# 2018 in Peruvian football

The 2018 season in Peruvian football included all the matches of the different national male and female teams, as well as the local club tournaments, and the participation of these in international competitions in which representatives of the country's teams had participated.

## National teams
### Peru national football team
#### Kits
##### FIFA World Cup

| Home | Away |

##### Friendlies

| Home | Away |

#### FIFA World Cup
##### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Friendlies
### Peru women's national football team
#### Copa América
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | Final stage |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Final stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2019 Pan American Games |
| 4 | Uruguay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | |

## CONMEBOL competitions
### CONMEBOL Libertadores
#### Group stage
##### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAN | EST | NAC | RGA |
| 1 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Estudiantes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Copa Sudamericana | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 6 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

##### Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAL | BOC | JUN | ALI |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | Round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Round of 16 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Junior | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |

### CONMEBOL Sudamericana
#### Second stage
## Men's football
### Torneo Descentralizado
#### Torneo de Verano
##### Finals

Sporting Cristal won the cup after defeating Sport Huancayo.

#### Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 32 | Advance to Playoffs and qualification to Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 27 | |
| 3 | Real Garcilaso | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 26 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 24 | |
| 5 | UTC | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 24 | |
| 6 | Melgar | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 24 | |
| 7 | Unión Comercio | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 23 | |
| 8 | Binacional | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 21 | |
| 9 | Sport Boys | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 19 | |
| 10 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 18 | |
| 11 | Universitario | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 18 | |
| 12 | Sport Rosario | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 17 | |
| 13 | Cantolao | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 17 | |
| 14 | Universidad San Martín | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 13 | |
| 15 | Ayacucho | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 12 | |
| 16 | Comerciantes Unidos | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 4 | |
* ↑ Sport Rosario were deducted 4 points for an outstanding debt.

#### Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melgar | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 30 | Advance to Playoffs and qualification to Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 27 | |
| 3 | Ayacucho | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 26 | |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 24 | |
| 6 | Unión Comercio | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 23 | |
| 7 | Universidad San Martín | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | Real Garcilaso | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 21 | |
| 9 | Cantolao | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Municipal | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 20 | |
| 11 | Sport Boys | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 18 | |
| 12 | Comerciantes Unidos | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 17 | |
| 13 | Binacional | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 17 | |
| 14 | UTC | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | |
| 15 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 16 | |
| 16 | Sport Rosario | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 2 | |
* ↑ Cantolao were deducted 2 points for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ Deportivo Municipal were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ Comerciantes Unidos were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ UTC were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ Sport Rosario were deducted 3 points for an outstanding debt.

#### Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal (C) | 44 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 106 | 36 | +70 | 91 | Qualification to Playoffs and Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Melgar | 44 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 79 | Qualification to Playoffs and Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 74 | Qualification to Playoffs and Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 67 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 5 | Deportivo Municipal | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 64 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Sport Huancayo | 44 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 61 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | UTC | 44 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 60 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | Binacional | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 59 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 9 | Universitario | 44 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 57 | |
| 10 | Unión Comercio | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 55 | |
| 11 | Universidad San Martín | 44 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 54 | |
| 12 | Cantolao | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 54 | |
| 13 | Ayacucho | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 80 | −11 | 52 | |
| 14 | Sport Boys | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 50 | |
| 15 | Sport Rosario (R) | 44 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 39 | Relegation to 2019 Liga 2 |
| 16 | Comerciantes Unidos (R) | 44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 35 | Relegation to 2019 Liga 2 |
* ↑ Sporting Cristal were awarded 2 points for winning the 2018 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva.
* ↑ Alianza Lima were awarded 1 point for being 2018 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva runners-up.
* ↑ Deportivo Municipal were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ UTC were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ Cantolao were deducted 2 points for an outstanding debt.
* ↑ Sport Rosario were deducted 7 points for outstanding debts.
* ↑ Comerciantes Unidos were deducted 1 point for an outstanding debt.

#### Final

Sporting Cristal won the cup after defeating Alianza Lima.

### Segunda División
#### 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.

#### Final

Universidad César Vallejo won the cup after defeating Carlos A. Mannucci.

### Copa Perú
#### Final group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pirata | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | 2019 Liga 1 |
| 2 | Alianza Universidad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Promotion Play-off |
| 3 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | Promotion Play-off |
| 4 | UDA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |

##### Promotion

The best placed team, Pirata FC, was promoted to the first level the following year.

## Women's football
### Copa Peru
#### Final

Municipalidad de Majes won the cup after defeating JC Sport Girls.