2000 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 2000
Champions Universitario
24th Primera División title
Relegated Municipal
Copa Libertadores Universitario
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Copa Merconorte Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Top goalscorer Eduardo Esidio (37)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two 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 play-off, but since the same club had won both tournaments, it automatically won the national championship.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to each of the half-year tournament's runners-up, who held a play-off as a formality to decide the overall season runners-up. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place team held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Before the start of the season, Pesquero relocated from Chimbote to Huancayo and changed its name to Wanka.[1]

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 368,000 Grass
Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Grass
Cienciano Cuzco Garcilaso 42,056 Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Grass
Municipal Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000 Grass
Unión Minas Cerro de Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión8,000 Grass
UPAO Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Grass
Universitario Lima Monumental80,093 Grass
Wanka Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Grass

Torneo Apertura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario 22 13 7 2 39 20 +19 46 Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage
2 Sport Boys 22 11 6 5 36 25 +11 39
3 Melgar 22 10 6 6 39 27 +12 36
4 Cienciano 22 10 6 6 31 30 +1 36
5 Alianza Lima 22 9 7 6 23 22 +1 34
6 Unión Minas 22 10 3 9 28 23 +5 33
7 Alianza Atlético 22 8 6 8 28 27 +1 30
8 Sporting Cristal 22 7 7 8 40 31 +9 28
9 Wanka 22 6 6 10 21 32 −11 24
10 Juan Aurich 22 3 11 8 21 30 −9 20
11 UPAO 22 4 7 11 24 39 −15 19
12 Municipal 22 2 6 14 24 48 −24 12

Updated to games played on July, 2000.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru00.html
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 Universitario 22 17 3 2 55 23 +32 54 Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage
2 Sporting Cristal 22 15 5 2 48 24 +24 50
3 Cienciano 22 10 5 7 47 28 +19 35
4 Melgar 22 10 3 9 33 28 +5 33
5 Alianza Atlético 22 9 5 8 36 24 +12 32
6 Wanka 22 9 5 8 36 34 +2 32
7 Unión Minas 22 9 4 9 33 37 −4 31
8 Alianza Lima 22 7 7 8 36 33 +3 28
9 Sport Boys 22 6 7 9 25 25 0 25
10 Juan Aurich 22 4 5 13 22 50 −28 17
11 Municipal 22 3 7 12 24 43 −19 16
12 UPAO 22 4 3 15 19 50 −31 15

Updated to games played on December, 2000.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru00.html
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.

Final stages

Final

No final for the championship title was contested after Universitario won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically becoming national champions.

Second place play-off

Sporting Cristal second place overall

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario 44 30 10 4 94 43 +51 100 Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage
2 Sporting Cristal 44 22 12 10 88 55 +33 78
3 Cienciano 44 20 11 13 78 58 +20 71
4 Melgar 44 20 9 15 72 55 +17 69
5 Sport Boys 44 17 13 14 61 50 +11 64 Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage
6 Unión Minas 44 19 7 18 61 60 +1 64
7 Alianza Lima 44 16 14 14 59 55 +4 62 2001 Copa Merconorte
8 Alianza Atlético 44 17 11 16 64 61 +3 62
9 Wanka 44 15 11 18 53 67 −14 56
10 Juan Aurich 44 7 16 21 43 80 −37 37
11 UPAO (O) 44 8 10 26 43 89 −46 34 Qualification to promotion play-off
12 Municipal 44 5 13 26 48 91 −43 28 Relegation to the Segunda División 2001

Updated to games played on December 2000.
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.

Promotion play-off

December 13, 2000
UPAO 3–1 Aviación
UPAO remained in Primera División Peruana[note 1]

Top scorers

37 goals
19 goals
15 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Notes

  1. ↑ UPAO would sell their first division spot to Sport Coopsol before the 2001 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Peru 2000 Primera División". rsssf.com. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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