The Ligas Provinciales de Lima y Callao, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer) in 1935 until 1940. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis.
This championship remained in force until 1940. Initially the Liga Provincial de Lima played the role of the first division. However, the 1936 season, it became the lower category of the honor division. In that same year, the Liga Provincial de Lima merged with the Liga Provincial del Callao to form the Primera División Unificada de Lima y Callao. For the following years, Liga Provincial de Lima competed together with Liga Provincial del Callao to obtain promotion to the division of honor. Finally, the championship disappeared when the Liga Regional de Lima y Callao was formed in 1941.
For the years 1938 and 1939, the champions of each provincial league competed in a defining match for promotion.
The championship disappeared in 1941, after the creation of the Liga Regional de Lima y Callao. However, when the Liga Regional disappeared in 1951, the Liga Provincial de Lima, Liga Provincial del Callao and Liga de los Balnearios del Sur returned until 1970s.
From 1954 to 1973, the champions of each league qualified to the Liguilla de Ascenso a Segunda División.
Structure
Liga Provincial de Lima
Primera División
Footnotes
B. The participating clubs were in disagreement with the decision of the Peruvian Football Federation to include the champion club of the 1963 Liga Distrital de San Isidro in the 1963 Liguilla de Promoción for the 1964 Peruvian Segunda División. As a result of this situation, the Peruvian Football Federation decided to annul the 1963 Liga Provincial de Lima tournament.
Primera B
División Intermedia
Footnotes
A. At the end of the season, the 10 best-placed teams were directly promoted to 1928 Primera División. These teams were Sportivo Unión, Alianza Chorrillos, Santa Catalina, Lawn Tennis, Alberto Secada, Jorge Washington, Alianza Callao, José Olaya, Jorge Chávez (C) and Unión FBC.
Segunda División
Tercera División
Liga Provincial del Callao
Primera División
División Intermedia
Segunda División
Tercera División
Liga de los Balnearios del Sur
Primera División
Footnotes
D. In 1962, the FPF annulled the tournament due to the clubsâ defiance in refusing to comply with the decision of the FPFâÂÂs Disciplinary Committee to play the suspended match between VÃÂctor Bielich and Ciclista Alianza Miraflores.
Segunda División
Tercera División
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