| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pesca Perú | Arequipa | |
| UTC | Cajamarca | |
| José Carlos Mariátegui | Ica | |
| ADT | Tarma | |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | |
| Deportivo Aviación | Iquitos |
Final Stage
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventud La Palma (C) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 | 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 |
Source:
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Round 1
Juventud La Palma v Deportivo Aviación
| 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 |
Juventud La Palma v ADT
| 29 November 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 3–2 | ADT | Nacional, Lima |
Round 3
Deportivo Aviación v José Carlos Mariátegui
| 3 December 1978 | Deportivo Aviación | 2–0 | José Carlos Mariátegui | Nacional, Lima |
Juventud La Palma v UTC
| 3 December 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 0–0 | UTC | Nacional, Lima |
Round 4
Juventud La Palma v Pesca Perú
| 6 December 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 2–0 | Pesca Perú | Nacional, Lima |
Round 5
Juventud La Palma v José Carlos Mariátegui
| 10 December 1978 | Juventud La Palma | 0–0 | José Carlos Mariátegui | Nacional, Lima |