# 2019 Liga 2 (Peru)

The 2019 Liga 2 season was the 74th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The season play started in April 2019 and ended on 1 December 2019.
Before the season, the clubs Deportivo Hualgayoc and Sport Rosario were relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.
Sport Victoria was disabled mid-season and relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.

## Competition modus

The season has two phases: a home-and-away round-robin phase and a liguilla (league). The team with the most points at the end of the first phase will be crowned 2019 Liga 2 champions and will be promoted to the 2020 Liga 1. The teams who finished 2nd through 7th in the round-robin phase qualify to the liguilla which qualifies two teams to the 2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs. Seeds 4 through 7 play each other. The winners then play the teams in 2nd and 3rd place for a place in the promotion play-offs.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2018 Cuadrangular de Ascenso | Relegated from 2018 Primera División | Promoted to 2019 Liga 1 | Relegated to 2019 Copa Perú | Relegated to 2021 Copa Perú |
| Santos (4th) | Sport Rosario (15th) Comerciantes Unidos (16th) | Universidad César Vallejo (1st) Carlos A. Mannucci (CA - 1st) | Alfredo Salinas (14th) Serrato Pacasmayo (15th) | Deportivo Hualgayoc (Retired) |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 5,000 |
| Atlético Grau | Piura | Municipal de Bernal | 7,000 |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 40,000 |
| Comerciantes Unidos | Cutervo | Juan Maldonado Gamarra | 12,000 |
| Cultural Santa Rosa | Andahuaylas | Los Chankas | 10,000 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Chancay | Rómulo Shaw Cisneros | 3,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | César Flores Marigorda | 7,000 |
| Los Caimanes | Puerto Etén | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,000 |
| Santos | Nasca | Municipal de Nasca | 10,000 |
| Sport Loreto | Pucallpa | Aliardo Soria | 25,000 |
| Sport Victoria | Ica | José Picasso Peratta | 8,000 |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colan | 10,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cienciano | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 44 | 2020 Liga 1 |
| 2 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 43 | Advance to Liguilla Semifinals |
| 3 | Juan Aurich | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 42 | Advance to Liguilla Semifinals |
| 4 | Atlético Grau | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 41 | Advance to Liguilla Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Santos | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 41 | Advance to Liguilla Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Deportivo Coopsol | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 39 | Advance to Liguilla Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Comerciantes Unidos | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 33 | Advance to Liguilla Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Unión Huaral | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 31 | |
| 9 | Cultural Santa Rosa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 30 | |
| 10 | Sport Loreto | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 15 | Relegation to 2021 Copa Perú |
| 11 | Los Caimanes | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 5 | Relegation to 2021 Copa Perú |
| 12 | Sport Victoria | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 56 | −47 | 7 | Withdrew from league and relegation to 2021 Copa Perú |
* ↑ Sport Loreto was docked a total of 3 points for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.
* ↑ Los Caimanes was docked a total of 3 points for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.
* ↑ Sport Victoria was disabled mid-season and relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | CIE | COO | COM | CST | CAG | JA | CAI | SAN | LOR | VIC | HUA |
| Alianza Atlético | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Cienciano | 2–0 | | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Comerciantes Unidos | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Cultural Santa Rosa | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Grau | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Juan Aurich | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Los Caimanes | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Santos | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sport Loreto | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Sport Victoria | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 |
| Unión Huaral | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |

## Liguilla
### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Comerciantes Unidos | 3–5 | Atlético Grau | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | 5–0 | Santos | 1–0 | 4–0 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportivo Coopsol | 2–1 | Alianza Atlético | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Grau | 4–3 | Juan Aurich | 4–1 | 0–2 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ronal Huaccha | Atlético Grau | 19 |
| 2 | Enzo Borges | Comerciantes Unidos | 13 |
| 3 | Victor Perlaza | Alianza Atlético | 12 |
| 4 | Jair Cordova | Juan Aurich | 10 |
| 4 | José Cuero | Cienciano | 10 |
| 6 | Steven Aponzá | Atlético Grau | 9 |
| 7 | Ronaille Calheira | Cultural Santa Rosa | 8 |
| 8 | Junior Viza | Unión Huaral | 8 |
| 8 | Óscar Franco | Cienciano | 8 |
| 10 | Jorge Ramírez | Alianza Atlético | 7 |

## Promotion play-off

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Grau | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 2020 Liga 1 |
| 2 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 2020 Liga 1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Coopsol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 2020 Liga 2 |
| 4 | Sport Chavelines | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | 2020 Liga 2 |