1949 Peruvian Primera División

Campeonato de Selección y Competencia
Season	1949
Dates	29 January 1949 –; 1 January 1950
Champions	Universitario (7th title)
Matches played	84
Goals scored	329 (3.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emilio Salinas (18)
	← 1948 1950 →

The 1949 Campeonato de Selección y Competencia was the 33rd season of the Peruvian Primera División. Eight teams participated in the second-to-last amateur-status championship, which was played as a triple round-robin tournament. The champions were Universitario. No team was relegated; therefore the top-flight grew to 10 teams for 1950.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1948 Segunda División	Relegated from 1948 Primera División
Centro Iqueño (1st)	Ciclista Lima (8th) Jorge Chávez (9th)

Stadia locations

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Chalaco	Callao
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Tabaco	Rímac, Lima
Sucre	La Victoria, Lima
Universitario	Cercado de Lima

Campeonato de Selección y Competencia

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	21	12	5	4	48	29	+19	29	Champions
2	Sucre	21	10	4	7	47	43	+4	24
3	Sporting Tabaco	21	6	10	5	36	29	+7	22
4	Alianza Lima	21	9	4	8	46	42	+4	22
5	Sport Boys	21	9	4	8	45	41	+4	22
6	Deportivo Municipal	21	9	4	8	49	48	+1	22
7	Atlético Chalaco	21	5	5	11	31	43	−12	15
8	Centro Iqueño	21	3	6	12	27	54	−27	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

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

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima		—	—	—	1–0	0–0	—	1–2
Atlético Chalaco	—		—	—	1–4	—	—	2–0
Centro Iqueño	—	—		—	0–2	—	—	0–3
Deportivo Municipal	—	—	—		1–5	—	—	1–3
Sport Boys	5–2	2–1	2–2	2–7		1–2	5–1	1–2
Sporting Tabaco	—	—	—	—	1–1		—	0–0
Sucre	—	—	—	—	4–2	—		1–2
Universitario	0–5	2–2	7–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1949. Source: Diario El Comercio, La Prensa and Crónica.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–21

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	IQU	MUN	SBA	TAB	SUC	UNI
Alianza Lima		—	—	—		—	—	1–3
Atlético Chalaco	—		—	—	4–2	—	—
Centro Iqueño	—	—		—	2–3	—	—
Deportivo Municipal	—	—	—			—	—
Sport Boys	2–1			3–3		1–0
Sporting Tabaco	—	—	—	—			—	3–2
Sucre	—	—	—	—	3–1	—		3–3
Universitario		4–3	4–0	1–3	1–1