1995 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1995
Champions	Sporting Cristal 12th Primera División title
Relegated	Unión Huaral León de Huánuco
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Universitario
Copa CONMEBOL	Alianza Lima
Top goalscorer	Julinho (23)
← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Torneo Descentralizado was the 80th season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season began on March 4 and concluded on December 27 with the victory of Universitario de Deportes over Alianza Lima for the second berth to the 1996 Copa Libertadores. Sporting Cristal successfully defended its national title after finishing 12 points ahead of Alianza Lima and Universitario.

Changes from 1994

• Torneo Apertura was removed; Torneo Descentralizado immediately began and played on a home-and-away basis between the 16 clubs.
• The Octagonal was played at the end of the season with the 8 best-placed teams of the first phase.
• In the Octagonal, the 8 clubs played a further 14 rounds to determine the national champion and the berths to the Copa Libertadores and Copa CONMEBOL.

Teams

Alianza Atlético

Torino

Unión Minas

Aurich–Cañaña

Sipesa

Cienciano

Melgar

León  de  Huánuco

Unión Huaral

Alianza Lima
Ciclista Lima
Municipal
San Agustín
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 1995 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Aurich–Cañaña	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500
Ciclista Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750
San Agustín	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Sipesa	Chimbote	Manuel Gómez Arellano	25,000
Sport Boys	Callao	Telmo Carbajo	5,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000
Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000
Universitario de Deportes	Lima	Nacional	45,750

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal (C)	44	29	9	6	98	32	+66	96	Qualification to the Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Universitario	44	25	9	10	70	37	+33	84[lower-alpha 1]
3	Alianza Lima	44	26	6	12	70	32	+38	84[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to the Copa CONMEBOL first round
4	Cienciano	44	21	8	15	58	55	+3	71
5	Sipesa	44	18	14	12	71	39	+32	68
6	Deportivo Municipal	44	17	11	16	64	62	+2	62
7	Melgar	44	17	11	16	52	57	−5	62
8	San Agustín	44	14	11	19	53	72	−19	53
9	Sport Boys	30	10	9	11	31	31	0	39
10	Alianza Atlético	30	10	5	15	35	52	−17	35
11	Aurich-Cañaña	30	7	11	12	39	46	−7	32
12	Unión Minas	30	9	5	16	37	51	−14	32
13	Ciclista Lima	30	7	11	12	30	44	−14	32
14	Atlético Torino	30	6	7	17	16	45	−29	25
15	Unión Huaral	30	5	8	17	27	50	−23	23	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	León de Huánuco	30	2	9	19	15	57	−42	15	Relegation to the Copa Perú

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Universitario and Alianza Lima–tied on points–played on extra match to determine the runners-up of the season.

Extra match

Alianza Lima v Universitario

27 December 1995

Alianza Lima	0 – 1	Universitario
		Martínez  85'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: Tejada

Universitario qualified for the 1996 Copa Libertadores.

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1995 by Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona