2024 Liga 2 (Peru)

Liga 2
Season2024
Dates6 April – 20 October 2024
ChampionsAlianza Universidad (1st title)
PromotedAlianza Universidad
Juan Pablo II College
RelegatedCarlos Stein
Deportivo Municipal
Juan Aurich
Unión Huaral
Matches played180
Goals scored496 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerMathías López (16 goals)
Biggest home winAlianza Universidad 7-0 Carlos Stein (14 July)
Biggest away winCarlos Stein 1-8 Deportivo Llacuabamba (20 July)
Highest scoringCarlos Stein 1-8 Deportivo Llacuabamba (20 July)
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The 2024 Liga 2 (known as the Liga 2 1xBet 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. This year's edition started on 6 April 2024 and ended on 20 October 2024.

Format

For this season the league was expanded to 18 teams from the previous 14. On 22 February 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation announced a new format for the Liga 2. All 18 teams were divided into two groups in the Regional Stage based on their geographical location, being the Zona Norte (North Zone) and Zona Sur (South Zone). Each team played each other in a round-robin format and the top six teams advanced to the Group Stage and the bottom three into the Relegation Stage. In the group Stage, the 12 teams were divided into two groups of six, with the top three teams advancing to the play-offs, the first team entering the semi-finals and the next two the quarter-finals. Two teams were promoted to the Liga 1 and one was relegated.[1] The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season:

Teams

18 teams took part in the league in this season, four more than the previous season: the top 13 teams from the 2023 tournament, plus the 2023 Copa Perú champions, ADA and semi-finalists San Marcos, Juan Pablo II College, and UCV Moquegua. ADA and San Marcos played in the Liga 2 for the first time in their history this season. Comerciantes Unidos and Los Chankas were promoted to the 2024 Liga 1. Los Chankas promoted to Liga 1 for the first time in their history and Comerciantes Unidos promoted for the first time since 2016.

Academia Cantolao, Binacional, and Deportivo Municipal got relegated from the 2023 Liga 1. Alfonso Ugarte got relegated to the Copa Perú after being disqualified in the 2023 season.

Juan Aurich and Union Huaral had their licenses withdrawn for not fulfilling the requirements to participate set by the FPF and were disqualified from the competition.[2]

Team changes

Promoted from
2023 Copa Perú 		Relegated from
2023 Liga 1 		Promoted to
2024 Liga 1 		Relegated to
2024 Copa Perú
Increase ADA (1st)
Increase San Marcos (2nd)
Increase Juan Pablo II College (3rd)
Increase UCV Moquegua (4th) 		Decrease Binacional (17th)
Decrease Deportivo Municipal (18th)
Decrease Academia Cantolao (19th) 		Increase Comerciantes Unidos (1st)
Increase Los Chankas (2nd) 		Decrease Alfonso Ugarte (14th)

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2024 Liga 2 teams
Team City Stadium[3] Capacity[4]
Academia Cantolao Callao Miguel Grau 17,000
ADA Bagua Grande San Luis 9,000
Alianza Universidad Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 25,000
Ayacucho Ayacucho Ciudad de Cumaná 15,000
Binacional Juliaca Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina 20,080
Carlos Stein Lambayeque César Flores Marigorda 7,000
Comerciantes Iquitos Max Augustín 24,576
Deportivo Coopsol Chancay Rómulo Shaw Cisneros 3,000
Deportivo Llacuabamba Huamachuco Municipal de Huamachuco 5,000
Deportivo Municipal Lima Iván Elías Moreno 11,000
Juan Aurich Lambayeque César Flores Marigorda 7,000
Juan Pablo II College Chongoyape Municipal de la Juventud 2,500
Pirata Chongoyape Municipal de la Juventud 2,500
San Marcos Huaraz Rosas Pampa 18,000
Santos Nasca Municipal de Nasca 10,000
UCV Moquegua Moquegua 25 de Noviembre 21,073
Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colán 6,000
Universidad San Martín Lima Iván Elías Moreno 11,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsors
Academia Cantolao Argentina Adrián Taffarel Shumawa Dafabet
ADA Peru Omar Linares (caretaker) Jave Picrorana
Alianza Universidad Peru Paul Cominges Performance UDH
Ayacucho Argentina Jose Collatti Real Cooperativa Santa Maria, DoradoBet
Binacional Peru Luis Flores New Athletic DoradoBet
Carlos Stein Peru Ramón Perleche Adeko Vidavas
Comericantes Peru Juan Carlos Bazalar Crack Jancos Corp.
Deportivo Coopsol Peru Willy Laya Atlos Escudo Protector
Deportivo Llacuabamba Peru Luis Revilla trusports Llacuabamba
Deportivo Municipal Peru Hugo Sotil Convert Apuesto
Juan Aurich Peru José Guevara Jave Tiendas EFE
Juan Pablo II College Peru Santiago Acasiete Real Talen Sport, Boxes
Pirata Peru Jahir Butrón Front Nuevas Tierras
San Marcos Peru Nolberto Solano Ander Sport
Santos Peru Francisco Pizarro Palant Explosivos del Sur S.A
Union Huaral Argentina Alberto Valiente Atlos Solidario Peru
UCV Moquegua Peru Jaime Serna Palant Clinica del Sur
Universidad San Martin Peru Víctor Rivera Convert DoradoBet

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Regional Stage
Academia Cantolao Peru Jersi Socola End of contract 14 September 2023 Pre-season Argentina Adrián Taffarel 1 March 2024
Pirata Peru Segundo Quiroz 30 September 2023 Peru Jahir Butrón 1 January 2024
Binacional Argentina César Vaioli 30 October 2023 Peru Aristóteles Ramos 1 April 2024
Comerciantes Peru Marciel Salazar 23 November 2023 Uruguay Gustavo Roverano 23 November 2023
Ayacucho Argentina Sergio Castellanos Mutual agreement 12 December 2023 Argentina Jose Collati 20 March 2024
Deportivo Municipal Peru Santiago Acasiete 13 December 2023 Peru Víctor Rivera 31 December 2023
Deportivo Coopsol Peru Víctor Rivera 30 December 2023 Peru José Soto 6 March 2024
Carlos Stein Peru Moisés Cabada Sacked 31 December 2023 Argentina Marcelo Revuelta 1 March 2024
Santos Peru José Soto Mutual agreement 31 December 2023 Argentina Sergio Castellanos 10 January 2024
Union Huaral Peru Javier Arce End of contract 31 December 2023 Argentina Alberto Valiente 13 January 2024
ADA Peru Roberto Arrelucea Sacked 21 January 2024 Argentina Marcelo Grioni 24 January 2024
Binacional Peru Aristóteles Ramos 1 May 2024 7th Peru César Chávez-Riva 1 May 2024
ADA Argentina Marcelo Grioni 8 May 2024 5th Peru Luis La Torre 11 May 2024
Deportivo Coopsol Peru José Soto 31 May 2024 8th Argentina Alberto Valiente 1 June 2024
Carlos Stein Argentina Marcelo Revuelta 1 June 2024 9th Peru Gino Reyes (caretaker) 2 June 2024
UCV Moquegua Peru Erick Torres 3 June 2024 Peru Jaime Serna 4 June 2024
Binacional Peru César Chávez-Riva 10 June 2024 Peru Erick Torres 10 June 2024
Carlos Stein Peru Gino Reyes End of caretaker spell 10 June 2024 Peru Ramón Perleche 11 June 2024
ADA Peru Luis La Torre Sacked 29 June 2024 6th Peru Juan Carlos Bazalar 29 June 2024
Juan Pablo II College Peru Daniel Valderrama Mutual agreement 30 June 2024 5th Peru Alejandro Vásquez (caretaker) 1 July 2024
Deportivo Coopsol Argentina Alberto Valiente Sacked 4 July 2024 Peru Willy Laya 5 July 2024
Juan Pablo II College Peru Alejandro Vásquez End of caretaker spell 14 July 2024 Peru Santiago Acasiete 15 July 2024
Universidad San Martin Peru Duilio Cisneros Sacked 18 July 2024 Peru Raúl Penalillo 20 July 2024
Group Stage
Binacional Peru Erick Torres Sacked 31 July 2024 Peru Luis Flores 5 August 2024
Deportivo Municipal Peru Víctor Rivera 14 August 2024 Peru Hugo Sotil 25 August 2024
Universidad San Martin Peru Raúl Penalillo 17 August 2024 Peru Víctor Rivera 17 July 2024
San Marcos Peru Eduardo Vargas 6 September 2024 4th Peru Nolberto Solano 6 September 2024
Deportivo Llacuabamba Argentina Fernando Nogara 9 September 2024 Peru Luis Revilla 9 September 2024
Santos Argentina Sergio Castellanos 12 September 2024 Peru Francisco Pizarro 12 September 2024
ADA Peru Juan Carlos Bazalar Resigned 24 September 2024 Peru Omar Linares (caretaker) 24 September 2024
Play-offs
Comerciantes Uruguay Gustavo Roverano Sacked 28 September 2024 Peru Juan Carlos Bazalar 28 September 2024

Regional Stage

Zona Norte

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUH SMA LLA JP ADA PIR STE
1 Alianza Universidad 12 9 2 1 30 7 +23 29 Advance to Group Stage 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 7–0
2 San Marcos 12 7 2 3 25 14 +11 23 1–2 2–1 0–0 6–0 2–1 3–1
3 Deportivo Llacuabamba 12 6 3 3 30 10 +20 21 0–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 6–0
4 Juan Pablo II College 12 4 3 5 10 15 −5 15 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1
5 ADA 12 4 3 5 16 24 −8 15 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–1
6 Pirata 12 5 1 6 14 19 −5 13[a] 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2
7 Carlos Stein 12 0 0 12 10 46 −36 0 Qualification for Grupo Descenso 1–5 1–2 1–8 —[5] 2–4 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ The reduction of three points (-3) was applied to the club for not meeting the 2160 minutes of the minute bag in the Regional stage.

Zona Sur

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CFC SAN AYA MUN CAN COO USM UCV BIN
1 Comerciantes 16 9 6 1 26 13 +13 33 Advance to Group Stage 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 6–1
2 Santos 16 7 4 5 15 12 +3 25 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 —[6]
3 Ayacucho 16 7 3 6 15 14 +1 24 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
4 Deportivo Municipal 16 4 8 4 16 15 +1 20 1–1 0–0 —[7] 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
5 Academia Cantolao 16 6 2 8 16 20 −4 20 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
6 Deportivo Coopsol 16 5 4 7 21 27 −6 19 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–3 4–2 2–1
7 Universidad San Martín 16 3 9 4 19 22 −3 18 Qualification for Grupo Descenso 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0
8 UCV Moquegua 16 2 5 9 12 22 −10 11 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–1
9 Binacional 16 7 1 8 20 15 +5 10[a] 2–0 2–0 2–3 —[8] 2–0 4–0 3–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ The reduction of twelve points (-12) was applied to the club for not meeting the 2160 minutes of the minute bag in the Regional stage.

Group Stage

In the Group Stage, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the Regional stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the Regional Stage did not carry over during the Group Stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUH LLA SAN COO ADA MUN[9]
1 Alianza Universidad 10 7 1 2 15 12 +3 24 Advance to semi-finals 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 —[10]
2 Deportivo Llacuabamba 10 5 2 3 11 8 +3 17 Advance to quarter-finals 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 —
3 Santos 10 4 3 3 16 18 −2 16 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2
4 Deportivo Coopsol 10 4 3 3 11 11 0 15 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 —
5 ADA 10 4 1 5 10 15 −5 11[a] 3–4 1–0 2–4 1–1 —
6 Deportivo Municipal[9] 10 1 0 9 2 1 +1 −1[b] — —[11] — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 2024. Source: FPF
Notes:
  1. ^ ADA was docked a total of 2 points (Resolution N°124-CL-FPF-2024).
  2. ^ The FPF suspends the license of Deportivo Municipal for its participation in Liga 2 and the competitions organized by CONMEBOL. In addition, the club was docked a total of 4 points (Resolution N°127-CL-FPF-2024).

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JP CAN CFC SMA AYA PIR
1 Juan Pablo II College 10 6 1 3 16 12 +4 19 Advance to semi-finals 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–1
2 Academia Cantolao 10 5 3 2 16 12 +4 18 Advance to quarter-finals 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–3 2–2
3 Comerciantes 10 2 5 3 13 11 +2 13 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–1
4 San Marcos 10 4 3 3 14 15 −1 13[a] 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–3 4–1
5 Ayacucho 10 3 1 6 21 23 −2 10 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–3 4–1
6 Pirata 10 2 3 5 12 19 −7 9 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2024. Source: FPF
Notes:
  1. ^ San Marcos was docked a total of 3 points (Resolution N°128-CL-FPF-2024 and N°061-TL-FPF-2024).

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Academia Cantolao1–2Santos
  • Fernando López 90+4' (pen.)
  • Josuee Herrera 71' (pen.)
  • Gustavo Pereira 84'
Referee: Edwin Ordónez
Deportivo Llacuabamba0–1Comerciantes
  • Diego Saffadi 90+4'
Referee: Michael Espinoza

Semi-finals

First leg

Santos1–2Alianza Universidad
  • Luis Trujillo 66'
  • Jorginho Sernaqué 18'
  • Camilo Rodríguez 25'
Referee: Michael Espinoza
Comerciantes1–0Juan Pablo II College
  • Maximiliano Lemos 17'
Referee: Kevin Ortega

Second leg

Alianza Universidad3–0Santos
Referee: Joel Alarcón
Juan Pablo II College2–1Comerciantes
  • Facundo Rodríguez 18'
  • Nahuel Rodríguez 49'
  • Junior Zambrano 53'
Penalties
Romario Aliaga soccer ball with check mark
Jack Durán soccer ball with check mark
Facundo Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
Jorge Agüero soccer ball with red X
Gustavo Collantesoccer ball with check mark		 4–3 Adrian Quiroz soccer ball with check mark
Piero Vela soccer ball with check mark
Kevin Lugo soccer ball with red X
Leonardo Salas soccer ball with red X
Diego Saffadi soccer ball with check mark
Referee: Edwin Ordoñez

Final

Alianza Universidad1–0Juan Pablo II College
  • Yamir Oliva 90'
Referee: Bruno Pérez

Grupo Descenso

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BIN UCV USM STE
1 Binacional 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12 2–1 0–0 5–1
2 UCV Moquegua 6 3 2 1 15 4 +11 9[a] 0–0 1–1 6–1
3 Universidad San Martín 6 2 3 1 4 5 −1 9 0–0 0–3 1–0
4 Carlos Stein 6 0 0 6 3 20 −17 −2[b] Relegation to 2025 Liga 3 0–2 0–4 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ UCV Moquegua was docked a total of 2 points (Resolution N°123-CL-FPF-2024 and N°059-TL-FPF-2024).
  2. ^ Carlos Stein was docked a total of 2 points (Resolution N°126-CL-FPF-2024).

Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Mathías López Academia Cantolao 16
2 Peru Yoffre Vásquez San Marcos 13
3 Peru Junior Zambrano Comerciantes 11
Peru Josuee Herrera Santos
4 Peru Kelvin Sánchez Deportivo Llacuabamba 10

See also

References

  1. ^ Futbolperuano.com, Redacción- (2024-02-22). "El nuevo formato de la Liga 2 para el 2024". Futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  2. ^ Huaman, Gary (2024-04-12). "Liga 2 retiró del campeonato a 2 históricos clubes del Perú: ¿por qué no jugarán Segunda Divisón? [sic]". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  3. ^ Most stadiums are owned by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte (IPD).
  4. ^ "Peru". fussballtempel.net. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  5. ^ Carlos Stein fue sancionado por la Comisión de Licencias debido a infracciones cometidas el año pasado.
  6. ^ El partido de Santos FC contra Binacional no fue programado.
  7. ^ A través de un comunicado, el club edil anunció que el Tribunal de Licencias suspendió su licencia para jugar en la Liga 2 por cinco jornadas. Es decir, no participarán en el partido de este lunes contra Ayacucho FC.
  8. ^ El compromiso entre Deportivo Municipal y Binacional, correspondiente a la fecha 17 de la segunda división del fútbol peruano, programado para el domingo 14 de julio en Juliaca, fue suspendido “en cumplimiento de las resoluciones emitidas por la Comisión de Licencias”.
  9. ^ Comisión de Licencias suspendió licencia de Deportivo Municipal por tres fechas
  10. ^ En esta jornada inicial, el Alianza Universidad de Huánuco sumaría sus tres puntos sin jugar frente al Deportivo Municipal, debido a que el cuadro ‘edil’ tiene problemas de licencia.
  11. ^ ¡Le volvieron a quitar la Licencia a Deportivo Municipal!