1996 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1996
Champions	Sporting Cristal 13th Primera División title
Relegated	Aurich-Cañaña Ciclista Lima Guardia Republicana San Agustín
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Alianza Lima
Copa CONMEBOL	Universitario
Top goalscorer	Waldir Sáenz (19)
← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Torneo Descentralizado was the 81st season of the top category of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Sporting Cristal won its 13th first division title, completing a string of 3 consecutive titles starting in 1994. The feat is known as a tricampeonato and was only accomplished before by Alianza Lima.

Changes from 1995

The tournament would be played like in 1994, where the champion was crowned after the first stage of the tournament and the second berth to the Copa Libertadores was determined by an end-of-season Liguilla featuring 4 teams.
Four teams were relegated instead of the customary two. Two teams from the Copa Perú and the Segunda División in their place.

Teams

Alianza Lima
Ciclista Lima
G. Republicana
Municipal
San Agustín
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 1996 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Aurich–Cañaña	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500
Ciclista Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056
Guardia Republicana	Lima	Nacional	45,750
La Loretana	Pucallpa	Aliardo Soria	15,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Pesquero	Chimbote	Manuel Gómez Arellano	25,000
San Agustín	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	18,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	15,000
Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750

First stage

The first stage of the season was played as a double round-robin tournament. Sporting Cristal as champions qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores. Alianza Lima directly advanced to the end-of-season Liguilla and received a bonus point for placing second. The teams that placed 3 to 8 advanced to a preliminary round.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal (C)	30	22	3	5	73	26	+47	69	1997 Copa Libertadores
2	Alianza Lima	30	17	9	4	68	23	+45	60	Liguilla with 1 bonus point
3	Universitario	30	16	10	4	39	20	+19	58	Pre-Liguilla
4	Sport Boys	30	13	14	3	49	26	+23	53
5	Torino	30	14	7	9	33	33	0	49
6	Cienciano	30	11	8	11	32	36	−4	41
7	Pesquero	30	9	10	11	27	33	−6	37
8	Unión Minas	30	9	10	11	35	42	−7	37
9	Municipal	30	10	7	13	44	57	−13	37
10	La Loretana	30	11	4	15	39	59	−20	37
11	Melgar	30	9	9	12	36	35	+1	36
12	Alianza Atlético	30	10	6	14	40	51	−11	36
13	Aurich-Cañaña	30	9	6	15	30	37	−7	33	1997 Copa Perú
14	Ciclista Lima	30	6	11	13	36	51	−15	29	1997 Segunda División
15	Guardia Republicana	30	7	8	15	30	45	−15	29
16	San Agustín	30	4	4	22	27	62	−35	16

Updated to games played on 1996.
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.

Pre-Liguilla

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unión Minas	0–3	Universitario	0–0	0–3
Pesquero	3–1	Sport Boys	2–0	1–1
Cienciano	5–2	Torino	5–1	0–1

Universitario, Pesquero, and Cienciano qualified for the Liguilla.^[1]

Liguilla

All matches were played in Lima.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	8	1997 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	1997 Copa CONMEBOL
3	Pesquero	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1
4	Cienciano	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

Updated to games played on 1996.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Alianza Lima obtained 1 point for finishing second in the Torneo Descentralizado.
(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.

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3
Team #1	Score	Team #2	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Team #1	Score	Team #2
Alianza Lima	4–1	Cienciano	Cienciano	2–2	Pesquero	Alianza Lima	4–1	Pesquero
Pesquero	2–3	Universitario	Universitario	0–0	Alianza Lima	Universitario	5–0	Cienciano

References

↑ "Peru 1996". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.

External links

RSSSF Peru 1996 by Eli Schmerler, José Luis Pierrend

Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional

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