Primera División Peruana 1998

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The 1998 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

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

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a Copa CONMEBOL spot. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

1 Results
2 External link

[edit] Results

[edit] Torneo Apertura

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Universitario	22	11	10	1	40	18	43	Apertura winners, to Copa Libertadores 1999
2	Sport Boys	22	11	6	5	38	23	39	To Copa CONMEBOL playoff
3	Sporting Cristal	22	10	7	5	40	20	37
4	Unión Minas	22	11	4	7	33	29	36
5	Deportivo Pesquero	22	9	6	7	35	21	33
6	Alianza Lima	22	9	6	7	35	21	33
7	Juan Aurich	22	7	8	7	27	25	29
8	Alianza Atlético	22	6	8	8	33	26	26
9	Cienciano	22	6	7	9	24	27	25
10	FBC Melgar	22	7	2	13	20	36	23
11	Deportivo Municipal	22	6	4	12	23	48	22
12	Club Lawn Tennis	22	3	2	17	16	49	11

[edit] Torneo Clausura

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Sporting Cristal	22	13	3	6	41	23	42	To Clausura title playoff
2	Alianza Lima	22	11	9	2	35	17	42	To Clausura title playoff
3	Sport Boys	22	12	6	4	24	12	42
4	Universitario	22	8	10	4	32	22	34
5	Cienciano	22	7	9	6	23	20	29	Deducted 1 point for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3.
6	Deportivo Pesquero	22	7	8	7	20	20	29
7	FBC Melgar	22	8	5	9	26	33	29
8	Juan Aurich	22	6	8	8	24	27	26
9	Alianza Atlético	22	6	6	10	24	30	24
10	Unión Minas	22	6	6	10	22	30	24
11	Club Lawn Tennis	22	6	4	12	20	38	22
12	Deportivo Municipal	22	3	4	15	24	43	13

[edit] Clausura title playoff

December 16, 1998
	Sporting Cristal	1–0	Alianza Lima	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	A. Mendoza 42'			Estadio Nacional, Lima

Sporting Cristal Clausura 1998 winners
To Copa Libertadores 1999
(Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL playoff)

[edit] Copa CONMEBOL playoff

December 20, 1998
	Sport Boys	0–1	Alianza Lima	Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
			Saavedra 74'	Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao

December 22, 1998
	Alianza Lima	2–0	Sport Boys	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
	Basombrío 6' Gareca 29'			Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL 1999
(Alianza Lima later declined their spot in favor of Sport Boys)

[edit] Final playoff

December 20, 1998
	Sporting Cristal	2–1	Universitario	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	N. Esidio 30' A. Mendoza 40'		L. Guadalupe 62'	Estadio Nacional, Lima

December 23, 1998
	Universitario	2–1 4–2 (PSO)	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	R. Farfán 50' R. Farfán 56'		A. Mendoza 74'	Estadio Nacional, Lima

UNIVERSITARIO
1998 National Champions - 22^nd title

[edit] Aggregate table

Position	Team	Played	Scored	Conceded	Points	Notes
1	Sport Boys	44	62	35	81	To Copa CONMEBOL 1999
2	Sporting Cristal	44	81	43	79	Clausura winners, to Copa Libertadores 1999
3	Universitario	44	72	40	77	Apertura winners, to Copa Libertadores 1999
4	Alianza Lima	44	70	38	75	Declined Copa CONMEBOL 1999 berth
5	Deportivo Pesquero	44	53	49	65
6	Unión Minas	44	55	60	61
7	Juan Aurich	44	51	52	55
8	Cienciano	44	47	47	54
9	FBC Melgar	44	46	69	52
10	Alianza Atlético	44	57	66	50
11	Deportivo Municipal	44	47	91	35	To Relegation/Promotion playoff
12	Club Lawn Tennis	44	36	87	33	Relegated

[edit] Relegation/Promotion playoff

December 20, 1998
	Deportivo Municipal	4–1 (AET)	Hijos de Yurimaguas	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	Baroni 34' Baroni 100' Baroni 113' Maldonado 119'		Rodríguez 64'	Estadio Nacional, Lima

Deportivo Municipal remained in Primera División Peruana

[edit] Promotion

I.M.I. promoted to Primera División 1999
- I.M.I. (Talara) won the Copa Perú 1998 after defeating Coronel Bolognesi (Tacna) in the two-legged final. Each team won 3-1 at home, but the second leg in Talara was abandoned after 81 minutes, following a brawl started by Bolognesi players. I.M.I. were declared 2-0 winners in the penalty shootout that was not played.