2018 in Peruvian football

The 2018 season in Peruvian football included all the matches of the different national male and female teams, as well as the local club tournaments, and the participation of these in international competitions in which representatives of the country's teams had participated.[1][2][3]

Football in Peru
Season2018
Men's football
Torneo DescentralizadoSporting Cristal
Segunda DivisiónUniversidad César Vallejo
Copa PerúPirata F.C.
Women's football
Copa PerúMunicipalidad de Majes
Peru

National teams

Peru national football team
Main article: Peru national football team

Kits
FIFA World Cup
Home
Away
Friendlies
Home
Away

FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Peru 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Australia 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 June FIFA World Cup Group C Peru  0–1  Denmark Saransk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Report Poulsen 59' Stadium: Mordovia Arena
Attendance: 40,502
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM)
21 June FIFA World Cup Group C France  1–0  Peru Yekaterinburg
20:00 YEKT (UTC+5) Mbappé 34' Report Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 32,789
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)
26 June FIFA World Cup Group C Australia  0–2  Peru Sochi
17:00 MSK (UTC+3) Report Carrillo 18'
Guerrero 50'		 Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,073
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)

Friendlies
24 March Friendly Peru  2–0  Croatia Miami Gardens
20:30 EDT (UTC−4) Carrillo 12'
Flores 48'		 Report Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium
Attendance: 46,893
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
27 March Friendly Peru  3–1  Iceland Harrison
20:00 EDT (UTC−4) Tapia 3'
Ruidíaz 58'
Farfán 75'		 Report Fjóluson 22' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 25,219
Referee: Ted Unkel (USA)
29 May Friendly Peru  2–0  Scotland Lima
20:00 PET (UTC−5) Cueva 37' (pen.)
Farfán 47'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
3 June Friendly Saudi Arabia  0–3  Peru St. Gallen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Carrillo 20'
Guerrero 41', 64'		 Stadium: kybunpark
Attendance: 18,053
Referee: Fedayi San (SUI)
9 June Friendly Sweden  0–0  Peru Gothenburg
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 32,163
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
6 September Friendly Netherlands  2–1  Peru Amsterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Depay 60', 83' Report Aquino 13' Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 40,127
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
9 September Friendly Germany  2–1  Peru Sinsheim
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Brandt 25'
Schulz 85'		 Report Advíncula 22' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,494
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
12 October Friendly Peru  3–0  Chile Miami Gardens
20:30 EDT (UTC−4) Roco 64' (o.g.)
Aquino 75', 86'		 Report Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium
Attendance: 34,016
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
16 October Friendly United States  1–1  Peru East Hartford
20:00 EDT (UTC−4) Sargent 49' Report Flores 86' Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium
Attendance: 24,959
Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV)
15 November Friendly Peru  0–2  Ecuador Lima
20:30 PET (UTC−5) Report A. Valencia 47'
E. Valencia 74'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Leodán González (URU)
20 November Friendly Peru  2–3  Costa Rica Arequipa
19:30 PET (UTC−5) Flores 20'
Farfán 73'		 Report McDonald 41'
Cruz 54'
Campbell 77' (pen.)		 Stadium: Virgen de Chapi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Orbe (ECU)

Peru women's national football team
Main article: Peru women's national football team

Copa América
Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 4 3 1 0 16 2 +14 10 Final stage
2  Chile (H) 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8
3  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7 2019 Pan American Games
4  Uruguay 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1
5  Peru 4 0 1 3 1 12 −11 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) Paraguay  3–0  Peru Estadio La Portada, La Serena
16:45
Report Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) Uruguay  1–1  Peru Estadio La Portada, La Serena
16:45
Report
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) Colombia  3–0  Peru Estadio La Portada, La Serena
16:45
Report Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)
12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) Peru  0–5  Chile Estadio La Portada, La Serena
19:00 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)


CONMEBOL competitions

CONMEBOL Libertadores
Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores

First stage
Oriente Petrolero Bolivia2–0Peru Universitario
 Report
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Universitario Peru3–1Bolivia Oriente Petrolero
 Report
  • Paredes 84'
Attendance: 17,000

Second stage
Santiago Wanderers Chile1–1Peru Melgar
 Report
Attendance: 7,435
Melgar Peru0–1Chile Santiago Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 7,500

Group stage
Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAN EST NAC RGA
1 Brazil Santos 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 Round of 16 — 2–0 3–1 0–0
2 Argentina Estudiantes 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8 0–1 — 3–1 3–0
3 Uruguay Nacional 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 Copa Sudamericana 1–0 0–0 — 4–0
4 Peru Real Garcilaso 6 1 3 2 2 7 −5 6 2–0 0–0 0–0 —
Source: CONMEBOL
Real Garcilaso Peru2–0Brazil Santos
 Report
Attendance: 35,190
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Estudiantes Argentina3–0Peru Real Garcilaso
 Report
Attendance: 35,932
Real Garcilaso Peru0–0Uruguay Nacional
Report
Attendance: 33,709
Nacional Uruguay4–0Peru Real Garcilaso
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Real Garcilaso Peru0–0Argentina Estudiantes
Report
Attendance: 29,801
Santos Brazil0–0Peru Real Garcilaso
Report
Attendance: 5,016


Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAL BOC JUN ALI
1 Brazil Palmeiras 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 16 Round of 16 — 1–1 3–1 2–0
2 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 9 0–2 — 1–0 5–0
3 Colombia Junior 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 Copa Sudamericana 0–3 1–1 — 1–0
4 Peru Alianza Lima 6 0 1 5 1 13 −12 1 1–3 0–0 0–2 —
Source: CONMEBOL
Alianza Lima Peru0–0Argentina Boca Juniors
Report
Attendance: 36,503
Palmeiras Brazil2–0Peru Alianza Lima
 Report
Attendance: 30,456
Alianza Lima Peru0–2Colombia Junior
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Junior Colombia1–0Peru Alianza Lima
 Report
Attendance: 29,001
Alianza Lima Peru1–3Brazil Palmeiras
 Report
Attendance: 15,873
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Boca Juniors Argentina5–0Peru Alianza Lima
 Report
Attendance: 47,854
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

CONMEBOL Sudamericana
Main article: 2018 Copa Sudamericana

First stage
Lanús Argentina4–2Peru Sporting Cristal
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Argentina Lanús
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Sport Rosario Peru0–0Uruguay Cerro
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Cerro Uruguay2–0Peru Sport Rosario
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)
UTC Peru2–0Uruguay Rampla Juniors
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dewson Freitas (Brazil)
Rampla Juniors Uruguay4–0Peru UTC
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Unión Española Chile0–0Peru Sport Huancayo
Report
Attendance: 3,602
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)
Sport Huancayo Peru3–0Chile Unión Española
 Report
Attendance: 4,000

Second stage
Caracas Venezuela2–0Peru Sport Huancayo
 Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Sport Huancayo Peru3–4Venezuela Caracas
 Report
Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

Men's football

Torneo Descentralizado
Main article: 2018 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo de Verano
Finals
First leg
Sport Huancayo1–1Sporting Cristal
 Report
Attendance: 8,352
Referee: Michael Espinoza
Second leg
Sporting Cristal1–0Sport Huancayo
 Report
Attendance: 19,936
Referee: Diego Haro

Sporting Cristal won the cup after defeating Sport Huancayo.[4]

Torneo Apertura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 15 9 5 1 27 7 +20 32 Advance to Playoffs and qualification to Copa Libertadores
2 Alianza Lima 15 8 3 4 24 16 +8 27
3 Real Garcilaso 15 8 2 5 19 19 0 26
4 Deportivo Municipal 15 7 3 5 21 16 +5 24
5 UTC 15 6 6 3 19 15 +4 24
6 Melgar 15 6 6 3 23 20 +3 24
7 Unión Comercio 15 6 5 4 17 16 +1 23
8 Binacional 15 6 3 6 15 14 +1 21
9 Sport Boys 15 4 7 4 20 21 −1 19
10 Sport Huancayo 15 4 6 5 16 15 +1 18
11 Universitario 15 4 6 5 18 21 −3 18
12 Sport Rosario[lower-alpha 1] 15 6 3 6 21 24 −3 17
13 Cantolao 15 4 5 6 21 27 −6 17
14 Universidad San Martín 15 2 7 6 20 23 −3 13
15 Ayacucho 15 3 3 9 17 21 −4 12
16 Comerciantes Unidos 15 0 4 11 10 33 −23 4
Source: ADFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots; 5) Play-off (only if needed to decide first place).
If two teams are tied in points for first place: 2) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. Sport Rosario were deducted 4 points for an outstanding debt.[5]

Torneo Clausura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melgar 15 9 3 3 21 13 +8 30 Advance to Playoffs and qualification to Copa Libertadores
2 Alianza Lima 15 8 3 4 20 14 +6 27
3 Ayacucho 15 7 5 3 30 25 +5 26
4 Universitario 15 8 2 5 20 17 +3 26
5 Sporting Cristal 15 7 3 5 37 14 +23 24
6 Unión Comercio 15 7 2 6 29 25 +4 23
7 Universidad San Martín 15 6 4 5 20 20 0 22
8 Real Garcilaso 15 5 6 4 26 22 +4 21
9 Cantolao[lower-alpha 1] 15 7 1 7 18 22 −4 20
10 Deportivo Municipal[lower-alpha 2] 15 6 3 6 15 19 −4 20
11 Sport Boys 15 5 3 7 21 23 −2 18
12 Comerciantes Unidos[lower-alpha 3] 15 5 3 7 15 19 −4 17
13 Binacional 15 5 2 8 14 25 −11 17
14 UTC[lower-alpha 4] 15 4 5 6 14 14 0 16
15 Sport Huancayo 15 3 7 5 19 22 −3 16
16 Sport Rosario[lower-alpha 5] 15 1 2 12 10 35 −25 2
Source: ADFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots; 5) Play-off (only if needed to decide first place).
If two teams are tied in points for first place: 2) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. Cantolao were deducted 2 points for an outstanding debt.
  2. Deportivo Municipal were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
  3. Comerciantes Unidos were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
  4. UTC were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
  5. Sport Rosario were deducted 3 points for an outstanding debt.

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal[lower-alpha 1] (C) 44 26 11 7 106 36 +70 91 Qualification to Playoffs and Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Melgar 44 21 16 7 64 46 +18 79 Qualification to Playoffs and Copa Libertadores second stage
3 Alianza Lima[lower-alpha 2] 44 21 10 13 60 47 +13 74 Qualification to Playoffs and Copa Libertadores group stage
4 Real Garcilaso 44 19 10 15 66 64 +2 67 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Deportivo Municipal[lower-alpha 3] 44 19 8 17 60 56 +4 64 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 Sport Huancayo 44 15 16 13 64 57 +7 61
7 UTC[lower-alpha 4] 44 15 16 13 47 48 −1 60
8 Binacional 44 16 11 17 47 56 −9 59
9 Universitario 44 14 15 15 54 59 −5 57
10 Unión Comercio 44 15 10 19 61 69 −8 55
11 Universidad San Martín 44 12 18 14 60 61 −1 54
12 Cantolao[lower-alpha 5] 44 15 11 18 53 62 −9 54
13 Ayacucho 44 14 10 20 69 80 −11 52
14 Sport Boys 44 12 14 18 56 65 −9 50
15 Sport Rosario[lower-alpha 6] (R) 44 13 7 24 54 80 −26 39 Relegation to 2019 Liga 2
16 Comerciantes Unidos[lower-alpha 7] (R) 44 9 9 26 43 78 −35 35
Source: ADFP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots; 5) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation).
If two teams are tied in points for penultimate place: 2) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Sporting Cristal were awarded 2 points for winning the 2018 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva.
  2. Alianza Lima were awarded 1 point for being 2018 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva runners-up.
  3. Deportivo Municipal were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
  4. UTC were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
  5. Cantolao were deducted 2 points for an outstanding debt.
  6. Sport Rosario were deducted 7 points for outstanding debts.[5]
  7. Comerciantes Unidos were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.

Semi-final
First Leg
Alianza Lima3–3Melgar
 Report
Attendance: 28,905
Referee: Kevin Ortega
Second Leg
Melgar2–2Alianza Lima
 Report
Penalties
 0–2
Attendance: 30,177
Referee: Joel Alarcón

Final
First Leg
Alianza Lima1–4Sporting Cristal
  • Adrianzén 83'
 Report
Attendance: 30,266
Referee: Diego Haro
Second Leg
Sporting Cristal3–0Alianza Lima
 Report
Attendance: 34,635

Sporting Cristal won the cup after defeating Alianza Lima.[6]

Segunda División
Main article: 2018 Peruvian Segunda División

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad César Vallejo 28 19 5 4 55 19 +36 62 Advance to Liguilla
2 Carlos A. Mannucci 28 16 7 5 66 30 +36 55
3 Cienciano 28 17 4 7 63 30 +33 55
4 Unión Huaral 28 14 6 8 58 39 +19 48
5 Hualgayoc[lower-alpha 1] 28 13 9 6 49 38 +11 48
6 Juan Aurich 28 14 5 9 51 27 +24 47 Advance to Liguilla
7 Alianza Atlético 28 14 5 9 48 37 +11 47
8 Atlético Grau 28 12 6 10 58 42 +16 42
9 Deportivo Coopsol 28 9 10 9 46 32 +14 37
10 Cultural Santa Rosa 28 11 4 13 38 36 +2 37
11 Los Caimanes 28 7 6 15 38 57 −19 27
12 Sport Victoria 28 6 7 15 34 54 −20 25
13 Sport Loreto 28 6 6 16 38 68 −30 24
14 Alfredo Salinas 28 5 6 17 25 66 −41 21 Relegation to 2019 Copa Perú
15 Serrato Pacasmayo 28 2 4 22 23 115 −92 10
Source: ADFP-SD - official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.
Notes:
  1. Hualgayoc was disqualified from the play-off because of financial problems.

Third-place play-off
Juan Aurich2–1Cienciano
Cienciano3–1Juan Aurich

Final
Carlos A. Mannucci1–1Universidad César Vallejo
Universidad César Vallejo3–1Carlos A. Mannucci

Universidad César Vallejo won the cup after defeating Carlos A. Mannucci.[7]

Copa Perú
Main article: 2018 Copa Perú

Final group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pirata 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 2019 Liga 1
2 Alianza Universidad 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6 Promotion Play-off
3 Santos 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
4 UDA 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
Source: Dechalaca.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.
Promotion

The best placed team, Pirata FC, was promoted to the first level the following year.[8]

Women's football

Copa Peru
Final
Final
Municipalidad de Majes1–1JC Sport Girls
Penalties
7-5

Municipalidad de Majes won the cup after defeating JC Sport Girls.[2]

References
  1. "Peru 2018". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  2. Nieto, Carlos. "PERUFOOTBALL - Campeonato Nacional Femenino 2018". www.perufootball.org. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  3. Nieto, Carlos. "Seleccion peruana en Rusia 2018". www.perufootball.org. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. "¡Sporting Cristal consiguió el Torneo de Verano! Venció 1-0 a Sport Huancayo". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  5. Depor, Redacción (25 July 2018). "Alianza Lima: Sport Rosario perdió la punta del Torneo Apertura porque la CJ-FPF le quitó 4 puntos". depor.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. "¡Sporting Cristal campeón 2018! Goleó 3-0 a Alianza Lima en la segunda final". Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. "César Vallejo campeón de Segunda División: así festejaron los poetas el ascenso en Casa Grande". Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. "PERUFOOTBALL COPA PERU 2018". www.perufootball.org. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
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