1978 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1978 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

The season was divided into 2 stages. A Preliminary Tournament contested in two groups; this was a friendly tournament to keep teams occupied as the National Team was preparing for the 1978 World Cup Finals. The second stage was the Decentralized (league tournament); the top 2 qualified for Copa Libertadores and the last team was relegated.

Teams

CNI

Atlético Torino

Coronel Bolognesi

Alfonso Ugarte

Junín

León de Huánuco

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Defensor Lima
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1978 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
Defensor Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	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	Telmo Carbajo	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

Preliminary Tournament - Northern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Huaral	14	7	5	2	25	16	+9	19	Final Group
2	Juan Aurich	14	8	3	3	24	16	+8	19
3	Junín	14	6	6	2	23	18	+5	18
4	Sport Boys	14	5	4	5	23	22	+1	14
5	Universitario	14	4	5	5	16	15	+1	13
6	Torino	14	5	3	6	20	24	−4	13
7	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	14	3	4	7	11	13	−2	10
8	Sporting Cristal	14	2	2	10	14	32	−18	6

Preliminary Tournament - Southern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	14	7	5	2	27	13	+14	19	Final Group
2	Coronel Bolognesi	14	8	3	3	18	16	+2	19
3	Defensor Lima	14	6	3	5	21	19	+2	15
4	Alfonso Ugarte	14	4	6	4	19	17	+2	14
5	Municipal	14	5	4	5	20	21	−1	14
6	León de Huánuco	14	4	5	5	13	17	−4	13
7	Melgar	14	3	6	5	13	15	−2	12
8	Atlético Chalaco	14	1	4	9	13	26	−13	6

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unión Huaral	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	7
2	Coronel Bolognesi	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	7
3	Juan Aurich	6	1	4	1	4	6	−2	6
4	Alianza Lima	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	4

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	30	20	4	6	63	20	+43	44	1979 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	30	21	1	8	62	28	+34	43	1979 Copa Libertadores
3	Sporting Cristal	30	18	6	6	61	28	+33	42
4	Juan Aurich	30	13	12	5	39	25	+14	38
5	Sport Boys	30	12	10	8	44	37	+7	34
6	Melgar	30	12	9	9	39	34	+5	33
7	León de Huánuco	30	10	10	10	27	35	−8	30
8	Atlético Chalaco	30	10	8	12	37	43	−6	28
9	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	30	9	10	11	28	35	−7	28
10	Coronel Bolognesi	30	9	10	11	30	41	−11	28
11	Unión Huaral	30	10	6	14	39	51	−12	26
12	Torino	30	9	6	15	35	47	−12	24
13	Municipal	30	8	6	16	25	32	−7	22
14	Alfonso Ugarte	30	8	6	16	44	59	−15	22
15	Junín	30	8	5	17	36	62	−26	21
16	Defensor Lima	30	6	5	19	40	72	−32	17	Segunda División

Title

Primera División Peruana 1978 Champion
Alianza Lima 18th title

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1978