The Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur also called the Campeonato Nacional, it was an official Peruvian football competition created and then organized by the Peruvian Football Federation, it was played until the 1963 season. It was practically an interleague tournament, in which the provincial teams from the different departments that made up the Inca nation participated and also that depended on the Peruvian Federation. It was really the first great National Tournament held in football in Peru.
The champion received the Copa Presidente, donated by the President of the Republic Óscar Benavides.Sullana Campeón Nacional: Del 36, pero del 35
Until the 1937 edition, the football players of the First Division teams belonging to those cities participated in the tournament representing Lima and Callao. Between the 1939 and 1944 editions both cities participated forming a single selection. In the following tournaments, the teams from Lima and Callao were made up of players from their respective amateur leagues.
Towards the mid-1960s, the tournament gradually lost interest from the fans due to the inclusion of clubs representing the teams from other regions of Peru, the Torneo Descentralizado were born in 1966, then with the project of Víctor Nagaro Bianchi, as head of the Consejo Nacional del Deporte equivalent to what is currently the Instituto Peruano del Deporte appointed in 1965 by President Fernando Belaúnde Terry during his first government, whose idea was to emulate the decentralized tournaments of that time in Italy and France where the entire country.
Champions Ed. SeasonChampionRunner-up 1928 Lima Callao Arequipa 1932 Arequipa ¡Un Partido Memorable! Lima Callao — 1935 Sullana Lima 1937 Callao Chiclayo 1939 Lima–Callao Ica 1942 Lima–Callao'Lolo' Fernández con la selección de Lima-Callao ante la de Chicama: Contienda achicada Chicama 1944 Lima–Callao Ica 1946 IcaMunicipalidad de Ica rendirá homenaje póstumo a destacado deportista Néstor Casimiro Borjas Chiclayo 1952 TrujilloUn día como hoy Trujillo fue campeón nacional de futbol 1952 Arequipa 1953 Arequipa¡Arequipa Campeón Nacional 1953! Ica 1954 Talara Ica 1955 Huacho Talara 1956 Arequipa Lambayeque 1958 Talara Ica 1960 Piura Huancayo 1963 HuancavelicaUnión Deportivo Ascensión - UDA Cañete 1980 TacnaSelección de Tacna celebra 40 años de título nacional Piura
Titles by region RankClubWinnersRunners-upWinning yearsRunners-up years Arequipa 3 2 1932, 1953, 1956 1928, 1952 Callao 3 — 1928, 1932, 1937 — Lima–Callao 3 — 1939, 1942, 1944 — Lima 2 1 1928, 1932 1935 Talara 2 1 1954, 1958 1955 Ica 1 5 1946 1939, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1958 Piura 1 1 1960 1980 Huacho 1 — 1955 — Huancavelica 1 — 1963 — Sullana 1 — 1935 — Tacna 1 — 1980 — Trujillo 1 — 1952 — Chiclayo — 2 — 1937, 1946 Cañete — 1 — 1963 Chicama — 1 — 1942 Huancayo — 1 — 1960 Lambayeque — 1 — 1956
1928 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Preliminar Stage
Extra match
Consolation match
Second Stage
Final Stage
1932 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
1935 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
1937 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
1942 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
1953 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
1954 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
1956 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Amateur Final Stage
References
External links Soccerway.com Peruvian Football League News