Primera División Peruana 1997

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The 1997 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 14 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-or-away 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 (literally "small league") tournament 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.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Torneo Apertura

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Alianza Lima	13	9	3	1	27	9	30	Apertura winners, to Copa Libertadores 1998
2	Sporting Cristal	13	8	3	2	30	13	27
3	Sporting Cristal	13	7	4	2	19	8	25
4	Cienciano	13	6	6	1	18	10	24
5	Deportivo Municipal	13	6	2	5	25	23	20
6	Sport Boys	13	5	3	5	15	18	18
7	Alianza Atlético	13	4	3	6	22	18	15
8	Deportivo Pesquero	13	3	5	5	16	16	14
9	FBC Melgar	13	4	2	7	16	24	14
10	Atlético Torino	13	2	7	4	14	19	13
11	Alcides Vigo	13	3	3	7	14	28	12
12	Unión Minas	13	3	3	7	12	28	12
13	José Gálvez	13	3	3	7	13	18	12
14	La Loretana	13	2	5	6	9	18	11

[edit] Torneo Clausura

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Alianza Lima	13	10	2	1	33	7	32	Clausura winners, to Copa Libertadores 1998
2	Universitario	13	8	4	1	19	7	28
3	Sporting Cristal	13	6	4	3	25	16	22
4	Alianza Atlético	13	6	3	4	24	13	21
5	FBC Melgar	13	6	3	4	17	16	21
6	Cienciano	13	6	2	5	17	13	20
7	Unión Minas	13	6	2	5	15	15	20
8	Deportivo Municipal	13	6	1	6	18	24	19
9	Deportivo Pesquero	13	4	3	6	17	16	15
10	Sport Boys	13	3	6	4	13	15	13
11	Alcides Vigo	13	3	4	6	19	23	13
12	Atlético Torino	13	3	1	9	13	30	10
13	José Gálvez	13	3	0	10	12	27	9
14	La Loretana	13	2	3	8	10	30	9

[edit] Final playoff

No final playoff was held after Alianza Lima won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically obtaining the national title.

ALIANZA LIMA
1997 National Champions - 18^th title

[edit] Aggregate table

Position	Team	Played	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Alianza Lima	26	60	16	62	Apertura, Clausura winners, to Copa Libertadores 1998
2	Universitario	26	38	15	53	To Liguilla
3	Sporting Cristal	26	55	29	49	To Liguilla
4	Cienciano	26	35	23	44	To Liguilla
5	Deportivo Municipal	26	43	47	39	To Liguilla
6	Alianza Atlético	26	46	31	36	To Liguilla
7	FBC Melgar	26	33	40	35	To Liguilla
8	Sport Boys	26	28	33	33
9	Unión Minas	26	29	43	32
10	Deportivo Pesquero	26	33	32	29
11	Alcides Vigo	26	32	41	25	Relegated
12	Atlético Torino	26	27	49	23	Relegated
13	José Gálvez	26	24	55	21	Relegated
14	La Loretana	26	19	48	20	Relegated

[edit] Liguilla

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Sporting Cristal	5	4	1	0	9	1	13	To Copa Libertadores 1998
2	Universitario	5	2	2	1	12	4	8	Declined Copa CONMEBOL 1998 berth
3	FBC Melgar	5	2	2	1	4	4	8	To Copa CONMEBOL 1998
4	Cienciano	5	2	0	3	8	10	6
5	Alianza Atlético	5	1	2	2	8	11	5
6	Deportivo Municipal	5	0	1	4	5	16	1

[edit] Promotion

Club Lawn Tennis and Juan Aurich promoted to Primera División 1998
- Lawn Tennis won the Segunda División (Second Division) 1997, a second-level league for teams in the Lima area.
- Juan Aurich (Chiclayo) won the Copa Perú 1997 after defeating UPAO (Trujillo) 1-0 in a playoff, after they tied for first place in the six-team final round held in Lima, with 12 points from five games each.