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| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 April – 20 October 2024 |
| Champions | Alianza Universidad (1st title) |
| Promoted | Alianza Universidad Juan Pablo II College |
| Relegated | Carlos Stein Deportivo Municipal Juan Aurich Unión Huaral |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 496 (2.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mathías López (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Alianza Universidad 7–0 Carlos Stein (14 July) |
| Biggest away win | Carlos Stein 1–8 Deportivo Llacuabamba (20 July) |
| Highest scoring | Carlos Stein 1–8 Deportivo Llacuabamba (20 July) |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The 2024 Liga 2 (known as the Liga 2 1xBet 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. This year's edition started on 6 April 2024 and ended on 20 October 2024.
For this season the league was expanded to 18 teams from the previous 14. On 22 February 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation announced a new format for the Liga 2. All 18 teams were divided into two groups in the Regional Stage based on their geographical location, being the Zona Norte (North Zone) and Zona Sur (South Zone). Each team played each other in a round-robin format and the top six teams advanced to the Group Stage and the bottom three into the Relegation Stage. In the group Stage, the 12 teams were divided into two groups of six, with the top three teams advancing to the play-offs, the first team entering the semi-finals and the next two the quarter-finals. Two teams were promoted to the Liga 1 and one was relegated.[1] The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season:
18 teams took part in the league in this season, four more than the previous season: the top 13 teams from the 2023 tournament, plus the 2023 Copa Perú champions, ADA and semi-finalists San Marcos, Juan Pablo II College, and UCV Moquegua. ADA and San Marcos played in the Liga 2 for the first time in their history this season. Comerciantes Unidos and Los Chankas were promoted to the 2024 Liga 1. Los Chankas promoted to Liga 1 for the first time in their history and Comerciantes Unidos promoted for the first time since 2016.
Academia Cantolao, Binacional, and Deportivo Municipal got relegated from the 2023 Liga 1. Alfonso Ugarte got relegated to the Copa Perú after being disqualified in the 2023 season.
Juan Aurich and Union Huaral had their licenses withdrawn for not fulfilling the requirements to participate set by the FPF and were disqualified from the competition.[2]
| Promoted from 2023 Copa Perú |
Relegated from 2023 Liga 1 |
Promoted to 2024 Liga 1 |
Relegated to 2024 Copa Perú |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | City | Stadium[3] | Capacity[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Cantolao | Callao | Miguel Grau | 17,000 |
| ADA | Bagua Grande | San Luis | 9,000 |
| Alianza Universidad | Huánuco | Heraclio Tapia | 25,000 |
| Ayacucho | Ayacucho | Ciudad de Cumaná | 15,000 |
| Binacional | Juliaca | Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina | 20,080 |
| Carlos Stein | Lambayeque | César Flores Marigorda | 7,000 |
| Comerciantes | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,576 |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Chancay | Rómulo Shaw Cisneros | 3,000 |
| Deportivo Llacuabamba | Huamachuco | Municipal de Huamachuco | 5,000 |
| Deportivo Municipal | Lima | Iván Elías Moreno | 11,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Lambayeque | César Flores Marigorda | 7,000 |
| Juan Pablo II College | Chongoyape | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,500 |
| Pirata | Chongoyape | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,500 |
| San Marcos | Huaraz | Rosas Pampa | 18,000 |
| Santos | Nasca | Municipal de Nasca | 10,000 |
| UCV Moquegua | Moquegua | 25 de Noviembre | 21,073 |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colán | 6,000 |
| Universidad San Martín | Lima | Iván Elías Moreno | 11,000 |
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Cantolao | Shumawa | Dafabet | |
| ADA | Jave | Picrorana | |
| Alianza Universidad | Performance | UDH | |
| Ayacucho | Real | Cooperativa Santa Maria, DoradoBet | |
| Binacional | New Athletic | DoradoBet | |
| Carlos Stein | Adeko | Vidavas | |
| Comericantes | Crack | Jancos Corp. | |
| Deportivo Coopsol | Atlos | Escudo Protector | |
| Deportivo Llacuabamba | trusports | Llacuabamba | |
| Deportivo Municipal | Convert | Apuesto | |
| Juan Pablo II College | Real | Talen Sport, Boxes | |
| Pirata | Front | Nuevas Tierras | |
| San Marcos | Ander Sport | ||
| Santos | Palant | Explosivos del Sur S.A | |
| UCV Moquegua | Palant | Clinica del Sur | |
| Universidad San Martin | Convert | DoradoBet |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Stage | ||||||
| Academia Cantolao | End of contract | 14 September 2023 | Pre-season | 1 March 2024 | ||
| Pirata | 30 September 2023 | 1 January 2024 | ||||
| Binacional | 30 October 2023 | 1 April 2024 | ||||
| Comerciantes | 23 November 2023 | 23 November 2023 | ||||
| Ayacucho | Mutual agreement | 12 December 2023 | 20 March 2024 | |||
| Deportivo Municipal | 13 December 2023 | 31 December 2023 | ||||
| Deportivo Coopsol | 30 December 2023 | 6 March 2024 | ||||
| Carlos Stein | Sacked | 31 December 2023 | 1 March 2024 | |||
| Santos | Mutual agreement | 31 December 2023 | 10 January 2024 | |||
| Union Huaral | End of contract | 31 December 2023 | 13 January 2024 | |||
| ADA | Sacked | 21 January 2024 | 24 January 2024 | |||
| Binacional | 1 May 2024 | 7th | 1 May 2024 | |||
| ADA | 8 May 2024 | 5th | 11 May 2024 | |||
| Deportivo Coopsol | 31 May 2024 | 8th | 1 June 2024 | |||
| Carlos Stein | 1 June 2024 | 9th | 2 June 2024 | |||
| UCV Moquegua | 3 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 | ||||
| Binacional | 10 June 2024 | 10 June 2024 | ||||
| Carlos Stein | End of caretaker spell | 10 June 2024 | 11 June 2024 | |||
| ADA | Sacked | 29 June 2024 | 6th | 29 June 2024 | ||
| Juan Pablo II College | Mutual agreement | 30 June 2024 | 5th | 1 July 2024 | ||
| Deportivo Coopsol | Sacked | 4 July 2024 | 5 July 2024 | |||
| Juan Pablo II College | End of caretaker spell | 14 July 2024 | 15 July 2024 | |||
| Universidad San Martin | Sacked | 18 July 2024 | 20 July 2024 | |||
| Group Stage | ||||||
| Binacional | Sacked | 31 July 2024 | 5 August 2024 | |||
| Deportivo Municipal | 14 August 2024 | 25 August 2024 | ||||
| Universidad San Martin | 17 August 2024 | 17 July 2024 | ||||
| San Marcos | 6 September 2024 | 4th | 6 September 2024 | |||
| Deportivo Llacuabamba | 9 September 2024 | 9 September 2024 | ||||
| Santos | 12 September 2024 | 12 September 2024 | ||||
| ADA | Resigned | 24 September 2024 | 24 September 2024 | |||
| Play-offs | ||||||
| Comerciantes | Sacked | 28 September 2024 | 28 September 2024 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUH | SMA | LLA | JP | ADA | PIR | STE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alianza Universidad | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 29 | Advance to Group Stage | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 2 | San Marcos | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 23 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 21 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | |||
| 4 | Juan Pablo II College | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 15 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |||
| 5 | ADA | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 15 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |||
| 6 | Pirata | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 13[a] | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |||
| 7 | Carlos Stein | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 0 | Qualification for Grupo Descenso | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–8 | —[5] | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFC | SAN | AYA | MUN | CAN | COO | USM | UCV | BIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comerciantes | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 33 | Advance to Group Stage | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | ||
| 2 | Santos | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 25 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | —[6] | |||
| 3 | Ayacucho | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 24 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 20 | 1–1 | 0–0 | —[7] | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||
| 5 | Academia Cantolao | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 20 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 6 | Deportivo Coopsol | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 19 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |||
| 7 | Universidad San Martín | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 18 | Qualification for Grupo Descenso | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | ||
| 8 | UCV Moquegua | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 11 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |||
| 9 | Binacional | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 10[a] | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | —[8] | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
In the Group Stage, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the Regional stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the Regional Stage did not carry over during the Group Stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUH | LLA | SAN | COO | ADA | MUN[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alianza Universidad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 24 | Advance to semi-finals | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | —[10] | ||
| 2 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 17 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 16 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |||
| 4 | Deportivo Coopsol | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | |||
| 5 | ADA | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 11[a] | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | |||
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal[9] (R) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | +1 | −1[b] | Participation in next season recalled | — | —[11] | — | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JP | CAN | CFC | SMA | AYA | PIR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Pablo II College | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 19 | Advance to semi-finals | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | Academia Cantolao | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 18 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Comerciantes | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | San Marcos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13[a] | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | |||
| 5 | Ayacucho (P) | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 10 | Reinstated to 2025 Liga 1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | ||
| 6 | Pirata | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 9 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Academia Cantolao | 1–2 | Santos |
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| Deportivo Llacuabamba | 0–1 | Comerciantes |
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| Santos | 1–2 | Alianza Universidad |
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| Comerciantes | 1–0 | Juan Pablo II College |
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| Alianza Universidad | 3–0 | Santos |
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| Juan Pablo II College | 2–1 | Comerciantes |
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| Penalties | ||
| Romario Aliaga Jack Durán Facundo Rodríguez Jorge Agüero Gustavo Collante |
4–3 | Adrian Quiroz Piero Vela Kevin Lugo Leonardo Salas Diego Saffadi |
| Alianza Universidad | 1–0 | Juan Pablo II College |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BIN | UCV | USM | STE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binacional (P) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Reinstated to 2025 Liga 1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | ||
| 2 | UCV Moquegua | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | |||
| 3 | Universidad San Martín | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |||
| 4 | Carlos Stein (R) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 | −17 | −2[b] | Relegation to 2025 Liga 3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academia Cantolao | 16 | |
| 2 | San Marcos | 13 | |
| 3 | Comerciantes | 11 | |
| Santos | |||
| 4 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 10 |