1912 Liga Peruana de Football

Peruvian Primera División

1912 champion, Lima Cricket
Season	1912
Dates	5 May 1912 – 8 September 1912
Champions	Lima Cricket 1st Primera División title
Relegated	Sport Vitarte Escuela Militar de Chorrillos
1913 →

The 1912 Primera División was the first season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the league, The champion was Lima Cricket. This first season with organised league, covering Lima, Callao, and suburbs such as Miraflores and Barranco.^[1][2] It was organized by the homonymous entity, Liga Peruana de Football (Peruvian Football League), currently known as Professional Football Sports Association.^[3]

The inaugural season in 1912 established two divisions; Primera División and Segunda División, both of 8 clubs. The Primera División composed of Lima Cricket, Association FBC, Miraflores Sporting, Jorge Chávez N°1, Sport Alianza, Escuela Militar de Chorrillos, Sport Inca and Sport Vitarte while the Segunda División composed Atlético Grau N°1, Atlético Peruano, Carlos Tenaud N°1, Carlos Tenaud N°2, Sport Libertad Barranco, Sport Magdalena, Sporting Lima y Unión Miraflores.^[4]

Lima Cricket and Association FBC finished equal on points; Lima Cricket were declared champions on head-to-head record; Escuela Militar de Chorrillos withdrew halfway through the season when positioned last in the Primera División with a single point. The first match was played on 5 May 1912 between Lima Cricket and Sport Vitarte. The match was a 6–1 win for Lima Cricket.^[5][6]

Sport José Gálvez de Lima withdrew because of not agreeing with the competition format. The clubs from Callao (among which Atlético Chalaco) did not respond to the invitation to enter.

Teams

Team	City
Association FBC	Cercado de Lima
Escuela Militar de Chorrillos	Chorrillos, Lima
Jorge Chávez N°1	Cercado de Lima
Lima Cricket	Magdalena, Lima
Miraflores Sporting	Miraflores, Lima
Sport Alianza	La Victoria, Lima
Sport Inca	Rímac, Lima
Sport Vitarte	Ate, Lima

League table

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lima Cricket	0	0	0	0	0[a]	Champions
2	Association FBC	0	0	0	0	0[a]
3	Jorge Chávez N°1	0	0	0	0	0
4	Miraflores Sporting	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sport Alianza	0	0	0	0	0
6	Sport Inca	0	0	0	0	0
7	Sport Vitarte	0	0	0	0	0	1913 Segunda División
8	Escuela Militar de Chorrillos	0	0	0	0	0	Retired

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. LIMA 5–0 AFBC; AFBC 0–1 LIMA

Results

Round 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lima Cricket	6–1	Sport Vitarte
Association FBC	0–1	Sport Inca
Jorge Chávez N°1	2–0	Sport Alianza
Escuela Militar de Chorrillos	0–2	Miraflores Sporting

Round 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Miraflores Sporting	1–0	Sport Vitarte
Sport Alianza	1–0	Sport Inca

Round 6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lima Cricket	2–0	Sport Inca

Round 14

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Association FBC	0–1	Lima Cricket

References

1. "EL FÚTBOL EN LIMA, Difusión y popularización (1892-1912)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
2. Espectáculo deportivo y formación de identidades en el fútbol: Lima, primera mitad del siglo XX
3. "Nuestra Historia". ADFP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-05. The Professional Football Sports Association was officially founded on 12 May, 1912 under the name of "Liga Peruana de Football".
4. Nieto, Carlos. "Primera división 1912". Retrieved 2 February 2023.
5. Dechalaca.com El génesis del fútbol peruano
6. Perú temporada 1912 en RSSSF

External links

• Peru 1912 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Championship
• La Liga Peruana de Football