Información Histórica
1972
Preliminary Tournament - Metropolitan Group
P - W - D - L - GF - GA - PTS
1. Sporting Cristal 14 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 21 - 13 - 20 [To Championship Group]
2. Defensor Lima 14 - 8 - 3 - 3 - 28 - 16 - 19
3. Sport Boys (Callao) 14 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 28 - 22 - 15
4. Deportivo Municipal 14 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 19 - 18 - 14
5. Universitario de Deportes 14 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 17 - 17 - 13
6. Alianza Lima 14 - 5 - 2 - 7 - 18 - 28 - 12
7. Defensor Arica 14 - 2 - 6 - 6 - 16 - 25 - 10
8. Deportivo SIMA (Callao) 14 - 2 - 5 - 7 - 16 - 24 - 9
Preliminary Tournament - Regional Group
P - W - D - L - GF - GA - PTS
1. José Gálvez (Chimbote) 14 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 18 - 11 - 20 [To Championship Group]
2. Unión Tumán (Tumán) 14 - 7 - 6 - 1 - 23 - 13 - 20
3. Atlético Torino (Talara) 14 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 19 - 13 - 17
4. Melgar F.B.C. (Arequipa) 14 - 6 - 3 - 5 - 23 - 18 - 15
5. Juan Aurich (Chiclayo) 14 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 26 - 23 - 15
6. Atlético Grau (Piura) 14 - 4 - 3 - 7 - 24 - 24 - 11
7. Carlos Mannucci (Trujillo) 14 - 3 - 2 - 9 - 13 - 29 - 8
8. León (Huánuco) 14 - 2 - 2 - 10 - 12 - 27 - 6
First place playoff: José Gálvez - Unión Tumán 1-0
Descentralised Tournament
P - W - D - L - GF - GA - PTS
1. Alianza Lima 30 - 17 - 7 - 6 - 55 - 26 - 41 [To Championship Group]
2. Defensor Lima 30 - 16 - 8 - 6 - 60 - 35 - 40 [To Championship Group]
3. Deportivo Municipal 30 - 16 - 8 - 6 - 45 - 30 - 40 [To Championship Group]
4. Universitario de Deportes 30 - 12 - 11 - 7 - 61 - 34 - 35 [To Championship Group]
5. Juan Aurich (Chiclayo) 30 - 15 - 5 - 10 - 55 - 44 - 35
6. Sporting Cristal 30 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 41 - 34 - 32
7. Atlético Grau (Piura) 30 - 11 - 7 - 12 - 38 - 47 - 29
8. José Gálvez (Chimbote) 30 - 8 - 12 - 10 - 32 - 34 - 28
9. Deportivo SIMA (Callao) 30 - 6 - 16 - 8 - 33 - 37 - 28
10. Melgar F.B.C. (Arequipa) 30 - 12 - 3 - 15 - 38 - 43 - 27
11. Atlético Torino (Talara) 30 - 10 - 7 - 13 - 35 - 47 - 27
12. Unión Tumán (Tumán) 30 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 40 - 41 - 26
13. Sport Boys (Callao) 30 - 9 - 8 - 13 - 38 - 45 - 26
14. León (Huánuco) 30 - 7 - 12 - 11 - 33 - 47 - 26
15. Carlos Mannucci (Trujillo) 30 - 7 - 10 - 13 - 30 - 53 - 24 [Relegated]
16. Defensor Arica 30 - 4 - 8 - 18 - 24 - 61 - 16 [Relegated]
Championship Group
P - W - D - L - GF - GA - PTS
1. Sporting Cristal 5 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 6 - 3 - 8 [1972 Champion, To Copa Libertadores]
2. Universitario de Deportes 5 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 10 - 7 - 7 [To Copa Libertadores]
3. Deportivo Municipal 5 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 8 - 7 - 5
4. José Gálvez (Chimbote) 5 - 0 - 4 - 1 - 5 - 6 - 4
5. Alianza Lima 5 - 0 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 3
6. Defensor Lima 5 - 0 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 3
Topscorer: Francisco González (Defensor Lima), 20 goals.
Promoted: Atlético Chalaco, Sportivo Huracán, Cienciano, Colegio Nacional.
Notes:
1. The season was divided into 3 stages. The first stage was contested in two groups: Metropolitan (teams from Lima and Callao)
and Regional (teams from the rest of the country); each group winner qualified for the Championship Group. The second stage was the
Descentralised (league tournament); the top 4 qualified for the Championship Group and the bottom 2 were relegated. Championship
Group was contested by 6 teams in Lima; neither team carried their previous records.
2. Four teams were promoted as First Division grew to 18 teams for 1973.
Authors: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com) and Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona (carmanieto@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 31 Jan 2013
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