2025 Liga 3 (Peru)

Liga 3
Season2025
Dates25 April – 8 November 2025
ChampionsSport Huancayo II (1st title)
PromotedSport Huancayo II
Estudiantil CNI
RelegatedSport Bolognesi
Juventud Santo Domingo
Rauker
Diablos Rojos
2026 →

The 2025 Liga 3 (known as the Liga 3 Joma 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the 1st edition of the third tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol.

Sport Huancayo II won the final against Estudiantil CNI with a 3–2 aggregate score and earned promotion to the 2026 Liga 2.[1][2]

Format

The 2025 Liga 3 format was announced on 10 December, 2024.[3] The tournament will feature three stages, the Regional Stage, Second Stage and the Play-Offs. In the Regional Stage, the 37 teams will be divided into four groups based on geographical location. The top four teams of these groups will advance to the Second Stage while the bottom placed teams will be relegated to the Copa Perú. In the Second Stage, 16 teams that advanced from the Regional Stage will be divided into four groups of four. The top two teams of each group will advance to the Play-Offs. The finalists will be promoted to the Liga 2.

Teams

Initially, 36 teams were to take part in the league: the 25 best placed teams of each department in the national stage of the 2024 Copa Perú plus the 8 quarter-finalists of the 2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva and 3 relegated teams from the 2024 Liga 2.[4] However, in October 2024, Deportivo Municipal suffered revocation of its Liga 2 license and was relegated to the Liga 3, increasing the amount of teams in the Liga 3 from 36 to 37. [5][6]

  • Rauker was disqualified and relegated to the 2026 Copa Perú after accumulating two walkovers (Matchdays 2 and 3).[7]

Team changes

Promoted from
2024 Copa Perú 		Qualified from
2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva 		Relegated from
2024 Liga 2
Unión Santo Domingo (Amazonas 1)
Centro Social Pariacoto (Áncash 1)
Defensor José María Arguedas (Apurímac 1)
Nacional (Arequipa 1)
Nuevo San Cristóbal (Ayacucho 1)
Cultural Volante (Cajamarca 1)
Amazon Callao (Callao 1)
Juventud Alfa (Cusco 1)
UDA (Huancavelica 1) 		Construcción Civil (Huánuco 1)
Juventud Santo Domingo (Ica 1)
Deportivo Municipal (Pangoa) (Junín 1)
Juventus (La Libertad 1)
Deportivo Lute (Lambayeque 1)
Pacífico (Lima 1)
Estudiantil CNI (Loreto 1)
Alto Rendimiento (Madre de Dios 1) 		Real San Antonio (Moquegua 1)
Ecosem Pasco (Pasco 1)
Juventud Cautivo (Piura 1)
Diablos Rojos (Puno 1)
Deportivo Ucrania (San Martín 1)
Patriotas (Tacna 1)
Sport Bolognesi (Tumbes 1)
Rauker (Ucayali 1) 		Universitario II (1st)
Melgar II (2nd)
Alianza Lima II (Semifinalist)
ADT II (Semifinalist)
Cienciano II (Quarterfinalist)
Sport Boys II (Quarterfinalist)
Sport Huancayo II (Quarterfinalist)
Universidad César Vallejo II (Quarterfinalist) 		Deportivo Municipal (12th, Retired)
Carlos Stein (16th)
Juan Aurich (Retired)
Unión Huaral (Retired)

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2025 Liga 3 teams
Team City Stadium[8] Capacity[9]
ADT II Tarma Unión Tarma 9,100
Alianza Lima II Lima Hugo Sotil 13,773
Alto Rendimiento Puerto Maldonado IPD de Puerto Maldonado 2,000
Amazon Callao Callao Facundo Ramírez Aguilar 2,000
Carlos Stein Lambayeque César Flores Marigorda 7,000
Centro Social Pariacoto Huaraz Rosas Pampa 18,000
Cienciano II Ocongate Municipal de Ocongate 5,000
Construcción Civil Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 25,000
Cultural Volante Bambamarca Municipal El Frutillo 5,000
Defensor José María Arguedas Andahuaylas Municipal de Talavera 6,500
Deportivo Lute Lambayeque César Flores Marigorda 7,000
Deportivo Municipal Lima Municipal de Chorrillos 12,000
Deportivo Municipal (Pangoa) Satipo Municipal de Mazamari 5,000
Diablos Rojos Juliaca Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina 20,030
Deportivo Ucrania Nueva Cajamarca IPD de Nueva Cajamarca 12,000
Ecosem Pasco Cerro de Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión 12,000
Estudiantil CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,576
Juan Aurich Lambayeque César Flores Marigorda 7,000
Juventud Alfa Calca Thomas Ernesto Payne 8,000
Juventud Cautivo Sullana Campeones del 36 12,000
Juventud Santo Domingo Nasca Municipal de Nasca 10,000
Juventus Huamachuco Municipal de Huamachuco 5,000
Melgar II Arequipa CAR - FBC Melgar –
Nacional Mollendo Municipal de Mollendo 5,000
Nuevo San Cristóbal Kimbiri Municipal de Kimbiri 5,000
Pacífico Huacho Segundo Aranda Torres 11,500
Patriotas Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850
Rauker Pucallpa Aliardo Soria Pérez 25,848
Real San Antonio Moquegua 25 de Noviembre 21,073
Sport Bolognesi Tumbes Mariscal Cáceres 12,000
Sport Boys II Callao Campolo Alcalde 2,000
Sport Huancayo II Huancayo Huancayo 20,000
UDA Huancavelica IPD de Huancavelica 8,500
Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colán 6,000
Unión Santo Domingo Chachapoyas Gran Kuélap 1,000
Universidad César Vallejo II Trujillo César Acuña Peralta 2,000
Universitario II Lima Campo Mar - U –

Torneo Regional

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USD JUV CAU LUT AUR UCV VOL STE BOL
1 Unión Santo Domingo 16 10 2 4 32 19 +13 32 Advance to Second Stage 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 5–1
2 Juventus 16 9 2 5 36 22 +14 29 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 10–0
3 Juventud Cautivo 16 8 3 5 31 21 +10 27 3–2 4–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 7–1
4 Deportivo Lute 16 8 3 5 23 18 +5 27 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
5 Juan Aurich 16 6 4 6 15 16 −1 22 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
6 Universidad César Vallejo II 16 4 5 7 20 21 −1 17 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–0
7 Cultural Volante 16 5 2 9 15 20 −5 17 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–3
8 Carlos Stein 16 4 4 8 18 26 −8 16 3–1 4–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1
9 Sport Bolognesi (R) 16 4 3 9 17 45 −28 15[a] Relegation to Copa Perú 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 3–2 3–1 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source:
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The Disciplinary Committee declared a 3-point deduction against Club Sport Bolognesi, due to an out-of-line player, in the match on matchday 15, between Sport Bolognesi and Carlos Stein, which ended in a 4-0 victory, but the Disciplinary Committee declared Carlos Stein the winner by 3-0. Therefore, Sport Bolognesi is relegated to the 2026 Copa Perú.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UNI CNI ALI HUA SBA PAC PAR MUN AMA JSD
1 Universitario II 18 9 5 4 28 11 +17 32 Advance to Second Stage 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 5–0
2 Estudiantil CNI 18 8 7 3 28 12 +16 31 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 4–0 3–0
3 Alianza Lima II 18 8 5 5 32 19 +13 29 1–0 1–1 3–4 3–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 6–0
4 Unión Huaral 18 8 5 5 24 18 +6 29 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–3
5 Sport Boys II 18 8 4 6 22 17 +5 28 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
6 Pacífico 18 6 8 4 19 18 +1 26 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
7 Centro Social Pariacoto 18 7 1 10 16 32 −16 22 0–3 2–1 1–5 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0
8 Deportivo Municipal 18 5 4 9 21 27 −6 19 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 2–3 2–0
9 Amazon Callao 18 5 3 10 16 29 −13 18 1–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1
10 Juventud Santo Domingo (R) 18 3 4 11 15 39 −24 13 Relegation to Copa Perú 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source:
(R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UCR CON CRI HUA ADT UDA ECO MUN RAU
1 Deportivo Ucrania 16 9 4 3 29 13 +16 31 Advance to Second Stage 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 5–0 2–0 3–0
2 Construcción Civil 16 9 4 3 27 11 +16 31 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–0
3 Nuevo San Cristóbal 16 10 1 5 30 18 +12 31 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
4 Sport Huancayo II 16 9 3 4 28 17 +11 30 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0
5 ADT II 16 8 5 3 26 12 +14 29 3–0 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0
6 UDA 16 7 4 5 21 19 +2 25 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–0
7 Ecosem Pasco 16 5 2 9 18 27 −9 17 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–0
8 Deportivo Municipal (Pangoa) 16 2 3 11 18 32 −14 9 2–2 0–1 1–4 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–0
9 Rauker (D, R) 16 0 0 16 0 48 −48 0[a] Relegation to Copa Perú 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2025. Source:
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rauker was disqualified and relegated to the 2026 Copa Perú after accumulating two walkovers (Matchdays 2 and 3).

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DEF NAC ALF MEL PAT ALT CIE SAN DIA
1 Defensor José María Arguedas 16 10 3 3 35 19 +16 33 Advance to Second Stage 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 4–0 3–1
2 Nacional 16 9 5 2 40 19 +21 32 4–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
3 Juventud Alfa 16 10 2 4 36 15 +21 32 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 4–2 4–0
4 Melgar II 16 8 2 6 30 21 +9 26 2–3 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 5–0 0–3
5 Patriotas 16 7 1 8 30 18 +12 22 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 8–1
6 Alto Rendimiento 16 4 4 8 21 29 −8 16 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 7–1
7 Cienciano II 16 4 4 8 19 29 −10 16 2–2 3–3 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2
8 Real San Antonio 16 4 4 8 16 30 −14 16 0–4 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–1
9 Diablos Rojos (D, R) 16 2 3 11 17 64 −47 9 Relegation to Copa Perú 2–3 1–15 0–9 0–3 1–1 4–2 0–3 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source:
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Second Stage

In the Second Stage, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the Regional stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the Regional Stage do not carry over during the Second Stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CNI USD CAU HUA
1 Estudiantil CNI 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 11 Advance to Quarterfinals 0–1 3–0 3–0
2 Unión Santo Domingo 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 9 1–1 3–1 1–3
3 Juventud Cautivo 6 3 0 3 7 9 −2 9 2–1 2–1 2–0
4 Unión Huaral 6 3 0 3 6 9 −3 9 1–3 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2025. Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UNI ALI JUV LUT
1 Universitario II 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 16 Advance to Quarterfinals 0–0 2–1 2–0
2 Alianza Lima II 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–1 1–0 1–1
3 Juventus 6 2 0 4 6 8 −2 7 0–1 2–0 3–2
4 Deportivo Lute 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 0–2 1–3 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2025. Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MEL NAC UCR CRI
1 Melgar II 6 6 0 0 13 2 +11 18 Advance to Quarterfinals 2–0 2–0 3–2
2 Nacional 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 9 0–1 1–1 3–1
3 Deportivo Ucrania 6 0 3 3 4 11 −7 5 0–3 1–1 0–2
4 Nuevo San Cristóbal 6 1 1 4 9 16 −7 4 0–2 2–6 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2025. Source:

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HUA DEF ALF CON
1 Sport Huancayo II 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Quarterfinals 2–0 1–2 1–0
2 Defensor José María Arguedas 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 10 2–3 0–0 4–0
3 Juventud Alfa 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 1–2 0–0 2–1
4 Construcción Civil 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 7 2–1 0–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2025. Source:

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

3 October 2025 (2025-10-03) Unión Santo Domingo 1–0 Universitario II Gran Kuélap, Chachapoyas
15:00 Joyce Conde 63' (pen.) Referee: Wuilder Espinoza
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) Alianza Lima II 0–1 Estudiantil CNI Hugo Sotil, Lima
12:00 José García 23' Referee: Abimelec Rojas
5 October 2025 (2025-10-05) Nacional 3–0 Sport Huancayo II Municipal de Mollendo, Mollendo
15:00 Jean Pierre Valdivia 45+4' 84' 90+8' Referee: Édson Laura
5 October 2025 (2025-10-05) Defensor José María Arguedas 2–1 Melgar II Los Chankas, Andahuaylas
15:00 Sebastián López 47'
Ollanta Ttupa 90+5'		 Bruno Portugal 61' Referee: Raúl Pastor

Second leg

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Sport Huancayo II 4–1
(4–2 p)		 Nacional Huancayo, Huancayo
11:00 Juan David Martínez 16', 82', 92+' Ramiro Benaviente 50' Referee: Jordan Casas
Penalties
  • Jeremi Espinoza
  • Sergio Barboza
  • Valentino Balbuena
  • Edú Villar
  • Diego Caravaño
  • Luis Pastor
  • Renato Abarca
  • Jean Pierre Valdivia
  • Ramiro Benavente
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Melgar II 0–0 Defensor José María Arguedas CAR Melgar, Arequipa
14:00
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Estudiantil CNI 1–1 Alianza Lima II Max Augustín, Iquitos
15:00 Faber Asprilla 60' Mauricio Arrasco 23'
13 October 2025 (2025-10-13) Universitario II 2–0 Unión Santo Domingo CampoMar U, Lima
11:00 Esteban Cruz 2' 18' Referee: Mario Quispe

Semifinals

First leg

19 October 2025 Defensor José María Arguedas 0–1 Sport Huancayo II Los Chankas, Andahuaylas
15:00 Cristian Mendoza 53' Referee: Anthony Carlos
19 October 2025 Estudiantil CNI 1–0 Universitario II Max Augustín, Iquitos
15:15 Antonio Acosta 60' Referee: Abimelec Rojas

Second leg

25 October 2025 Sport Huancayo II 2–1 Defensor José María Arguedas Huancayo, Huancayo
11:00 Juan Martínez 36' (pen.) 60' Ollanta Ttupa 68'
27 October 2025 Universitario II 0–0 Estudiantil CNI CampoMar U, Lima
15:00

Final

The winning team promoted to Liga 2 for the 2026 season.

2 November 2025 Estudiantil CNI 1–2 Sport Huancayo II Max Augustín, Iquitos
15:15 Ronald Ríos 67' Juan D. Martínez 44' 48' Referee: Alexander Blas
8 November 2025 Sport Huancayo II 1–1 Estudiantil CNI Huancayo, Huancayo
11:00 Cris Huyhua 8' Antonio Acosta 40' Referee: Walter Guadalupe

Play-off de Ascenso

The winning team promoted to Liga 2 for the 2026 season.

23 November 2025 Estudiantil CNI 2–1 ANBA Perú Max Augustín, Iquitos
15:00
  • Élver Torres 43' 45+5'
  • Alberto Vela 55'
 Referee: Jordi Espinoza
30 November 2025 ANBA Perú 2–1
(2–4 p)		 Estudiantil CNI Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina, Juliaca
15:00
  • Renny Luque 9'
  • Alberto Vela 45+1' (pen.)
  • Pablo Labrín 89'
Penalties
  • Pedro Zúñiga
  • Renny Luque
  • Sait Ballesteros
  • Jorge Blanco
  • Pablo Labrín
  • José Luis García
  • Ronald Rios
  • Antonio Acosta

See also

References

  1. ^ Sport Huancayo II igualó 1-1 ante Estudiantil CNI y se consagró campeón de la Liga 3
  2. ^ Lo Último: Sport Huancayo II es campeón de la Liga 3 2025 y asciende a Liga 2 2026
  3. ^ Ruiz, Por Miguel Solis (2024-12-10). "Novedoso formato de la Liga 3 2025: Alianza Lima y Universitario jugarán el torneo que reemplazará a la histórica Copa Perú". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  4. ^ REGLAMENTO Torneo Promoción y Reservas 2024
  5. ^ Deportivo Municipal intensifica su crisis: club ‘edil’ descendió a Liga 3 tras nueva sanción de la FPF
  6. ^ Jugaría en la Liga 3: Municipal sufrió revocación de licencia de la Liga 2 y podría descender
  7. ^ Rauker FC no se presenta a jugar ante Sport Huancayo y acumula tres Walk Over en la Liga 3
  8. ^ Most stadiums are owned by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte (IPD).
  9. ^ "Peru". fussballtempel.net. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
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