List of Peruvian football champions
Apertura and Clausura seasons
In 1997, the first Apertura and Clausura half-year tournaments were introduced and had its champions face each other in a season final as in the regional tournaments between 1989 and 1991.

List of Peruvian football champions

Section Title: Apertura and Clausura seasons
Table Section Text: In 1997, the first Apertura and Clausura half-year tournaments were introduced and had its champions face each other in a season final as in the regional tournaments between 1989 and 1991.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place

1997	Apertura	Alianza Lima	Sporting Cristal	Universitario

Clausura	Alianza Lima	Universitario	Sporting Cristal

1998	Apertura	Universitario	Sport Boys	Sporting Cristal

Clausura	Sporting Cristal	Alianza Lima	Sport Boys

1999	Apertura	Universitario	Alianza Lima	Sporting Cristal

Clausura	Alianza Lima	Universitario	Sport Boys

2000	Apertura	Universitario	Sport Boys	Melgar

Clausura	Universitario	Sporting Cristal	Cienciano

2001	Apertura	Alianza Lima	Sporting Cristal	Melgar

Clausura	Cienciano	Estudiantes de Medicina	Sporting Cristal

2002	Apertura	Universitario	Alianza Lima	Sporting Cristal

Clausura	Sporting Cristal	Alianza Lima	Alianza Atlético

2003	Apertura	Sporting Cristal	Alianza Lima	Coronel Bolognesi

Clausura	Alianza Lima	Alianza Atlético	Sporting Cristal

2004	Apertura	Alianza Lima	Cienciano	Alianza Atlético

Clausura	Sporting Cristal	Universidad San Martín	Cienciano

2005	Apertura	Cienciano	Universitario	Alianza Lima

Clausura	Sporting Cristal	Universidad San Martín	Coronel Bolognesi

2006	Apertura	Alianza Lima	Sporting Cristal	Coronel Bolognesi

Clausura	Cienciano	Universitario	Coronel Bolognesi

2007	Apertura	Universidad San Martín	Cienciano	Sport Áncash

Clausura	Coronel Bolognesi	Universitario	Cienciano

2008	Apertura	Universitario	Sporting Cristal	Universidad San Martín

Clausura	Universidad San Martín	Sporting Cristal	Sport Áncash

2014	Apertura	Juan Aurich	Melgar	Universidad César Vallejo

Clausura	Sporting Cristal	Alianza Lima	Unión Comercio

2015	Apertura	Sporting Cristal	Melgar	Deportivo Municipal

Clausura	Melgar	Real Garcilaso	Sport Huancayo

2016	Apertura	Universitario	Sporting Cristal	Alianza Lima

Clausura	Sporting Cristal	Universitario	Melgar

2017	Apertura	Alianza Lima	Real Garcilaso	UTC

Clausura	Alianza Lima	Real Garcilaso	Melgar

2018	Apertura	Sporting Cristal	Alianza Lima	Real Garcilaso

Clausura	Melgar	Alianza Lima	Ayacucho

Sentence(s)

In 2001, Alianza Lima won the Apertura tournament.

final_sentence: In 2001, Alianza Lima won the Apertura tournament.