1940 Peruvian Primera División

Peruvian Primera División
	Deportivo Municipal, champion
Season	1940
Dates	12 May 1940 –; 8 September 1940
Champions	Deportivo Municipal
Relegated	Ciclista Lima
Top goalscorer	Teodoro Fernández (15)
	← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Deportivo Municipal. From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.

Teams

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

División de Honor

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Municipal	14	8	2	4	29	21	+8	32	Champions
2	Universitario	14	6	4	4	29	19	+10	30
3	Alianza Lima	14	6	4	4	23	14	+9	30
4	Atlético Chalaco	14	6	3	5	23	28	−5	29
5	Sport Boys	14	6	1	7	27	23	+4	27
6	Sporting Tabaco	14	5	3	6	25	23	+2	27
7	Sucre	14	6	0	8	22	27	−5	26	Liguilla de promoción
8	Ciclista Lima	14	3	3	8	23	43	−20	23	Liguilla de promoción

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

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

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	CIC	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima		1–1	5–1	4–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–0
Atlético Chalaco	2–1		1–1	1–4	4–1	3–2	2–1	2–1
Ciclista Lima	2–2	4–0		1–1	3–5	1–4	6–4	1–5
Deportivo Municipal	2–1	4–1	4–0		2–2	3–2	1–2	2–1
Sport Boys	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1	5–0
Sporting Tabaco	0–2	4–3	2–1	2–1	0–1		4–1	1–1
Sucre	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–1		1–2
Universitario	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–1	4–2	2–2	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1940. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla de promoción

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sucre	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	9
2	Santiago Barranco	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	6	Relegation play-off
3	Telmo Carbajo	3	1	1	1	5	9	−4	6	Relegation play-off
4	Ciclista Lima	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	3	1941 Liga Regional de Lima y Callao

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	CIC	SAN	SUC	TEL
Ciclista Lima			0–7
Santiago Barranco	2–1
Sucre		3–2		6–0
Telmo Carbajo	3–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1940. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Because Telmo Carbajo and Santiago Barranco tied with 6 points a relegation play-off on neutral ground will be played as the tournament rules specify.

April 14, 1941

Relegation play-off