The Peruvian football league system is a complex system. Though the general outline includes the Liga 1, Liga 2, Liga 3 and Copa Perú. The Copa Perú is very large involving several stages and leagues within it. In addition, the Copa Perú is played within a year. Therefore, clubs who reach level 3 of the pyramid (National stage of the Copa Perú) will have climbed 4 levels in a one-year period.
| Level | Division(s)/League(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liga 1 (Primera División) 18 clubs ↓ 2 relegated to Liga 2 | ||||||
| 2 | Liga 2 (Segunda División) 18 clubs ↑ 2 Promoted to Liga 1 ↓ 2 relegated to Liga 3 | ||||||
| 3 | Liga 3 (Tercera División) 20 clubs ↑ 1 Promoted to Liga 2 ↓ 2 relegated to Ligas Departamentales | National stage (Copa Perú) Champions and Runners-up of each departamental league 50 clubs ↑ 1 Promoted to Liga 2 | |||||
| 4 | Ligas Departamentales (Departmental stage – 25 leagues) Liga Departanental del Amazonas – 12 clubs Liga Departamental de Ancash – 32 clubs Liga Departamental de Apurímac – 14 clubs Liga Departamental de Arequipa – 13 clubs Liga Departamental de Ayacucho – 20 clubs Liga Departamental de Cajamarca – 26 clubs Liga Departamental de Callao – 14 clubs Liga Departamental de Cusco – 24 clubs Liga Departamental de Huacavelica – 8 clubs Liga Departamental de Huánuco – 16 clubs Liga Departamental de Ica – 12 clubs Liga Departamental de Junín – 21 clubs Liga Departamental de La Libertad – 14 clubs Liga Departamental de Lambayeque – 16 clubs Liga Departamental de Lima – 16 clubs Liga Departamental de Loreto – 16 clubs Liga Departamental de Madre de Dios – 4 clubs Liga Departamental de Moquegua – 4 clubs Liga Departamental de Pasco – 6 clubs Liga Departamental de Piura – 18 clubs Liga Departamental de Puno – 20 clubs Liga Departamental de San Martín – 18 clubs Liga Departamental de Tacna – 8 clubs Liga Departamental de Tumbes – 6 clubs Liga Departamental de Ucayali – 8 clubs | ||||||
| 5 | Liga Provinciales (Provincial stage) | ||||||
| 6 | Ligas Distritales First Division (District stage) | ||||||
| 7 | Ligas Distritales Second Division | ||||||
The following charts detail all league competitions organised by the Peruvian Football Federation:
Defunct tournaments indicated in
| Peruvian football league system historical table (1912–1965) | ||||||||||
| Period | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912–1921 | style=background:#fee4e3 | |||||||||
| 1922–1925 | style=background:#fee4e3 | |||||||||
| 1926–1928 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Segunda División Provincial (Lima) | style=background:#fee4e3 | ||||||
| 1929 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Segunda División Provincial (Lima) | ||||||
| 1930–1934 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Segunda División Provincial (Lima) | style=background:#fee4e3 | ||||||
| 1935 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | ||||||
| 1936 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Primera División Unificada | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | |||||
| 1937–1940 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Segunda División Provincial (Lima) Segunda División Provincial (Callao) | style=background:#fee4e3 | |||||
| 1941 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | |||||||
| 1943–1950 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | |||||||
| 1951–1955 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Tercera División Provincial (Lima) Tercera División Provincial (Callao) | |||||
| 1956–1965 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Tercera División Provincial (Lima) Tercera División Provincial (Callao) | |||||
| Peruvian football league system historical table (1966–present) | ||||||||||||
| Period | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–1972 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | style=background:#fee4e3 | ||||||||
| Copa Perú (National stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | ||||||||||
| 1973 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 1974–1982 | Liga Mayor de Lima Copa Perú (National stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 1983 | Segunda División Copa Perú (National stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 1984–1987 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Segunda División Copa Perú (National stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | ||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Segunda División Copa Perú (Regional stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 1992 | style=background:#fee4e3 | Segunda División Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 1993–2006 | Segunda División Copa Perú (National stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Segunda División Copa Perú (National stage) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Liga 2 Copa Perú (National stage – 50 club) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Copa Perú (National stage – 50 clubs) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||
| 2025 | Copa Perú (National stage – 50 clubs) | Ligas Departamentales (25 leagues) | Ligas Distritales Second Division | |||||||||