1965 Peruvian Primera División

Primera División
Season	1965
Dates	19 July 1965 –; 26 December 1965
Champions	Alianza Lima; 14th league title
Relegated	Ciclista Lima
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima; Universitario
Top goalscorer	Carlos Urrunaga (16) (Defensor Lima)
	← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima. This was the first season to qualify two teams to the Copa Libertadores and the last to only include teams from Lima and Callao.

Format

The season was divided into two stages. In the first stage, each team played the others twice (a double round robin system) for a total of 18 games. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a loss. The teams carried their records from the first stage into the second stage. In the second stage, the teams were separated into two groups; an upper-table group and lower-table group. Each group played a further 4 games against the teams in their group. The upper group played for the league title and the lower group played to avoid relegation. The season champion and runner-up qualified for the 1966 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1964 Segunda División	Relegated from 1964 Primera División
Defensor Arica (1st)	KDT Nacional (10th)

Stadia locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Carlos Concha	Callao
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima
Ciclista Lima	Cercado de Lima
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Universitario	Breña, Lima

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	18	11	6	1	29	14	+15	28	Liguilla Final
2	Universitario	18	9	5	4	27	17	+10	23
3	Defensor Lima	18	9	4	5	35	21	+14	22
4	Deportivo Municipal	18	10	2	6	21	20	+1	22
5	Defensor Arica	18	9	3	6	30	21	+9	21
6	Sporting Cristal	18	8	3	7	29	23	+6	19	Liguilla Descenso
7	Sport Boys	18	7	4	7	26	27	−1	18
8	Centro Iqueño	18	3	5	10	19	33	−14	11
9	Carlos Concha	18	3	4	11	29	47	−18	10
10	Ciclista Lima	18	1	4	13	15	37	−22	6

Source: Peru 1965 season

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played in Lima and Callao.

Home \ Away	ALI	CAR	IQU	CIC	DAR	DLI	MUN	SBA	CRI	UNI
Alianza Lima		3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Carlos Concha	1–2		—	—	—	—	—	3–4	—	0–3
Centro Iqueño	0–2	—		—	—	—	—	2–1	—	0–2
Ciclista Lima	0–1	—	—		—	—	—	1–1	—	0–1
Defensor Arica	0–1	—	—	—		—	—	3–0	—	1–1
Defensor Lima	2–2	—	—	—	—		—	2–2	—	0–2
Deportivo Municipal	1–0	—	—	—	—	—		1–0	—	0–1
Sport Boys	0–3	4–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0		0–2	3–0
Sporting Cristal	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0		1–1
Universitario	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1965. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ALI	UNI	DAR	DLI	MUN
1	Alianza Lima	22	12	8	2	35	18	+17	32	1966 Copa Libertadores				1–1	3–0
2	Universitario	22	13	5	4	37	21	+16	31	1966 Copa Libertadores	1–0				3–2
3	Defensor Arica	22	11	4	7	36	27	+9	26		2–2	1–3
4	Defensor Lima	22	10	5	7	44	28	+16	25			1–3	—
5	Deportivo Municipal	22	10	2	10	24	32	−8	22				—	—

Source: Peru 1965 season

Liguilla Descenso

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CRI	SBA	IQU	CAR	CIC
1	Sporting Cristal	22	10	5	7	41	31	+10	25			3–1			—
2	Sport Boys	22	9	5	8	34	33	+1	23				0–0	4–3
3	Centro Iqueño	22	4	8	10	24	37	−13	16		—			—
4	Carlos Concha	22	4	5	13	39	58	−19	13		—				—
5	Ciclista Lima	22	1	5	16	17	46	−29	7	1966 Segunda División		0–3	—