1997 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1997
Champions	Alianza Lima 18th Primera División title
Relegated	Alcides Vigo Torino José Gálvez La Loretana
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima (first stage) Sporting Cristal (first stage)
Copa CONMEBOL	Melgar
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Zegarra (17)
Biggest home win	Alianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana
Biggest away win	Municipal 1–6 Sporting Cristal Torino 0–5 Alianza Lima
Highest scoring	Alianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana Alianza Lima 5–4 Sporting Cristal
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Torneo Descentralizado was the 82nd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 14 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima, their first title in 19 years.

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff. However, since the same club won both tournaments, it won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the winner of a Liguilla (small league) featuring teams between second and seventh place on the aggregate table. This had a round-robin format, with the team obtaining the best results in matchups during the "regular season" playing at home. The runner-up would qualify for the Copa CONMEBOL. The bottom four teams on the aggregate table were relegated.

Teams

Alianza Lima
Alcides Vigo
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 1997 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alcides Vigo	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cuzco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
José Gálvez	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000	Grass
La Loretana	Pucallpa	Aliardo Soria	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Pesquero	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	18,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000	Grass
Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

Torneo Apertura


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	13	9	3	1	27	9	+18	30	Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2	Sporting Cristal	13	8	3	2	30	13	+17	27
3	Universitario	13	7	4	2	19	8	+11	25
4	Cienciano	13	6	6	1	18	10	+8	24
5	Municipal	13	6	2	5	25	23	+2	20
6	Sport Boys	13	5	3	5	15	18	−3	18
7	Alianza Atlético	13	4	3	6	22	18	+4	15
8	Pesquero	13	3	5	5	16	16	0	14
9	Melgar	13	4	2	7	16	24	−8	14
10	Torino	13	2	7	4	14	19	−5	13
11	Alcides Vigo	13	3	3	7	13	18	−5	12
12	Unión Minas	13	3	3	7	14	28	−14	12
13	José Gálvez	13	3	3	7	12	28	−16	12
14	La Loretana	13	2	5	6	9	18	−9	11

Updated to games played on February 27, 2009.
Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Torneo Clausura


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	13	10	2	1	33	7	+26	32	Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2	Universitario	13	8	4	1	19	7	+12	28
3	Sporting Cristal	13	6	4	3	25	16	+9	22
4	Alianza Atlético	13	6	3	4	24	13	+11	21
5	Melgar	13	6	3	4	17	16	+1	21
6	Cienciano	13	6	2	5	17	13	+4	20
7	Unión Minas	13	6	2	5	15	15	0	20
8	Municipal	13	6	1	6	18	24	−6	19
9	Pesquero	13	4	3	6	17	16	+1	15
10	Sport Boys	13	3	6	4	13	15	−2	15
11	Alcides Vigo	13	3	4	6	19	23	−4	13
12	Torino	13	3	1	9	13	30	−17	10
13	José Gálvez	13	3	0	10	12	27	−15	9
14	La Loretana	13	2	3	8	10	30	−20	9

Finals

No finals were held after Alianza Lima won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically obtaining the national title.

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima (C)	26	19	5	2	60	16	+44	62	Qualification for 1998 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	26	15	8	3	49	15	+34	53	Qualification for Hexagonal
3	Sporting Cristal	26	14	7	5	55	29	+26	49
4	Cienciano	26	12	8	6	35	23	+12	44
5	Municipal	26	12	3	11	43	47	−4	39
6	Alianza Atlético	26	10	6	10	46	31	+15	36
7	Melgar	26	10	5	11	33	40	−7	35
8	Sport Boys	26	8	9	9	28	33	−5	33
9	Unión Minas	26	9	5	12	29	43	−14	32
10	Pesquero	26	7	8	11	33	32	+1	29
11	Alcides Vigo	26	6	7	13	32	41	−9	25	Relegation to the Segunda División 1998
12	Torino	26	5	8	13	27	49	−22	23	Relegation to the 1998 Copa Perú
13	José Gálvez	26	6	3	17	24	55	−31	21
14	La Loretana	26	4	8	14	19	48	−29	20

Updated to games played on December 1997.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Title

Primera División Peruana 1997 Champion
Alianza Lima 19th title

Hexagonal


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	13	1998 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	5	2	2	1	12	4	+8	8
3	Melgar	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	8	1998 Copa CONMEBOL
4	Cienciano	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6
5	Alianza Atlético	5	1	2	2	8	11	−3	5
6	Municipal	5	0	1	4	5	16	−11	1

Updated to games played on December, 1997.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Source: RSSSF

17 goals

Ricardo Zegarra (Alianza Atlético)

External links

Peru 1997 season Details on RSSSF

Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional

2017 clubs	Alianza Atlético Alianza Lima Ayacucho Comerciantes Unidos Juan Aurich Melgar Municipal Real Garcilaso Sport Huancayo Sporting Cristal Unión Comercio Universidad San Martín Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca Universitario

Former clubs	ADO AELU Alcides Vigo Alfonso Ugarte Alfonso Ugarte (Ch) Alianza Huánuco Alipio Ponce Asociación Deportiva Tarma Atlético Chalaco Atlético Universidad Aurich–Cañaña Aurora Bancos Barrio Frigorífico Belén Cañaña Carlos A. Mannucci Carlos Concha Centro Iqueño Chacarita Versalles Chanchamayo Ciclista Lima Cienciano Circolo Sportivo Italiano Cobresol Colegio Nacional Iquitos Comercio Coopsol Trujillo Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi FC Defensor ANDA Defensor Arica Defensor Lima Diablos Rojos Estudiantes de Medicina Grau Guardia Republicana Hijos de Yurimaguas Hospital Hungaritos Agustinos Huracán I.M.I. Internazionale Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez (C) José Gálvez José Gálvez (L) Juan Aurich (1922–1992) Juan Aurich (1996–2004) Juan Bielovucic Junín Juvenil Los Ángeles Juventud La Joya Juventud La Palma KDT Nacional La Bocana La Loretana Lawn Tennis León de Huánuco Libertad Lima Cricket Los Caimanes Los Espartanos Mariscal Nieto Mariscal Sucre Mina San Vicente Minero Morba Octavio Espinoza Pacífico Pacífico (T) Peruano Piérola Porvenir Miraflores Pucallpa Sáenz Peña San Agustín San Martín de Porres San Simón 15 de Septiembre SIMA Sport Áncash Sport Boys Sport Inca Sport Loreto Sport Pilsen Sport Progreso Sportivo Huracán Tarapacá Ferrocarril Tintaya Torino Total Chalaco Unión Buenos Aires Unión Huaral Unión Huayllaspanca Unión Minas Unión Miraflores Unión Pesquero Unión Tarapoto Unión Tumán Universidad César Vallejo Walter Ormeño Wanka

Seasons	Liga Provincial de Fútbol de Lima 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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