comercio 11 6 3 2 22 12 +10 21
3 Carlos Stein 11 6 1 4 16 11 +5 19
4 Atlético Grau 11 5 3 3 21 14 +7 18
5 Los Chankas[a] 11 5 3 3 18 13 +5 18
6 Deportivo Llacuabamba 11 5 2 4 12 13 −1 17
7 Sport Chavelines 11 4 4 3 21 18 +3 16
8 Deportivo Coopsol 11 4 1 6 16 19 −3 13
9 Juan Aurich 11 2 6 3 21 20 +1 12
10 Pirata 11 3 2 6 16 28 −12 11
11 Santos 11 2 2 7 9 19 −10 8
12 Comerciantes Unidos 11 1 3 7 10 26 −16 6
Source: ADFP-SD - official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ On August 19, 2021, Cultural Santa Rosa changed its name to Los Chankas.

Results edit

Home \ Away STE CAG CHA COM COO LLA CST JA PIR SAN UCO HUA
Carlos Stein 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0
Atlético Grau 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 1–3 2–1
Sport Chavelines 1–1 2–5 3–2 3–0 1–2
Comerciantes Unidos 1–2 0–2 3–3 2–1 0–3
Deportivo Coopsol 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 5–2
Deportivo Llacuabamba 2–1 2–5 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–2
Los Chankas 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–3 2–2
Juan Aurich 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–3
Pirata 0–2 1–6 2–1 0–2 2–2
Santos 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–3
Unión Comercio 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–3 4–2 1–3
Unión Huaral 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: Liga 2 - official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sport Chavelines 22 11 6 5 49 34 +15 39 Advance to Title Playoff
2 Atlético Grau 22 11 6 5 39 24 +15 39
3 Unión Comercio 22 10 7 5 40 24 +16 37 Advance to Revalidación
4 Carlos Stein 22 9 7 6 31 25 +6 34
5 Deportivo Llacuabamba 22 9 6 7 33 35 −2 33
6 Los Chankas[a] 22 8 8 6 36 30 +6 32
7 Unión Huaral 22 9 5 8 36 33 +3 32
8 Juan Aurich 22 6 10 6 33 31 +2 28
9 Deportivo Coopsol 22 7 5 10 27 34 −7 26
10 Santos 22 6 5 11 24 35 −11 23
11 Comerciantes Unidos 22 5 5 12 25 46 −21 20
12 Pirata 22 3 6 13 33 55 −22 15
Source: ADFP-SD - official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ On August 19, 2021, Cultural Santa Rosa changed its name to Los Chankas.

Title Playoff edit

Sport Chavelines1–2Atlético Grau
  • Matías Sen   50' (pen.)
  • Mario Ceballos   4'
  • Delio Ojeda   77'
Referee: Bruno Pérez

Revalidación edit

Quarterfinals edit

Carlos Stein2–1Deportivo Llacuabamba
  • Rodin Quiñones   29'   78'
Andrés López   83' (o.g.)
Referee: Pablo López
Unión Comercio2–1Los Chankas
  • Edis Ibargüen   7'
  • Sergio Almirón   90+5' (pen.)
  • Luis Machado   27'
Referee: Edwin Ordoñez

Semifinals edit

Unión Comercio0–0Carlos Stein
Penalties
Sergio Almirón  
Julián Muñoz  
Edis Ibargüen  
Mario Velarde  
Félix Uculmana  
Cristian Neira  
Carlos Mosquera  
Maelo Reátegui  
Dustin Rengifo  
6–7 Víctor Salas  
Stefano Brundo  
Mario Ramírez  
Brandon Palacios  
José Cotrina  
Josimar Vargas  
Gibson Fuentes  
Luis Valverde  
Josimar Atoche  
Referee: Augusto Menéndez

Final edit

Sport Chavelines1–2Carlos Stein
  • Matías Sen   73' (pen.)
  • Víctor Salas   38'
  • Brandon Palacios   69'
Referee: Kevin Ortega

Promotion playoff edit

Carlos Stein0–1Binacional
  • Johan Arango   55'
Referee: Michael Espinoza
Binacional0–1Carlos Stein
Report
  • Maximiliano Freitas   77'
Penalties
  • Camilo Mancilla  
  • Carlos Caraza  
  • Andy Polar  
  • Anthony Rosell  
2–4
  •   Víctor Salas
  •   Maximiliano Freitas
  •   Mario Ramírez
  •   Rodin Quiñones
  •   Andrés López
Referee: Edwin Ordóñez

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Carlos Stein won on penalties and were promoted to Liga 1.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Name Club Goals
1   Santiago Pallares Atlético Grau 14
2   Sergio Almirón Unión Comercio 14
3   Matías Sen Sport Chavelines 13
4   Andy Pando Los Chankas 12
5   Santiago Córdoba Juan Aurich 12
6   Kevin Serna Los Chankas 11
7   Edis Ibargüen Unión Comercio 11
8   Pedro Bautista Comerciantes Unidos 10
9   Accel Campos Pirata 10
10   Rolando Díaz Unión Huaral 10

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "REGLAMENTO LIGA2 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. May 2021.

External links edit