Primera División Peruana 1999

The 1999 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the best other team in the aggregate table. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Results

Torneo Apertura

Relegation/Promotion playoff

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team1 = Deportivo Pesquero |score = 2–2 4–3 (PSO)|report= |team2 = América Cochahuayco|goals1=Espinoza 60' Silvera 61'|goals2 = Carrión 45' Ibarra 72'|stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima----
Deportivo Pesquero remained in Primera División Peruana

Promotion

*Deportivo UPAO promoted to Primera División 2000
**Deportivo UPAO (Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, from Trujillo) won the Copa Perú 1999 after defeating Alfonso Ugarte (Puno) in the three-legged final: 2-0 win at home, 0-4 loss away and 3-2 win in Lima.

Top scorers

;32 goals
*Ysrael Zúñiga (FBC Melgar);24 goals
*Harry Castillo (Unión Minas);22 goals
*Waldir Sáenz (Alianza Lima);19 goals
*Roberto Holsen (Alianza Atlético, Sporting Cristal)
*Claudio Pizarro (Alianza Lima)

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.html Peru 1999 season] Details on RSSSF