The 1960 season of the Primera División Peruana

Primera División Peruana

The Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...

, or the Peruvian Football Championship, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 10 teams. The season was a single league table played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1961

Copa Libertadores 1961

- Group 1 :Olimpia drew 2–2 with Colo-Colo on point aggregate. Olimpia progressed to the semifinals due to better goal difference.- Group 2 :Peñarol drew 2–2 with Universitario on point aggregate...

, the first Copa Libertadores to have a Peruvian team participate. The last placed team at the end of the season was relegated. The champions were Universitario de Deportes

Universitario de Deportes

Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...

 and Mariscal Castilla was relegated.

Standings

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UNIVERSITARIO
1960 National Champions - 9th title

Top scorer

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Fernando Olaechea		18	Centro Iqueño

External links

• Peru 1960 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News