# 2018 Peruvian Segunda División

The 2018 Segunda División season, was the 73rd edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The tournament started on 8 April 2018 and ended on 2 December 2018.

## Competition modus

The season was divided into two phases, a home-and-away round-robin stage and a liguilla stage. The top seven teams at the end of the first stage moved on to liguilla. The first placed team received a bye to the semi-finals. The other six teams played quarter-final, two-leg matches. The semi-finals and final also played over two legs. The liguilla champion was promoted to the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado and the tournament championship.

## Teams

A total of 15 teams played in the league, including 12 sides from the 2017 season, two relegated from the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado and one promoted from the 2018 Copa Perú.
Juan Aurich, Alianza Atlético, and Atlético Grau debuted in their season in the second division of Peruvian football. The two relegated clubs were La Bocana and Sport Áncash who will play in the 2018 Copa Perú starting in the Departamental Stage.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2017 Copa Perú | Relegated from 2017 Primera División | Promoted to 2018 Primera División | Relegated to 2018 Copa Perú |
| Atlético Grau (2nd) | Juan Aurich (15th) Alianza Atlético (16th) | Sport Boys (1st) | Defensor La Bocana (14th) Sport Áncash (15th) |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alfredo Salinas | Espinar | Municipal de Espinar | 12,000 |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 12,000 |
| Atlético Grau | Piura | Miguel Grau | 25,000 |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,000 |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 40,000 |
| Cultural Santa Rosa | Andahuaylas | Monumental de Condebamba | 10,000 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | San Vicente de Cañete | Roberto Yáñez | 5,000 |
| Deportivo Hualgayoc | Hualgayoc | José Gálvez Egusquiza | 2,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,000 |
| Los Caimanes | Puerto Etén | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,000 |
| Serrato Pacasmayo | Pacasmayo | Carlos A. Olivares | 2,000 |
| Sport Loreto | Pucallpa | Aliardo Soria | 25,000 |
| Sport Victoria | Ica | José Picasso Peratta | 8,000 |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colan | 10,000 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | Trujillo | Municipal de Casa Grande | 8,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad César Vallejo | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 62 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 2 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 55 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 3 | Cienciano | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 55 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | Unión Huaral | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 48 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Deportivo Hualgayoc | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 48 | |
| 6 | Juan Aurich | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 47 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Alianza Atlético | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 47 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Atlético Grau | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 42 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 9 | Deportivo Coopsol | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 37 | |
| 10 | Cultural Santa Rosa | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Los Caimanes | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 27 | |
| 12 | Sport Victoria | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | |
| 13 | Sport Loreto | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 24 | |
| 14 | Alfredo Salinas | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 66 | −41 | 21 | Relegation to 2019 Copa Perú |
| 15 | Serrato Pacasmayo | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 115 | −92 | 10 | Relegation to 2019 Copa Perú |
* ↑ Hualgayoc was disqualified from the play-off because of financial problems.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ASA | CAM | CIE | COO | CST | CAG | DHU | JA | CAI | SP | LOR | VIC | HUA | UCV |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Alfredo Salinas | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–3 |
| Cienciano | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 9–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Cultural Santa Rosa | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Atlético Grau | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Hualgayoc | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 0–0 |
| Juan Aurich | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Los Caimanes | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Serrato Pacasmayo | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 0–8 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Sport Loreto | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–7 | 4–3 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Sport Victoria | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Unión Huaral | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 11–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |

## Liguilla

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 1 | Universidad César Vallejo (s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Juan Aurich | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Unión Huaral | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Juan Aurich | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Juan Aurich | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Juan Aurich | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | Universidad César Vallejo | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Atlético Grau | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlético Grau | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Cienciano | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Cienciano | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Cienciano | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | Alianza Atlético | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Third-place play-off
## Promotion play-off

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 2019 Liga 1 |
| 2 | Alianza Universidad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 2019 Liga 1 |
| 3 | Cienciano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2019 Liga 2 |
| 4 | Santos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | 2019 Liga 2 |