Atlético Lusitania was a
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian
football
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club, playing in the city of Barrios Altos,
Lima District
Lima (), also known as the ''Cercado de Lima'', is a Districts of Peru, district of the Lima Province, eponymous province of Lima, Peru. It is the oldest district of the province and as such, vestiges of the city's Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
.
History
The club was founded on the Barrios Altos,
Lima District
Lima (), also known as the ''Cercado de Lima'', is a Districts of Peru, district of the Lima Province, eponymous province of Lima, Peru. It is the oldest district of the province and as such, vestiges of the city's Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
. The club was promoted to the
Segunda Division Peruana upon winning the championship in the Regional League of Lima after defeating to the Unión Callao,
KDT Nacional, Juventud Gloria,
Association Chorrillos
Association Chorrillos was a Peruvian football (soccer) club based in the city of Chorrillos, Lima, Peru.
History
The club was founded in the Chorrillos District, Lima.
The club was the 1951 Segunda División Peruana champion.
Association Ch ...
, Unión Carbone,
Porvenir Miraflores and Juventud Peru. The club was the runner-up in the
Segunda División Peruana 1945,
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
, and
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
.
Honours
National
*
Peruvian Segunda Division:
**''Runner-up (3)'': 1945, 1951, 1953
*
División Intermedia:
::Winners (1): 1937
Regional
*
Liga Regional de Lima y Callao:
::Winners (1): 1944
::Runner-up (1): 1943
*
Liga Distrital de Cercado de Lima:
::Winners (1): 1979
See also
*
List of football clubs in Peru
This is a non-exhaustive list of football (soccer), football clubs in Peru with the current 19 first division teams, 15 second division teams and 37 third division teams as of 2025. The Copa Perú has variable number of teams from the rest of the c ...
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Peruvian football league system
The Peruvian football league system is a complex system. Though the general outline includes the Liga 1, Liga 2, Liga 3 and Copa Perú. The Copa Perú is very large involving several stages and leagues within it. In addition, the Copa Perú is p ...
External links
Peru 2nd Division Champions (Lima)
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Football clubs in Peru