The 2026 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Te Apuesto 2026 for sponsorship reasons) is the 110th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. The season started on 30 January 2026, and the fixture draw was held on 9 January 2026.
Universitario are the defending champions, having won three titles in a row in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Teams Eighteen teams take part in this season, one less than the previous season: the top 16 teams of the 2025 tournament, plus the 2025 Liga 2 champions Cajamarca and runner-up Deportivo Moquegua. Both Cajamarca and Deportivo Moquegua got promoted for the first time in their history. The promoted teams replaced Ayacucho, Alianza Universidad and Binacional, who were relegated at the end of the previous season. Binacional were disqualified from the previous season on 19 August 2025, and were relegated to the Liga 2.
Team changes Promoted from 2025 Liga 2Relegated from 2025 Liga 1 Cajamarca Deportivo Moquegua Ayacucho Alianza Universidad Binacional
Stadia and locations
TeamCityStadiumCapacityADTTarmaUnión Tarma9,100Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 3612,000Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,938Atlético GrauSullanaCampeones del 3612,000La MatanzaMunicipal Ambrosio Maco Arroyo5,000CajamarcaCajamarcaHéroes de San Ramón10,485CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso45,056Comerciantes UnidosCutervoJuan Maldonado Gamarra13,680CuscoCuscoGarcilaso45,056Deportivo GarcilasoCuscoGarcilaso45,056Deportivo MoqueguaMoquegua25 de Noviembre21,073Juan Pablo II CollegeChongoyapeComplejo Juan Pablo II3,000Los ChankasAndahuaylasLos Chankas10,000MelgarArequipaVirgen de Chapi40,370Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau17,000Sport HuancayoHuancayoHuancayo20,000Sporting CristalLimaAlberto Gallardo11,600UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093UTCCajamarcaHéroes de San Ramón10,485 Notes
Personnel and kits TeamManagerKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsorsADT Víctor RiveraNew AthleticCaja HuancayoAlianza Atlético Federico UrciuoliWalonAlianza Lima Pablo GuedeNikeApuesta Total, Caja HuancayoAtlético Grau Gerardo AmeliWalonCaja Piura, USSCajamarca Celso AyalaConvert Bitel, No Hay Sin SuerteCienciano Horacio MelgarejoUmbroCaja CuscoComerciantes Unidos José Eugenio HernándezAnder SportCusco Javier RabanalAdidasCaja Cusco, No Hay Sin SuerteDeportivo Garcilaso Lisandro GreppoAnder SportSalkantay TrekkingDeportivo Moquegua Jaime SernaPalantJuan Pablo II College Jorge AraujoHot BecTecno GrassLos Chankas Juan Carlos BazalarNew AthleticCaja Ica, UD TrucksMelgar Miguel RondelliWalonStakeSport Boys Carlos DesioAstroApuesta TotalSport Huancayo Richard PellejeroLottoCaja HuancayoSporting Cristal Roberto MosqueraPumaCaja Piura, 1XBETUniversitario Fabián BustosMarathonApuesta TotalUTC Miguel Ángel ZahzúAstroPieers, Punto Original
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaDeportivo Garcilaso Carlos BustosMutual agreement13 November 2025Pre-season Hernán Lisi5 December 2025ADT Horacio MelgarejoEnd of contract20 November 2025 Pablo Trobbiani1 January 2026Cienciano Carlos Desio23 November 2025 Horacio Melgarejo24 November 2025Cajamarca Juan Carlos Malpica24 November 2025 Carlos Silvestri26 November 2025Alianza Atlético Gerardo AmeliMutual agreement27 November 2025 Federico Urciuoli8 December 2025Juan Pablo II College Santiago AcasieteEnd of contract30 November 2025 Marcelo Zuleta15 December 2025UTC Hernán Lisi3 December 2025 Carlos Bustos10 December 2025Alianza Lima Néstor GorositoSacked7 December 2025 Pablo Guede12 December 2025Universitario Jorge FossatiMutual agreement11 December 2025 Javier Rabanal15 December 2025Sport Boys Juan Carlos CabanillasEnd of contract15 December 2025 Jaime de la Pava22 December 2025Sport Huancayo Richard Pellejero31 December 2025 Roberto Mosquera8 January 2026Deportivo Garcilaso Hernán LisiSacked4 March 202613th Lisandro Greppo4 March 2026Atlético Grau Ángel ComizzoMutual agreement6 March 202617th Gerardo Ameli8 March 2026Sport Boys Jaime de la Pava11 March 2026 Guillermo Vásquez11 March 2026 Guillermo VásquezEnd of caretaker spell17 March 202618th Carlos Desio17 March 2026Cajamarca Carlos SilvestriSacked17 March 202616th Omar Ríos17 March 2026Deportivo Garcilaso Lisandro GreppoEnd of caretaker spell18 March 202615th Sebastián Domínguez18 March 2026Melgar Juan ReynosoMutual agreement21 March 20267th Miguel Rondelli28 March 2026Sport Huancayo Roberto MosqueraResigned22 March 202615th Richard Pellejero27 March 2026Cajamarca Omar RíosEnd of caretaker spell25 March 202618th Celso Ayala25 March 2026Sporting Cristal Paulo AutuoriMutual agreement25 March 20266th Zé Ricardo2 April 2026Cusco Miguel RondelliResigned28 March 20268th Alejandro Orfila30 March 2026ADT Pablo TrobbianiMutual agreement20 April 202616th Diego Ripacolli20 April 2026Universitario Javier Rabanal21 April 20264th Jorge Araujo21 April 2026Juan Pablo II College Marcelo Zuleta5 May 202614th Edwin Arce5 May 2026Universitario Jorge AraujoEnd of caretaker spell15 May 20264th Héctor Cúper11 May 2026UTC Carlos BustosMutual agreement12 May 202613th Edwin Arévalo12 May 2026ADT Diego RipacolliReplaced17 May 202610th Teddy Ramírez17 May 2026Juan Pablo II College Edwin ArceEnd of caretaker spell18 May 202617th Jorge Araujo18 May 2026Comerciantes Unidos Claudio BiaggioResigned19 May 202610th Daniel Morales20 May 2026UTC Edwin ArévaloEnd of caretaker spell25 May 202613th Cristian Paulucci25 May 2026Torneo ClausuraCusco Alejandro OrfilaSacked2 June 2026Pre-tournament Javier Rabanal9 June 2026Sporting Cristal Zé RicardoMutual agreement5 June 2026 Roberto Mosquera8 June 2026Comerciantes Unidos Daniel MoralesEnd of caretaker spell21 June 2026 José Eugenio Hernández21 June 2026ADT Teddy RamírezReplaced29 June 2026 Francisco Usúcar29 June 2026Deportivo Garcilaso Sebastián DomínguezMutual agreement24 July 202615th Lisandro Greppo24 July 2026ADT Francisco UsúcarSacked25 August 202617th Juan Cahuas25 August 2026UTC Cristian PaulucciMutual agreement31 August 202618th Cristian Molins31 August 2026ADT Juan CahuasEnd of caretaker spell2 September 202617th Víctor Rivera2 September 2026Los Chankas Walter PaolellaSacked12 September 202616th Juan Carlos Bazalar15 September 2026Universitario Héctor CúperMutual agreement29 September 20262nd Fabián Bustos30 September 2026UTC Cristian MolinsEnd of caretaker spell5 October 202618th Miguel Ángel Zahzú5 October 2026 Notes
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the 2026 season, held from 30 January to 31 May 2026. This tournament was played under a single round-robin format, with the 18 teams playing each other once for a total of 17 rounds. Alianza Lima won the tournament with one match in hand after defeating Los Chankas 3–0 on 23 May 2026.
Alianza Lima, as winners of this tournament, will advance to the Playoffs if they place in the top eight of the aggregate table at the end of the season.
Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura is the second and final tournament of the 2026 season, being held from 17 July to 22 November 2026. Similar to the Torneo Apertura, it is played under a single round-robin format, with the same fixture as the Apertura but with reversed home-and-away order for matches.
The Torneo Clausura winners will also advance to the Playoffs if they place in the top eight of the aggregate table at the end of the season.
Standings
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Results
Aggregate table Both stages (Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura) of the season are aggregated into a single league table to determine international qualification as well as relegation. The top two teams in this table at the end of the season will qualify for the Playoffs as well as the Copa Libertadores, while the best four teams that do not qualify for the Copa Libertadores will enter the Copa Sudamericana, and the bottom two teams will be relegated to Liga 2.
Playoffs The playoffs to decide the Liga 1 champion will be contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments (provided they end the season in the top eight of the aggregate table) as well as the top two teams in the season's aggregate table (other than the tournament winners). These four teams are set to play two double-legged semi-final matchups, with the winners contesting the finals over two legs.
However, the format for this stage considers changes if one or both of the tournament winners place in the top two of the aggregate table. If one of the Apertura or Clausura winners ends up in the top two of the aggregate table, it will receive a bye to the finals and the other tournament winner will play the aggregate table's best or second-best placed team in the semi-final, and if both tournament winners are also the aggregate table's top two teams, the semi-finals will be skipped and both sides will play the finals.
Lastly, in the event that one team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, it will be crowned as league champion without having to play this stage, and the playoffs will instead be held to decide the season's runner-up, which will qualify for the Copa Libertadores group stage, as well as the entry rounds of the remaining Copa Libertadores qualifiers and will be contested by the next best three teams in the aggregate table.
Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Rank ! Player ! Club ! Goals |- | align=center | 1 | Erick Castillo |Alianza Lima | align=center | 17 |- | align=center | 2 | Facundo Callejo |Cusco | align=center | 16 |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 3 | Carlos Garcés |Cienciano | rowspan=2 align=center | 14 |- | Alex Valera |Universitario |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 5 | Bernardo Cuesta |Melgar | rowspan=2 align=center | 12 |- | Jhonny Vidales |Melgar |- | rowspan=3 align=center | 7 | Alejandro Hohberg |Cienciano | rowspan=3 align=center | 11 |- | Hernán Barcos |Cajamarca / Sporting Cristal |- | Beto da Silva |Deportivo Garcilaso |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 10 | Franco Torres |Los Chankas | rowspan=2 align=center | 9 |- | Matías Sen |Comerciantes Unidos
Source: Ovación
See also 2026 Copa de la Liga 2026 Liga 2 2026 Liga 3 2026 Copa Perú 2026 Ligas Departamentales del Perú 2026 Torneo Tradición Copera 2026 Liga Femenina 2026 Liga Nacional Juvenil FPF
References
External links Official website