The 1921 Liga Peruana de Football was the tenth and last season to be organized by the Peruvian Football League. It encompassed a first division and a second division. A total of 11 teams competed in the first division and its champion was

Sport Progreso Sport Progreso was a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Lima. The club was founded with the name of club Sport Progreso and played in Peruvian Primera División from 1912 until 1933. The club won the national tournament in 1921 and ...

. It was the last tournament run by the leadership of the Liga Peruana de Football, due to its lack of authority over the associated clubs. The formation of a new entity that controls sports activities, called the Asociación de Amateur, made up of dissident institutions from the Liga Peruana, produced a schism with an anarchic nature of disorder and confusion in the football organization. On the other hand, the Asociación Deportiva Chalaca fought against the Liga Peruana, insinuating the bankruptcy of the sports unit, generating discord and personal animosities among the leaders of Peruvian football, for which reason, the directors of the Liga Peruana opted to disaffiliate from the highest controlling body, which was Federación Atlética Deportiva. This entity, in view of the fact that the three controlling organizations of the clubs, had engaged in a merciless fight for football predominance, arranging matches and tournaments among their affiliates, only managing to divide the fans with their attitude, which they decide to carry out to Peruvian football to the reorganization. Then, Mr. Alfredo Benavides Canseco, President of the Federación Atlética y Deportiva makes a public call to all club groups, in order to restore union and harmony in Peruvian football under other molds. It is so, that on August 23, 1922, the date on which the Leagues and Associations Fusion took place under a single guiding entity in a climate of tranquility and understanding of all interested parties, seeing as a result the constitution of the

Peruvian Football Federation The Peruvian Football Federation ( es, Federación Peruana de Futbol or ) is the body that governs Association football in Peru. It was founded on August 23, 1922, and affiliated in 1924. A member of CONMEBOL since 1925, it directly oversees the ...

, under the leadership of Mr. Claudio Martínez Bodero, President of Club

Atlético Chalaco The club is the first soccer representative of the first port of Peru, Callao, which laid the foundations for future Chalacos clubs, going from being a school club to being a professional club, gaining recognition, prestige and trust among fan ...

del

Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists o ...

. In the month of July 1924, the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) officially recognized it, becoming part of this highest international sports organization. The clubs of

Unión Miraflores Unión Miraflores was a Peruvian football club, located in the district of Miraflores, Lima. The club was founded with the name of club Centro Sport Unión Miraflores and played in Primera Division Peruana from 1912 until 1921. They were runn ...

and the Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Lima did not participate, automatically descending in category to the

Peruvian Segunda División The Liga 2 (Ligue 2) of Peru is the second-highest division in the Peruvian football league system. It is a professional and promotional division organized by the Peruvian Football Federation. After years of changing numbers of clubs, as of 2021 t ...

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Peruvian Primera División seasons 1921 in Peruvian football