GotSport Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana for Pro Scheduling
GotSport has entered into a three-year partnership with the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana, providing its professional league scheduling tools for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 seasons. The agreement marks the league’s first year working with GotSport and follows more than a year of collaboration and planning between the organizations.
The partnership comes at a pivotal moment for Peruvian football. The upcoming season will be the first in which the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana independently administers its professional competitions, including Liga 1, Liga 2, Liga Femenina, and the Copa de la Liga. To support league operations, the organization selected GotSport Pro’s fixture optimization and scheduling services to build and manage its season calendars.
Building the Season Before It Begins
Operating a professional football league requires significant preparation months before the first kickoff. League administrators must construct a full national calendar while accounting for:
Shared stadiums and venue conflicts
Long-distance travel across regions
Broadcast windows and match timing
Player recovery periods
Competitive balance across the season
Under the agreement, the league will implement GotSport Pro Optimization Scheduler, an AI scheduling system designed specifically for professional competitions.
Instead of manually creating a match calendar, the platform evaluates millions of scheduling combinations and generates a balanced season fixture list. Administrators can apply competition rules and operational constraints, simulate alternative calendars, and quickly adjust matches if changes occur during the season.
Executive Perspective
Gavin Owen Thomas, CEO of GotSport, said the partnership reflects the growing need for dedicated operational technology in professional football leagues:
“Launching an independent professional league structure is a major undertaking. Scheduling alone can impact competitive fairness, travel demands, and broadcast planning across an entire season. Our Pro Optimization Scheduler gives the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana the ability to build and manage its competitions with precision from day one. We’re proud they selected GotSport as their operational partner.”
Beyond Scheduling: Live Competition Draws
In addition to Pro scheduling, Liga 1, Liga 2, Liga Femenina, and the Copa de la Liga will also utilize GotSport’s live competition draw tool during official league or tournament events.
While the scheduler determines when matches are played, the draw tool is used during live, on-site ceremonies to fairly assign teams into groups or brackets – ensuring the draw runs smoothly and meets all competition requirements. League/Tournament administrators can configure seeding rules, grouping constraints, and competition formats, then conduct the draw in real time while the system selects teams at random without errors.
The GotSport draw tool helps ensure that randomized draws still comply with all required competition rules. During a live event, the platform automatically checks pairings as they are created, instantly identifying conflicts and even anticipating potential issues before they occur, allowing organizers to correct them in real time and complete the draw smoothly.
The platform replaces manual draw procedures and allows leagues to present official pairings clearly and transparently to clubs, media, and supporters as the draw happens.
Supporting a New League Structure
By implementing both optimized scheduling and digital competition draws, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana will manage the full lifecycle of its professional competitions, from season planning to official match announcements, within a single operational environment.
The agreement establishes GotSport as a foundational infrastructure provider as the league begins its first independently administered season and prepares for long-term competition growth.
About GotSport Pro
GotSport Pro is the professional sports division of GotSport, providing competition management, AI schedule optimization, and operational tools for governing bodies and professional leagues worldwide.
About the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana
The Liga de Fútbol Profesional Peruana organizes Peru’s professional football competitions, including Liga 1, Liga 2, Liga Femenina, and the Copa de la Liga.