2017 Peruvian Segunda División
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The 2017 Segunda División season, also known as Copa Best Cable Perú 2017 for sponsorship reasons, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), will be the 72th season since its establishment. The tournament will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The tournament started on 22 April 2017 and it is scheduled to end in November 2017. The fixtures was drawn on 6 April 2017.
A total of 15 teams are contesting the league, one less than the previous season, including 12 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Torneo Descentralizado and one promoted from the 2016 Copa Perú.
Universidad César Vallejo returns to the Second Division after an eight-year spell in the top flight. In turn, La Bocana was relegated to the Segunda Division after a short spell of one year. Hualgayoc was promoted as the 2016 Copa Perú runner-up.
The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were Unión Tarapoto, who were relegated mid-season, and Torino. Alianza Universidad withdrew before the start of the season and was relegated to the Copa Perú.Kola San Martín, Garcilaso, and León de Huánuco expressed interest in taking Alianza Universidad's slot in the tournament. Leon de Huanuco's apeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to return to the first division was denied and the Peruvian Football Federation relegated them to the 2017 Copa Perú's departmental stage. In the end, the Federation also decided to play the tournament with only 15 teams.
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