Football league
The Peruvian Third Division, officially known as Liga 3, is the third-highest division in the Peruvian football league system. It is a semi-professional and promotional division organized by the Peruvian Football Federation since its creation in 2025.[1] The Liga 3 replaced the Copa Perú as Peru's third football division, with the Copa Peru moving down to the fourth tier. The Liga 3 is contested by 36 teams.
The idea of a third division was discussed by the Peruvian Football Federation in 2019. However, between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, the creation of Liga 3 was a request and requirement established by FIFA. The creation of the third division means that the Copa Perú (equivalent to League 4) becomes a lower category.[2][3]
In 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation, taking into account CONMEBOL's observations, then decides that the Copa Perú would be the tournament that decides the participants in a meritorious manner, based on the original idea from years ago: the 25 representatives of each department that are best placed in the final table of the 2024 Copa Perú's National Stage, whether the departmental champion or runner-up and except for those promoted to Liga 2, will be the clubs that will play the first edition of Liga 3 in the year 2025.[4]
A format for the Liga 3 has yet to be announced.
Locations of the 2025 Liga 3 teams
Initially, it had been planned that the 2025 season would be played with 32 teams: 1 relegated from Peruvian Segunda División in 2024, 6 teams qualified from the 2024 Torneo de Reservas and 25 teams promoted from the 2024 Copa Perú. However, after the administrative relegation of Unión Huaral and Juan Aurich, from Liga 2 at the beginning of the season, in addition to the increase to eight of the qualifiers since the 2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva, this number was expanded to 36.[5]
| Team | City | Stadium[6] | Capacity[7] |
| ADT II | Tarma | Unión Tarma | 9,100 |
| Alianza Lima II | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,938 |
| Carlos Stein | Chongoyape | Municipal de la Juventud | 2,500 |
| Cienciano II | Cusco | Garcilaso | 45,056 |
| Deportivo Municipal | Lima | Iván Elías Moreno | 11,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Lambayeque | César Flores Marigorda | 7,000 |
| Melgar II | Arequipa | La Tomilla | 5,000 |
| Sport Boys II | Callao | Miguel Grau | 17,000 |
| Sport Huancayo II | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 |
| Unión Huaral | Chancay | Julio Lores Colán | 6,000 |
| Universidad César Vallejo II | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,036 |
| Universitario II | Lima | Teodoro Lolo Fernández | 4,000 |
| Amazonas 1 | | | |
| Áncash 1 | | | |
| Apurímac 1 | | | |
| Arequipa 1 | | | |
| Ayacucho 1 | | | |
| Cajamarca 1 | | | |
| Callao 1 | | | |
| Cusco 1 | | | |
| Huancavelica 1 | | | |
| Huánuco 1 | | | |
| Ica 1 | | | |
| Junín 1 | | | |
| La Libertad 1 | | | |
| Lambayeque 1 | | | |
| Lima 1 | | | |
| Loreto 1 | | | |
| Madre de Dios 1 | | | |
| Moquegua 1 | | | |
| Pasco 1 | | | |
| Piura 1 | | | |
| Puno 1 | | | |
| San Martín 1 | | | |
| Tacna 1 | | | |
| Tumbes 1 | | | |
| Ucayali 1 | | | |
| Ed. | Season | Champion | Runner-up |
1 | 2025 | | |
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