2002 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	2002
Dates	22 February 2002 –; 15 December 2002
Champions	Sporting Cristal; 14th Primera División title
Runner up	Universitario
Relegated	Juan Aurich; Coopsol Trujillo
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal; Universitario; Alianza Lima
Copa Sudamericana	Alianza Lima; Cienciano
Top goalscorer	Luis Fabián Artime (24 goals)
	← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Torneo Descentralizado was the 86th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two and 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 would play for the national title in a playoff, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best-placed team in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th- and 11th-placed teams since both obtained the same number of points (goal difference did not count as a tie-breaker).

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2001 Copa Perú	Relegated from 2001 Primera División
Coronel Bolognesi (1st)	Unión Minas (12th)

Stadia locations

2002 Torneo Descentralizado is located in Peru

Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 2002 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Cienciano	Cuzco	Garcilaso	42,056
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850
Deportivo Wanka	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000
Estudiantes de Medicina	Ica	José Picasso Peratta	8,000
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000
Sport Coopsol Trujillo	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario (O)	22	15	2	5	30	17	+13	47	Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2	Alianza Lima	22	14	5	3	43	23	+20	47	Qualification for 2002 Copa Sudamericana
3	Sporting Cristal	22	11	5	6	43	32	+11	38
4	Cienciano	22	9	7	6	33	31	+2	34
5	Alianza Atlético	22	10	3	9	37	26	+11	33
6	Juan Aurich	22	7	7	8	29	25	+4	28
7	Melgar	22	6	9	7	36	43	−7	27
8	Sport Boys	22	7	4	11	29	37	−8	25
9	Sport Coopsol Trujillo	22	6	6	10	28	32	−4	24
10	Coronel Bolognesi	22	6	5	11	27	39	−12	23
11	Estudiantes de Medicina	22	4	7	11	25	28	−3	19
12	Deportivo Wanka	22	5	4	13	23	40	−17	19

Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CIE	BOL	WAN	EST	MEL	JA	SBA	COO	CRI	UNI
Alianza Atlético		1–2	1–0	3–0	5–0	4–1	3–3	3–0	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–0
Alianza Lima	0–1		5–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	5–1	1–0
Cienciano	1–0	2–1		2–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–0
Coronel Bolognesi	3–2	0–0	3–2		3–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–2	1–3	0–0
Deportivo Wanka	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–1		2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Estudiantes de Medicina	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–0		4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1
Melgar	1–1	2–3	3–3	3–2	1–0	3–1		0–0	1–0	4–1	4–4	1–0
Juan Aurich	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–0		3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2
Sport Boys	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–4	1–0		1–3	1–0	0–1
Sport Coopsol Trujillo	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	6–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		0–3	0–3
Sporting Cristal	4–3	2–4	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		0–1
Universitario	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2012. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura playoff

26 June 2002

15:30

First leg

Universitario	1–0	Alianza Lima
Martín Vilallonga 57'

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Referee: Martín Cabrera

7 July 2002

15:30

Second leg

Alianza Lima	0–0	Universitario

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo

Universitario Apertura 2002 winners
To Copa Libertadores 2003

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	22	13	7	2	46	18	+28	46	Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2	Alianza Lima	22	13	6	3	40	18	+22	42^[a]
3	Alianza Atlético	22	11	6	5	40	18	+22	36^[a]
4	Cienciano	22	11	3	8	50	44	+6	36
5	Estudiantes de Medicina	22	9	5	8	36	29	+7	32
6	Sport Boys	22	7	8	7	28	24	+4	29
7	Deportivo Wanka	22	7	8	7	30	35	−5	29
8	Coronel Bolognesi	22	8	4	10	24	29	−5	28
9	Melgar	22	6	7	9	25	33	−8	25
10	Juan Aurich	22	5	5	12	20	35	−15	20
11	Universitario	22	4	7	11	27	36	−9	19
12	Sport Coopsol Trujillo	22	3	4	15	18	51	−33	13

Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1 2 Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CIE	BOL	WAN	EST	MEL	JA	SBA	COO	CRI	UNI
Alianza Atlético		2–2	4–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	2–1
Alianza Lima	2–2		4–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–2
Cienciano	4–1	2–1		2–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	5–2
Coronel Bolognesi	3–2	0–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1
Deportivo Wanka	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–0		4–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	1–3
Estudiantes de Medicina	2–0	0–2	4–2	1–1	1–1		3–0	4–1	1–1	9–1	1–1	1–0
Melgar	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0		0–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0
Juan Aurich	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–1		0–0	3–1	5–2	1–2
Sport Boys	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	4–0		2–1	0–0	4–0
Sport Coopsol Trujillo	2–4	0–3	2–2	0–4	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–3	1–1
Sporting Cristal	2–0	0–2	5–0	5–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0		1–1
Universitario	0–0	1–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 2002. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final playoff

No final playoff was played since the Apertura winner Universitario did not finish in the Clausura's top 4, while Sporting Cristal won the Clausura after placing third in the Apertura.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	44	27	11	6	83	41	+42	89^[a]	2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
2	Sporting Cristal (C)	44	24	12	8	89	18	+71	84	2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
3	Cienciano	44	20	10	14	83	75	+8	70	2003 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase
4	Alianza Atlético	44	21	9	14	71	52	+19	69^[a]
5	Universitario	44	19	9	16	57	53	+4	66	2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
6	Sport Boys	44	14	12	18	57	61	−4	54
7	Melgar	44	12	16	16	61	67	−6	52
8	Estudiantes de Medicina	44	13	12	19	61	67	−6	51
9	Coronel Bolognesi	44	14	9	21	51	68	−17	51
10	Juan Aurich (R)	44	12	12	20	49	60	−11	48	Relegation play-off
11	Deportivo Wanka (O)	44	12	12	20	53	75	−22	48	Relegation play-off
12	Sport Coopsol Trujillo (R)	44	9	10	25	46	83	−37	37	Relegation to 2003 Copa Perú

Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Relegation play-off

11 December 2002

15:00

Juan Aurich	2–1	Deportivo Wanka
Adrián Torres 55' Rodolfo Miñán 70'		Edward Torrealva 63'

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Referee: Martín Cabrera

15 December 2002

15:30

Deportivo Wanka	4–0	Juan Aurich
Marco Ruiz 3' Edilberto Salazar 40' Juan Montenegro 52' Héctor Valoyes 92'

Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera

Juan Aurich relegated to Copa Perú

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Luis Artime	Melgar	24
2	Sergio Ibarra	Alianza Atlético	22
3	Germán Carty	Cienciano	18
3	Antonio Serrano	Sport Boys	18
5	Ernesto Zapata	Cienciano	15

Torneo Sub-20

Alongside the Torneo Descentralizado, an Under-20 Tournament was held, featuring U-20 players from top-flight clubs. Unlike the reserve team competitions played between 1931 and 1934, this tournament did not award any bonus points to the senior teams’ league standings.^[4]^[5]

The tournament was played from February through December 8 and followed a two-round format (Apertura and Clausura).

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	22	17	3	2	76	15	+61	54	Champion
2	Sport Coopsol Trujillo	22	15	2	5	54	28	+26	47
3	Sporting Cristal	22	15	1	6	50	21	+29	46
4	Cienciano	22	6	5	11	32	48	−16	23
5	Alianza Atlético	22	4	3	15	38	69	−31	15
6	Universitario	22	12	5	5	46	24	+22	41
7	Sport Boys	22	9	4	9	39	39	0	31
8	Melgar	22	6	4	12	39	59	−20	22
9	Estudiantes de Medicina	22	4	5	13	28	57	−29	17
10	Coronel Bolognesi	22	13	4	5	40	34	+6	43
11	Juan Aurich	22	7	2	13	35	56	−21	23
12	Deportivo Wanka	22	3	4	15	17	44	−27	13

Updated to match(es) played on 2002. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20021217020054/http://www.peru.com/futbol/sub20/archivo/2002/tablaposiciones.asp
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

External links

Peru 2002 season Details on RSSSF

[table_hth_ALI0.93375321753964-4] 1 2 Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

[table_hth_ALI0.47839994005784-5] 1 2 Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

[1] Sporting Cristal campeón 2002

[2] Sporting Cristal: el día que Paulo Autuori salió campeón con los celestes

[3] El Sporting Cristal, campeón de Peru e irá a la Libertadores

[6] Torneo Sub-20 - Tabla de Posiciones Clausura

[7] Alianza Lima campeón Torneo Sub-20

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2002 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)
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Competition modus

Teams

Team changes

Stadia locations

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Results

Apertura playoff

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Results

Final playoff

Aggregate table

Relegation play-off

Top scorers

Torneo Sub-20

Torneo Clausura

See also

References

External links