1937 Peruvian Primera División

The 1937 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Sport Boys.

Peruvian Primera División

Sport Boys, champion
Season	1937
Dates	30 May 1937 – 12 September 1937
Champions	Sport Boys (2nd title)
Relegated	Telmo Carbajo Sportivo Melgar Sportivo Tarapacá
Matches played	45
Goals scored	167 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juan Flores (10)
← 1935 1938 →

The whole tournament was played in two stadiums:

Stadium	City
National Stadium	Lima
Estadio Modelo de Bellavista	Callao

Format

• In this season, the results of a reserve teams league were added as bonus points.
• From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walkover:0.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1935 Primera B	Promoted from 1935 Liga Provincial del Callao	Promoted from 1936 Primera División Unificada
Sporting Tabaco (1st)	Atlético Chalaco (1st) Telmo Carbajo (2nd)	Deportivo Municipal (1st) Sportivo Melgar (2nd)

Stadia and Locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima
Sportivo Melgar	Cercado de Lima
Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	Cercado de Lima
Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Telmo Carbajo	Callao
Universitario	Cercado de Lima

División de Honor

Primeros Equipos

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport Boys	9	7	2	0	26	11	+15	25	Champions
2	Alianza Lima	9	5	2	2	21	11	+10	21
3	Universitario	9	5	1	3	21	22	−1	20
4	Atlético Chalaco	9	4	2	3	16	18	−2	19
5	Deportivo Municipal	9	3	3	3	15	8	+7	18
6	Sucre	9	4	0	5	21	20	+1	17
7	Sporting Tabaco	9	3	2	4	10	11	−1	17
8	Telmo Carbajo	9	3	2	4	10	15	−5	17
9	Sportivo Melgar	9	3	1	5	21	27	−6	16
10	Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	9	0	1	8	6	24	−18	10

Source:

Results

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

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	MUN	SBA	TAB	MEL	TAR	SUC	TEL	UNI
Alianza Lima		4–0	0–0		1–3	6–3		3–2
Atlético Chalaco				3–3		1–0	2–0		0–0
Deportivo Municipal		4–1			1–1			0–2		6–0
Sport Boys	1–1		1–0			4–2		4–2	3–0
Sporting Tabaco		2–4		1–2		0–1	1–1			0–1
Sportivo Melgar			1–1				5–2	2–7		3–5
Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	0–3		0–2	1–4					0–2
Sucre		3–2			0–1		2–0		2–3
Telmo Carbajo	0–2		2–1		0–1	1–4
Universitario	2–1	2–3		1–4			3–2	5–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1937. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tabla Absoluta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Resv.	Total	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	9	7	2	0	26	11	+15	25	2.625	27.625	Champions
2	Alianza Lima	9	5	2	2	21	11	+10	21	3.125	24.125
3	Universitario	9	5	1	3	21	22	−1	20	3.5	23.5
4	Deportivo Municipal	9	3	3	3	15	8	+7	18	3.75	21.75
5	Atlético Chalaco	9	4	2	3	16	18	−2	19	2.625	21.625
6	Sucre	9	4	0	5	21	20	+1	17	2.5	19.5
7	Sporting Tabaco	9	3	2	4	10	11	−1	17	2.5	19.5
8	Telmo Carbajo	9	3	2	4	10	15	−5	17	2	19	1938 Liga Provincial del Callao
9	Sportivo Melgar	9	3	1	5	21	27	−6	16	3	19	1938 Liga Provincial de Lima
10	Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril	9	0	1	8	6	24	−18	10	1.375	11.375

External links

• Peru 1937 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)