Football Journey

Colombia. Closed league. NB: Independiente Medellín and Atlético Bucaramanga sold their posts in the championship of 1971 to Oro Negro [Barrancabermeja] and Real Cartagena respectively due economical problems.

 

Torneo Apertura

Final table:

1. Nacional 26 16 8 2 43-23 40 [Medellín]
2. Deportivo Cali 26 16 7 3 48-28 39
3. Santa Fe 26 12 10 4 42-27 34 [Bogotá]
4. Millonarios 26 13 6 7 44-30 32 [Bogotá]
5. Cúcuta 26 10 9 7 43-36 29
6. América 26 9 8 9 34-33 26 [Cali]
7. Pereira 26 8 10 8 34-38 26
8. Quindío 26 7 11 8 31-41 25 [Armenia]
9. Cristal Caldas 26 9 6 11 39-33 24 [Manizales]
10. Tolima 26 6 10 10 33-38 22 [Ibagué]
11. Real Cartagena 26 4 12 10 18-32 20
12. Atlético Junior 26 7 4 15 29-40 18 [Barranquilla]
13. Oro Negro 26 4 7 15 23-47 15 [Barrancabermeja]
14. Unión Magdalena 26 4 6 16 28-43 14 [Santa Marta]

Atlético Nacional & Deportivo Cali classified to Final Quadrangular.

 

Torneo Finalización

Final table:

Standing from left: Jesús “El Toto” Rubio, Gabriel Hernández, José Ignacio Díaz Granados, Otoniel Quintana, Hermenegildo Segrera, Óscar Villano.
Crouching: Alejandro Brand, José I. Muñoz, Néstor Subiat, Juan Adolfo Maldonado, Luis Fernando Lavezzi.
1. Millonarios 26 17 5 4 41-17 39 [Bogotá]
2. Santa Fe 26 16 6 4 50-21 38 [Bogotá]
3. Nacional 26 14 5 7 42-31 33 [Medellín]
4. Deportivo Cali 26 12 6 8 44-33 30
5. Quindío 26 10 8 8 39-35 28 [Armenia]
Standing from left: Beracochea, Zapata, Torres, “Pele” González, Ortega, Gomez, Fabio Cadavid. Crouching: Rezza, Santamaría, Lobaton, Prospitti, Quiñónez.
6. Cristal Caldas 26 11 6 9 45-46 28 [Manizales]
Top row from left:Director Técnico Pancho Villegas, Cristobal Valencia, Joaquín Sánchez, Armando Valencia, De la Hoz, Absalón Oviedo, Heriberto Rigi, Claudio Norberto Bautista, Henri Valencia, Gullo preparador físico.
Middle row: Alejandro Sinisterra, Orlando Puerto, Pipa Solarte, Joaquín Ramírez, Juan Vicente la liebre Quintero, Iroldo de Oliveira , Raul Peñaranda, Wilson Barona, Carlos Obando, Carlos man Ávila, Canín Zabala  masajista.
Front: Jaime Illice, José Vicente Tuta, Fabio guaracha Mosquera, F. Espinosa, Fernando Romero, Carlos Arturo el pollo  Díaz, Carlos la chancha Monsalve, Nélson Silva  Pacheco ( uruguayan), Edgar  Angulo, Néstor Manfredy.
7. Cúcuta 26 8 10 8 37-43 26
Standing from left: Morales, Paniagua, Monsalve, Rivarola, Gomez.
Crouching: Gaviria, Matiz, Rodríguez, Largacha, Valencia, Naranjo.
8. Pereira 26 7 11 8 39-36 25
9. Unión Magdalena 26 7 9 10 36-43 23 [Santa Marta]
10. América 26 6 10 10 26-38 22 [Cali]
11. Real Cartagena 26 7 7 12 27-35 21
12. Atlético Junior 26 2 15 9 21-38 19 [Barranquilla]
13. Oro Negro 26 5 8 13 34-44 18 [Barrancabermeja]
14. Tolima 26 1 12 13 23-44 14 [Ibagué]

CD Millonarios & Independiente Santa Fe classified to Final Quadrangular.

 

Final Quadrangular

Final table:

1. Santa Fe 6 2 3 1 8- 6 7 Libertadores 1972
2. Nacional 6 2 3 1 7- 6 7 Libertadores 1972
3. Millonarios 6 2 2 2 6- 5 6
4. Deportivo Cali 6 1 2 3 7-11 4

Santa Fe and Nacional both with 7 points had to play a final championship
serie.

 

Final Championship

First Leg [Jan 30 1972, Medellín]
Nacional 0-0 Santa Fe

Second Leg [Feb 3 1972, Bogotá]
Santa Fe 0-0 Nacional

Tie-breaker match [Feb 10 1972, Cali]
Santa Fe 3-2 Nacional
[Miguel Arce 5, 47, Pedro Alzate 83; Jorge Fernández 58, Javier
Tamayo 81]
Atletico Nacional finished with silver.
Independiente Santa Fe [Bogotá] champions of Colombia 1971. This was their 5th title.

Paraguay. First Division champion:

Olimpia.

Second: Cerro Porteño. Standing from left: Artemio Villanueva, Luis Bordón, Carlos Jara Saguier, César Ortiz Aquino, Justiniano Enciso, Valentín Mendoza.
Front: Adalberto Escobar, Juvencio Osorio, Hugo González, Saturnino Arrúa, Severiano Irala.

Possible First Division participants:

Guarani. Standing from left: Raimundo Aguilera, Vicente Bobadilla, Ricardo Tavarelli, Flaminio Sosa, José L. Ivaldi, Juan Martínez.
Crouching: Aurelio Martínez, Alcides Sosa, Joaquín Yugovich, Dionisio A. Valdez, Wilfrido Cañellas.

Libertad. Standing from left: Secundino Arévalo, Benjamín Shupp, Pedro Jaquet, Ignacio Achucarro, César Caballero, Alcides Báez.
Crouching: Emigdio Dos Santos, Francisco Martínez, Estanislao Franco, Gustavo Torres, Arecio Colmán.

River Plate. Standing from left: Alicio Solalinde, Néstor Sanguinetti (argentinian), Juan V. Lezcano, Francisco Riveros, Miguel A. Alvarenga, José D. Insfrán.
Crouching: Atilano Fernández, Carlos Huespe, Eladio Vera, Juan F. Riveros, Genaro García.

Sol de America. Standing from left: Pablo De Jesús Garay, Gumercindo Yudis, Secundino Aifuch, Cirilo Bogado, Ricardo Meyer, Silverio Troche.
Crouching: Diosmede Cabrera, Ladislao Delgadillo, Jacinto Paredes, Mariano C. Pesoa, Roberto Cino.

Nacional. Standing from left: Aldame, Battaglia, Díaz, Jaquet, García Ciani, Quiñonez.

Crouching: Ferreira, Gonzalez, Fleitas, Sosa, Ríos

Second Division:

Champion, promoted to First Division: Presidente Hayes.

Second: Rubio Nu.

Other participants:

Resistencia

Tacuary

Club Sportivo Ameliano

II Division

Campeonato de Apertura

First Stage

Final Tables:

Northern Group

1.Ovalle 8 5 1 2 15- 5 11 (Ovalle) – Classified

2.Ferroviarios 8 4 3 1 14- 7 11 (Santiago)

3.Coquimbo Unido 8 2 3 3 8-12 7 (Coquimbo)

4.Santiago Morning 8 2 2 4 10-15 6 (Santiago)

5.San Luis 8 2 1 5 9-17 5 (Quillota)

Central Group

1.Bádminton 6 4 1 1 13- 5 9 (Curicó) – Classified

2.San Antonio Unido 6 3 2 1 11-11 8 (San Antonio)

3.Palestino 6 0 4 2 9-11 4 (Santiago)

4.Colchagua 6 1 1 4 4-10 3 (San Fernando)

Southern Group

1.Ñublense 8 5 1 2 11- 3 11 (Chillán) – Classified

2.Naval 8 5 1 2 14- 7 11 (Talcahuano)

3.Independiente 8 4 1 3 11-10 9 (Cauquenes)

4.Iberia 8 3 1 4 8-13 7 (Los Angeles)

5.Lister Rossel 8 0 2 6 7-18 2 (Linares)

Final Stage

Ñublense 2-2 Bádminton

Ñublense 2-0 Ovalle

Ovalle 2-0 Bádminton

Final Table:

1.Ñublense 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3 (Chillán)

2.Ovalle 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2 (Ovalle)

3.Bádminton 2 0 1 1 2- 4 1 (Curicó)

Ñublense winners Campeonato de Apertura

Campeonato Oficial

Final Table:

Standing from left: René Hormazabal, Edmundo Pérez, Julio Aliaga, Haroldo Peña, Juan Valdivia, Alfredo Petinelli.
Crouching: Miguel Negrete, Fernando Gómez, Ruben Cabrera, Juan Inostroza, Rudeli Torreblanca.

1.NAVAL 26 16 7 3 46-18 39 (Talcahuano) – Champions

2.Ñublense 26 14 10 2 44-23 38 (Chillán)

3.Palestino 26 13 10 3 42-21 36 (Santiago)

Back row from left: Gardella,Gerbier, Prieto, Carlos Cortés, Adolfo Cortés, Alfonso Rodríguez, Gómez ( masseur); Front: J.C Gamboa, Gabriel Gallardo, Ferid Hatibovich, Raúl Quiroz, Santiago Quintanilla.

4.Ovalle 26 13 9 4 57-32 35 (Ovalle)

5.Colchagua 26 9 11 6 34-37 29 (San Fernando)

6.Ferroviarios 26 7 14 5 33-30 28 (Santiago)

Standing from left: Carlos Vargas, Germán Rojas, Huamalata Espinoza, Ambler , Pato Bermudes, Caliche Maluenda. Crouching: Neira, Rubén Latallada, Jorge Helo, Javier Mendez, Wilson Puebla.

7.Coquimbo Unido 26 8 9 9 42-43 25 (Coquimbo)

8.Santiago Morning 26 8 8 10 45-45 24 (Santiago)

9.Independiente 26 9 6 11 28-36 24 (Cauquenes)

10.Lister Rossel 26 5 10 11 28-46 20 (Linares)

11.San Luis 26 7 5 14 32-47 19 (Quillota)

12.San Antonio Unido 26 4 9 13 33-48 17 (San Antonio)

13.Iberia 26 6 5 15 32-55 17 (Los Angeles)

14.Bádminton 26 5 3 18 39-54 13 (Curicó) – Relegated

Naval (Talcahuano) won the championship and earned promotion to First Division.

Chile. I Division
1. UNIÓN SAN FELIPE 34 18 10 6 61 40 46
2. Universidad de Chile 34 17 10 7 73 42 44
3. Unión Española 34 14 14 6 52 40 42
4. Colo Colo 34 16 9 9 62 42 41
5. Deportes Concepción 34 15 7 12 40 41 37
6. Unión La Calera 34 12 12 10 51 47 36
7. Santiago Wanderers 34 12 10 12 43 47 34
8. Deportes La Serena 34 11 12 11 45 50 34
9. Rangers 34 11 10 13 40 43 32
10. Antofagasta 34 10 12 12 42 51 32
11. O’Higgins 34 12 8 14 36 47 32
12. Huachipato 34 10 11 13 43 45 31
13. Universidad Católica 34 13 4 17 49 51 30
Standing from left: Mario Lara, Roberto Hernández, Franklin Hernández, Oscar Posenatto, Enrique Arias, Hugo Pantoja.
Crouching: Fernando Polilla Espinoza, Eduardo Valero, Héctor Acevedo, Miguel Iturrate, Manuel Ortega
14. Magallanes 34 13 4 17 50 55 30
Back row from left: Juan Barrales, Arnoldo Magna, Esaú Bravo, Luis Anabalón, Waldo Barrera, Óscar Navarro;
Front: Óscar Moreno, Juan Peñaloza, Carlos Lagreze, Víctor Manuel González, Pedro Pinto.
15. Green Cross 34 10 10 14 45 51 30
16. Everton 34 10 9 15 43 52 29
17. Lota Schwager 34 9 8 17 42 52 26
18. Audax Italiano 34 7 12 15 33 54 26

CHAMPION: UNIÓN SAN FELIPE. Amazing season for the champions – not only a provincial club won the title, but they were and are the only team to win back-to-back the Second Division and the First Division. Union San Felipe was promoted for the first time in 1970, won the title in their first top-league season and were the first champion not from Santiago de Chile since 1957. Historic success, alas only one.
COPA LIBERTADORES 1972: Unión San Felipe, Universidad de Chile
RELEGATED: Audax Italiano
PROMOTED: Naval

Primera B

Home Away

No. Team G W D L W D L W D L Gf Ga P

Standing from left: Ernesto E. Suárez, Cornejo, Piazza, Pont, Capurro, Pini. Crouching: Orlando Giménez, Veira, Juan C. Rojas, Raffo, Albasetti. 1. Lanús 28 17 7 4 9 5 0 8 2 4 66 31 41 [Promoted to First Division]

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2. Arsenal 28 14 7 7 7 5 2 7 2 5 59 42 35

3. San Telmo 28 11 10 7 7 6 1 4 4 6 42 36 32

Standing from left: Belvedere, Borruto, Panizo, Vieytez, Polleto, Cavallo,

Front: Ferraro, Stella, Romero, Medina, Roganti.

4. All Boys 28 9 13 6 5 7 2 4 6 4 36 33 31

Second row from left: Jorge Sigman, Creado, Horacio Gil, Alberto Lutte, Juan C. Pilla, Rolando Irusta.
First row: Norberto Sicilia, León Ugarte, Omar Masciotra, Obdulio López, Carlos A. López.

5. Excursionistas 28 10 10 8 5 4 5 5 6 3 52 55 30

6. Talleres (RE) 28 8 12 8 4 8 2 4 4 6 40 40 28

7. Almirante Brown 28 8 11 9 7 3 4 1 8 5 32 35 27

8. Deportivo Morón 28 9 9 10 5 4 5 4 5 5 26 27 27

Back row from lefrt: Barbieri, Salvador, Merlo, Oscar Alberto López, Escos,
Corbalán, Mercuri. Front: Yuliano, Flotta, Juan José López, Magalhaes, Medl, Grasso.

9. Temperley 28 10 7 11 6 4 4 4 3 7 40 48 27

Back row from left: Carrizo, Ferreyra, Fillol, Manna, Sandoval
Front: Bourrás, Puppo, Espinosa, Villa, Martinoli, Espíndola

10. Quilmes 28 7 12 9 5 6 3 2 6 6 37 34 26

11. Deportivo Español 28 6 12 10 4 5 5 2 7 5 31 35 24

12. Comunicaciones 28 8 7 13 6 2 6 2 5 7 39 43 23

Back row from left: Juan C. Bravo, Trimarchi, Héctor Pistone, Héctor Araujo, Rubén Astigarraga, Motta.
First row: Leonardo Cajal, Osvaldo Barrera, Miguel A. Alvarez, Juan J. Abraham, Hugo Baroni.

13. Estudiantes (Bs.As.) 28 4 13 11 2 8 4 2 5 7 20 33 21

14. Nueva Chicago 28 12 9 7 10 2 2 2 7 5 47 36 19 [*]

Standing from left: Gianetti, Camino, Redondo, Bonnia, Notaris, Sambucetti. Crouching: Rivero, Houseman, Rubén Domínguez, Dubanced, Yannello.

15. Defensores de Belgrano 28 5 5 18 3 3 8 2 2 10 33 69 15 [Relegated]

.Note: [*] Nueva Chicago had 14 points deducted because of an alleged bribery attempt around their match at Temperley.

Lanus was promoted to Metropolitano A

National Championship Cup – Campeonato Nacional – 1971

Group A

1. INDEPENDIENTE 14 10 4 0 31- 13 24 (Avellaneda)

Standing from left: Fenoy, De Rienzo, Solórzano, Silva, Becerra, Jara
Crouching: Marcos Pereira Martins, Juan Carlos Montes, Obberti, Cabrero, Chazarreta

2. NEWELL’S OLD BOYS 14 9 5 0 37- 10 23 (Rosario)

From left: Heredia, Syeyyguil, Cos, Laciar, Cuellar, Lupo, Quiroga, Bracamonte, Tocalli, Garay, Altamirano.

3. Belgrano 14 9 3 2 28- 13 21 (Córdoba)

4. River Plate 14 8 5 1 26- 13 21 (Buenos Aires)

5. Argentinos Juniors 14 7 1 6 22- 22 15 (Buenos Aires)

6. Ferro Carril Oeste 14 4 6 4 22- 20 14 (Buenos Aires)

7. Banfield 14 4 5 5 23- 22 13 (Banfield)

8. Kimberley 14 4 5 5 22- 21 13 (Mar del Plata)

9. San Martín (Mendoza) 14 3 6 5 20- 20 12 (San Martín)

10. Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 14 3 3 8 22- 30 9 (La Plata)

11. Huracán 14 3 3 8 19- 27 9 (Buenos Aires)

12. Juventud Antoniana 14 3 2 9 23- 30 8 (Salta)

13. Don Orione 14 4 0 10 16- 34 8 (Barranqueras)

Back row from left: Rípari, Hernández, Varela, Vidal, Nahuelpan, Juan C. Rodríguez, Juan C. Álvarez, Alfredo Pérez, Lorenzi. Front: Dias Gago, Pichintiniz, Carlos Lobo, Gordillo, Bersan, Toledo, Britapaja.

14. Huracán 14 1 1 12 11- 55 3 (Comodoro Rivadavia)

Group B

1. ROSARIO CENTRAL 14 9 3 2 27- 13 21 (Rosario)

Standing from left: Sergio B. Villar (uruguayan), Ricardo Rezza, Antonio Rosl, Ramón Heredia, Roberto Espósito, Luis Kadijevic.
Crouching: Pedro A. González, Carlos Veglio, Victorio N. Cocco, Rodolfo Fischer, Rubén Ayala.

2. SAN LORENZO DE ALMAGRO 14 8 4 2 37- 19 20 (Buenos Aires)

3. Boca Juniors 14 8 4 2 34- 17 20 (Buenos Aires)

Second row from left: Fornari, Legrotaglie, Bergara, Benítez, Guzmán, Sosa. Front: Pereyra, Guayama, Pedone, Torres, Ibáñez.

4. Gimnasia y Esgrima 14 7 5 2 28- 21 19 (Mendoza)

5. Atlanta 14 6 4 4 25- 17 16 (Buenos Aires)

6. Vélez Sarsfield 14 5 6 3 21- 20 16 (Buenos Aires)

Back row from left: Carlos Pachamé, Oscar Malbernat, Hugo Medina, Néstor Togneri, Hugo Spadaro.
Front: Oscar Pezzano, Camilo Aguilar, Rubén Pagnanini, Rubén Bedogni, Eduardo Flores y Juan R. Verón.

7. Estudiantes de La Plata 14 4 4 6 22- 19 12 (La Plata)

Second row from left: Carlos Oriolo, Rubén Díaz, Jorge Paolino, Enrique Wolff, Nelson Chabay (uruguayan),y Carlos Squeo.
First row: Osvaldo Lamelza, Juan C. García Sangenis, Juan C. Cárdenas, Jorge José Benítez, José L. Luna.

8. Racing Club 14 4 4 6 20- 21 12 (Avellaneda)

9. Chacarita Juniors 14 5 2 7 16- 20 12 (General San Martín)

Back row from left: Juan C. Lo Bello, Humberto Zucarelli, Rubén Coletti, Jorge Drago, Carlos Trullet, Mario Rodríguez.
Front: Edgardo Di Meola, José L. Córdoba, Luis Pulcini, Gustavo Ripke, Carlos Zibecchi.

10. Colón 14 3 6 5 21- 26 12 (Santa Fe)

Standing from left: Calderón, Arias, Lizondo, Luna, Corvalán, Raúl R. Rodríguez. Front: Sánchez, Villalón, Gómez, Acosta y Toledo.

11. San Martín 14 4 4 6 22- 30 12 (San Miguel de Tucumán)

12. Guaraní Antonio Franco 14 3 4 7 18- 26 10 (Posadas)

13. Central Córdoba 14 3 3 8 17- 33 9 (Santiago del Estero)

Standing from left: Rosales, Lucero, Carro, Ginder, De Nápoli, Ferlich. Crouching: Becchio, Santos, Fiore, Giménez, Jorge Martínez.

14. Huracán 14 2 4 8 7- 25 8 (Ingeniero White) .

Boca Juniors – Huracán (Ingeniero White) was not played, awarded 1-0.

Semifinals

1. SAN LORENZO DE ALMAGRO 1 0 1 0 2- 2 1 (Buenos Aires)

2. Independiente 1 0 1 0 2- 2 1 (Avellaneda) .

San Lorenzo de Almagro advanced on pen 7-6.

1. ROSARIO CENTRAL 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2 (Rosario)

2. Newell’s Old Boys 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 (Rosario)

Final

1. ROSARIO CENTRAL 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2 (Rosario)

2. San Lorenzo de Almagro 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 (Buenos Aires)

Pre Libertadores Playoff

Standing from left: Santoro, Commisso, Miguel A. López, Pavoni, Garisto. Front: Raimondo, Balbuena, Pastoriza, Giachello, Semenewicz, Gennoni.

1. Independiente 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2 (Avellaneda)

2. San Lorenzo de Almagro 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 (Buenos Aires) .

This match belonged to Nacional championship. .

Independiente (Avellaneda) played as champion of Metropolitano. .

San Lorenzo de Almagro, as runner-up of Nacional.

Champion: Rosario Central.
Libertadores cup 1972: Rosario Central and Independiente (Avellaneda).

Argentina. Championship Cup – Campeonato Metropolitano – 1971

1. INDEPENDIENTE 36 20 10 6 57- 26 50 (Avellaneda)

2. Vélez Sarsfield 36 20 9 7 77- 42 49 (Buenos Aires)

Standing from left: Marcos,Puntorero,Recupero,Garcia Cambon,Neumann.
Crouching: Carnevalli,Poncio,Buzzo,Forteis,Frasoldatti, Bargas

3. Chacarita Juniors 36 17 12 7 49- 35 46 (General San Martín)

4. Newell’s Old Boys 36 18 8 10 74- 47 44 (Rosario)

5. San Lorenzo de Almagro 36 18 8 10 75- 52 44 (Buenos Aires)

6. River Plate 36 14 11 11 60- 52 39 (Buenos Aires)

7. Ferro Carril Oeste 36 15 8 13 49- 49 38 (Buenos Aires)

8. Boca Juniors 36 16 4 16 59- 52 36 (Buenos Aires)

9. Huracán 36 12 11 13 46- 54 35 (Buenos Aires)

10. Rosario Central 36 11 12 13 48- 51 34 (Rosario)

Back row from left: Parados: Carlos Oriolo, Rubén Díaz, Jorge Paolino, Enrique Wolff, Nelson Chabay (uruguayo), Carlos Squeo.
Front: Osvaldo Lamelza, Juan C. García Sangenis, Juan C. Cárdenas, Jorge José Benítez, José L. Luna.

11. Racing Club 36 10 14 12 56- 64 34 (Avellaneda)

Standing from left: José M. Martínez, Roberto Gonzalo, Roberto Di Plácido, Roberto Zywica, José Leonardi, Hugo O. Gatti.
Crouching: Ricardo Montivero, Hugo Echauri, Delio Onnis, José Santiago, Jorge Castiglia. 12. Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 36 10 14 12 51- 62 34 (La Plata)

13. Estudiantes de La Plata 36 11 10 15 41- 55 32 (La Plata)

Back row from left:Tardivo, Cordoba, Trullet, Coletti, Drago, Rodriguez. Front: Motura, Di Meola, Pulcini, Ripke, Velazquez.

14. Colón 36 10 11 15 58- 73 31 (Santa Fe)

Standing from left:Miguel Pecoraro, Eduardo Collado (uruguayan), Daniel Gil, Osvaldo Gutiérrez, Horacio Morales, Miguel A. Laino.
Crouching: Ernesto Mastrángelo, Rodolfo Vicente, Rubén Cano (in 1978, whn playing for Spain, he was accused – and rightly so – for playing for Argentina earlier, hence ineligible for another country), Juan A. Gómez Voglino, Benito Valencia.

15. Atlanta 36 11 8 17 45- 57 30 (Buenos Aires)

16. Argentinos Juniors 36 9 11 16 43- 56 29 (Buenos Aires)

17. Banfield 36 6 17 13 36- 54 29 (Banfield)

18. Los Andes 36 9 9 18 38- 57 27 (Lomas de Zamora)

19. Platense 36 6 11 19 42- 66 23 (Buenos Aires)

Standing from left: Santoro, Raimondo, Bertolotti, Sá, Pavoni, Garisto. Crouching: Balbuena, Pastoriza, Magán, Maglioni, González.

Champion: Independiente (Avellaneda). Relegated: Los Andes (Lomas de Zamora) and Platense.

Goals: 1004.

Top scorers: 1. Bianchi, Carlos Vélez Sarsfield 36

2. Obberti, Alfredo Newell’s Old Boys 28

3. Fischer, Rodolfo San Lorenzo de Almagro 20

4. Cabral, Roberto Platense 18

5. Más, Oscar River Plate 16

Second Division – Copa Peru. In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24

departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams  
plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more 
rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima. All depends on the standpoint: the records for 1971 should be 1970, unless Copa Peru was played before the First Division season started – the winners played in the 1971 top league season. If both competitions were played at the same time, such thing would not have been possible. And to confuse even more everything there was 'proper' Second Division, which winner was promoted to  Campeonato Descentralizado in 1972. 
                     
   
Finalists teams (Note: After each team name, between brackets is the name of the
city and department from which each team comes from): 
   
Cienciano (Cusco, Cusco)
Colegio Nacional (Iquitos, Loreto)
José Gálvez (Chimbote, Ancash)
Melgar Foot-Ball Club (Arequipa, Arequipa)
Social Deportivo Huando (Huaral, Lima)
Unión Tumán (Tumán, Lambayeque)
FINAL TABLE
                                Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Melgar FBC .................   8 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 13 -  4   [Promoted]
Standing from left: Ricardo Zúñiga, Humberto Giuria, Felipe La Rosa, ?, NN.
Front: Florencio La Rosa, ?, Alfonso Vilela, Capurro, Mario Catalá, Andrade. 
2. Unión Tumán ................   7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 -  8 -  6   [Promoted]
Standing from left: Germán Ostolaza, Hipólito Estrada, Jesús Rodríguez, Sebastián Mantilla, José Arias, Arturo Costa.
Front: Rodomiro del Solar, Guillermo Ostolaza, Alejandro Luces, Luis Palomino, Wilfredo Palacios.
3. José Gálvez ................   7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 -  6 -  7   [Promoted]
Back row from left: Enrique Corrales, Luis Jimenez, Roberto Céspedes, Dante Morales, Guillermo Rengifo, José Arenas.
Crouching: "Mitrón" Cáceres, Jorge Jaico, Antonio Medina, Fernando del Aguila, César Cortéz.
4. Colegio Nacional ...........   6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 -  9 -  6
Back row from left: Luis Cuba, Héctor Berríos, Juvenal Anaya, Néstor Del Castillo, ?, José Carrión.
Front: Olazábal, Humberto Castañeda, Nilo Castañeda, ?, ?.
5. Cienciano ..................   2 - 5 - 1 - 0 - 4 -  8 -  9 
6. Social Deportivo Huando ....   0 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 5 -  2 - 14


Topscorer: Luis Ponce-Arroé (Melgar Foot-Ball Club), 7 goals

Note: Three teams were promoted as First Division was increased from 14 to 16
      teams in... 1971. 

Peru. I Division. Last three relegated.

Standing from left: Félix Salinas, Pedro Gonzáles, Luis La Fuente, Luis Cruzado, Héctor Chumpitaz, Humberto Ballesteros.
Crouching: Juan José Muñante, Roberto Chale, Percy Rojas, Héctor Bailetti, Oswaldo Ramírez.
 1. Universitario de Deportes            30 - 18 - 10 -  2 - 57 - 20 -  46  [1971 Champion, To Copa Libertadores]
Standing from left: Carlos Salinas, Miguel García, Javier Gonzáles, Manuel Mayorga, Jorge Barreto, José Velásquez.
Front: Luis "Babalú" Martínez, Víctor "Pitín" Zegarra, Juan Rivero, Teófilo Cubillas, José Sierra
 2. Alianza Lima                         30 - 16 -  8 -  6 - 50 - 25 -  40  [To Copa Libertadores]
Back row: José Fernández, Pedro Gonzáles, Nicolás Fuentes, Rubén Correa, César Peralta, Eduardo Stucchi.
Front: Roberto Chale, Enrique Casaretto, Pedro Alexis Gonzáles, Miguel Angel Tojo, Eduardo Schabauer.
 3. Defensor Lima                        30 - 14 - 11 -  5 - 48 - 30 -  39 
 4. Sporting Cristal                     30 - 13 - 12 -  5 - 50 - 36 -  38 
Standing from left: José Fernández, José Luis Dupuy, Leonidas Jimenez, Fernando Cárdenas, Pedro Gonzáles Zavala, Nicolás Fuentes.
Crouching: Pedro Alexis González, Roberto "Titín" Drago, Manuel Mellán, Hugo Sotil, Miguel Angel Converti.
 5. Deportivo Municipal                  30 - 14 -  9 -  7 - 47 - 34 -  37 
Back row from left: Sanchez, Vidal, Párraga, Carbonell, Augusto "Perro" Vílchez , Pau. 
Front: Reyes, Gonzales Ganoza, Lopez Lavalle, Orbegozo, Arnaez. 
 6. Juan Aurich (Chiclayo)               30 - 15 -  6 -  9 - 48 - 37 -  36 
 7. Melgar F.B.C. (Arequipa)             30 - 10 - 14 -  6 - 40 - 30 -  34 
 8. Atlético Torino (Talara)             30 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 30 - 38 -  30
Back row from left:  Walter Flores, Santiago Ojeda, Luis Mexo, Salguero, Guillermo Quijandría, Carlos Campaña.
Front: Gerónimo Barbadillo, Atilio Escate, Walter Daga, ?, Carlos Solís. 
 9. Sport Boys (Callao)                  30 -  9 - 11 - 10 - 30 - 27 -  29 
Standing from left: José Balcázar, Humberto Giuria, Ricardo Zuñiga, ?, Felipe La Rosa, ?.
Crouching: Galarreta, Ancieta, ?, Luis Andrade, Florencio La Rosa.
10. Unión Tumán (Tumán)                  30 -  9 -  8 - 13 - 38 - 50 -  26
Standing from left:  Rivas, Villalobos, ?, Corbacho, ?, Santiago Carty.
Crouching: Moacyr Pinto, Roberto Agüero, ?, Moisés Chumpitaz, ?. 
11. Carlos Mannucci (Trujillo)           30 -  7 - 10 - 13 - 43 - 49 -  24 
Back row from left: Carlos Oliva, Jesús Lavalle, Angel Avilés, Mariano Loo, ?.
Front: José Navarro, Julio Tijero, Rubén Díaz, Germán Lara, Otorino Sartor, Francisco Quintana.
12. Defensor Arica                       30 -  8 -  8 - 14 - 30 - 46 -  24 
Back row from left: Miguel Dietz, Germán Ostolaza, José Arias, Arturo Acosta, ?, ?.
Front: Gonzáles, Luis Palomino, Alejandro Luces, Hipólito Estrada, Guillermo Ostolaza. 
13. José Gálvez (Chimbote)               30 -  5 - 10 - 15 - 27 - 50 -  20
14. Atlético Deportivo Olímpico (Callao) 30 -  5 - 10 - 15 - 32 - 56 -  20 [Relegated]
Standing from left: Juan Rubianes, ?, Carlos Gonzáles, ?, Manuel Carrizales, Rufino Bernales.
Crouching: Antonio "Muy Muy" Franco, ?, ?, Ricardo Ormeño, ?. 
15. Octavio Espinosa (Ica)               30 -  6 -  7 - 17 - 26 - 43 -  19  [Relegated]
16. Porvenir Miraflores                  30 -  3 - 12 - 15 - 38 - 63 -  18  [Relegated]

Topscorer: Manuel Mellán (Deportivo Municipal), 25 goals.
Promoted: Deportivo SIMA (Callao), 
Atlético Grau (Piura), 
León (Huanaco). 

Second Level (Primera B) 1971

Final Table:

1.Rentistas 18 8 7 3 20-13 23 Promoted

2.Fénix 18 7 8 3 24-18 22 Promotion Playoff

3.Miramar 18 8 6 4 19-13 22 Promotion Playoff

4.Wanderers 18 8 5 5 23-17 21

Standing from left: ?,?, Luis Argibay, Ruben Martínez, Olivera, Wellington Castro.
Front: Elbio Alemán, Oscar Alfonso, Julio Fernández, Jorge Sanín, Aníbal Merli.

5.Colón 18 7 5 6 23-18 19

6.Progreso 18 6 7 5 26-28 19

7.Cerrito 18 7 3 8 18-21 17

8.Rampla Juniors 18 3 9 6 16-20 15

9.El Tanque 18 4 5 9 17-23 13

10.La Luz 18 2 5 11 14-29 9

Promotion/Relegation Playoff Round 1 Central Esp. – Fénix 1-1 Miramar – Racing 1-1 Round 2 Central Esp. – Miramar 4-2 Racing – Fénix 2-2 Round 3 Central Esp. – Racing 2-1 Fénix – Miramar 3-2 1.Central Esp. 3 2 1 0 7- 4 5 2.Fénix 3 1 2 0 6- 5 4 3.Racing 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2 Relegated 4.Miramar 3 0 1 2 5- 8 1

Promoted: Rentistas Relegated from 1st level: Racing

Rentistas (Montevideo) – Second Division champions and promoted to top flight. Well done!

Misiones (Montevideo) – Third Division champions and promoted to Second Division.