1960 Peruvian Primera División

The 1960 season of the Peruvian Primera División, or the Peruvian Football Championship, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The season was a single league table played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1961, the first Copa Libertadores to have a Peruvian team participate. The last placed team at the end of the season was relegated. The champions were Universitario and Mariscal Castilla was relegated.

Peruvian Primera División
Season1960
Dates27 August 1960 –
18 December 1960
ChampionsUniversitario
RelegatedMariscal Castilla
1961 Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
1959
1961

Teams

TeamCity
Alianza LimaLa Victoria, Lima
Atlético ChalacoCallao
Centro IqueñoCercado de Lima
Ciclista LimaCercado de Lima
Deportivo MunicipalCercado de Lima
Mariscal CastillaCercado de Lima
Mariscal SucreLa Victoria, Lima
Sport BoysCallao
Sporting CristalRímac, Lima
UniversitarioBreña, Lima

League table

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Universitario1811343926+13251961 Copa Libertadores
2Sport Boys189632923+624
3Sporting Cristal189453726+1122
4Deportivo Municipal189364733+1421
5Centro Iqueño187653530+520
6Alianza Lima186482733−616
7Atlético Chalaco184772931−215
8Mariscal Sucre185493640−414
9Ciclista Lima185492440−1614
10Mariscal Castilla1841133054−2491961 Segunda División
Source: [citation needed]

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