The 2024 Liga 2 (known as the Liga 2 1xBet 2024 for sponsorship reasons) is the 79th edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. This year's edition started on 6 April 2024, and it is scheduled to end in October 2024.
For this season the league was expanded to 18 teams from the previous 14. On February 22, 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation announced a new format for the Liga 2. All 18 teams will be divided into two groups in the Regional Stage based on their geographical location, being the Zona Norte (North Zone) and Zona Sur (South Zone). Each team will play each other in a round-robin format and the top six teams will advance to the Group Stage and bottom three into the Relegation Stage. In the group Stage, the 12 teams will be divided into two groups of six, with the top three teams will advance to the play-offs, with the first team entering the semi-finals and next two quarter-finals. Two teams will be promoted to the Liga 1 and one will be relegated.[1] The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season:
Juan Aurich and Union Huaral have their licenses retire for not fulfilling the requirements of FPF to participate.[2]
ADA and San Marcos will play in the Liga 2 for the first time in their history for this season, after being finalists in the 2023 Copa Perú. Comerciantes Unidos and Los Chankas qualified for the Liga 1. Los Chankas qualified for the Liga 1 for the first time in their history and Comerciantes Unidos qualified for the first time since 2016.
Academia Cantolao, Binacional, and Deportivo Municipal got relegated from the 2023 Liga 1. Alfonso Ugarte got relegated to the Copa Perú after being disqualified in the 2023 season.
In the Group Stage, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the Regional stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the Regional Stage stage did not carry over during the Group Stage.
