This is a list of seasons played by Club Universitario de Deportes in Peruvian and South American football, from 1928 to the most recent completed season. Club Universitario de Deportes was founded in August, 1924, by students and professors of the National University of San Marcos. Between 1924 and 1927, Universitario played a small number of friendly games. In 1928, the Peruvian Football Federation allowed the club, then known as Federación Universitaria, to enter the Peruvian Primera División, the country's premier division. The club surprised opposing and supporting fans that year because they were the runners-up of the season. During that season, on 23 September 1928, Universitario played the first clásico with Alianza Lima, the defending champion of the season, and won 1–0. However, the team lost to Alianza in an end-of-season play-off for the league title.