The 2009 Ligas Superiores, the fifth division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by variable number teams by Department. The tournaments were played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The Ligas Superiores was created officially in 2009. For the 2009, they were nine Departmental Confederacies that have determined to adopt them: Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Huánuco, Lambayeque, Pasco, Piura, Puno and Tumbes.