The 2016 Segunda División season, also known as Copa Best Cable Perú 2016 for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The season started on 23 April 2016. The fixtures were announced on 12 April 2016.

Teams

A total of 16 teams in the league, 4 more than the previous season, including 9 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the

2015 Torneo Descentralizado The 2015 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2015 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) is the 99th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 17 teams have been confirmed to compete in the season aft ...

and five promoted from the

2015 Copa Perú The 2015 Peru Cup season ( es, Copa Perú 2015), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February. This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all ...

. The 2016 season was the first one were former Copa Sudamericana winners

Cienciano Club Sportivo Cienciano is a professional football club based in Cusco, Peru that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. The club was founded in 1901 by a group of students of the ''Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco'' (National S ...

were competing outside of the top tier since 1974. Sport Loreto was relegated to the Segunda Division after one year in the top tier.

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Copa Peru (''Peruvian ...

refused to play in the 2016 Segunda Division and was relegated to the 2016 Copa Perú. The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were

Atlético Minero Club Atlético Minero is a Peruvian football club based in Matucana, located in the Department of Lima. It was founded in 1997 and was promoted to the Primera División Peruana in 2008 where it played for one season. It has played in the Peruvi ...

, and San Simón. San Simón was disabled mid-season and relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP. Five Copa Perú teams were promoted: Cantolao, Alfredo Salinas,

Unión Tarapoto Unión Tarapoto is a Peruvian football club that plays in the city of Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru. Former players * Fernelly Castillo Honours Regional * Región II: ::Runner-up (1): 2007 * Liga Departamental de San Martín: ::Winners ( ...

, Sport Áncash and

Cultural Santa Rosa Los Chankas CYC (known as ''Cultural Santa Rosa'' until 2021) is a professional Peruvian football club, located in the city of Andahuaylas, Apurímac, Peru. History Copa Perú In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club classified to Regional Stage but wa ...

. Cantolao was promoted as 2015 Copa Perú runner-up. Alfredo Salinas, Unión Tarapoto, Sport Áncash and Cultural Santa Rosa were invited to fill in the vacated spots after a strict financial analysis.

League table

Results

Title play-off

Because Cantolao and

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finished the regular season with the same number of points, a title play-off match will be played on neutral ground to decide the champion and owner of the

2017 Torneo Descentralizado The 2017 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2017 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the season. Alianza Lima were the ...

berth.

References

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2016 in Peruvian football

Teams

League table

Results

Title play-off

See also

References

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