# Big Three (Peru)

The Big Three (Spanish: Los Tres Grandes) is the nickname of the three most successful sports clubs in Peru. The football teams of Universitario, Sporting Cristal, and Alianza Lima have a great rivalry and are usually the main contenders for the title. The most successful club is Universitario with 28 domestic titles, and combined they share a total of 73 out of 108 Peruvian Football Championships ever played and generally end up sharing the top three positions.
Several other clubs outside the big three have won the Peruvian league, with Sport Boys having the fourth most national titles behind the Big Three in Peru with 6 in total. In recent years, the chief competitors of the three are Melgar, Cienciano and Cusco.

## Titles by club

| Club | Total | Liga de Lima (1912–21) | Amateur era Lima & Callao (1926–50) | Professional era (1951–) | Professional era (1951–) | Professional era (1951–) |
| Club | Total | Liga de Lima (1912–21) | Amateur era Lima & Callao (1926–50) | Lima & Callao (1951–65) | Descentralizado (1966–2018) | Liga 1 (2019–) |
| Universitario | 28 | — | 7 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
| Alianza Lima | 25 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Sporting Cristal | 20 | — | — | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Universitario | 28 | 15 | 1929, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2013, 2023, 2024 | 1928, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2020 |
| Alianza Lima | 25 | 25 | 1918, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2017, 2021, 2022 | 1914, 1917, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2023 |
| Sporting Cristal | 20 | 15 | 1956, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 | 1962, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2021, 2024 |

## Title definitions
### List of finals

| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Venue | Venue |
| 1987 | Universitario | 1–0 | Alianza Lima | Estadio Nacional | Estadio Nacional | Estadio Nacional |
| 1988 | Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | Universitario | Estadio Nacional | Estadio Nacional | Estadio Nacional |
| Year | Winner | Agg. | Runner-up | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| 1998 | Universitario | 3–3 (penalty shootout 4–2) | Sporting Cristal | 1–2 | 2–1 | – |
| 1999 | Universitario | 3–1 | Alianza Lima | 3–0 | 0–1 | – |
| 2003 | Alianza Lima | 2–1$^†$ | Sporting Cristal | Single match | Single match | Single match |
| 2004 | Alianza Lima | 0–0 (penalty shootout 5–4) | Sporting Cristal | Single match | Single match | Single match |
| 2009 | Universitario | 2–0 | Alianza Lima | 1–0 | 1–0 | – |
| 2018 | Sporting Cristal | 7–1 | Alianza Lima | 4–1 | 3–0 | – |
| 2020 | Sporting Cristal | 3–2 | Universitario | 2–1 | 1–1 | – |
| 2021 | Alianza Lima | 1–0 | Sporting Cristal | 1–0 | 0–0 | – |
| 2023 | Universitario | 3–1 | Alianza Lima | 1–1 | 2–0 | – |

### Other definitions

These matches were played when teams were tied for first in the general league or in a specific tournament.
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue | In contention |
| 1928 | Alianza Lima | 1–1 | Federación Universitaria | Stadium Nacional | 1928 Campeonato de Selección y Competencia |
| Replay | Alianza Lima | 2–0 | Federación Universitaria | Stadium Nacional | 1928 Campeonato de Selección y Competencia |
| 1935 | Universitario | 2–1 | Alianza Lima | Stadium Nacional | 1934 Torneo de Primeros Equipos |
| 1955 | Alianza Lima | 2–1 | Universitario | Estadio Nacional | 1955 Campeonato Profesional de Lima |
| 1961 | Sporting Cristal | 2–0 | Alianza Lima | Estadio Nacional | 1961 Campeonato Profesional de Lima |
| 1990 | Universitario | 1–0 | Alianza Lima | Estadio Nacional | 1990 Torneo Regional II |
| 1991 | Sporting Cristal | 1–1 (penalty shootout 7–6) | Universitario | Estadio Nacional | 1991 Torneo Regional II |
| 1998 | Sporting Cristal | 1–0 | Alianza Lima | Estadio Nacional | 1998 Torneo Clausura |
| 2001 | Alianza Lima | 2–1 | Sporting Cristal | Estadio Nacional | 2001 Torneo Apertura |
| 2002 | Universitario | 1–0 0–0 | Alianza Lima | Estadio Monumental Estadio Mansiche | 2002 Torneo Apertura |
| 2014 | Sporting Cristal | 1–0 | Alianza Lima | Estadio UNSA | 2014 Torneo Clausura |

## Half-year / Short tournaments
### Apertura / Fase 1 seasons

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Universitario | 8 | 2 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024 | 1969, 2005 |
| Alianza Lima | 6 | 4 | 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2017, 2023 | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2018 |
| Sporting Cristal | 4 | 8 | 2003, 2015, 2018, 2021 | 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024 |

### Clausura / Fase 2 seasons

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Alianza Lima | 7 | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, 2024 |
| Sporting Cristal | 6 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2016 | 2000, 2008, 2020, 2021 |
| Universitario | 3 | 6 | 2000, 2023, 2024 | 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2019 |

### Regional seasons (1984–1991)

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Universitario | 4 | 3 | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990–II | 1989–II, 1990–I, 1991–I |
| Sporting Cristal | 3 | 0 | 1989–I, 1991–I, 1991–II | — |
| Alianza Lima | 0 | 2 | — | 1986, 1990–II |

### Descentralizado seasons (1984–1988)

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Alianza Lima | 2 | 0 | 1986, 1987 | — |
| Universitario | 1 | 1 | 1985 | 1988 |
| Sporting Cristal | 1 | 0 | 1988 | — |

### Parallel tournaments

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Sporting Cristal | 4 | 1 | 1992 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 1994 Apertura, 1997 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 2018 Torneo de Verano | 1993 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores |
| Alianza Lima | 3 | 0 | 1993 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 1994 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 1996 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores | — |
| Universitario | 0 | 4 | — | 1969 Apertura, 1981 Regional, 1996 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, 1997 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores |

### Total Half-year / Short tournaments by club

| Club | Total | Half-year tournaments | Half-year tournaments | Half-year tournaments | Half-year tournaments | Half-year tournaments | Half-year tournaments | Half-year tournaments |
| Club | Total | Torneo Apertura (1997–) | Torneo Clausura (1997–) | Fase 1 (2020–2021) | Fase 2 (2020–2021) | Torneo Regional (1984–1991) | Torneo Descentralziado (1984–1988) | Torneo de Verano (2017–2018) |
| Sporting Cristal | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Alianza Lima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Universitario | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |

## National Cups and Supercups

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
| Alianza Lima | 2 | 1 | 1919 Copa de Campeones del Perú, 2014 Torneo del Inca | 2015 Torneo del Inca |
| Universitario | 1 | 1 | 1970 Copa Presidente de la República | 1989 Torneo Plácido Galindo |
| Sporting Cristal | 1 | 0 | 2021 Copa Bicentenario | — |

## Total International Participations by club

    As of 4 November 2024
| Club | Total | International Participations | International Participations | International Participations | International Participations | International Participations | International Participations | International Participations |
| Club | Total | Copa Libertadores (1961–) | Copa Sudamericana (2003–) | Recopa Sudamericana (1970–) | Copa CONMEBOL (1992–1999) | Copa Merconorte (1998–2001) | Copa de Campeones (1948) | Copa Ganadores de Copa (1970–1971) |
| Sporting Cristal | 49 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Universitario | 49 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Alianza Lima | 40 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — |

### Performances by club

Performance in international cups by club :
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years lost |
| Universitario | 0 | 1 | — | 1972 |
| Sporting Cristal | 0 | 1 | — | 1997 |