1991 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1991
Champions	Sporting Cristal 10th Primera División title
Relegated	AELU Alfonso Ugarte Alianza Huánuco Asociación Deportiva Tarma Grau Torino Aurora Coronel Bolognesi Bancos Cañaña Comercio Hospital Pacífico (T) Diablos Rojos Internazionale Juan Aurich Juvenil Los Ángeles Libertad Mariscal Nieto Mina San Vicente Morba Octavio Espinoza Unión Huayllaspanca Unión Huaral Unión Tarapoto
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Sport Boys
Top goalscorer	Horacio Raúl Baldessari (25)
← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tournament of Peruvian football, was played by 41 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments, whose winner advanced to national finals. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Regional I

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	11	7	3	1	23	11	+12	17	Octogonal
2	Sport Boys	11	6	4	1	17	10	+7	16
3	Alianza Lima	11	6	3	2	19	10	+9	15
4	Universitario	11	4	5	2	15	10	+5	13
5	Defensor Lima	11	5	3	3	18	14	+4	13
6	Municipal	11	4	3	4	13	12	+1	11
7	San Agustín	11	4	3	4	11	14	−3	11
8	Unión Huaral	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	10
9	Hijos de Yurimaguas	11	3	3	5	14	22	−8	9
10	Internazionale	11	2	5	4	8	17	−9	9
11	AELU	11	1	5	5	7	21	−14	7
12	Octavio Espinoza	11	1	3	7	5	29	−24	5

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carlos A. Mannucci	18	12	3	3	23	10	+13	27	Octogonal
2	Pacífico (T)	18	9	4	5	22	19	+3	22
3	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	18	9	3	6	23	16	+7	21
4	Torino	18	7	7	4	20	15	+5	21
5	Alianza Atlético	18	7	5	6	24	21	+3	19
6	Morba	18	6	6	6	16	18	−2	18
7	Juan Aurich	18	7	3	8	19	17	+2	17
8	Grau	18	5	6	7	19	8	+11	16
9	Cañaña	18	4	4	10	12	20	−8	12
10	Libertad	18	2	3	13	14	35	−21	7

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Octogonal
2	Cienciano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Aurora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Diablos Rojos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Alfonso Ugarte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Mariscal Nieto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Juvenil Los Ángeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Coronel Bolognesi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Huayllaspanca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Octogonal
2	Alianza Huánuco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	León de Huánuco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Mina San Vicente	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Unión Minas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Oriental

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Octogonal
2	Bancos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Comercio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hospital	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Unión Tarapoto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Octogonal

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unión Huayllaspanca	0–6	Universitario	0–0	0–4
Melgar	3–3	Alianza Lima	3–0	2–3
Sporting Cristal	?–?	Carlos A. Mannucci	?–?	?–?
Sport Boys	?–?	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	?–?	1–?

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	4
2	Sporting Cristal	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	1992 Copa Libertadores
3	Universitario	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Melgar	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

Regional I final

Regional II

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	22	12	8	2	37	18	+19	32	Octogonal
2	Sport Boys	22	10	10	2	30	18	+12	30
3	Defensor Lima	22	12	4	6	35	27	+8	28
4	Sporting Cristal	22	11	6	5	42	25	+17	28
5	Alianza Lima	22	8	10	4	33	22	+11	26
6	San Agustín	22	9	6	7	28	19	+9	24
7	Municipal	22	9	6	7	30	27	+3	24
8	Hijos de Yurimaguas	22	8	7	7	30	26	+4	23
9	Unión Huaral	22	5	10	7	27	33	−6	20
10	AELU	22	4	3	15	17	45	−28	11
11	Internazionale	22	1	8	13	18	39	−21	10
12	Octavio Espinoza	22	3	2	17	16	44	−28	8

• Note: The championship was suspended after 9 games until mid-July. One player Hector Mathei (Deportivo Municipal) was killed and seven other players injured in a bomb attack on a club dressing room (Deportivo Municipal vs Alianza Lima).

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Atlético	18	12	5	1	34	9	+25	29	Octogonal
2	Grau	18	11	4	3	30	20	+10	26
3	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	18	9	4	5	32	23	+9	22
4	Pacífico (T)	18	9	3	6	35	24	+11	21
5	Torino	18	8	5	5	24	19	+5	21
6	Carlos A. Mannucci	18	6	4	8	31	28	+3	16
7	Cañaña	18	5	5	8	21	21	0	15
8	Juan Aurich	18	4	5	9	12	27	−15	13
9	Morba	18	4	3	11	23	35	−12	11
10	Libertad	18	1	4	13	9	45	−36	6

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	14	13	0	1	55	24	+31	26	Octogonal
2	Cienciano	14	9	2	3	51	18	+33	20
3	Aurora	14	7	4	3	46	23	+23	18
4	Diablos Rojos	14	6	3	5	29	43	−14	15
5	Alfonso Ugarte	14	4	3	7	27	49	−22	11
6	Mariscal Nieto	14	3	3	8	31	36	−5	9
7	Juvenil Los Ángeles	14	1	5	8	24	40	−16	7
8	Coronel Bolognesi	14	3	0	11	14	53	−39	6

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	León de Huánuco	10	7	2	1	33	10	+23	16	Octogonal
2	Unión Minas	10	6	2	2	37	20	+17	14
3	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	10	6	1	3	22	19	+3	13
4	Unión Huayllaspanca	10	6	0	4	35	18	+17	12
5	Alianza Huánuco	10	1	1	8	16	36	−20	3
6	Mina San Vicente	10	1	0	9	10	50	−40	2

• Note: Two players and an official of the Union Minas (Central zone of the decentralized championship), were injured and a member of the coaching staff was killed when the team's bus was shot at as the squad returned from an away match. Highway robbers or terrorists were thought to be responsible. The central-zone championship, which qualified the winner for The final round, was suspended as a result.

Oriental

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Octogonal
2	Bancos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Comercio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hospital	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Unión Tarapoto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Octogonal

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza Atletico	0–6	Universitario	1–3	1–4
Melgar	3–6	Sporting Cristal	3–1	0–5
Sport Boys	6–0	León de Huánuco	1–0	3–2
Colegio Nacional Iquitos	1–3	Defensor Lima	1–1	1–2

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4	1992 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Sport Boys	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Alianza Atlético	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Regional II final

Title

Primera División Peruana 1991 Champion
Sporting Cristal 10th title

Playoff for Copa Libertadores 1992

Aggregate tables (Regional I and Regional II)

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	33	16	14	3	47	28	+19	46	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Sporting Cristal	33	18	9	6	65	36	+29	45
3	Universitario	33	16	13	4	52	28	+24	45
4	Alianza Lima	33	14	13	6	52	32	+20	41
5	Defensor Lima	33	17	7	9	53	41	+12	41
6	San Agustín	33	13	9	11	39	33	+6	35
7	Municipal	33	13	9	11	43	39	+4	35
8	Hijos de Yurimaguas	33	11	10	12	44	48	−4	32
9	Unión Huaral	33	9	12	12	40	49	−9	30	1992 Segunda División
10	Internazionale	33	3	13	17	26	56	−30	19
11	AELU	33	5	8	20	24	66	−42	18
12	Octavio Espinoza	33	4	5	24	21	73	−52	13

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Atlético	36	19	10	7	58	30	+28	48	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	36	18	7	11	55	39	+16	43
3	Carlos A. Mannucci	36	18	7	11	54	38	+16	43	Relegation Play-off
4	Pacífico (T)	36	18	7	11	57	43	+14	43
5	Grau	36	16	10	10	49	28	+21	42	1992 Torneo Zonal
6	Torino	36	15	12	9	44	34	+10	42
7	Juan Aurich	36	11	8	17	32	44	−12	30
8	Morba	36	10	9	17	39	53	−14	29
9	Cañaña	36	9	9	18	33	41	−8	27
10	Libertad	36	3	7	26	23	80	−57	13

Playoff for Descentralizado 1992

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Cienciano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Aurora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation Play-off
4	Diablos Rojos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1992 Torneo Zonal
5	Alfonso Ugarte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Mariscal Nieto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Juvenil Los Ángeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Coronel Bolognesi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	León de Huánuco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Unión Minas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation Play-off
3	Unión Huayllaspanca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1992 Torneo Zonal
4	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Alianza Huánuco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Mina San Vicente	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Relegation Playoff for Descentralizado 1992 (3rd South Zone / 2nd Center Zone)

Oriental

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation Play-off
2	Bancos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Comercio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1992 Torneo Zonal
4	Hospital	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Unión Tarapoto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Relegation Playoff for Descentralizado 1992 (1st Oriental Zone / 2nd Oriental Zone)

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External links

• Peru 1991 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (Spanish)

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