2008 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	2008
Champions	Universidad San Martín 2nd Primera División title
Relegated	Sport Boys Minero
Copa Libertadores	Universitario de Deportes (Second stage) Universidad San Martín (Second stage) Sporting Cristal (First stage)
Copa Sudamericana	Cienciano (First stage) Alianza Atlético (First stage)
Goals scored	893
Average goals/game	2.45
Top goalscorer	Miguel Ximénez (32)
Biggest home win	Universidad San Martín de Porres 5-0 Alianza Lima (2008-05-21) Minero 5-0 Sport Boys (2008-08-06) José Gálvez 5-0 Sport Boys (2008-09-14)
Biggest away win	Coronel Bolognesi 0-4 Alianza Atlético (2008-08-06)
Highest scoring	Coronel Bolognesi 4–4 Sport Áncash (2008-12-14)
Longest winning run	9 - Universitario de Deportes (April 30-July 2)
Longest unbeaten run	15 - Universitario de Deportes (April 9-July 13)
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.

Competition modus

The season was divided into two tournaments; Torneo Apertura from February to July and the Torneo Clausura from July to December. Both tournaments had the fourteen teams play a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 26 matches in each tournament. The winner of the Torneo Apertura qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Clausura. The winner of the Torneo Clausura also qualified to the group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Apertura. A team that would've won both tournament was automatically season champion. If one of the tournament winners failed to place above 8th place, the other tournament winner would've been season champion. If both teams failed to finish above 8th place, the team that placed higher on the aggregate table–the summation of the points earned in both tournaments–would've been season champion. The two teams that placed last on the aggregate table were relegated and the best placed team–excluding the two tournament winners–qualified to the first stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The second and third best placed teams on the aggregate table qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

Changes from 2007

Structural changes

The number of teams was increased from 12 to 14.
Due to the increase in teams, the tournament winners could finish in the top seven instead of the top six to play in the season finals.
1,170 minutes of game time was to be accumulated by players born on or after 1989 in the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The amount for the Torneo Clausura was later reduced to 600.
The minimum stadium capacity was increased from 4,000 to 5,000.

Promotion and relegation

Deportivo Municipal and Total Clean finished the 2007 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champions of the Segunda División 2007 and Copa Perú 2007, Universidad César Vallejo and Juan Aurich. The F.P.F. also invited José Gálvez and Minero into the first division.

Season overview

Universitario won the Apertura title after 6 years of failing to win a half-year tournament. They won the title with 50 points, a ten-point lead, and had four games left to be played. Sporting Cristal was the other team close to winning the title, however they had three games left to play and would have been unable to reach Universitario. Universitario had a 15-game undefeated streak and a 9-game winning streak. In the Clausura Universitario did surprisingly worse and finished 11th. They lost four games at home and failed to finish in the top 7 to contest the national title. U. San Martin finished third in the Apertura and won the Clausura with three games to spare. They achieved their second national title after only four years of existence. This is the first time since 1958 where the big three were not able to win the title for two consecutive years.

Alianza Lima experienced a terrible season because they were close to being relegated this season. Every team, with the exception of José Gálvez, gained points playing at their home ground and they had also lost several home games. Fortunately, Alianza Lima remained in the First Division. Sport Boys saved itself from relegation two years ago, however this year they could not. They were the worst team of the year and won very few games. Problems arose in the club as the players were not paid for many months. This led to a sorrowful year for the fans of Sport Boys.

Teams

Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
U. San Martín
Sport Boys

Locations of the 2008 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
José Gálvez	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000	Artificial
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Artificial
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Minero	Matucana	Municipal de Matucana^[1]	5,000	Grass
Sport Áncash	Huaraz	Rosas Pampa	8,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000	Grass
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,000	Artificial
Universidad de San Martín	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000	Grass
Universitario de Deportes	Lima	Monumental	80,093	Grass

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	26	16	7	3	40	21	+19	55	2009 Copa Libertadores second stage
2	Sporting Cristal	26	15	4	7	46	32	+14	49
3	Universidad San Martín	26	11	10	5	40	20	+20	43
4	Cienciano	26	12	5	9	37	28	+9	41
5	Coronel Bolognesi	26	10	8	8	33	28	+5	38
6	Alianza Atlético	26	10	4	12	28	28	0	34
7	Universidad César Vallejo	26	9	7	10	26	32	−6	34
8	Juan Aurich	26	9	6	11	27	30	−3	33
9	José Gálvez	26	7	9	10	26	32	−6	30
10	Melgar	26	7	9	10	18	25	−7	30
11	Alianza Lima	26	7	8	11	27	32	−5	29
12	Sport Áncash	26	9	2	15	25	36	−11	29
13	Sport Boys	26	7	8	11	23	42	−19	27^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Atlético Minero	26	6	7	13	26	36	−10	25

Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2008
Notes:

↑ Sport Boys were docked 2 points for an outstanding debt with a former manager.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AAS	ALI	ATM	CIE	BOL	MEL	JG	JA	ÁNC	SBA	CRI	UCV	USM	UNI
Alianza Atlético		0–1	3–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–0
Alianza Lima	0–1		4–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–1
Minero	0–0	0–0		2–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2
Cienciano	1–0	3–2	1–0		1–3	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–0	4–1
Coronel Bolognesi	1–2	1–0	2–1²	0–1		1–1²	1–1	3–1²	2–1²	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1
Melgar	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
José Gálvez	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1		4–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–1
Juan Aurich	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Sport Áncash	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	3–2		4–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
Sport Boys	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1
Sporting Cristal	3–1	2–2³	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	5–1		3–0	3–4	1–2³
Universidad César Vallejo	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1		3–1	0–0
Universidad de San Martín	2–0	5–0⁴	4–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1³	4–0		1–1³
Universitario	2–1	2–1³	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	5–1	1–0	0–0	1–1

Updated to games played on June 25, 2008.
Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2008 Fixture
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Played in Estadio Héroes del Alto de la Alianza.
³Played in Estadio Nacional.
⁴Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

20 goals

Miguel Ximénez (Sporting Cristal)

13 goals

Juan Gonzáles-Vigil (Bolognesi)

12 goals

Jamie Ruiz (Alianza Atlético)
Héctor Hurtado (Universitario)

11 goals

9 goals

Torneo Clausura

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de San Martín	26	15	6	5	41	20	+21	51	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Sporting Cristal	26	14	3	9	36	25	+11	45
3	Sport Áncash	26	12	7	7	39	29	+10	43
4	Melgar	26	11	7	8	35	34	+1	40
5	Cienciano	26	11	6	9	34	30	+4	39
6	Alianza Atlético	26	10	8	8	35	25	+10	38
7	Universidad César Vallejo	26	11	5	10	35	32	+3	38
8	Minero	26	9	10	7	32	26	+6	37
9	José Gálvez	26	10	7	9	42	38	+4	37
10	Alianza Lima	26	11	1	14	38	36	+2	34
11	Universitario	26	8	10	8	31	32	−1	34
12	Juan Aurich	26	8	5	13	24	34	−10	29
13	Coronel Bolognesi	26	7	5	14	34	51	−17	26
14	Sport Boys	26	1	8	17	18	54	−36	11

Updated to games played on December 14, 2008.
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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AAS	ALI	ATM	CIE	BOL	MEL	JG	JA	ÁNC	SBA	CRI	UCV	USM	UNI
Alianza Atlético		1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1
Alianza Lima	1–2		1–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–2
Minero	1–2	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1
Cienciano	2–1	4–1	1–1		2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Coronel Bolognesi	0–4²	3–4	3–2	2–0		1–1	3–1²	1–2	4–4²	0–0	0–1	1–2²	0–2	0–1
Melgar	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–2		2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2
José Gálvez	0–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	4–2		1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	2–0
Juan Aurich	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1		4–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1
Sport Áncash	0–0	3–1	2–2³	1–0³	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0⁴		2–1	0–1⁴	1–0	0–1	3–0
Sport Boys	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–3		1–2	5–2	2–5	0–0
Sporting Cristal	1–1	1–2⁵	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	1–0	0–1⁵
Universidad César Vallejo	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		1–1	2–0
Universidad de San Martín	3–1	1–0⁵	0–0⁶	1–1	3–1	0–1⁶	1–0⁵	1–0	3–0	0–0⁶	2–1⁵	0–1		1–1⁷
Universitario	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1

Updated to games played on December 14, 2008.
Source: Fixture
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Played in Estadio Héroes del Alto de la Alianza.
³Played in Estadio Gerardo Lara Guerrero.
⁴Played in Estadio Manuel Rivera Sanchez.
⁵Played in Estadio Nacional.
⁶Played in Estadio Monumental "U".
⁷Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

15 goals

Ronaille Calheira (Sport Áncash)

14 goals

Claudio Velásquez (José Gálvez)

12 goals

Miguel Ximénez (Sporting Cristal)

11 goals

José Luis Díaz (Universidad San Martín)
Sergio Ibarra (Melgar)

10 goals

Antonio Meza Cuadra (José Gálvez)

9 goals

Roberto Jiménez (Universitario)

8 goals

Juan Barros (Coronel Bolognesi)
Mauricio Montes (Cienciano)

7 goals

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de San Martín	52	26	16	10	81	42	+39	94	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Sporting Cristal	52	29	7	16	82	57	+25	94	2009 Copa Libertadores First stage
3	Universitario	52	24	17	11	71	53	+18	89	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4	Cienciano	52	23	11	18	71	57	+14	80	2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Alianza Atlético	52	20	12	20	63	53	+10	72	2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Sport Áncash	52	21	9	22	64	65	−1	72
7	Universidad César Vallejo	52	20	12	20	61	64	−3	72
8	Melgar	52	18	16	18	53	59	−6	70
9	José Gálvez	52	17	16	19	68	70	−2	67
10	Coronel Bolognesi	52	17	13	22	67	79	−12	64
11	Alianza Lima	52	18	9	25	62	71	−9	63
12	Juan Aurich	52	17	11	24	51	64	−13	62
13	Minero	52	15	17	20	58	62	−4	62	2009 Segunda División
14	Sport Boys	52	8	16	28	40	97	−57	38	2009 Segunda División

Updated to games played on December 14, 2008.
Source: Peruvian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Universitario and U. San Martín qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.
(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.

12th/13th place playoff

Minero v Juan Aurich

December 17, 2008

Minero	1–2	Juan Aurich
Portillo 26'	Report	Chará 19' Zegarra 35'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
Referee: Héctor Pacheco

Atlético Minero relegated to Segunda División.

References

↑ Used Estadio Huancayo during the Apertura.

External links

Peru 2008 season at RSSSF
Peruvian Football League News (Spanish)

Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional

2016 clubs	Alianza Atlético Alianza Lima Ayacucho Comerciantes Unidos Juan Aurich La Bocana Melgar Municipal Real Garcilaso Sport Huancayo Sporting Cristal Unión Comercio Universidad César Vallejo Universidad San Martín Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca Universitario

Former clubs	ADO AELU Alcides Vigo Alfonso Ugarte Alfonso Ugarte (Ch) Alianza Huánuco Alipio Ponce Asociación Deportiva Tarma Atlético Chalaco Atlético Universidad Aurich–Cañaña Aurora Bancos Barrio Frigorífico Belén Cañaña Carlos A. Mannucci Carlos Concha Centro Iqueño Chacarita Versalles Chanchamayo Ciclista Lima Cienciano Circolo Sportivo Italiano Cobresol Colegio Nacional Iquitos Comercio Coopsol Trujillo Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi FC Defensor ANDA Defensor Arica Defensor Lima Diablos Rojos Estudiantes de Medicina Grau Guardia Republicana Hijos de Yurimaguas Hospital Hungaritos Agustinos Huracán I.M.I. Internazionale Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez (C) José Gálvez José Gálvez (L) Juan Aurich (1922–1992) Juan Aurich (1996–2004) Juan Bielovucic Junín Juvenil Los Ángeles Juventud La Joya Juventud La Palma KDT Nacional La Loretana Lawn Tennis León de Huánuco Libertad Lima Cricket Los Caimanes Los Espartanos Mariscal Nieto Mariscal Sucre Mina San Vicente Minero Morba Octavio Espinoza Pacífico Pacífico (T) Peruano Piérola Porvenir Miraflores Pucallpa Sáenz Peña San Agustín San Martín de Porres San Simón 15 de Septiembre SIMA Sport Áncash Sport Boys Sport Inca Sport Loreto Sport Pilsen Sport Progreso Sportivo Huracán Tarapacá Ferrocarril Tintaya Torino Total Chalaco Unión Buenos Aires Unión Huaral Unión Huayllaspanca Unión Minas Unión Miraflores Unión Pesquero Unión Tarapoto Unión Tumán Walter Ormeño Wanka

Seasons	Liga Provincial de Fútbol de Lima 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Champions Torneo de Promoción y Reserva

2008 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic Leagues	Argentina '07-'08 '08-'09 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '07–'08 '08–'09 Venezuela '07–'08 '08–'09

Domestic Cups	Brazil Colombia Venezuela '07–'08 '08

CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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