Copa Perú

The Copa Perú is a football tournament in Peru. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but rather a series of league tournaments leading to an elimination tournament, with regional league clubs as participants. It guarantees its winner promotion to the professional Liga 1 and its runner-up a promotion to Liga 2.

Copa Perú
Founded1967 (1967)
First season1967
CountryPerú
Number of teams50 (National Stage)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion to Liga 1
Liga 2
Relegation to Ligas Departamentales
Current championsCarlos Stein (1st title)
(2019)
Most championshipsAtlético Torino (5 titles)
TV partnersGol Peru
2020 Copa Perú

History

The Copa Perú Trophy

In 1966, the First Division was named Descentralizado; teams from outside the capital of Lima were allowed to participate in the professional first division. The following year, the Copa Perú began, in which all non-professional teams in Peru were allowed to compete, with the winner to gain promotion to the First Division. After playing many elimination rounds, once six teams were left in the competition, they played in a final round-robin tournament in Lima.

In 1984, the First Division grew from 16 to 44 teams: after the first stage of the season, a Regional Championship qualified the teams for the Decentralizado, with 16 to 18 teams. The Copa Perú qualified teams for the Regional competition. Following this the tournament declined; 1987 was the last year in which a final was contested. The competitions was suspended as a result of the lack of interest and general economic crisis going on during President Alan García's first term. In 1992 the First Division returned to its normal format (16 teams). In 1993 the Copa Perú was returned as a competition for the Second Division, but only for teams outside of Lima. Since 1993 there has also been a Second Division for teams competing that are based in Lima.

In 1998, a major change took place: eight teams from the regional stage qualified for the Finals stage. This was played as a traditional cup tournament with home and away legs being played. The winner gains promotion to the First Division. In 2004, the tournament widened to 16 teams, so that teams from Lima could also compete. The winner and runner-up of the Second Division played in the Round of 16 of the Copa Peru. However, in 2006 this format was abolished as now the winner of the Second Division is promoted to the First Division. In 2008, the National Stage was modified. The four teams that qualified for the semi-finals played in a final group stage; the top two were promoted to the First Division.

In 2009, the Peruvian Football Federation officialized the creation of the Ligas Superiores del Peru. The Ligas Superiores will group to a select group of clubs of each department, that will be faced only among itself and will throw a champion and a runner-up that will agree directly, for now, to play a home run against the clubs that remain first and second in the Departmental Stage. For 2009, nine Departmental Confederacies had adopted them: Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Huánuco, Lambayeque, Pasco, Piura, Puno and Tumbes.

Format

Districts with a district league in the tournament.

The tournament has 5 stages. The first stage of the tournament is the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital), played from February to May. Districts hold a small league tournament to determine its winners which will qualify for the next stage. The second stage is the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial), played in June and July. The District winners play in groups and the winners qualify for the next stage. The third stage is the Departmental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental), consisting of another league tournament, between July and September.

Starting in 2015 under the leadership of the new Peruvian Football Federation president Edwin Oviedo, all the Regions of Peru are represented in the National Stage, which is played under Regional using the POT System, intellectual property of MatchVision company. The new National Stage starts in the first week of September.

This new phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.

The teams play a bracket tournament up to the Semi-finals. All four teams qualified to the semi-finals play a final group stage known as La Finalísima in Lima. The winner of the final group stage is promoted to the Liga 1 and the runner-up of the final group stage will be promoted to the Liga 2.

Champions

Season Champion Runner-up Third Place
1967Alfonso Ugarte de ChiclínOctavio EspinosaJuan Aurich
1968Carlos A. MannucciSport ChorrillosCNI
1969Carlos A. MannucciMelgarSan Lorenzo
1970Atlético TorinoMelgarUnión Ocopilla
CNI
1971MelgarUnión TumánJosé Gálvez
1972Atlético GrauLeón de HuánucoDeportivo Junín
1973Sportivo HuracánCiencianoDeportivo Pucalá
1974
No Tournament
1975Atlético TorinoSportivo HuracánCompañía Peruana de Teléfonos
1976Coronel BolognesiPesca PerúSport Ancash
1977Atlético TorinoJuventud La PalmaPesca Perú
1978Juventud La PalmaPesca PerúUTC
1979ADTComercial Aguas VerdesDefensor Lima
Deportivo Garcilaso
1980León de HuánucoUnión Gonzáles PradaLos Aguerridos
1981UTCJuventud La PalmaAtlético Grau
1982Atlético TorinoAtlético GrauCantolao
1983Sport PilsenDeportivo CañañaBarcelona
1984Los EspartanosAlianza AtléticoUniversitario (Tacna)
1985Hungaritos AgustinosTejidos La UniónSport Bolívar
1986Deportivo CañañaFélix DonayreDeportivo Camaná
1987LibertadCapitán ClaveroBancos Unidos
1988–1992
No Tournament
1993Aurich–CañañaAuroraMariano Santos
1994Atlético TorinoAuroraJosé Gálvez
1995La LoretanaSportivo HuracánMarsa
1996José GálvezUTCCoronel Bolognesi
1997Juan AurichUPAOCultural Hidro
1998I.M.I.Coronel BolognesiAlfonso Ugarte
Telefunken 20
1999UPAOAlfonso UgarteDeportivo Educación
Estudiantes de Medicina
2000Estudiantes de MedicinaCoronel BolognesiAtlético Grau
León de Huánuco
2001Coronel BolognesiUniversidad Cesar VallejoLeón de Huánuco
UNU
2002Atlético UniversidadAtlético GrauLeón de Huánuco
CNI
2003Universidad Cesar VallejoDeportivo EducaciónAbraham Valdelomar
Enersur
2004Sport ÁncashDeportivo MunicipalSenati
Sport Alfonso Ugarte
2005José GálvezSenatiAtlético Minero
Tambillo Grande
2006Total CleanHijos de AcosvinchosJuan Aurich
Deportivo Ingeniería
2007Juan AurichSport ÁguilaIDUNSA
Deportivo Hospital
2008Sport HuancayoCNIAtlético Torino
2009León de HuánucoTecnólogicoDefensor San José
Diablos Rojos
2010Unión ComercioAlianza UnicachiADT
Deportivo Hospital
2011Real GarcilasoPacíficoAlianza Universidad
Los Caimanes
2012UTCAlfonso UgarteAlianza Cristiana
Sport Victoria
2013San SimónUnión HuaralAlipio Ponce
Willy Serrato
2014Sport LoretoFuerza MineraLa Bocana
Sport Águila
2015La BocanaCantolaoAlfredo Salinas
Cristal Tumbes
2016Sport RosarioHualgayocBinacional
2017BinacionalAtlético GrauEstudiantil CNI
2018PirataAlianza UniversidadSantos
2019Carlos SteinDeportivo LlacuabambaChavelines Juniors

Titles by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Atlético Torino501970, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1994
Coronel Bolognesi221976, 20011998, 2000
León de Huánuco211980, 20091972
UTC211981, 20121996
Carlos A. Mannucci201968, 1969
José Gálvez201996, 2005
Juan Aurich201997, 2007
Atlético Grau1319721982, 2002, 2017
Juventud La Palma1219781977, 1981
Melgar1219711969, 1970
Sportivo Huracán1219731975, 1995
Deportivo Cañaña1119861983
Universidad César Vallejo1120032001
UPAO1119991997
Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín101967
ADT101979
Atlético Universidad102002
Aurich–Cañaña101993
Binacional102017
Carlos Stein102019
Estudiantes de Medicina102000
Hungaritos Agustinos101985
I.M.I.101998
La Bocana102015
La Loretana101995
Libertad101987
Los Espartanos101984
Pirata102018
Real Garcilaso102011
San Simón102013
Sport Ancash102004
Sport Huancayo102008
Sport Loreto102014
Sport Pilsen101983
Sport Rosario102016
Total Clean102006
Unión Comercio102010

Titles by region

Region Nº of titles Clubs
La Libertad 8 Carlos A. Mannucci (2), Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (1), Los Espartanos (1), Libertad (1), Sport Pilsen (1), UPAO (1), Universidad César Vallejo (1)
Piura 8 Atlético Torino (5), Atlético Grau (1), I.M.I. (1), La Bocana (1)
Lambayeque 6 Juan Aurich (2), Deportivo Cañaña (1), Aurich–Cañaña (1), Carlos Stein (1), Pirata (1)
Arequipa 5 Melgar (1), Sportivo Huracán (1), Atlético Universidad (1), Total Clean (1), Binacional (1)
Ancash 4 José Gálvez (2), Sport Áncash (1), Sport Rosario (1)
Cajamarca 2 UTC (2)
Huánuco 2 León de Huánuco (2)
Junín 2 ADT (1), Sport Huancayo (1)
Tacna 2 Coronel Bolognesi (2)
Ucayali 2 La Loretana (1), Sport Loreto (1)
Cusco 1 Real Garcilaso (1)
Ica 1 Estudiantes de Medicina (1)
Lima 1 Juventud La Palma (1)
Loreto 1 Hungaritos Agustinos (1)
Moquegua 1 San Simón (1)
San Martín 1 Unión Comercio (1)
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