The Peru national football team represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). The FPF constitutes one of the ten members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). Peru has won the Copa América twice, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times ; the team also participated in the 1936 Olympic football competition and has reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The team plays most of its home matches at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, the country's capital.
The National Stadium of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 50,086 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation without the lodges for some thousands more. The stadium was first inaugurated on 27 October 1952 for the 1953 South American Championship—replacing the Stadium Nacional—and is Peru's principal and national stadium. It has hosted three of the six South American Championship/Copa América football competitions held in Peru. It is referred to as the Coloso de José Díaz because of its proximity to a street of the same name. It is the home ground of the Peru national football team. The IPD —a branch of the Ministry of Education—is the stadium's administrating entity. The stadium has undergone several renovations for tournaments such as the 2004 Copa América. The artificial turf was installed for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. The most recent renovation started in 2010 and concluded in 2011. The re-inauguration ceremony of the renovated stadium was held on 24 July 2011 with a match between the Peru national under-20 football team and the Spain national under-20 football team.
Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua is an Ecuadorian former goalkeeper who last played for Club Deportivo Quevedo.
Peru has officially participated in 19 Summer Olympic Games and 3 Winter Olympic Games. They did not send any athletes to the 1952 Summer Olympics. The Peruvian Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for Peru which was founded in 1924 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.
The Peru First Division, officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when the first teams residing outside the Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in the inaugural league national competition.
The Copa Perú is a football tournament in Peru. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but rather a series of league tournaments leading to an elimination tournament, with regional league clubs as participants. It guarantees its winner promotion to the professional Liga 2.
Edwin Rolando Tenorio Montaño is a retired Ecuadorian football midfielder.
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a retired Peruvian footballer, who is a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego. Oblitas was an extraordinary outside left wing forward at the national team level for Peru back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sports in Peru are popular and widespread.
Johan Javier Fano Espinoza is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward.
The Peru women's national football team represents Peru in international women's football and is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has a part of the CONMEBOL confederation since its formation in 1996.
Football is the most popular sport in Peru. Football/soccer in Peru was introduced by British immigrants, Peruvians returning from Great Britain, and by English sailors in the later half of the 19th century during their frequent stops at the port of Callao, which at that point was considered one of the most important ports of the Pacific Ocean. According to the work entitled La Difusión del Fútbol en Lima, during the last decade of the 19th century, records show that sailors were known to practice sports such as football/soccer and played against teams made up of Englishmen, Peruvians, or a mix between Englishmen and Peruvians.
Edwin Uehara is a former Japanese football player. He was born in Lima and became a naturalised Japanese citizen in May 1994. Uehara's senior career lasted from 1987–1996.
Edwin Alberto Pérez León is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He currently plays for Sport Áncash in the Peruvian Segunda División.
Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Categoría Primera A club América de Cali and the Colombia national team.
Cusco Fútbol Club is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Cusco, that competes in the Liga 1, the top flight of Peruvian football. It was founded on 28 August 2008 as Real Garcilaso, changing their name to Cusco FC in 2019. The teams home stadium is Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, which is shares with city rivals Cienciano and Deportivo Garcilaso.
Edwin Alexi Gómez Gutiérrez is a Peruvian footballer.
Peru Olympic football team represents Peru in international football competitions in multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games and the Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). Peru has participated in two Olympic football tournaments, one Pan American football tournament, and 7 Bolivarian football tournaments under this category.
The 2021 Liga 2 season was the 76th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The season play started on 19 May 2021 and ended on 15 October 2021.
Jesús Oropesa Chivilches is a Peruvian football manager, currently in charge of Juan Aurich.
