Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol (Peru)

The Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol also called the Campeonato Nacional, it was an official Peruvian football competition created and then organized by the Peruvian Football Federation, it was played until the 1963 season. It was practically an interleague tournament, in which the provincial teams from the different departments that made up the Inca nation participated and also that depended on the Peruvian Federation. It was really the first great National Tournament held in football in Peru.

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol
Founded1928
Folded1980 (1980)
Region Peru

The champion received the Copa Presidente, donated by the President of the Republic Óscar Benavides.[1]

Until the 1937 edition, the football players of the First Division teams belonging to those cities participated in the tournament representing Lima and Callao. Between the 1939 and 1944 editions both cities participated forming a single selection. In the following tournaments, the teams from Lima and Callao were made up of players from their respective amateur leagues.

Towards the mid-1960s, the tournament gradually lost interest from the fans due to the inclusion of clubs representing the teams from other regions of Peru, the Torneo Descentralizado were born in 1966, then with the project of Víctor Nagaro Bianchi,[2] as head of the Consejo Nacional del Deporte equivalent to what is currently the Instituto Peruano del Deporte appointed in 1965 by President Fernando Belaúnde Terry during his first government, whose idea was to emulate the decentralized tournaments of that time in Italy and France where the entire country.

Champions
Ed. Season Champion Runner-up
1
1928Lima Lima
Callao Callao		Arequipa Arequipa
2
1932Arequipa Arequipa[3]
Lima Lima
Callao Callao		—
3
1935Department of Piura SullanaLima Lima
4
1937Callao CallaoDepartment of Lambayeque Chiclayo
5
1939LimaCallao Lima–CallaoIca Region Ica
6
1942LimaCallao Lima–Callao[4]La Libertad Region Chicama
7
1944LimaCallao Lima–CallaoIca Region Ica
8
1946Ica Region Ica[5]Department of Lambayeque Chiclayo
9
1952La Libertad Region Trujillo[6]Arequipa Arequipa
10
1953Arequipa Arequipa[7]Ica Region Ica
11
1954Department of Piura TalaraIca Region Pisco
12
1955Lima HuachoDepartment of Piura Talara
13
1956Arequipa ArequipaDepartment of Lambayeque Lambayeque
14
1958Department of Piura TalaraIca Region Ica
15
1960Department of Piura PiuraJunín Region Huancayo
16
1963Huancavelica Huancavelica[8]Lima Cañete
17
1980Department of Tacna Tacna[9]Department of Piura Piura

Titles by region
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Arequipa Arequipa321932, 1953, 19561928, 1952
Callao Callao3—1928, 1932, 1937—
LimaCallao Lima–Callao3—1939, 1942, 1944—
Lima Lima211928, 19321935
Department of Piura Talara211954, 19581955
Ica Region Ica1419461939, 1944, 1953, 1958
Department of Piura Piura1119601980
Lima Huacho1—1955—
Huancavelica Huancavelica1—1963—
Department of Piura Sullana1—1935—
Department of Tacna Tacna1—1980—
La Libertad Region Trujillo1—1952—
Department of Lambayeque Chiclayo—2—1937, 1946
Lima Cañete—1—1963
La Libertad Region Chicama—1—1942
Junín Region Huancayo—1—1960
Department of Lambayeque Lambayeque—1—1956
Ica Region Pisco—1—1954

References
  1. Sullana Campeón Nacional: Del 36, pero del 35
  2. "El padre de la Copa Perú". Año IX. Lima: Montecristo S.A.C. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ¡Un Partido Memorable!
  4. 'Lolo' Fernández con la selección de Lima-Callao ante la de Chicama: Contienda achicada
  5. Municipalidad de Ica rendirá homenaje póstumo a destacado deportista Néstor Casimiro Borjas
  6. Un día como hoy Trujillo fue campeón nacional de futbol 1952
  7. ¡Arequipa Campeón Nacional 1953!
  8. Unión Deportivo Ascensión - UDA
  9. Selección de Tacna celebra 40 años de título nacional
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