Copa Perú
Founded1967 (1967)
First season1967
CountryPerú
Number of teams50 (National Stage)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toLiga 3 (1 Spots)
Relegation toLigas Departamentales
Current championsADA (1st title)
(2023)
Most championshipsAtlético Torino (5 titles)
TV partnersDirecTV
Current: 2023 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 2.

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.[1]

In 1974, the tournament ended at the Regional Stage and no Final took place. The departamental champions qualified for the 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional with the last teams from the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado that had to revalidate the category. At the end of the 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional, the teams Alfonso Ugarte, Barrio Frigorífico, Carlos A. Mannucci, Deportivo Junín, Piérola, Unión Huaral, Unión Pesquero and Walter Ormeño were promoted to the 1974 Torneo Descentralizado.

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.

On August 23, 2022, it was announced that from 2023, the Copa Perú would only give promotion to Liga 2 due to the reforms of Peruvian football by the FPF.[2]

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 and the runner-up of the final group stage will be promoted to the Liga 2.

Division levels

Year Level Promotion to Relegation to
1967–2022
2
Primera División
Segunda División
Ligas Departamentales
2023
3
Liga 2Ligas Departamentales
2024
4
Liga 3Ligas Departamentales

Champions

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up
1
1967Alfonso Ugarte de ChiclínOctavio Espinosa
2
1968Carlos A. MannucciSport Chorrillos
3
1969Carlos A. MannucciMelgar
4
1970Atlético TorinoMelgar
5
1971MelgarUnión Tumán
6
1972Atlético GrauLeón de Huánuco
7
1973Sportivo HuracánCienciano
1974No champion crowned. It was only played until the Regional Stage.[A]
(See: 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional)
8
1975Atlético TorinoSportivo Huracán
9
1976Coronel BolognesiPesca Perú
10
1977Atlético TorinoJuventud La Palma
11
1978Juventud La PalmaPesca Perú
12
1979ADTComercial Aguas Verdes
13
1980León de HuánucoUnión Gonzáles Prada
14
1981UTCJuventud La Palma
15
1982Atlético TorinoAtlético Grau
16
1983Sport PilsenDeportivo Cañaña
17
1984Los EspartanosAlianza Atlético
18
1985Hungaritos AgustinosTejidos La Unión
19
1986Deportivo CañañaFélix Donayre
20
1987LibertadCapitán Clavero
1988–1992No champions crowned. It was only played until the Regional Stage.[B]
21
1993Aurich–CañañaAurora
22
1994Atlético TorinoAurora
23
1995La LoretanaSportivo Huracán
24
1996José GálvezUTC
25
1997Juan AurichDeportivo UPAO
26
1998I.M.I.Coronel Bolognesi
27
1999Deportivo UPAOAlfonso Ugarte
28
2000Estudiantes de MedicinaCoronel Bolognesi
29
2001Coronel BolognesiUniversidad Cesar Vallejo
30
2002Atlético UniversidadAtlético Grau
31
2003Universidad Cesar VallejoDeportivo Educación
32
2004Sport ÁncashDeportivo Municipal
33
2005José GálvezSenati
34
2006Total CleanHijos de Acosvinchos
35
2007Juan AurichSport Águila
36
2008Sport HuancayoCNI
37
2009León de HuánucoTecnólogico
38
2010Unión ComercioAlianza Unicachi
39
2011Real GarcilasoPacífico
40
2012UTCAlfonso Ugarte
41
2013San SimónUnión Huaral
42
2014Sport LoretoUnión Fuerza Minera
43
2015Defensor La BocanaAcademia Cantolao
44
2016Sport RosarioDeportivo Hualgayoc
45
2017BinacionalAtlético Grau
46
2018PirataAlianza Universidad
47
2019Carlos SteinDeportivo Llacuabamba
2020
No completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
48
2021ADTAlfonso Ugarte
49
2022Deportivo GarcilasoComerciantes
50
2023ADASan Marcos

Footnotes

A. ^ In this year the tournament ended at the Regional Stage and no Final took place. The departamental champions qualified for the 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional with the last teams from the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado that had to revalidate the category. At the end of the 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional, the teams Alfonso Ugarte, Barrio Frigorífico, Carlos A. Mannucci, Deportivo Junín, Piérola, Unión Huaral, Unión Pesquero and Walter Ormeño were promoted to the 1974 Torneo Descentralizado.
B. ^ From 1988 to 1992, no Final tournaments were held. Regional champions entered the Peruvian Primera División’s Regional tournaments.

Titles by club

Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Atlético Torino51970, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1994
Coronel Bolognesi221976, 20011998, 2000
León de Huánuco211980, 20091972
UTC211981, 20121996
ADT21979, 2021
Carlos A. Mannucci21968, 1969
José Gálvez21996, 2005
Juan Aurich21997, 2007
Atlético Grau1319721982, 2002, 2017
Juventud La Palma1219781977, 1981
Melgar1219711969, 1970
Sportivo Huracán1219731975, 1995
Deportivo Cañaña1119861983
Universidad César Vallejo1120032001
Deportivo UPAO1119991997
ADA12023
Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín11967
Atlético Universidad12002
Aurich–Cañaña11993
Binacional12017
Carlos Stein12019
Defensor La Bocana12015
Deportivo Garcilaso12022
Estudiantes de Medicina12000
Hungaritos Agustinos11985
I.M.I.11998
La Loretana11995
Libertad11987
Los Espartanos11984
Pirata12018
Real Garcilaso12011
San Simón12013
Sport Ancash12004
Sport Huancayo12008
Sport Loreto12014
Sport Pilsen11983
Sport Rosario12016
Total Clean12006
Unión Comercio12010

Titles by region

Region Nº of titles Clubs
La Libertad Region La Libertad 8 Carlos A. Mannucci (2), Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (1), Los Espartanos (1), Libertad (1), Sport Pilsen (1), Deportivo UPAO (1), Universidad César Vallejo (1)
Department of Piura Piura 8 Atlético Torino (5), Atlético Grau (1), I.M.I. (1), Defensor La Bocana (1)
Department of Lambayeque Lambayeque 6 Juan Aurich (2), Deportivo Cañaña (1), Aurich–Cañaña (1), Carlos Stein (1), Pirata (1)
Arequipa Arequipa 5 Melgar (1), Sportivo Huracán (1), Atlético Universidad (1), Total Clean (1), Binacional (1)
Ancash Ancash 4 José Gálvez (2), Sport Áncash (1), Sport Rosario (1)
Junín Region Junin 3 ADT (2), Sport Huancayo (1)
Department of Cajamarca Cajamarca 3 UTC (2), ADA (1)
Cusco Cusco 2 Real Garcilaso (1), Deportivo Garcilaso (1)
Department of Huánuco Huánuco 2 León de Huánuco (2)
Department of Tacna Tacna 2 Coronel Bolognesi (2)
Department of Ucayali Ucayali 2 La Loretana (1), Sport Loreto (1)
Ica Region Ica 1 Estudiantes de Medicina (1)
Lima Lima 1 Juventud La Palma (1)
Loreto Region Loreto 1 Hungaritos Agustinos (1)
Department of Moquegua Moquegua 1 San Simón (1)
San Martín Region San Martín 1 Unión Comercio (1)

References

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