1994 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1994
Dates20 February 1994 –
19 December 1994
ChampionsSporting Cristal
11th Primera División title
Runner upAlianza Lima
RelegatedCarlos A. Mannucci
Defensor Lima
Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Alianza Lima
Copa CONMEBOLCiclista Lima
Top goalscorerFlavio Maestri (25 goals)
← 1993
1995 →

The 1994 Torneo Descentralizado was the 79th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed.

Sporting Cristal won the national championship, beginning a run of three consecutive league titles. The club secured the title with four matches remaining after drawing 1–1 against Unión Minas at the Estadio Nacional.[1][2][3][4]

Changes from 1993

  • The Torneo Intermedio was replaced by the Torneo Apertura which qualified its champion to the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL and awarded the club two points for the Torneo Descentralizado.
  • The third-to-last club vs. Copa Perú runner-up relegation playoff was removed.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
1993 Segunda División
Promoted from
1993 Copa Perú
Relegated from
1993 Primera División
Increase Ciclista Lima (1st) Increase Aurich–Cañaña (1st) Decrease Unión Huaral (15th)
Decrease UTC (16th)

Stadia locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000
Aurich–CañañaChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500
Carlos A. MannucciTrujilloMansiche24,000
Ciclista LimaLimaNacional45,750
CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso42,056
Defensor LimaLimaNacional45,750
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750
Deportivo SipesaChimboteManuel Gómez Arellano25,000
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000
San AgustínLimaNacional45,750
Sport BoysCallaoTelmo Carbajo5,000
Sporting CristalLimaEstadio Nacional45,750
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000
UniversitarioLimaTeodoro Lolo Fernández15,000

Torneo Apertura

The tournament was played prior to the main Torneo Descentralizado. The group winners advanced to the playoff final. Its champion qualified for the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation SC LEO ALI SIP CIE AUR AGU DEF
1 Sporting Cristal 7 5 0 2 23 5 +18 10 Final 5–0 4–0 3–0
2 León de Huánuco 7 4 2 1 11 8 +3 10 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1
3 Alianza Lima 7 3 3 1 15 11 +4 9 2–1 1–1 3–1
4 Deportivo Sipesa 7 3 3 1 9 9 0 9 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
5 Cienciano 7 1 4 2 8 11 −3 6 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–1
6 Aurich-Cañaña 7 2 2 3 9 14 −5 6 1–5 3–1 1–3 2–1
7 San Agustín 7 0 3 4 7 15 −8 3 0–4 2–2 1–1
8 Defensor Lima 7 0 3 4 6 15 −9 3 1–1 2–2 1–1
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CIC SBA MUN MEL MAN MIN AAS UNI
1 Ciclista Lima 7 5 2 0 20 8 +12 12 Final 4–3 3–0 4–1 4–1
2 Sport Boys 7 4 1 2 14 8 +6 9 1–1 1–0 2–1 6–0
3 Deportivo Municipal 7 3 2 2 8 7 +1 8 0–2 2–0 2–1
4 Melgar 7 3 1 3 15 10 +5 7 2–1 6–0 2–1
5 Carlos A. Mannucci 7 2 3 2 9 8 +1 7 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1
6 Unión Minas 7 1 4 2 4 12 −8 6 1–0 0–0 1–1
7 Alianza Atlético 7 1 2 4 11 20 −9 4 3–4 3–2 1–1 1–5
8 Universitario 7 1 1 5 11 19 −8 3 1–2 1–2 2–2
Source:

Final

Sporting Cristal4–1Ciclista Lima
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Fernando Chappell

Sporting Cristal as Torneo Apertura champion; receive 2 bonus points for Torneo Descentralizado and qualified for 1995 Copa CONMEBOL. Later declines berth for Copa Libertadores berth. Ciclista Lima as Runner-up competes in the Copa CONMEBOL instead.

Torneo Descentralizado

Sporting Cristal received 2 bonus points as Torneo Apertura champions. Sporting Cristal declined their Copa CONMEBOL berth after qualifying for the Copa Libertadores at the end of the Torneo Descentralizado.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal (C) 30 24 3 3 86 19 +67 53 1995 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 30 19 4 7 43 20 +23 42 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores with 1 bonus point
3 Alianza Lima 30 16 8 6 56 29 +27 40 Pre-Liguilla
4 León de Huánuco 30 17 4 9 43 36 +7 38
5 Deportivo Sipesa 30 12 9 9 38 30 +8 33
6 Deportivo Municipal 30 13 6 11 40 37 +3 32
7 Ciclista Lima 30 13 6 11 54 54 0 32
8 Melgar 30 12 7 11 41 42 −1 31
9 Aurich-Cañaña 30 12 6 12 36 36 0 30
10 Unión Minas 30 10 8 12 32 42 −10 28
11 Sport Boys 30 11 2 17 34 43 −9 24
12 San Agustín 30 8 8 14 36 48 −12 24
13 Cienciano 30 7 7 16 23 41 −18 21
14 Alianza Atlético 30 8 5 17 38 59 −21 21
15 Carlos A. Mannucci (R) 30 6 8 16 24 45 −21 20 1995 Copa Perú
16 Defensor Lima (R) 30 2 9 19 25 68 −43 13 1995 Segunda División
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI AUR CAM CIC CIE DEF MUN SIP LEO MEL AGU SBA CRI MIN UNI
Alianza Atlético 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 1–2 3–4 5–2 1–1
Alianza Lima 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 4–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Aurich–Cañaña 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–1
Carlos A. Mannucci 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–1
Ciclista Lima 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 3–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–5
Cienciano 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2
Defensor Lima 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–6 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–11 3–1 0–1
Deportivo Municipal 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–1
Deportivo Sipesa 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
León de Huánuco 2–0 4–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1
Melgar 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1
San Agustín 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 2–1
Sport Boys 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 0–1
Sporting Cristal 4–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 6–1 4–1 3–2 3–2 4–0 5–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–0
Unión Minas 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–3
Universitario 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1994. Source: RSSSF Peru 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pre-Liguilla

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Melgar 1–2 Alianza Lima 1–0 0–2
León de Huánuco 2–2 Ciclista Lima 0–0 2–2
Deportivo Sipesa 3–3 Deportivo Municipal 1–1 2–2

First leg

Melgar1–0Alianza Lima
  • Jorge Tapia 27'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Luis Seminario
León de Huánuco0–0Ciclista Lima
Attendance: 4,028
Referee: José Arana
Deportivo Sipesa1–1Deportivo Municipal
Gustavo Tempone 52' Alfonso Yañez 54'
Estadio Manuel Gómez Arellano, Chimbote
Referee: César Córdova

Second leg

Deportivo Municipal2–2Deportivo Sipesa
  • César Charún 53'
  • Eugenio La Rosa 60'
  • Gustavo Tempone 17'
  • Ader Cruz 37'
Referee: Luis Seminario
Alianza Lima2–0Melgar
  • Waldir Sáenz 46' 89'
Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Fernando Chappell
Ciclista Lima2–2León de Huánuco
  • Gerson Lente 15'
  • Manuel López 75'
  • Ismael Zegarra 33'
  • Ricardo Cano 53'
Attendance: 7,587
Referee: Antonio Arnao

Alianza Lima, Deportivo Sipesa and León de Huánuco qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

All matches were played in Lima. Universitario started with 1 bonus point for finishing second in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ALI SIP LEO UNI
1 Alianza Lima 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 1995 Copa Libertadores 3–1 2–1
2 Deportivo Sipesa 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4 0–0 3–2
3 León de Huánuco 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2 3–2
4 Universitario 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 2 1–1
Source:

Results

11 December 1994 Alianza Lima 3–1 León de Huánuco Estadio Nacional, Lima
14:00
  • José Soto 8'
  • Darío Muchotrigo 66'
  • Waldir Sáenz 77'
  • Giuliano Portilla 81'
Referee: César Córdova
11 December 1994 Universitario 1–1 Deportivo Sipesa Estadio Nacional, Lima
16:00 Andrés Gonzales 16' Alberto Ramírez 13' Attendance: 13,695
Referee: Antonio Arnao
14 December 1994 Deportivo Sipesa 3–2 León de Huánuco Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:00
  • Gustavo Tempone 19' (pen.)
  • Juan Carlos Ormeño 56'
  • Alberto Ramírez 66'
  • Danny Chumpitaz 41' 74'
Referee: Luis Seminario
14 December 1994 Alianza Lima 2–1 Universitario Estadio Nacional, Lima
21:00 Juan Jayo 30' 65' William Castro 44' (pen.) Attendance: 30,251
Referee: Fernando Chapell
18 December 1994 León de Huánuco 3–2 Universitario Estadio Nacional, Lima
14:00
  • Pedro Valera 59'
  • Ismael Zegarra 62' 90'
  • Freddy Torrealva 8' 48'
Referee: José Arana
18 December 1994 Deportivo Sipesa 0–0 Alianza Lima Estadio Nacional, Lima
16:00 Attendance: 22,767
Referee: César Córdova

References

See also