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The Peru First Division ( Spanish pronunciation: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; known simply as First Division, and Liga 1 Te Apuesto for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, [1] is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when the first teams residing outside the Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in ...
Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club based in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of San Marcos but was forced to rename in 1931. [1] Since 1928, the club competes in the top tier of ...
The Peruvian football champions are the winners of the highest league in Peruvian football, which is currently named as Liga 1 and organized by Peruvian Football Federation. The Liga Peruana de Football was established in 1912. It was an amateur league that lasted until 1921 due to scheduling and organizing conflicts.
Football in Peru. Football is the most popular sport in Peru. Football/soccer in Peru was introduced by British immigrants, Peruvians returning from Great Britain, and by English sailors in the later half of the 19th century during their frequent stops at the port of Callao, which at that point was considered one of the most important ports of ...
FDPA maintains the Peruvian records in athletics . References ^ a b REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO - BASES Y NORMATIVAS PARA EL AÑO 2012 - DEPARTAMENTO TÉCNICO (in Spanish), FEDERACIÓN PERUANA DE ATLETISMO, retrieved September 29, 2012 ^ a b darwincho77, Atletismo Peru - HISTORIA DEL ATLETISMO EN EL PERÚ (in Spanish), retrieved September 29, 2012
Football is the most popular sport in Peru, and the Peru national football team have competed in the FIFA World Cup five times. 1930. 1970 (Quarterfinals) 1978 (Quarterfinals) 1982. 2018. The national team has also won two Copa América trophies: 1939 and 1975 .
Liga 1. The 2020 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Movistar 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 20 teams competed in the season with Binacional coming in as defending champions.
Alex Eduardo Valera Sandoval (born 16 May 1996), better known as Alex Valera, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes and the Peru national team .