# 2024 Liga 2 (Peru)

The 2024 Liga 2 (known as the Liga 2 1xBet 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. This year's edition started on 6 April 2024 and ended on 20 October 2024.

## Format

For this season the league was expanded to 18 teams from the previous 14. On 22 February 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation announced a new format for the Liga 2. All 18 teams were divided into two groups in the Regional Stage based on their geographical location, being the Zona Norte (North Zone) and Zona Sur (South Zone). Each team played each other in a round-robin format and the top six teams advanced to the Group Stage and the bottom three into the Relegation Stage. In the group Stage, the 12 teams were divided into two groups of six, with the top three teams advancing to the play-offs, the first team entering the semi-finals and the next two the quarter-finals. Two teams were promoted to the Liga 1 and one was relegated. The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season:

## Teams

18 teams took part in the league in this season, four more than the previous season: the top 13 teams from the 2023 tournament, plus the 2023 Copa Perú champions, ADA and semi-finalists San Marcos, Juan Pablo II College, and UCV Moquegua. ADA and San Marcos played in the Liga 2 for the first time in their history this season. Comerciantes Unidos and Los Chankas were promoted to the 2024 Liga 1. Los Chankas promoted to Liga 1 for the first time in their history and Comerciantes Unidos promoted for the first time since 2016.
Academia Cantolao, Binacional, and Deportivo Municipal got relegated from the 2023 Liga 1. Alfonso Ugarte got relegated to the Copa Perú after being disqualified in the 2023 season.
Juan Aurich and Union Huaral had their licenses withdrawn for not fulfilling the requirements to participate set by the FPF and were disqualified from the competition.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2023 Copa Perú | Relegated from 2023 Liga 1 | Promoted to 2024 Liga 1 | Relegated to 2024 Copa Perú |
| ADA (1st) San Marcos (2nd) Juan Pablo II College (3rd) UCV Moquegua (4th) | Binacional (17th) Deportivo Municipal (18th) Academia Cantolao (19th) | Comerciantes Unidos (1st) Los Chankas (2nd) | Alfonso Ugarte (14th) |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Academia Cantolao | Callao | Miguel Grau | 17,000 |
| ADA | Bagua Grande | San Luis | 9,000 |
| Alianza Universidad | Huánuco | Heraclio Tapia | 25,000 |
| Ayacucho | Ayacucho | Ciudad de Cumaná | 15,000 |
| Binacional | Juliaca | Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina | 20,080 |
| Carlos Stein | Lambayeque | César Flores Marigorda | 7,000 |
| Comerciantes | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,576 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Chancay | Rómulo Shaw Cisneros | 3,000 |
| Deportivo Llacuabamba | Huamachuco | Municipal de Huamachuco | 5,000 |
| Deportivo Municipal | Lima | Iván Elías Moreno | 11,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Lambayeque | César Flores Marigorda | 7,000 |
| Juan Pablo II College | Chongoyape | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,500 |
| Pirata | Chongoyape | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,500 |
| San Marcos | Huaraz | Rosas Pampa | 18,000 |
| Santos | Nasca | Municipal de Nasca | 10,000 |
| UCV Moquegua | Moquegua | 25 de Noviembre | 21,073 |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colán | 6,000 |
| Universidad San Martín | Lima | Iván Elías Moreno | 11,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsors |
| Academia Cantolao | Adrián Taffarel | Shumawa | Dafabet |
| ADA | Omar Linares (caretaker) | Jave | Picrorana |
| Alianza Universidad | Paul Cominges | Performance | UDH |
| Ayacucho | Jose Collatti | Real | Cooperativa Santa Maria, DoradoBet |
| Binacional | Luis Flores | New Athletic | DoradoBet |
| Carlos Stein | Ramón Perleche | Adeko | Vidavas |
| Comericantes | Juan Carlos Bazalar | Crack | Jancos Corp. |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Willy Laya | Atlos | Escudo Protector |
| Deportivo Llacuabamba | Luis Revilla | trusports | Llacuabamba |
| Deportivo Municipal | Hugo Sotil | Convert | Apuesto |
| Juan Aurich | José Guevara | Jave | Tiendas EFE |
| Juan Pablo II College | Santiago Acasiete | Real | Talen Sport, Boxes |
| Pirata | Jahir Butrón | Front | Nuevas Tierras |
| San Marcos | Nolberto Solano | Ander Sport | |
| Santos | Francisco Pizarro | Palant | Explosivos del Sur S.A |
| Union Huaral | Alberto Valiente | Atlos | Solidario Peru |
| UCV Moquegua | Jaime Serna | Palant | Clinica del Sur |
| Universidad San Martin | Víctor Rivera | Convert | DoradoBet |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Regional Stage |||||||
| Academia Cantolao | Jersi Socola | End of contract | 14 September 2023 | Pre-season | Adrián Taffarel | 1 March 2024 |
| Pirata | Segundo Quiroz | End of contract | 30 September 2023 | Pre-season | Jahir Butrón | 1 January 2024 |
| Binacional | César Vaioli | End of contract | 30 October 2023 | Pre-season | Aristóteles Ramos | 1 April 2024 |
| Comerciantes | Marciel Salazar | End of contract | 23 November 2023 | Pre-season | Gustavo Roverano | 23 November 2023 |
| Ayacucho | Sergio Castellanos | Mutual agreement | 12 December 2023 | Pre-season | Jose Collati | 20 March 2024 |
| Deportivo Municipal | Santiago Acasiete | Mutual agreement | 13 December 2023 | Pre-season | Víctor Rivera | 31 December 2023 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Víctor Rivera | Mutual agreement | 30 December 2023 | Pre-season | José Soto | 6 March 2024 |
| Carlos Stein | Moisés Cabada | Sacked | 31 December 2023 | Pre-season | Marcelo Revuelta | 1 March 2024 |
| Santos | José Soto | Mutual agreement | 31 December 2023 | Pre-season | Sergio Castellanos | 10 January 2024 |
| Union Huaral | Javier Arce | End of contract | 31 December 2023 | Pre-season | Alberto Valiente | 13 January 2024 |
| ADA | Roberto Arrelucea | Sacked | 21 January 2024 | Pre-season | Marcelo Grioni | 24 January 2024 |
| Binacional | Aristóteles Ramos | Sacked | 1 May 2024 | 7th | César Chávez-Riva | 1 May 2024 |
| ADA | Marcelo Grioni | Sacked | 8 May 2024 | 5th | Luis La Torre | 11 May 2024 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | José Soto | Sacked | 31 May 2024 | 8th | Alberto Valiente | 1 June 2024 |
| Carlos Stein | Marcelo Revuelta | Sacked | 1 June 2024 | 9th | Gino Reyes (caretaker) | 2 June 2024 |
| UCV Moquegua | Erick Torres | Sacked | 3 June 2024 | | Jaime Serna | 4 June 2024 |
| Binacional | César Chávez-Riva | Sacked | 10 June 2024 | | Erick Torres | 10 June 2024 |
| Carlos Stein | Gino Reyes | End of caretaker spell | 10 June 2024 | | Ramón Perleche | 11 June 2024 |
| ADA | Luis La Torre | Sacked | 29 June 2024 | 6th | Juan Carlos Bazalar | 29 June 2024 |
| Juan Pablo II College | Daniel Valderrama | Mutual agreement | 30 June 2024 | 5th | Alejandro Vásquez (caretaker) | 1 July 2024 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Alberto Valiente | Sacked | 4 July 2024 | | Willy Laya | 5 July 2024 |
| Juan Pablo II College | Alejandro Vásquez | End of caretaker spell | 14 July 2024 | | Santiago Acasiete | 15 July 2024 |
| Universidad San Martin | Duilio Cisneros | Sacked | 18 July 2024 | | Raúl Penalillo | 20 July 2024 |
| Group Stage |||||||
| Binacional | Erick Torres | Sacked | 31 July 2024 | | Luis Flores | 5 August 2024 |
| Deportivo Municipal | Víctor Rivera | Sacked | 14 August 2024 | | Hugo Sotil | 25 August 2024 |
| Universidad San Martin | Raúl Penalillo | Sacked | 17 August 2024 | | Víctor Rivera | 17 July 2024 |
| San Marcos | Eduardo Vargas | Sacked | 6 September 2024 | 4th | Nolberto Solano | 6 September 2024 |
| Deportivo Llacuabamba | Fernando Nogara | Sacked | 9 September 2024 | | Luis Revilla | 9 September 2024 |
| Santos | Sergio Castellanos | Sacked | 12 September 2024 | | Francisco Pizarro | 12 September 2024 |
| ADA | Juan Carlos Bazalar | Resigned | 24 September 2024 | | Omar Linares (caretaker) | 24 September 2024 |
| Play-offs |||||||
| Comerciantes | Gustavo Roverano | Sacked | 28 September 2024 | | Juan Carlos Bazalar | 28 September 2024 |

## Regional Stage
### Zona Norte

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUH | SMA | LLA | JP | ADA | PIR | STE |
| 1 | Alianza Universidad | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 29 | Advance to Group Stage | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | San Marcos | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 23 | Advance to Group Stage | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 21 | Advance to Group Stage | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo II College | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 15 | Advance to Group Stage | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| 5 | ADA | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 15 | Advance to Group Stage | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Pirata | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 13 | Advance to Group Stage | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–2 |
| 7 | Carlos Stein | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 0 | Qualification for Grupo Descenso | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–8 | — | 2–4 | 0–1 | |
* ↑ The reduction of three points (-3) was applied to the club for not meeting the 2160 minutes of the minute bag in the Regional stage.

### Zona Sur

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFC | SAN | AYA | MUN | CAN | COO | USM | UCV | BIN |
| 1 | Comerciantes | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 33 | Advance to Group Stage | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Santos | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 25 | Advance to Group Stage | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Ayacucho | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 24 | Advance to Group Stage | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 20 | Advance to Group Stage | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Academia Cantolao | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 20 | Advance to Group Stage | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Deportivo Coopsol | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 19 | Advance to Group Stage | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| 7 | Universidad San Martín | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 18 | Qualification for Grupo Descenso | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| 8 | UCV Moquegua | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 11 | Qualification for Grupo Descenso | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| 9 | Binacional | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 10 | Qualification for Grupo Descenso | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ The reduction of twelve points (-12) was applied to the club for not meeting the 2160 minutes of the minute bag in the Regional stage.

## Group Stage

In the Group Stage, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the Regional stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the Regional Stage did not carry over during the Group Stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUH | LLA | SAN | COO | ADA | MUN |
| 1 | Alianza Universidad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 24 | Advance to semi-finals | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 17 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–1 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 16 | Advance to quarter-finals | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Deportivo Coopsol | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | — |
| 5 | ADA | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 11 | | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | | — |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | +1 | −1 | | — | — | — | — | — | |
* ↑ ADA was docked a total of 2 points (Resolution N°124-CL-FPF-2024).
* ↑ The FPF suspends the license of Deportivo Municipal for its participation in Liga 2 and the competitions organized by CONMEBOL. In addition, the club was docked a total of 4 points (Resolution N°127-CL-FPF-2024).

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JP | CAN | CFC | SMA | AYA | PIR |
| 1 | Juan Pablo II College | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 19 | Advance to semi-finals | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Academia Cantolao | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 18 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Comerciantes | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | San Marcos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 4–3 | 4–1 |
| 5 | Ayacucho | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 10 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 4–1 |
| 6 | Pirata | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 9 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
* ↑ San Marcos was docked a total of 3 points (Resolution N°128-CL-FPF-2024 and N°061-TL-FPF-2024).

## Grupo Descenso
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | BIN | UCV | USM | STE |
| 1 | Binacional | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | UCV Moquegua | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Universidad San Martín | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Carlos Stein | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 | −17 | −2 | Relegation to 2025 Liga 3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |
* ↑ UCV Moquegua was docked a total of 2 points (Resolution N°123-CL-FPF-2024 and N°059-TL-FPF-2024).
* ↑ Carlos Stein was docked a total of 2 points (Resolution N°126-CL-FPF-2024).

## Top Scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mathías López | Academia Cantolao | 16 |
| 2 | Yoffre Vásquez | San Marcos | 13 |
| 3 | Junior Zambrano | Comerciantes | 11 |
| 3 | Josuee Herrera | Santos | 11 |
| 4 | Kelvin Sánchez | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 10 |