# 1957 Peruvian Primera División

The 1957 season of the Peruvian Primera División, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Centro Iqueño. 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).

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1956 Segunda División | Relegated from 1956 Primera División |
| Porvenir Miraflores (1st) | Carlos Concha (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 Sucre | La Victoria, Lima |
| Porvenir Miraflores | Miraflores, Lima |
| Sport Boys | Callao |
| Sporting Cristal | Rímac, Lima |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima |

## League table
### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 23 | Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Atlético Chalaco | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 21 | Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 21 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Centro Iqueño | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 19 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Universitario | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 19 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 17 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 7 | Ciclista Lima | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 17 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 8 | Sport Boys | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 17 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 9 | Mariscal Sucre | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 14 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 10 | Porvenir Miraflores | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 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 | MSU | POR | SBA | CRI | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | 1–5 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Atlético Chalaco | 0–1 | | — | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | — | 2–5 |
| Centro Iqueño | 0–0 | — | | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | 0–3 |
| Ciclista Lima | 3–4 | — | — | | — | — | — | 1–1 | — | 3–3 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 0–3 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1–2 | — | 3–3 |
| Mariscal Sucre | — | — | — | — | — | | — | 1–1 | — | 3–3 |
| Porvenir Miraflores | 2–7 | — | — | — | — | — | | 0–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Sport Boys | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4–0 | | 2–1 |
| Universitario | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |

### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | IQU | CHA | ALI | UNI | CRI |
| 1 | Centro Iqueño | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 27 | Champions | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Atlético Chalaco | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 25 | | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 24 | | 1–4 | | | | 2–3 |
| 4 | Universitario | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 24 | | | 3–1 | 0–0 | | |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 23 | | 1–3 | | | 0–3 | |

### Liguilla Descenso

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MUN | CIC | SBA | MSU | POR |
| 1 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 23 | | | | 2–2 | — | |
| 2 | Ciclista Lima | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 20 | | — | | | | — |
| 3 | Sport Boys | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 20 | | | 0–1 | | | 3–3 |
| 4 | Mariscal Sucre | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 19 | | | — | 3–3 | | |
| 5 | Porvenir Miraflores | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 15 | 1958 Segunda División | — | | | — | |