| Season | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Juventud La Palma |
| Top goalscorer | Jorge Ramírez (4) |
| ← 1977 1979 → | |
The 1978 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1978), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.
In this tournament, after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided qualified 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 (the capital).
The champion was promoted to 1979 Torneo Descentralizado.
Finalists Teams
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.
| Departament | Team | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Arequipa | Pesca Perú | Arequipa |
| Cajamarca | UTC | Cajamarca |
| Ica | José Carlos Mariátegui | Ica |
| Junín | ADT | Tarma |
| Lima | Juventud La Palma | Huacho |
| Loreto | Deportivo Aviación | Iquitos |
Final stage
Final group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventud La Palma | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 | Promoted to 1979 Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2 | Pesca Perú | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | ADT | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | José Carlos Mariátegui | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Aviación | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
Round 1
Pesca Perú v UTC| 26 November 1978 | Pesca Perú | 2–2 | UTC | Nacional, Lima |
| 26 November 1978 | José Carlos Mariátegui | 4–3 | ADT | Nacional, Lima |
| 26 November 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 2–0 | Deportivo Aviación | Nacional, Lima |
Round 2
Pesca Perú v José Carlos Mariátegui| 29 November 1978 | Pesca Perú | 3–2 | José Carlos Mariátegui | Nacional, Lima |
| 29 November 1978 | UTC | 1–1 | Deportivo Aviación | Nacional, Lima |
| 29 November 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 3–2 | ADT | Nacional, Lima |
Round 3
Pesca Perú v ADT| 3 December 1978 | Pesca Perú | 3–2 | ADT | Nacional, Lima |
| 3 December 1978 | Deportivo Aviación | 2–0 | José Carlos Mariátegui | Nacional, Lima |
| 3 December 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 0–0 | UTC | Nacional, Lima |
Round 4
ADT v Deportivo Aviación| 6 December 1978 | ADT | 2–0 | Deportivo Aviación | Nacional, Lima |
| 6 December 1978 | UTC | 2–1 | José Carlos Mariátegui | Nacional, Lima |
| 6 December 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 2–0 | Pesca Perú | Nacional, Lima |
Round 5
UTC v ADT| 10 December 1978 | UTC | 2–2 | ADT | Nacional, Lima |
| 10 December 1978 | Pesca Perú | 4–0 | Deportivo Aviación | Nacional, Lima |
| 10 December 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 0–0 | José Carlos Mariátegui | Nacional, Lima |
| Copa Perú 1978 winners |
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| Juventud La Palma First title |
External links
- (in Spanish) Copa Peru 1978
- (in Spanish) Semanario Pasión
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