1953 Peruvian Primera División

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Season1953

Dates6 June 1953 –
19 December 1953

ChampionsMariscal Sucre (2nd title)

Runner upAlianza Lima

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

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)
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Teams

Team changes

More information Promoted from 1952 Segunda División, Relegated from 1952 Primera División ...

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

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Stadia locations

More information Team, City ...

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Mariscal Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima
Unión Callao	Callao
Universitario	Breña, Lima

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League table

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

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

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

More information Home \ Away, ALI ...

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

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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

More information Rank, Player ...

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
4	Armando Reyes	Ciclista Lima	14
5	Atilio López	Atlético Chalaco	13
5	Juan Bazza	Mariscal Sucre	13

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1953 Peruvian Primera División

Teams

Team changes

Stadia locations

League table

Standings

Results

Top scorers

See also

References

External links

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