2021 Liga 1 (Peru)

Liga 1

Season	2021
Dates	12 March – 28 November 2021
Champions	Alianza Lima (24th title)
Relegated	Cusco Alianza Universidad
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Universitario Universidad César Vallejo
Copa Sudamericana	Melgar Cienciano Sport Boys Ayacucho
Matches played	237
Goals scored	635 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Iberico Felipe Rodríguez (12 goals each)
Highest scoring	Cusco 3–5 Deportivo Municipal (18 October)
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Betsson 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 18 teams competed in the season, with Sporting Cristal coming in as defending champions.

The season was originally scheduled to start on 26 February 2021,^[1] while the draw, which was originally scheduled to take place on 5 February 2021,^[2] was postponed due to the effects of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.^[3] Because of this, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) also postponed the start of the tournament, with 12 March 2021 as the new date.^[4]

Alianza Lima were the champions, winning their twenty-fourth league title by defeating Sporting Cristal in the finals by a 1–0 aggregate score.^[5]

Competition format

The format for this season was unveiled by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional on 16 January 2021. The season was divided into three stages: Fase 1, Fase 2, and the Playoffs. In Fase 1, the 18 teams were drawn into two groups of nine with the winners of each group playing a final to decide the Fase 1 winner, while Fase 2 was played under a single round-robin format with the 18 teams playing each other once.

The playoffs were to be contested by the winners of Fase 1 and Fase 2, as well as the top two teams of the aggregate table, which would play two semifinals with the winners playing the final to decide the national champion. If the Fase 1 or Fase 2 winners also ended up in the top two of the aggregate table, they would get a bye to the finals. However, in case a team won both stages of the competition, the playoffs would not be played and that team would be declared as champion. The bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season were relegated, with the team placed in 16th place playing a relegation playoff against the Liga 2 runners-up.^[6]

It was expected that, pending approval from the Peruvian government and health authorities, the competition would be played at the teams' respective home stadiums after health concerns by the COVID-19 pandemic caused the previous season to be concluded in Lima.^[2] However, the Fase 1 and later the Fase 2 were confirmed to be played entirely in the Peruvian capital, with the return of province teams to their home stadiums expected for 2022.^[7][8]

Teams

18 teams played in the 2021 Liga 1 season. The top seventeen teams in the 2020 Liga 1 took part, along with the 2020 Liga 2 champions Alianza Atlético.

Team changes

Promoted from 2020 Liga 2	Relegated from 2020 Liga 1
Alianza Atlético (1st)	Atlético Grau (18th) Carlos Stein (19th) Deportivo Llacuabamba (20th)

Stadia and locations

Alianza Atlético

Alianza Universidad

Ayacucho

Carlos A. Mannucci
U. César Vallejo

Binacional

Cienciano
Cusco

Melgar

Sport Huancayo

UTC

Alianza Lima
Cantolao
Dep. Municipal
Sport Boys
Sporting Cristal
U. San Martín
Universitario

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Locations of the 2021 Liga 1 teams

Team	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity[9]
Academia Cantolao	Carlos Silvestri	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
Alianza Atlético	Marcelo Vivas	Sullana	Campeones del 36	5,000
Alianza Lima	Carlos Bustos	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,938
Alianza Universidad	Julio César Uribe	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	25,000
Ayacucho	Walter Fiori	Ayacucho	Ciudad de Cumaná	15,000
Binacional	Carlos Desio	Juliaca	Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina	20,030
Carlos A. Mannucci	Pablo Peirano	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Cienciano	Gerardo Ameli	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Cusco	Marcelo Grioni	Cusco	Garcilaso	45,056
Deportivo Municipal	Hernán Lisi	Lima	Iván Elías Moreno	10,000
Melgar	Néstor Lorenzo	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	60,370
Sport Boys	Ytalo Manzo (caretaker)	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
Sport Huancayo	Javier Arce	Huancayo	Estadio Huancayo	20,000
Sporting Cristal	Roberto Mosquera	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Universidad César Vallejo	José del Solar	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Universidad San Martín	José Espinoza	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Universitario	Gregorio Pérez	Lima	Monumental	80,093
UTC	Mario Viera	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000

The following stadiums were used to host matches:^[7]

Stadium	City
Alberto Gallardo	Lima
Alejandro Villanueva	Lima
Iván Elías Moreno	Lima
Miguel Grau	Callao
Monumental	Lima
Nacional	Lima
Universidad San Marcos	Lima
Villa Deportiva Nacional	Lima

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Fase 1
Melgar	Marco Valencia	End of caretaker spell	30 November 2020	Pre-season	Néstor Lorenzo	16 December 2020[10]
Alianza Lima	Daniel Ahmed	Sacked	2 December 2020[11]		Carlos Bustos	15 January 2021[12]
Deportivo Municipal	Víctor Rivera	Resigned	2 December 2020[13]		Franco Navarro	3 December 2020[14]
UTC	Franco Navarro	Signed by Deportivo Municipal	3 December 2020[15]		Pablo Garabello	4 December 2020[16]
Ayacucho	Gerardo Ameli	End of contract	18 December 2020[17]		Walter Fiori	18 December 2020[18]
Universidad San Martín	Héctor Bidoglio	Resigned	15 March 2021[19]		José Espinoza (caretaker)	15 March 2021[19]
Binacional	Luis Flores	Mutual consent	22 March 2021[20]	9th, Group B	César Chávez-Riva César Vaioli (caretakers)	22 March 2021
Universidad San Martín	José Espinoza	End of caretaker spell	30 March 2021	4th, Group A	César Payovich	30 March 2021[21]
Binacional	César Chávez-Riva César Vaioli		14 April 2021	8th, Group B	Rubén Darío Insúa	14 April 2021[22]
Cusco	Carlos Ramacciotti	Sacked	21 April 2021[23]	7th, Group B	Claudio Vivas	22 April 2021[24]
Sport Boys	Teddy Cardama		8 May 2021[25]	6th, Group B	Gustavo Álvarez[i]	12 May 2021[26]
Binacional	Rubén Darío Insúa	Mutual consent	8 May 2021[27]	8th, Group B	César Vaioli (caretaker)	9 May 2021[28]
UTC	Pablo Garabello		25 May 2021[29]	7th, Group A	Mario Viera	26 May 2021[30]
Fase 2
Binacional	César Vaioli	End of caretaker spell	21 May 2021	Pre-tournament	Carlos Desio	1 June 2021[31]
Cienciano	Marcelo Grioni	Mutual consent	24 May 2021[32]		Víctor Rivera	1 June 2021[33]
Alianza Universidad	Rony Revollar	Resigned	11 June 2021[34]		Julio César Uribe	12 June 2021[35]
Alianza Atlético	Jahir Butrón	Mutual consent	5 August 2021[36]	12th	Teddy Cardama	6 August 2021[37]
Sport Huancayo	Wilmar Valencia	Sacked	7 August 2021[38]	17th	Javier Arce	7 August 2021[38]
Cienciano	Víctor Rivera		14 August 2021[39]	12th	Gerardo Ameli	15 August 2021[40]
Universitario	Ángel Comizzo		18 August 2021[41]	7th	Juan Pajuelo (caretaker)	19 August 2021[42]
Cusco	Claudio Vivas		19 August 2021[43]	15th	Marcelo Grioni	20 August 2021[44]
Alianza Atlético	Teddy Cardama	Resigned	25 August 2021[45]	17th	Marcelo Vivas	25 August 2021[45]
Deportivo Municipal	Franco Navarro	Mutual consent	26 August 2021[46]	13th	Julio Argote (caretaker)	27 August 2021[47]
Universitario	Juan Pajuelo	End of caretaker spell	1 September 2021	12th	Gregorio Pérez	1 September 2021[48]
Deportivo Municipal	Julio Argote		1 September 2021	11th	Hernán Lisi	1 September 2021[49]
Sport Boys	Gustavo Álvarez	Mutual consent	1 September 2021[50]	8th	Ytalo Manzo (caretaker)	1 September 2021[51]
Universidad San Martín	César Payovich		20 September 2021[52]	18th	José Espinoza	20 September 2021[52]
Academia Cantolao	Jorge Espejo		28 September 2021[53]	13th	Carlos Silvestri	30 September 2021[54]

Notes

1. Juan Alayo was the interim manager for the Fase 1 8th round match against Alianza Lima.

Fase 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad San Martín	9	6	1	2	10	6	+4	19	Advance to Fase 1 final
2	Ayacucho	9	3	6	0	16	10	+6	15
3	Universitario	9	4	3	2	12	11	+1	15
4	Cienciano	9	4	2	3	14	12	+2	14
5	Carlos A. Mannucci	9	3	3	3	13	14	−1	12
6	Alianza Atlético	9	3	1	5	10	9	+1	10
7	UTC	9	3	1	5	9	12	−3	10
8	Academia Cantolao	9	3	1	5	8	13	−5	10
9	Melgar	9	2	3	4	11	12	−1	9

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	9	8	0	1	18	6	+12	24	Advance to Fase 1 final
2	Universidad César Vallejo	9	5	3	1	17	8	+9	18
3	Alianza Lima	9	4	4	1	12	6	+6	16
4	Sport Huancayo	9	3	3	3	8	9	−1	12
5	Sport Boys	9	3	1	5	12	14	−2	10
6	Alianza Universidad	9	3	1	5	8	13	−5	10
7	Cusco	9	1	5	3	12	13	−1	8
8	Deportivo Municipal	9	2	1	6	6	15	−9	7
9	Binacional	9	1	1	7	8	21	−13	4

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	AUH	AYA	BIN	CAN	CAM	CIE	CUS	MUN	MEL	SBA	SHU	CRI	UCV	USM	UNI	UTC
Alianza Atlético	—	0–0	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	—
Alianza Lima	—	—	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	2–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—
Alianza Universidad	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	—	0–3	—	—	—	1–2
Ayacucho	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	2–2	3–3	—
Binacional	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	0–4	1–2	—	—	—
Academia Cantolao	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	3–1	0–1
Carlos A. Mannucci	1–3	—	—	1–1	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—
Cienciano	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	5–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	1–0
Cusco	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	2–2	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—
Deportivo Municipal	—	—	1–0	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–4	—	—	—
Melgar	1–3	—	—	0–0	—	3–0	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—
Sport Boys	—	0–2	—	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	—	2–3	—	—	—
Sport Huancayo	—	0–0	3–3	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	0–0	—	—	—
Sporting Cristal	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	—	—	—
Universidad César Vallejo	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	2–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	—
Universidad San Martín	2–1	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—
Universitario	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	3–2	—	—	1–1	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	1–0
UTC	0–2	—	—	1–3	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fase 1 final

30 May 2021

14:00

Sporting Cristal	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Universidad San Martín
Hohberg 94' Riquelme 107' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kevin Ortega

Fase 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	17	12	4	1	27	11	+16	40	Advance to Playoffs and qualification for Copa Libertadores
2	Sporting Cristal	17	10	4	3	39	23	+16	34
3	Universitario	17	9	5	3	31	19	+12	32
4	Melgar	17	9	4	4	34	15	+19	31
5	Sport Boys	17	7	7	3	24	20	+4	28
6	Cienciano	17	6	8	3	27	20	+7	26
7	Deportivo Municipal	17	7	3	7	26	22	+4	24
8	Universidad César Vallejo	17	6	6	5	14	12	+2	24
9	Carlos A. Mannucci	17	7	3	7	27	26	+1	24
10	UTC	17	6	5	6	19	21	−2	23
11	Ayacucho	17	6	4	7	21	26	−5	22
12	Binacional	17	6	3	8	24	29	−5	21
13	Sport Huancayo	17	3	9	5	18	21	−3	18
14	Academia Cantolao	17	4	5	8	20	24	−4	17
15	Cusco	17	4	4	9	30	36	−6	16
16	Alianza Atlético	17	4	3	10	21	37	−16	15
17	Alianza Universidad	17	3	5	9	17	32	−15	14
18	Universidad San Martín	17	1	4	12	8	33	−25	7

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	AUH	AYA	BIN	CAN	CAM	CIE	CUS	MUN	MEL	SBA	SHU	CRI	UCV	USM	UNI	UTC
Alianza Atlético	—	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	—	0–2	3–3	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	—
Alianza Lima	—	—	—	4–1	3–2	2–1	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–3	—	—	—	2–0
Alianza Universidad	—	0–0	—	1–2	—	0–3	—	1–1	—	0–3	—	2–0	—	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	—
Ayacucho	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	3–2	1–3	1–3	—	—	1–2	—	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	—
Binacional	—	—	1–1	3–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5	1–2	—	3–4	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0
Academia Cantolao	—	—	—	2–2	1–2	—	—	—	—	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–4	—	—	—	2–0
Carlos A. Mannucci	—	0–1	1–1	—	3–1	1–0	—	1–3	—	1–2	1–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–3
Cienciano	—	1–1	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	—	—	2–3	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	—	—	—	2–2
Cusco	3–0	0–2	2–3	—	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–2[a]	—	3–5	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—
Deportivo Municipal	—	—	—	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	—	2–0	—	1–1
Melgar	—	—	3–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	6–0	1–2	0–1
Sport Boys	3–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	3–3	1–4	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	2–0	0–0	—
Sport Huancayo	—	—	4–3	1–1	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–3	1–1	—	1–2	—	3–1	1–3	0–0
Sporting Cristal	5–2	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–3	—	4–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	0–1	1–1	2–2	—
Universidad César Vallejo	2–0	0–1	3–1	—	—	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	—	—
Universidad San Martín	3–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–2	—
Universitario	2–2	1–2	—	—	—	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	0–2	—	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	—
UTC	3–1	—	1–0	0–2	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	1–1	—	1–6	0–0	4–0	0–1	—

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. The match had been awarded 3–0 to Cusco as Cienciano player Mathías Carpio was deemed to be ineligible.^[55] This ruling was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 20 January 2022.^[56]

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	26	18	4	4	57	29	+28	58	Advance to Playoffs and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Alianza Lima (C)	26	16	8	2	39	17	+22	56
3	Universitario[a]	26	13	8	5	43	30	+13	45	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Universidad César Vallejo	26	11	9	6	31	20	+11	42	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Melgar	26	11	7	8	45	27	+18	40	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage[b]
6	Cienciano[a]	26	10	10	6	41	32	+9	39
7	Sport Boys[a]	26	10	8	8	36	34	+2	37
8	Ayacucho	26	9	10	7	37	36	+1	37
9	Carlos A. Mannucci	26	10	6	10	40	40	0	36
10	UTC	26	9	6	11	28	33	−5	33
11	Sport Huancayo	26	6	12	8	26	30	−4	30
12	Deportivo Municipal[a]	26	9	4	13	32	37	−5	30
13	Academia Cantolao	26	7	6	13	28	37	−9	27
14	Alianza Atlético	26	7	4	15	31	46	−15	25
15	Binacional	26	7	4	15	32	50	−18	25
16	Universidad San Martín[a]	26	7	5	14	18	39	−21	25	Qualification for Relegation playoff
17	Cusco[a] (R)	26	5	9	12	42	49	−7	23	Relegation to Liga 2
18	Alianza Universidad[a] (R)	26	6	6	14	25	45	−20	23

Source: Liga 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Universitario was deducted two points, and Cusco, Universidad San Martín, Cienciano, Sport Boys, Alianza Universidad, and Deportivo Municipal were all deducted one point as punishment for failing to pay debts.^[57][58]
2. Since the winners of the 2021 Copa Bicentenario, Sporting Cristal, qualified for South American competition based on league performance, the Copa Sudamericana first stage berth allocated to the Copa Bicentenario winners was transferred to the aggregate table best placed team not yet qualified for international competition.

Playoffs

	Semi-finals							Finals
	Alianza Lima		—	—	—
	Bye		—	—	—
								Alianza Lima		1	0	1
								Sporting Cristal		0	0	0
	Sporting Cristal		—	—	—
	Bye		—	—	—

Finals

First leg

21 November 2021

15:00

Alianza Lima	1–0	Sporting Cristal
Barcos 33'	Report

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Referee: Diego Haro

Second leg

28 November 2021

15:00

Sporting Cristal	0–0	Alianza Lima
	Report

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Referee: Kevin Ortega

Alianza Lima won 1–0 on aggregate.

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was originally played by Binacional, as the team placed 16th in the Liga 1 aggregate table and the Liga 2 Revalidación winners Carlos Stein, with Carlos Stein winning on penalties after a 1–1 draw on aggregate. However, on 20 January 2022 the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a ruling by the FPF in which Cusco were awarded a 3–0 win in their Fase 2 match against Cienciano which had originally ended in a 2–2 draw. Due to this, Cusco fell to 17th place in the aggregate table and were relegated to Liga 2, while Binacional moved up one place to 15th and were reinstated in Liga 1.^[56]

On 21 January 2022, the FPF confirmed that they would abide by the CAS ruling and also ruled out a replay of the relegation playoff series, this time between Carlos Stein and Universidad San Martín who went up to 16th place in the aggregate table as an effect of this ruling, with which Universidad San Martín also avoided relegation whilst Carlos Stein's promotion was confirmed.^[59]

4 November 2021

15:00

Carlos Stein	0–1	Binacional
	Report	Arango 55'

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Referee: Michael Espinoza

7 November 2021

15:00

Binacional	0–1	Carlos Stein
	Report	Freitas 77'
Penalties
Mancilla Caraza Polar Rosell	2–4	Salas Freitas Ramírez Quiñones López

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Referee: Edwin Ordóñez

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Carlos Stein won on penalties and were promoted to Liga 1.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Luis Iberico	Melgar	12
	Felipe Rodríguez	Carlos A. Mannucci
3	Alexis Blanco	UTC	11
	Gabriel Leyes	Academia Cantolao
	Víctor Perlaza	Alianza Atlético
	Alex Valera	Universitario
	Joao Villamarín	Sport Boys
8	Hernán Barcos	Alianza Lima	10
	Marlon de Jesús	Binacional

Liga 1 awards

On 9 December 2021, the Liga 1 announced the nominees for the 2021 Liga 1 awards.^[60] The award ceremony was held on 15 December 2021, 18:00 local time (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters.^[61][62] The winners were chosen based on voting by coaches and captains of 2021 Liga 1 teams, local sports journalist and Liga 1 fans on social media.^[63]

Award	Winner	Club	Nominees	Club
Best player of the year	Hernán Barcos	Alianza Lima	Christofer Gonzáles	Sporting Cristal
			Josepmir Ballón	Alianza Lima
Best goalkeeper	Ángelo Campos	Alianza Lima	José Carvallo	Universitario
			Alejandro Duarte	Sporting Cristal
Best under-20 player	Jesús Castillo	Sporting Cristal	Jostin Alarcón	Sport Boys
			Arón Sánchez	Academia Cantolao
Best Coach	Carlos Bustos	Alianza Lima	Roberto Mosquera	Sporting Cristal
			José del Solar	Universidad César Vallejo
Goal of the Year	Erinson Ramírez (against Sporting Cristal, Fase 1)	Deportivo Municipal	Felipe Rodríguez (against Universidad San Martín, Fase 1)	Carlos A. Mannucci
			Gaspar Gentile (against Melgar, Fase 1)	UTC
			Kevin Quevedo (against Carlos A. Mannucci, Fase 2)	Melgar
			Piero Ratto (against Cienciano, Fase 2)	Deportivo Municipal
			Raziel García (against Alianza Atlético, Fase 2)	Cienciano

The following awards were also awarded:

• Top goalscorers: Two winners, both with 12 goals.
  • Luis Iberico from Melgar.
  • Felipe Rodríguez from Carlos A. Mannucci.
• Fair Play award: Alianza Lima (ranked first in the Fair Play standings).

Best XI

The best XI team of the 2021 Liga 1 season was also announced during the award ceremony.^[64]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Ángelo Campos (Alianza Lima)	Ricardo Lagos (Alianza Lima) Renzo Garcés (U. César Vallejo) Pablo Míguez (Alianza Lima) Jhilmar Lora (Sporting Cristal)	Christofer Gonzáles (Sporting Cristal) Josepmir Ballón (Alianza Lima) Raziel García (Cienciano)	Luis Iberico (Melgar) Hernán Barcos (Alianza Lima) Felipe Rodríguez (Carlos A. Mannucci)

See also

• 2022 Supercopa Peruana
• 2021 Copa Bicentenario
• 2021 Liga 2
• 2021 Copa Perú
• 2021 Copa Generación
• 2021 in Peruvian football

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External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Liga 1 news at Peru.com (in Spanish)
• Liga 1 statistics and news at Dechalaca.com (in Spanish)