1997 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1997
Dates	23 February 1997 –; 8 November 1997
Champions	Alianza Lima; 18th Primera División title
Relegated	Alcides Vigo; Atlético Torino; José Gálvez; La Loretana
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima (first stage); Sporting Cristal (first stage)
Copa CONMEBOL	Melgar
Copa Merconorte	Alianza Lima; Sporting Cristal; Universitario
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Zegarra (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Alianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas; Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana
Biggest away win	Municipal 1–6 Sporting Cristal; Torino 0–5 Alianza Lima
Highest scoring	Alianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas; Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana; Alianza Lima 5–4 Sporting Cristal
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Torneo Descentralizado was the 82nd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 14 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima, their first title in 19 years.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff. However, since the same club won both tournaments, it won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the winner of a Liguilla (small league) featuring teams between second and seventh place on the aggregate table. This had a round-robin format, with the team obtaining the best results in matchups during the "regular season" playing at home. The runner-up would qualify for the Copa CONMEBOL. The bottom four teams on the aggregate table were relegated.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1996 Segunda División	Promoted from 1996 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1996 Primera División
Alcides Vigo (1st)	José Gálvez (1st)	Aurich–Cañaña (13th) Ciclista Lima (14th) Guardia Republicana (15th) San Agustín (16th)

Stadia locations

1997 Torneo Descentralizado is located in Peru

La Loretana

Alianza Lima
Alcides Vigo
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 1997 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alcides Vigo	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Atlético Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000
Cienciano	Cuzco	Garcilaso	42,056
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Deportivo Pesquero	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000
José Gálvez	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000
La Loretana	Pucallpa	Aliardo Soria	15,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	18,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000
Universitario	Lima	Teodoro Lolo Fernández	15,000

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	13	9	3	1	27	9	+18	30	Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2	Sporting Cristal	13	8	3	2	30	13	+17	27
3	Universitario	13	7	4	2	19	8	+11	25
4	Cienciano	13	6	6	1	18	10	+8	24
5	Deportivo Municipal	13	6	2	5	25	23	+2	20
6	Sport Boys	13	5	3	5	15	18	−3	18
7	Alianza Atlético	13	4	3	6	22	18	+4	15
8	Deportivo Pesquero	13	3	5	5	16	16	0	14
9	Melgar	13	4	2	7	16	24	−8	14
10	Atlético Torino	13	2	7	4	14	19	−5	13
11	Alcides Vigo	13	3	3	7	13	18	−5	12
12	Unión Minas	13	3	3	7	14	28	−14	12
13	José Gálvez	13	3	3	7	12	28	−16	12
14	La Loretana	13	2	5	6	9	18	−9	11

Updated to match(es) played on February 27, 2009. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AVI	AAS	ALI	TOR	CIE	MUN	PES	GAL	LOR	MEL	SBA	CRI	MIN	UNI
Alcides Vigo				0–0		2–0	1–2	0–1				1–3	3–2
Alianza Atlético	1–0			1–2		2–2	3–1				1–2		8–1	1–1
Alianza Lima	0–0	2–1		3–1					4–0			5–4	0–0	1–0
Atlético Torino					0–0	2–3			1–1	1–1	2–1			1–1
Cienciano	2–1	2–0	0–0				2–2				2–0	0–0
Deportivo Municipal			2–0		1–2			5–0		3–1		1–6	4–0	1–2
Deportivo Pesquero			0–3	0–0		4–0			1–1	4–1		0–0		0–1
José Gálvez		2–1	0–4	1–1	1–2		1–1			3–2
La Loretana	0–2	1–1			0–0	1–2		2–1			0–0	1–2	2–1
Melgar	5–2	0–1	0–2		1–1				2–0				2–1
Sport Boys	2–1		1–3			1–1	2–1	2–1		0–1			1–1	3–2
Sporting Cristal		2–1		4–2				6–0		1–0	2–0
Unión Minas				3–1	2–4		1–0	2–1				0–0		0–2
Universitario	0–0				2–1			0–0	1–0	5–0		2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1997. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	13	10	2	1	33	7	+26	32	Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2	Universitario	13	8	4	1	19	7	+12	28
3	Sporting Cristal	13	6	4	3	25	16	+9	22
4	Alianza Atlético	13	6	3	4	24	13	+11	21
5	Melgar	13	6	3	4	17	16	+1	21
6	Cienciano	13	6	2	5	17	13	+4	20
7	Unión Minas	13	6	2	5	15	15	0	20
8	Deportivo Municipal	13	6	1	6	18	24	−6	19
9	Deportivo Pesquero	13	4	3	6	17	16	+1	15
10	Sport Boys	13	3	6	4	13	15	−2	15
11	Alcides Vigo	13	3	4	6	19	23	−4	13
12	Atlético Torino	13	3	1	9	13	30	−17	10
13	José Gálvez	13	3	0	10	12	27	−15	9
14	La Loretana	13	2	3	8	10	30	−20	9

Updated to match(es) played on February 27, 2009. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AVI	AAS	ALI	TOR	CIE	MUN	PES	GAL	LOR	MEL	SBA	CRI	MIN	UNI
Alcides Vigo		0–1	1–3		1–0				0–0	3–1	1–1			0–1
Alianza Atlético			0–2		3–1			4–0	8–1	0–1		2–2
Alianza Lima					2–0	4–0	2–1	4–0		5–0	2–2			0–0
Atlético Torino	2–5	0–2	0–5				2–1	1–0				1–1	3–1
Cienciano				2–1		3–0		3–1	4–0	0–0			1–2	1–0
Deportivo Municipal	4–3	2–1		2–0			1–3		2–0		2–0
Deportivo Pesquero	4–1	1–2			0–0			3–1			1–1		1–0
José Gálvez	4–2					0–2			3–0		1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1
La Loretana			0–1	3–1			1–1			2–1				1–1
Melgar				3–1		2–0	1–0	3–0			1–1	1–0		2–2
Sport Boys		0–0		2–0	1–2				2–1			1–1
Sporting Cristal	1–1		2–3		2–0	3–2	3–1		4–1				4–1	0–1
Unión Minas	1–1	0–0	1–0			4–0			2–0	2–1	1–0
Universitario		3–1		3–1		1–1	1–0				2–0		3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1997. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

No finals were held after Alianza Lima won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically obtaining the national title.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima (C)	26	19	5	2	60	16	+44	62	Qualification for 1998 Copa Libertadores and 1998 Copa Merconorte
2	Universitario	26	15	8	3	49	15	+34	53	Qualification for Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3	Sporting Cristal	26	14	7	5	55	29	+26	49
4	Cienciano	26	12	8	6	35	23	+12	44
5	Deportivo Municipal	26	12	3	11	43	47	−4	39
6	Alianza Atlético	26	10	6	10	46	31	+15	36
7	Melgar	26	10	5	11	33	40	−7	35
8	Sport Boys	26	8	9	9	28	33	−5	33
9	Unión Minas	26	9	5	12	29	43	−14	32
10	Deportivo Pesquero	26	7	8	11	33	32	+1	29
11	Alcides Vigo (R)	26	6	7	13	32	41	−9	25	Relegation to 1998 Segunda División
12	Atlético Torino (R)	26	5	8	13	27	49	−22	23	Relegation to 1998 Copa Perú
13	José Gálvez (R)	26	6	3	17	24	55	−31	21
14	La Loretana (R)	26	4	8	14	19	48	−29	20

Updated to match(es) played on December 1997. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SC	UNI	MEL	CIE	AAS	MUN
1	Sporting Cristal	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	13	1998 Copa Libertadores and 1998 Copa Merconorte			3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0
2	Universitario	5	2	2	1	12	4	+8	8	1998 Copa Merconorte	0–0		0–0		4–0	7–1
3	Melgar	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	8	1998 Copa CONMEBOL
4	Cienciano	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6			3–1	0–2			3–2
5	Alianza Atlético	5	1	2	2	8	11	−3	5				1–1	4–2
6	Deportivo Municipal	5	0	1	4	5	16	−11	1				0–1		2–2

Updated to match(es) played on December 1997. Source: 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

23 November 1997	Sporting Cristal	3–0	Melgar	Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima
11:30	Luis Bonnet 31' Erick Torres 66' Roger Serrano 73'			Attendance: 5,133 Referee: Alberto Tejada

23 November 1997	Alianza Atlético	4–2	Cienciano	Estadio Campeones del 36, Sullana
13:00	Pedro Prado 36' Aldo Olcese 57' 60' Ricardo Zegarra 63'		Nestor Márquez 52' Carlos Guido 81'	Attendance: 2,834 Referee: José Arana

23 November 1997	Universitario	7–1	Deportivo Municipal	Estadio Nacional, Lima
15:30	Roberto Farfán 3' 53' 70' César Charún 35' Guido Alvarenga 37' Rafael Gallardo 65' Daniel Navarro 89'		Gustavo Tempo 61'	Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Luis Seminario

29 November 1997	Universitario	0–0	Melgar	Estadio Nacional, Lima
16:00				Attendance: 6,824 Referee: José Arana

30 November 1997	Deportivo Municipal	2–2	Alianza Atlético	Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima
11:30	Juan Guzmán 37' Sergio Ibarra 58'		Aldo Olcese 45' Pedro Prado 86'	Attendance: 5,340 Referee: Alberto Tejada

30 November 1997	Sporting Cristal	1–0	Cienciano	Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima
13:00	Jorge Soto 63'			Referee: Luis Seminario

6 December 1997	Sporting Cristal	0–0	Universitario	Estadio Nacional, Lima
15:45				Attendance: 13,669 Referee: Alberto tejada

7 December 1997	Alianza Atlético	1–1	Melgar	Estadio Campeones del 36, Sullana
13:00	Wilfredo Begazo 51'		Oscar Pacheco 77'	Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Jorge Torres

7 December 1997	Cienciano	3–2	Deportivo Municipal	Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco
15:20	Manuel Earl 8' (o.g.) Néstor Márquez 27' 74'		Sergio Ibarra 25' Juan Guzmán 56'	Attendance: 2,064 Referee: Ángel Ziani

13 December 1997	Sporting Cristal	3–0	Deportivo Municipal	Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima
15:45	Marcelo Asteggiano 39' Miguel Rebosio 79' Annor Aziz 86'			Attendance: 3,287 Referee: José Arana

13 December 1997	Universitario	4–0	Alianza Atlético	Estadio Nacional, Lima
15:45	Giuliano Portilla 6' Roberto Farfán 12' César Charún 42' Marko Ciurlizza 68'			Attendance: 2,621 Referee: Luis Seminario

14 December 1997	Cienciano	0–2	Melgar	Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco
15:20			Frank Palomino 68' Pedro Valdivia 89'	Attendance: 3,705 Referee: César Córdova

20 December 1997	Cienciano	3–1	Universitario	Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco
15:30	Juan Saavedra 51' Néstor Márquez 59' Percy Aguilar 68'		César Charún 67'	Referee: José Arana

20 December 1997	Deportivo Municipal	0–1	Melgar	Estadio Nacional, Lima
15:30			Wilfredo Begazo 46'	Attendance: 102 Referee: Jorge Torres

20 December 1997	Sporting Cristal	2–1	Alianza Atlético	Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima
15:30	Erick Torres 10' Jorge Soto 21'		Aldo Olcese 66'	Attendance: 4,968 Referee: César Córdova

References

Top scorers

Source: RSSSF

17 goals

Ricardo Zegarra (Alianza Atlético)

External links

Peru 1997 season Details on RSSSF

[1] Rsssf.org Peru 1997

[2] Alianza Lima Temporada 1997

[3] 25 años después: Alianza Lima recordó título nacional del año 1997

[4] ¡Histórico! Un día como hoy Alianza Lima salió campeón luego de 19 años

[5] ¡Inolvidable! Alianza Lima y su festejo interminable en 1997

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Competition modus

Teams

Team changes

Stadia locations

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Results

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Results

Finals

Aggregate table

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Standings

Results

References

See also

Top scorers

External links