2001 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 2001
Champions Alianza Lima
19th Primera División title
Relegated Unión Minas
Copa Libertadores Alianza Lima
Cienciano
Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorer Jorge Ramírez (21)
← 2000
2002 →

The 2001 Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

Competition modus

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 tournament played for the national title in a two-legged final. Should the same team have won both tournaments, they would have been automatic champions.

Qualification to CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores was won by each tournament winner and the winner of a play-off between the teams that placed second in each tournament. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh placed team played a relegation/promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

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
Coopsol Trujillo Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Artificial
Estudiantes de Medicina Ica José Picasso Peratta 8,000 Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 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
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 Sporting Cristal (A) 22 13 7 2 46 18 +28 46 2002 Copa Libertadores play-off
2 Alianza Lima (A) 22 13 7 2 42 19 +23 46 Copa Libertadores 2002 First stage
3 Melgar 22 10 5 7 45 30 +15 35
4 Cienciano 22 11 2 9 43 28 +15 35
5 Sport Boys 22 9 4 9 36 40 −4 31
6 Juan Aurich 22 9 3 10 24 39 −15 30
7 Alianza Atlético 22 9 3 10 24 39 −15 30
8 Universitario 22 8 5 9 29 30 −1 29
9 Coopsol Trujillo 22 7 4 11 38 48 −10 25
10 Unión Minas 22 7 2 13 30 39 −9 23
11 Estudiantes de Medicina 22 5 5 12 25 53 −28 20
12 Wanka 22 4 6 12 27 36 −9 18

Updated to games played on July, 2001.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru01.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.

Apertura play-off

Alianza Lima Apertura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores
(Sporting Cristal to Copa Libertadores play-off)

Torneo Clausura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Cienciano (A) 22 14 3 5 39 30 +9 45 Copa Libertadores 2002 First stage
2 Estudiantes de Medicina (A) 22 14 3 5 35 26 +9 45 2002 Copa Libertadores play-off
3 Sporting Cristal 22 14 2 6 44 25 +19 44
4 Alianza Atlético 22 11 3 8 25 24 +1 36
5 Sport Boys 22 9 5 8 29 31 −2 32
6 Universitario 22 8 7 7 29 24 +5 31
7 Wanka 22 8 4 10 22 27 −5 28
8 Melgar 22 8 2 12 30 31 −1 26
9 Coopsol Trujillo 22 6 7 9 35 35 0 25
10 Alianza Lima 22 4 9 9 25 28 −3 21
11 Unión Minas 22 5 5 12 27 42 −15 20
12 Juan Aurich 22 3 6 13 22 39 −17 15

Updated to games played on December, 2001.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru01.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.

Clausura play-off

December 19, 2001
Cienciano 1–0 Estudiantes de Medicina
E. Zapata
UNSA Stadium,
Arequipa
Cienciano Clausura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores
(Estudiantes to Copa Libertadores play-off)

Copa Libertadores play-off

Sporting Cristal to 2002 Copa Libertadores

Season finals

December 22, 2001
Alianza Lima 3–2 Cienciano
Sáenz  20'
Soto  57'
Farfán  90' 		C. Cumapa  29'
E. Zapata  35' (pen)

December 26, 2001
Cienciano 1–0 Alianza Lima
R. Rodríguez  83'
  Penalties  
2–4

Title

Primera División Peruana
2001 Champion
Alianza Lima
20th title

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 44 27 9 8 90 43 +47 90 Copa Libertadores 2002 First stage
2 Cienciano 44 25 5 14 82 58 +24 80
3 Alianza Lima 44 17 16 11 67 47 +20 67
4 Alianza Atlético 44 20 6 18 49 63 −14 63
5 Estudiantes de Medicina 44 19 8 17 60 79 −19 65
6 Sport Boys 44 18 9 17 65 71 −6 63
7 Melgar 44 18 7 19 75 61 +14 61
8 Universitario 44 16 12 16 58 54 +4 60
9 Coopsol Trujillo 44 13 11 20 73 83 −10 50
10 Wanka (A) 44 12 10 22 49 63 −14 46 Qualification to promotion play-off
11 Juan Aurich (A) 44 12 10 22 56 78 −22 46
12 Unión Minas 44 12 7 25 57 81 −24 43 Relegation to the Copa Perú

Updated to games played on December, 2001.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru01.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.

11th/12th place play-off

December 22, 2001
Juan Aurich 2–1 (a.e.t.) Wanka
N. Álvarez  35'
A. Torres  110' 		R. Dolorier  9'
Wanka to Relegation play-off

Promotion play-off

December 29, 2001
Wanka 1–0 (a.e.t.) Alcides Vigo
J. Ramírez  99'
Deportivo Wanka remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

21 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals

Footnotes

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