Campeonato de Apertura (Perú)

Campeonato de Apertura

Founded	1945
Folded	1969 (1969)
Region	Peru
Most championships	Alianza Lima (6 titles)

The Campeonato de Apertura also called the Torneo Apertura, it was a Peruvian football competition created and then organized by the Asociación No Amateur (ANA). It was played from 1945 to 1961 and then discontinued until 1969.

The tournament was played before the start of the Peruvian Primera División and had no influence on the tournament. These matches are neither considered official nor friendly since they were closer to an exhibition format than to a real competition for points.

In most editions, the tournament was developed in quadrangles where the four best-placed teams in the final standings of each Peruvian Primera División of the previous year participated.

Champions

Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up
1	1945	Universitario	Sucre
2	1946	Deportivo Municipal Universitario	—
3	1947	Alianza Lima	Universitario
4	1948	Atlético Chalaco	Deportivo Municipal
5	1949	Alianza Lima	Sporting Tabaco
6	1950	Alianza Lima	Deportivo Municipal
7	1951	Deportivo Municipal	Sporting Tabaco
8	1952	Mariscal Sucre Sport Boys	—
9	1953	Atlético Chalaco	Centro Iqueño
10	1954	Sporting Tabaco	Alianza Lima
11	1955	Alianza Lima	Universitario
12	1956	Alianza Lima	Universitario
13	1957	Deportivo Municipal	Sporting Cristal
14	1958	Centro Iqueño	Atlético Chalaco
15	1959	Sport Boys	Alianza Lima
16	1960	Sport Boys	Centro Iqueño
17	1961	Sporting Cristal	Universitario
18	1963	Alianza Lima	Sport Boys
19	1969	Universitario	Alianza Lima

Titles by club

Club	Winners	Winning years
Alianza Lima	6	1947, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1963
Universitario	3	1945, 1946, 1969
Deportivo Municipal	3	1946, 1951, 1957
Sport Boys	3	1952, 1959, 1960
Atlético Chalaco	2	1948, 1953
Centro Iqueño	1	1958
Sporting Tabaco	1	1954
Mariscal Sucre	1	1952
Sporting Cristal	1	1961

External links

• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)