# 1959 Peruvian Primera División

The 1959 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Universitario. At the end of the regular season (home and away matches) teams were split in 2 groups of 5 teams: top 5 played for the title and bottom 5 played for the relegation. Teams carried their regular season records and played an additional round (4 further matches). Sporting Cristal won a play-off against Ciclista Lima to determine 5th place in the first stage.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1958 Segunda División | Relegated from 1958 Primera División |
| Unión América (1st) | Mariscal Sucre (10th) |

### Stadia locations

| Team | City |
| Alianza Lima | La Victoria, Lima |
| Atlético Chalaco | Callao |
| Centro Iqueño | Cercado de Lima |
| Ciclista Lima | Cercado de Lima |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima |
| Mariscal Castilla | Cercado de Lima |
| Sport Boys | Callao |
| Sporting Cristal | Rímac, Lima |
| Unión América | Cercado de Lima |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima |

## League table
### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universitario | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 29 | Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Centro Iqueño | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 24 | Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Sport Boys | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 22 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 18 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 17 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Ciclista Lima | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 17 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 7 | Alianza Lima | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 14 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 8 | Mariscal Castilla | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 14 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 9 | Atlético Chalaco | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 13 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 10 | Unión América | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 12 | Liguilla Descenso |

### Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. All matches were played in Lima and Callao.
| Home \ Away | ALI | CHA | IQU | CIC | MUN | CMC | SBA | CRI | AMÉ | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlético Chalaco | — | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Centro Iqueño | — | — | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ciclista Lima | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deportivo Municipal | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mariscal Castilla | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| Sport Boys | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — |
| Sporting Cristal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — |
| Unión América | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — |
| Universitario | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | UNI | SBA | IQU | MUN | CRI |
| 1 | Universitario | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 33 | Champions | | | 1–5 | | 3–2 |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 28 | | 1–1 | | | 7–2 | |
| 3 | Centro Iqueño | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 27 | | | 1–3 | | — | |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 22 | | 3–3 | | | | — |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 20 | | | 1–1 | — | | |

### Liguilla Descenso

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | CIC | CMC | CHA | ALI | AMÉ |
| 1 | Ciclista Lima | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 20 | | | | — | | — |
| 2 | Mariscal Castilla | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 19 | | — | | | — | |
| 3 | Atlético Chalaco | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 19 | | | — | | | — |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 18 | | — | | 1–0 | | |
| 5 | Unión América | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 14 | 1960 Segunda División | | — | | — | |