1979 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1979 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

The season was divided into 2 stages. On the first stage, top 8 teams qualified to play for the championship with a points bonus of 3, 2 and 1 for the top 3; bottom eight qualified to play for relegation with a points penalty of -1, -2 and -3 for bottom three. Teams entered the second stage without carrying their whole season records. As three teams tied on points the last place of Relegation Group they had to enter a Relegation Playoff that was played in Lima.

Teams

CNI

Torino

Coronel Bolognesi

Alfonso Ugarte

Junín

León de Huánuco

Juventud La Palma

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1979 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alfonso Ugarte	Puno	Enrique Torres Belón	20,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Colegio Nacional Iquitos	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Juventud La Palma	Huacho	Segundo Aranda Torres	12,000	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

Results

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	30	16	9	5	44	19	+25	41	Final Group, Bonus +3
2	Juan Aurich	30	13	12	5	30	24	+6	38	Final Group, Bonus +2
3	Sporting Cristal	30	10	15	5	46	26	+20	35	Final Group, Bonus +1
4	Alianza Lima	30	12	9	9	48	26	+22	33	Final Group
5	Alfonso Ugarte	30	14	5	11	42	43	−1	33
6	Unión Huaral	30	8	15	7	32	29	+3	31
7	Atlético Chalaco	30	9	13	8	28	27	+1	31
8	Junín	30	11	8	11	39	43	−4	30
9	León de Huánuco	30	12	6	12	32	42	−10	30	Relegation Group
10	Sport Boys	30	11	7	12	35	37	−2	29
11	Municipal	30	11	6	13	30	34	−4	28
12	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	30	10	8	12	33	45	−12	28
13	Coronel Bolognesi	30	11	5	14	36	40	−4	27
14	Torino	30	7	10	13	25	37	−12	24	Relegation Group, Penalty -1
15	Juventud La Palma	30	6	10	14	21	32	−11	22	Relegation Group, Penalty -2
16	Melgar	30	6	8	16	26	43	−17	20	Relegation Group, Penalty -3

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	14	9	4	1	26	8	+18	23	1980 Copa Libertadores
2	Atlético Chalaco	14	7	5	2	17	7	+10	19	1980 Copa Libertadores
3	Juan Aurich	14	6	4	4	16	11	+5	18
4	Alianza Lima	14	5	7	2	16	13	+3	17
5	Alfonso Ugarte	14	4	5	5	16	20	−4	13
6	Universitario	14	2	4	8	11	19	−8	11
7	Junín	14	3	5	6	13	28	−15	11
8	Unión Huaral	14	1	4	9	17	26	−9	6

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Sport Boys	14	7	3	4	24	19	+5	17
10	Coronel Bolognesi	14	5	4	5	15	16	−1	14
11	Melgar	14	6	4	4	16	12	+4	13
12	Torino	14	6	2	6	17	14	+3	13
13	Municipal	14	4	5	5	15	19	−4	13
14	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	14	5	2	7	13	12	+1	12	Relegation play-off
15	Juventud La Palma	14	5	4	5	13	15	−2	12
16	León de Huánuco	14	6	0	8	15	21	−6	12

Relegation Play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	4
2	Juventud La Palma	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	2
3	León de Huánuco	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	1980 Copa Perú

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SPORTING CRISTAL
1979 National Champions - 6th title

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1979