1953 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División

Lineup of Mariscal Sucre, the national champions in 1953
Season	1953
Dates	6 June 1953 – 19 December 1953
Champions	Mariscal Sucre (2nd title)
Runner up	Alianza Lima
Relegated	Unión Callao
Matches	90
Goals	326 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gualberto Bianco (17 goals)
← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Mariscal Sucre.

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, while the team with the fewest points was relegated to the Peruvian Segunda División.

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

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1952 Segunda División	Relegated from 1952 Primera División
Unión Callao (1st)	Association Chorrillos (10th)

Stadia locations

Team	City	Mannager
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Adelfo Magallanes
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Francisco Villegas
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima	Roberto Scarone
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima	Ángel Fernández Roca
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Arturo Fernández
Mariscal Sucre	La Victoria, Lima	Carlos Iturrizaga
Sport Boys	Callao	Jorge Alcalde
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima	Giuseppe Ottina
Unión Callao	Callao	Segundo Castillo
Universitario	Breña, Lima	José Cuesta Silva

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mariscal Sucre (C)	18	8	5	5	27	23	+4	21	Champions
2	Alianza Lima	18	8	4	6	44	29	+15	20
3	Sporting Tabaco	18	7	6	5	40	34	+6	20
4	Centro Iqueño	18	7	6	5	26	27	−1	20
5	Atlético Chalaco	18	7	5	6	42	33	+9	19
6	Universitario	18	7	5	6	38	36	+2	19
7	Sport Boys	18	8	2	8	26	31	−5	18
8	Deportivo Municipal	18	5	6	7	32	34	−2	16
9	Ciclista Lima	18	4	6	8	24	37	−13	14
10	Unión Callao (R)	18	4	5	9	27	42	−15	13	1954 Segunda División

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	CIC	MUN	SUC	SBA	TAB	CAL	UNI
Alianza Lima		5–1	5–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–3
Atlético Chalaco	1–1		1–2	5–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–3	8–0	3–1
Centro Iqueño	6–5	2–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2
Ciclista Lima	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–2	0–1	1–5	3–5	4–0	1–1
Deportivo Municipal	2–4	1–2	3–2	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	4–4
Mariscal Sucre	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–0		1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Sport Boys	0–5	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–5	1–1		2–3	4–2	1–0
Sporting Tabaco	1–5	2–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–3		0–2	4–3
Unión Callao	0–0	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–3	0–2	3–0	4–4		2–3
Universitario	4–2	4–4	1–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–4	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1953. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gualberto Bianco	Atlético Chalaco	17
2	Eugenio Zapata	Sporting Tabaco	16
3	José Abán	Mariscal Sucre	15
4	Manuel Rivera	Deportivo Municipal	14
	Armando Reyes	Ciclista Lima	14
5	Atilio López	Atlético Chalaco	13
	Juan Bazza	Mariscal Sucre	13

See also

• 1953 Campeonato de Apertura
• 1953 Peruvian Segunda División
• 1953 Torneo Relámpago

External links

• Peru 1953 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)